2012 Indiana State Sycamores football team

2012 Indiana State Sycamores football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	7–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	Trent Miles (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Harold Etheridge (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jesse Minter (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ←  2011 2013  →

2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State $^		7	–	1					14	–	1
No. 14 South Dakota State ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 8 Illinois State ^		5	–	3					9	–	4
Indiana State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Southern Illinois		5	–	3					6	–	5
Youngstown State		4	–	4					7	–	4
Northern Iowa		4	–	4					5	–	6
Missouri State		3	–	5					3	–	8
Western Illinois		1	–	7					3	–	8
South Dakota		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Trent Miles in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Sycamores compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the MVFC. Indiana State played home games at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Miles resigned at the end of the season to take the head coaching job at Georgia State. He was replaced by former UNLV head coach Mike Sanford.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	8:00 pm	at Indiana *	No. 23	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 17–24	41,882
September 8	2:00 pm	Quincy *	No. 23	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		W 44–0	6,294
September 15	2:00 pm	Drake *	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		W 27–10	7,189
September 22	2:00 pm	South Dakota State	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		L 10–24	5,291
September 29	7:00 pm	at Southern Illinois		Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3/MVFCTV	W 24–3	12,166
October 6	3:00 pm	Missouri State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		W 31–17	8,311
October 13	4:00 pm	at No. 1 North Dakota State		Fargodome Fargo, ND	ESPN3	W 17–14	18,164	[1]
October 20	7:00 pm	at Western Illinois	No. 21	Hanson Field Macomb, IL		W 23–7	9,478
October 27	2:00 pm	South Dakota	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3/MVFCTV	W 45–14	5,224
November 3	2:00 pm	No. 17 Illinois State	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	CSNC	L 10–17	6,008
November 17	2:00 pm	at Youngstown State	No. 18	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	L 6–27	9,610
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	23	23	22	22	RV	RV	RV	21	15	14	18	23
Coaches	25	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	25	18	17	21

References

1. "NDSU is upset, top-ranked Bison lose to Sycamores". The Bismarck Tribune. October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Indiana State Sycamores Schedule 2012". ESPN . Retrieved January 17, 2026.
3. "2012 Football Schedule". Indiana State University . Retrieved January 17, 2026.
4. "2024 Indiana State Football Record Book" (PDF). Indiana State University. p. 22. Retrieved January 17, 2026.