ISU Athletics

ISU Athletics hosted the event to commemorate the record-breaking season and a feat that has only been achieved once before in school history. At the Jan. 5 game, No. 2 Montana State bested the Redbirds 35-34 in overtime.

The Redbirds didn't bring home a trophy, broke many records on their journey to the championship game. To commemorate the season, ISU will host a celebration this week at CEFCU Arena.

From a three-win program to a second national championship appearance, Brock Spack has redefined Redbird football through a decade and a half of culture-shifting leadership. Hear from the players and voices who have been there since the beginning as ISU prepares for a historic title game in Nashville.

Dozens of fans in red used signs, noisemakers and chants to show support as ISU players walked through the stadium concourse on the way to their buses Friday.

Although it’s the first-ever meeting between these two programs, the Redbirds will face a familiar, tough Missouri Valley-style of play as they battle for the FCS title.

The Redbirds will next face Montana State in the FCS national championship game Jan. 5 in Nashville. Coach Brock Spack said Saturday's win is a real "shot in the arm" for the ISU Athletics program.

Family and friends enjoyed spending the weekend in the Philadelphia area as Illinois State football prepares to face Villanova in the FCS playoffs.

Illinois State University is trying to revive a stalled dorm and dining center project. It also wants to put a solar farm on the land, roofs, and maybe parking structures at its College of Engineering campus on GE Road in Bloomington.

Illinois State University's athletic training staff held an emergency training session with staff and students, inviting OSF HealthCare providers and trainers from local high schools for the first time.

Jeri Beggs is now officially ISU's athletics director, after serving in that role on an interim basis since May 2023. Beggs was named to the position Wednesday following a national search that began in November 2024.