SETTING THE SCENE
Date: September 13, 2025
Time: 2 p.m. CT
Site: Charleston, Ill.
Stadium: O'Brien Field
Capacity: 10,000
Series: Illinois State leads 60-43-9
Last: ILS won 31-7 (Sept. 21, 2024)
Watch/Stream: ESPN+
Listen: WJBC 1230 AM / 102.1 FM / 98.9 FM WJEZ/ The Varsity Network
THE GAME
One of the longest rivalries in FCS football continues on Saturday, when No. 4/7 ranked Illinois State (1-1) travels to Charleston to take on in-state foe Eastern Illinois (1-1) in the 113th meeting of the Mid-America Classic at O'Brien Field.