CARBONDALE, Ill. — The FCS Playoffs begin on Saturday with eight games that feature five Missouri Valley Football Conference teams.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois finished a respectable fourth in scoring defense in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, but defensive coordinator Lee Pronschinske said run defense and third-down efficiency are two areas that stand out for improvement.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Before the 2025 season began, Southern Illinois quarterback DJ Williams made a list of goals that he put up on his wall. Now, he can check another one off — Payton Award finalist.

NORMAL, Ill. — Highlights from SIU's 37-7 win at Illinois State in the regular-season finale.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Saluki Football’s 12-game schedule for 2026 is nearly finished, SIU head coach Nick Hill said on Monday, with the program close to announcing two more non-conference games.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois was left out of the 24-team FCS Playoff field on Sunday, as the committee dismissed SIU’s favorable power rating, strength of schedule, and yesterday’s overwhelming win at Illinois State.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — The day after a 30-point win over No. 11-ranked Illinois State, Saluki Football is just hours away from finding out its postseason fate.

NORMAL, Ill. — Southern Illinois stunned No. 11-ranked Illinois State on Saturday, 37-7, sending shock waves through the FCS and raising the question — do the Salukis belong in the playoffs?

CARBONDALE, Ill. — The stakes are high for the regular-season finale between Illinois State and Southern Illinois.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — If we were on the committee, here’s how StrongDawgs would see the FCS Playoff field, ranked 1-24.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — In speaking to the defense this week, Lee Pronschinske was philosophical about the five-overtime loss to South Dakota, telling his players a story about a sculptor who was crafting an eagle.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Three days later, the heartbreaker loss to South Dakota doesn’t sting nearly as much for Saluki Football, especially not with a game at No. 11 Illinois State coming up and the team clinging to an outside chance of making the FCS Playoffs.

Highlights from SIU's 53-51, 5 overtime loss to South Dakota on Nov. 15, 2025.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — In the four years that wide receiver Alan Turner (2004-07) played at Southern Illinois, Saluki Football won 40 games, including four playoff victories, beat two FBS teams and won two conference titles.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Watching a four-hour, college football drama unfold at Saluki Stadium yesterday, you knew it was either going to be a storybook-ending for the ages for Saluki Football, or the ultimate gut-punch.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — It was the kind of game where you wish neither team had to lose. Unfortunately for Southern Illinois fans, it was their club that absorbed the final gut punch in a five-overtime loss to South Dakota, 53-51, on Saturday.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Have the playoffs already begun? By the sound of it, both head coaches in tomorrow’s Top 25 showdown between Southern Illinois and South Dakota think so.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Having long since conquered the disorders that slowed his childhood development, Aidan Quinn became an immediate contributor to Saluki Football as a true freshman in 2022.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — When Southern Illinois tight end Aidan Quinn was diagnosed with multiple disorders as a child, doctors told him he would never have the ability to play sports or even attend college.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — After giving up a season-high 48 points at Youngstown State, the Southern Illinois defense dropped from 33rd in the nation in points allowed per game (23.6) to 57th (26.0)

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois true freshman linebacker Alex Broshears is a walk-on from Evansville, who has earned a starting spot on all four of SIU’s special teams.