In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Sycamores were predicted to finish in fourth place.[ 1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
North Dakota State
392 (32)
2
South Dakota State
348 (4)
3
Illinois State
289 (3)
4
Indiana State 279 (1)
5
Northern Iowa
266
6
South Dakota
176
7
Youngstown State
153
8
Western Illinois
128
9
Southern Illinois
89
10
Missouri State
80
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The Sycamores had five players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[ 2]
Offense
Ryan Boyle – QB
Dante Hendrix – WR
Wyatt Wozniak – OL
Jerry Nunez – K
Defense
Jonas Griffith – LB
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The Sycamores had one player, Jonas Griffith – LB, selected to the preseason All-American team. Griffith was also named to the Buck Buchanan Award -watch list.[ 3]
Ryan Boyle was named to the "College Football Performance Award" Watch List.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 31 12:00 p.m. at Kansas * No. 16 FSN L 17–2432,611 [ 4] September 7 1:00 p.m. Dayton * No. 14 ESPN+ L 35–424,950 [ 5] September 14 1:00 p.m. Eastern Kentucky * Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ W 19–74,590 [ 6] September 21 1:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois * Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ W 16–66,216 [ 7] October 5 3:00 p.m. at South Dakota ESPN+ L 0–385,255 [ 8] October 12 1:00 p.m. Western Illinois Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ W 20–107,243 [ 9] October 19 1:00 p.m. No. 3 South Dakota State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 23–424,642 [ 10] October 26 3:00 p.m. No. 8 Illinois State ESPN3 L 7–248,510 [ 11] November 2 1:00 p.m. Southern Illinois Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ L 14–234,110 [ 12] November 9 5:00 p.m. at No. 5 Northern Iowa ESPN+ L 9–178,442 [ 13] November 16 1:00 p.m. Youngstown State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ W 24–173,645 [ 14] November 23 3:00 p.m. at Missouri State ESPN+ W 51–243,352 [ 15] *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 16 Sycamores
0
3
0
14
17
Jayhawks
7
3
6
8
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Flyers
7
14
14
7
42
No. 14 Sycamores
7
7
7
14
35
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
0
0
7
0
7
Sycamores
3
7
0
9
19
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
0
6
0
6
Sycamores
10
3
0
3
16
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
0
0
0
0
0
Coyotes
14
10
14
0
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
0
10
0
0
10
Sycamores
0
0
10
10
20
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits
7
28
0
7
42
Sycamores
7
3
7
6
23
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
0
7
0
0
7
No. 8 Redbirds
0
7
3
14
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
7
10
3
3
23
Sycamores
0
7
7
0
14
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
3
3
3
0
9
No. 5 Panthers
7
10
0
0
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Penguins
0
10
0
7
17
Sycamores
3
14
7
0
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
14
23
7
51
Bears
0
7
7
10
24
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS 16 14 Coaches 16 15
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