How to watch Western Michigan vs. Illinois State: NCAA Football live stream info, TV channel, time, game odds

How to watch Western Michigan vs. Illinois State football game

By Scout Staff

Sep 11, 2021 at 8:40 am ET • 1 min read

Who's Playing

Illinois State @ Western Michigan

Current Records: Illinois State 1-0; Western Michigan 0-1

Last Season Records: Western Michigan 4-2; Illinois State 1-3

What to Know

The Illinois State Redbirds will square off against the Western Michigan Broncos at 5 p.m. ET Saturday at Waldo Stadium. Illinois State will be strutting in after a win while WMU will be stumbling in from a loss.

You can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely the Redbirds' strategy against the Butler Bulldogs last week. Illinois State steamrolled past Butler 49-7 at home. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Illinois State had established a 42-7 advantage.

Meanwhile, the Broncos were expected to have a tough go of it last week, and that's exactly how things played out. They suffered a grim 47-14 defeat to the Michigan Wolverines. WMU was in a tough position by the half, with the score already sitting at 27-7. No one had a standout game offensively for WMU, but they got scores from RB La'Darius Jefferson and WR Corey Crooms.

Western Michigan's defeat took them down to 0-1 while Illinois State's victory pulled them up to 1-0. We'll see if WMU can steal Illinois State's luck or if Illinois State records another win instead.