2025 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2025

| team = Southern Illinois Salukis

| sport = football

| image = Southern Illinois Salukis wordmark.svg

| image_size = 200

| conference = Missouri Valley Football Conference

| short_conf = MVFC

| STATSRank =

| FCSCoachRank =

| record = 0–0

| conf_record = 0–0

| head_coach = Nick Hill

| hc_year = 10th

| off_coach =

| oc_year =

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Lee Pronschinske

| dc_year = 1st

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Saluki Stadium

}}

{{2025 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings}}

The 2025 Southern Illinois Salukis football team will represent Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Salukis are expected to be led by tenth-year head coach Nick Hill, and play their home games at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Transfers

= Outgoing =

class="wikitable sortable"

{{CollegePrimaryHeader|Player|Position|Destination|team=Southern Illinois Salukis|border=2}}

Allen Middleton

|WR

|Bowling Green

Jamond Mathis

|DE

|Kent State

Jamir Conn

|DB

|Nebraska

Keontez Lewis

|WR

|Oklahoma

Desman Hearns

|DB

|Wyoming

Ross Pedro

|LS

|Unknown

= Incoming =

class="wikitable"

{{CollegePrimaryHeader|Player|Position|Previous school|team=Southern Illinois Salukis|border=2}}

Jackson Parker

|WR

|Albany

Jacob Katauskas

|OL

|Coastal Carolina

Donnie Wingate

|DE

|Lindenwood

Ryan Algrim

|LS

|Minnesota

Matthew McClelland

|DB

|Morehead State

Dashaun Gibson

|DB

|Northern Illinois

Kyle Thomas

|WR

|Northern Illinois

Ty Walls

|WR

|Oklahoma State

Bernadin Fleurima Jr.

|DT

|Robert Morris

Naz Hill

|DB

|Wyoming

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Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2025

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = STATS

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = August 30

| time =

| w/l =

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2025|team=Thomas More Saints|title=Thomas More}}

| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium

| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 6

| time =

| w/l =

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Purdue

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 13

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l =

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = UT Martin

| site_stadium = Graham Stadium

| site_cityst = Martin, TN

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 20

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l =

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Southeast Missouri State

| site_stadium = Houck Stadium

| site_cityst = Cape Girardeau, MO

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l =

| opponent = Indiana State

| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium

| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| time =

| w/l =

| away = y

| opponent = North Dakota State

| site_stadium = Fargodome

| site_cityst = Fargo, ND

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 18

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l =

| opponent = North Dakota

| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium

| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 25

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l =

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Northern Iowa

| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium

| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| time =

| w/l =

| away = y

| opponent = Murray State

| site_stadium = Roy Stewart Stadium

| site_cityst = Murray, KY

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l =

| away = y

| opponent = Youngstown State

| site_stadium = Stambaugh Stadium

| site_cityst = Youngstown, OH

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| time = 12:00 p.m.

| w/l =

| opponent = South Dakota

| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium

| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 22

| time =

| w/l =

| away = y

| opponent = Illinois State

| site_stadium = Hancock Stadium

| site_cityst = Normal, IL

| tv =

| score =

| attend =

}}

}}

{{cite web |title=2025 Southern Illinois Football Schedule |url=https://fbschedules.com/2025-southern-illinois-football-schedule/|website=FBSchedules.com|access-date=18 January 2025}}{{Cite web |title=2025 dates announced for SIU’s Saluki Family Weekend, Homecoming |url=https://news.siu.edu/2024/10/102924-2025-dates-announced-for-sius-saluki-family-weekend-homecoming.php|website=siu|access-date=18 January 2025|date=29 October 2024|first=Christi|last=Mathis}}

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