Southern Illinois University Carbondale's 2017 fall enrollment will be 14,554, a decline of 8.96 percent compared to Fall 2016. The largest drop was seen in the incoming freshman class, which has 408 fewer students than Fall 2016, or a 19.19 percent drop. New chancellor Carlo Montemagno said the dec...

Illinois spent millions on stalled and canceled university construction projects. From today's Chicago Tribune by Peter Matuszak, Contact Reporter: Eight years after Illinois approved a massive capital plan for university campuses in the state, half of the largest new projects at state schools neve...

Given the greater "for rent" signs in student housing areas I've seen around town that last year, I too suspect enrollment will be quite a bit lower. There has been a half-page of "For Rent" ads in every "Western Courier". These will be very lean years for those owners...

South Dakota beat Drake 77-7. Attendance at Drake = 3,332.

Illinois State beat Butler 45-0. Attendance at ILSU = 10,840.

Iowa State beat Northern Iowa 42-24. Attendance at Iowa State = 61,500.

10th day enrollment numbers should be coming out soon.

It will be interesting to see how the enrollment is going at the 12 state universities.

Eastern is hoping for an improvement from their Spring 2017 enrollment of 6,673.

Missouri beat Missouri State 72-43. Attendance at Mizzou = 50,131.

Pittsburgh beat Youngstown State 28-21 in overtime. Attendance at Pitt = 40,012.

North Dakota State beat Mississippi Valley State 72-7. Attendance at NDSU = 18,502.

Leathernecks take football season opener.

From today's Western Courier:
https://westerncourier.com/38506/sports ... on-opener/

Other Week 1 MVFC Scores:

Eastern Illinois beat Indiana State 22-20. Attendance at INSU = 4,670.

South Dakota State beat Duquesne 51-13. Attendance at SDSU = 12,218.

Western opens season with win.

From today's McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... n-with-win

Western wins 41-14.

Tennessee Tech had 0 net yards rushing.

Attendance = 7,886.