No. 12 seed Villanova hosts Illinois State in the FCS semifinals on Saturday. The winner heads to Nashville for the national championship game and will face the winner of No. 3 Montana at No. 2 Montana State.
Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
How do Villanova and Illinois State stack up to each other on paper?
Below is a tale of the tape breakdown of the teams statistically.
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Figures via NCAA statistics and PFF
Villanova vs. Illinois State
| Villanova | Stats | Illinois State |
| 12-2 | Record | 11-4 |
| 36th | Massey SOS | 4th |
| 0.416 (42nd) | 3rd Down Conv % | 0.418 (39th) |
| 0.380 (48th) | 3rd Down Conv % D | 0.405 (67th) |
| 6.29 (77th) | Fewest Penalties PG | 4.27 (6th) |
| 9 (58th) | Def. Int. | 18 (4th) |
| 217.6 (54th) | Passing Off. | 212.4 (59th) |
| 202.0 (39th) | Pass Def. | 246.2 (103rd) |
| 0.727 (10th) | Red Zone Def. | 0.851 (85th) |
| 0.820 (62nd) | Red Zone Off. | 0.833 (48th) |
| 180.7 (28th) | Rushing Off. | 170.1 (41st) |
| 127.6 (23rd) | Rushing Def. | 134.6 (36th) |
| 2.13 (46th) | Sacks PG | 2.21 (38th) |
| 1.71 (45th) | Sacks Allowed PG | 1.27 (20th) |
| 30.6 (34th) | Scoring Off. | 30.6 (34th) |
| 20.3 (18th) | Scoring Def. | 25.9 (57th) |
| 5.2 (79th) | TFLs PG | 5.6 (55th) |
| 398.3 (34th) | Total Off. | 382.5 (41st) |
| 329.6 (21st) | Total Def. | 380.8 (71st) |
| 17 (43rd) | TOs Gained | 25 (6th) |
| 6 (1st) | TOs Lost | 19 (86th) |
| +11 (9th) | TO Margin | +6 (18th) |
| PFF Grades | ||
| 16th | Offense | 24th |
| 28th | Passing | 37th |
| 23rd | Pass-Blocking | 2nd |
| 34th | Receiving | 10th |
| 1st | Rushing | 99th |
| 94th | Run-blocking | 41st |
| 55th | Defense | 29th |
| 45th | Rush Defense | 12th |
| 76th | Tackling | 31st |
| 11th | Pass Rush | 52nd |
| 82nd | Coverage | 37th |
