2020 Idaho Vandals football team

The 2020 Idaho Vandals football team will represent the University of Idaho in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Vandals will play their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho, and are members of the Big Sky Conference. They will be led by seventh-year head coach Paul Petrino.

2020 Idaho Vandals football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumKibbie Dome
(Capacity: 16,000)
2020 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Cal Poly   –      –  
Eastern Washington   –      –  
Idaho   –      –  
Idaho State   –      –  
Northern Arizona   –      –  
Southern Utah   –      –  
UC Davis   –      –  
Weber State   –      –  
As of January 30, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2019 Idaho Vandals football team

The Vandals finished the 2019 season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vandals were predicted to finish ninth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and eighth by the media.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State 135 (7)
2 Montana 128 (3)
3 Montana State 121 (1)
4 Eastern Washington 118 (1)
5 Sacramento State 99 (1)
6 UC Davis 83
7 Northern Arizona 68
8 Portland State 67
9 Idaho 66
10 Cal Poly 46
11 Idaho State 37
12 Southern Utah 33
13 Northern Colorado 13
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State 546 (28)
2 Montana 496 (8)
3 Montana State 493 (6)
4 Eastern Washington 438 (1)
5 Sacramento State 389
6 UC Davis 325 (1)
7 Portland State 274
8 Idaho 273
9 Northern Arizona 238
10 Cal Poly 206
11 Idaho State 133
12 Southern Utah 105
13 Northern Colorado 88

Schedule

Idaho released their full schedule on November 7, 2019.[2] The Vandals had games scheduled against Western Oregon and Washington State, which were later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3][4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27 Eastern Washington
March 6 UC Davis
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
March 13 at Northern Arizona
March 27 Southern Utah
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
April 3 at Idaho State
April 10 at Eastern Washington

[5]

References
  1. "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. Kelley, Kevin (November 7, 2019). "Idaho announces 2020 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. Kelley, Kevin (19 July 2020). "Idaho, Montana each have non-conference game canceled due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. "2020 Idaho Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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