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JACKS RANKED THIRD IN FIRST STATS PERFORM POLL
8/4/2025 11:57:00 AM | Football
CHICAGO — The South Dakota State football team will open the 2025 season ranked third in the Stats Perform FCS Preseason Poll.
The Jackrabbits, who completed the 2024 season with a 12-3 overall record after earning a share of their third consecutive Missouri Valley Football Conference title, have now appeared in the top 25 of 175 Stats Perform polls in a row dating back to October 2012. SDSU, which has made 13 consecutive appearances in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, held the top spot in the preseason poll in both 2023 and 2024 while coming off national championship seasons.
SDSU is scheduled to face five teams ranked in the preseason top 25 during the upcoming 2025 season, starting with a home matchup against No. 15 Sacramento State Aug. 30. The Jackrabbits will meet each of the other three teams in the top four of the preseason poll with a home game against defending national champion and No. 1 North Dakota State on Oct. 25, while traveling to second-ranked Montana State on Sept. 6 and fourth-ranked South Dakota on Nov. 8.
The Jackrabbits' fifth and final game against a preseason-ranked opponent is a Nov. 15 home date against sixth-ranked Illinois State. In addition, MVFC rivals Youngstown State and North Dakota are receiving votes in the initial poll of the season.
North Dakota State collected 54 of the 56 first-place votes to tally 1,398 points while Montana State was awarded one first-place vote and finished with 1,335 points. SDSU was third with 1,266 points, followed by South Dakota with 1,227 points and the final first-place vote.
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The Jackrabbits, who completed the 2024 season with a 12-3 overall record after earning a share of their third consecutive Missouri Valley Football Conference title, have now appeared in the top 25 of 175 Stats Perform polls in a row dating back to October 2012. SDSU, which has made 13 consecutive appearances in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, held the top spot in the preseason poll in both 2023 and 2024 while coming off national championship seasons.
SDSU is scheduled to face five teams ranked in the preseason top 25 during the upcoming 2025 season, starting with a home matchup against No. 15 Sacramento State Aug. 30. The Jackrabbits will meet each of the other three teams in the top four of the preseason poll with a home game against defending national champion and No. 1 North Dakota State on Oct. 25, while traveling to second-ranked Montana State on Sept. 6 and fourth-ranked South Dakota on Nov. 8.
The Jackrabbits' fifth and final game against a preseason-ranked opponent is a Nov. 15 home date against sixth-ranked Illinois State. In addition, MVFC rivals Youngstown State and North Dakota are receiving votes in the initial poll of the season.
North Dakota State collected 54 of the 56 first-place votes to tally 1,398 points while Montana State was awarded one first-place vote and finished with 1,335 points. SDSU was third with 1,266 points, followed by South Dakota with 1,227 points and the final first-place vote.
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