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CHICAGO (KELO.com) — The University of South Dakota football is No. 20 in this week’s Stats Perform FCS Top 25 poll following the team’s season-opening 27-20 win at Illinois State Saturday.
It marks the program’s first return to the top 25 since the beginning of the 2018 campaign and the team’s first top-20 designation since 2017.
South Dakota is one of seven MVFC teams ranked in the top 20. This week’s opponent, North Dakota, is up to No. 4 following back-to-back wins against Southern Illinois (No. 11 this week) and South Dakota State (No. 8). Despite its loss to the Coyotes, Illinois State (1-0) is ranked five spots higher than USD by the pollsters at No. 15.
South Dakota has beaten then-No. 5 South Dakota State and then-No. 7 Illinois State in its last two contests dating back to the end of last season. North Dakota will be South Dakota’s third straight top-10 challenge. USD has five top-10 wins in its last five-plus seasons.
Stats Performer FCS Top 25 Poll
- James Madison (1-0)
- Weber State (1-0)
- UNI (1-1)
- North Dakota (2-0)
- Villanova (0-0)
- North Dakota State (2-1)
- Nicholls (2-0)
- South Dakota State (1-1)
- Kennesaw State (1-0)
- Jacksonville State (4-1)
- Southern Illinois (2-1)
- Sam Houston State (1-0)
- Albany (0-0)
- New Hampshire (0-0)
- Illinois State (0-1)
- Southeast Missouri (1-1)
- Furman (1-1)
- Chattanooga (1-1)
- Idaho (1-0)
T20. South Dakota (1-0)
T20. Wofford (1-1)
- Eastern Washington (0-1)
T23. Monmouth (0-0)
T23. Southeastern Louisiana (0-1)
- Delaware (0-0)
(The University of South Dakota athletic department contributed this report.)
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