South Dakota State Remains #3, USD #5 in Latest FCS Top 25

The South Dakota State Jackrabbit football program notched another MVFC win over the weekend against Murray State and retained their spot in the latest FCS rankings.

As for USD, the Coyotes had their bye this past weekend, gear up to host Indiana State on Saturday, and also hung on their #5 spot.

Here is the latest FCS College Football poll from NCAA.com:

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1	North Dakota State (43)	9-1	1387	1
2	Montana State (13)	9-0	1352	2
3	South Dakota State	7-2	1288	3
4	UC Davis	8-1	1213	4
5	South Dakota	6-2	1157	5
6	Southeast Missouri	8-1	1107	6
7	Montana	7-2	1009	8
8	UIW	7-2	950	9
9	Idaho	6-3	930	10
10	Mercer	8-1	929	12
11	Rhode Island	8-1	829	14
12	Villanova	7-2	799	13
13	Richmond	7-2	683	16
14	Tarleton State	7-2	680	7
15	Abilene Chrstian	6-3	650	17
16	Central Arkansas	6-3	447	11
17	Stony Brook	7-2	444	20
18	Illinois State	6-3	411	21
19	UT Martin	6-3	349	NR
20	William & Mary	6-3	290	24
21	North Dakota	5-4	246	15
22	Western Carolina	5-4	160	24
23	Chattanooga	5-4	158	18
24	Harvard	6-1	153	NR
25	Duquesne	6-2	102	NR

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Jackson State (7-2, 5-0 SWAC), 89; North Carolina Central (6-3, 2-1 MEAC), 74; ETSU (5-4, 3-2 SoCon), 61; Northern Arizona (5-4, 3-2 Big Sky), 55; Stephen F. Austin (6-3, 4-2 Southland), 54; South Carolina State (6-2, 2-0 MEAC), 48; Dartmouth (6-1, 3-1 Ivy), 37; Drake (6-1, 5-0 Pioneer), 28; Southeastern Louisiana (5-5, 4-1 Southland), 13; Tennessee State (6-3, 3-2 Big South-OVC), 12; Southern Utah (4-5, 3-2 UAC), 3

SDSU now gears up to travel North to take on #21 North Dakota on Saturday, a 1:00 kickoff time. You can watch the game on ESPN+.

As for USD, the Yotes take on Indiana State at home, a team that has won two straight games. Kickoff from inside the dome is set for 1:00, and you can watch the game on ESPN+ as well.

Source: NCAA.com - Stats Perform Poll

7 Famous Athletes from South Dakota

South Dakota may have a small population, but our state's contributions to sports have been pretty big.

People born in the 605 have gone on to be in the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NBA, WWE, WNBA, and in the Olympics.

Meet seven of the most famous:

South Dakota Born NFL Players of this Century

While not a traditional powerhouse Nation Football League feeder, South Dakota has produces a fair number of football players that went on to the big time in the NFL.

Here are some that have played on various teams over the last couple of decades.