The South Dakota State football team put an exclamation point on a national championship season Monday by being a unanimous pick for the top spot in both major Football Championship Subdivision polls.
The Jackrabbits, who completed the season with a 14-1 record following a 45-21 victory over defending champion North Dakota State, received all 54 first-place votes in the Stats Perform media poll and swept all 26 first-place tallies in the poll conducted by the American Football Coaches Association. SDSU took over the top spot in both polls with their regular season victory over the Bison on Oct. 15 in Fargo, North Dakota, and did not relinquish their No. 1 ranking while posting a school-record 14-game winning streak.
SDSU began the 2022 season ranked second in the Stats Perform poll and No. 3 in the AFCA rankings.