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JACKS RANKED NO. 1 IN STATS PERFORM POLL
8/5/2024 12:12:00 PM | Football
CHICAGO — Two-time defending Football Championship Subdivision champion South Dakota State sits atop the 2024 Stats Perform FCS Preseason Top 25, which was announced on Monday.
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The Jackrabbits garnered 52 of the 56 first-place votes and tallied 1,396 points after completing a perfect 15-0 season in 2023 and running the program's overall winning streak to 29 games.
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SDSU is scheduled to face six teams in the preseason poll during the upcoming season, starting with the Sept. 7 home opener against No. 14 Incarnate Word. Five Missouri Valley Football Conference opponents are ranked, including No. 2 North Dakota State and fifth-ranked South Dakota.
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NDSU received three first-place votes, while third-place Montana State of the Big Sky Conference received the other first-place vote. Montana, which the Jackrabbits defeated 23-3 in the 2023 national title game rounded out the top five.
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Other MVFC rivals in the poll include No. 10 Southern Illinois, No. 19 Illinois State, 24th-ranked North Dakota and No. 25 Youngstown State. Illinois State is the lone ranked MVFC squad not on the Jackrabbits' schedule this season. Northern Iowa is receiving votes.
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The Jackrabbits have now appeared in the top 25 of 160 consecutive Stats Perform polls dating back to October 2012, including holding the No. 1 ranking for each of the last 22 surveys since midway through the 2022 season.
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The Jackrabbits garnered 52 of the 56 first-place votes and tallied 1,396 points after completing a perfect 15-0 season in 2023 and running the program's overall winning streak to 29 games.
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SDSU is scheduled to face six teams in the preseason poll during the upcoming season, starting with the Sept. 7 home opener against No. 14 Incarnate Word. Five Missouri Valley Football Conference opponents are ranked, including No. 2 North Dakota State and fifth-ranked South Dakota.
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NDSU received three first-place votes, while third-place Montana State of the Big Sky Conference received the other first-place vote. Montana, which the Jackrabbits defeated 23-3 in the 2023 national title game rounded out the top five.
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Other MVFC rivals in the poll include No. 10 Southern Illinois, No. 19 Illinois State, 24th-ranked North Dakota and No. 25 Youngstown State. Illinois State is the lone ranked MVFC squad not on the Jackrabbits' schedule this season. Northern Iowa is receiving votes.
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The Jackrabbits have now appeared in the top 25 of 160 consecutive Stats Perform polls dating back to October 2012, including holding the No. 1 ranking for each of the last 22 surveys since midway through the 2022 season.
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