South Dakota State football is new No. 1 in FCS for first time in school history
Finally, after more than a dozen decades of playing football, South Dakota State is No. 1.
The Jackrabbits, as expected, ascended to the No. 1 position in the FCS polls after their win over North Dakota State on Saturday in Fargo.
The Bison dropped to No. 4 in the Coaches Poll. Montana State is No. 2, Sacramento State is No. 3 and Weber State fifth.
The Jackrabbits are 6-1 on the season, having won all of their FCS games since losing to Iowa in the season opener.
As historic of a moment as this is for SDSU, it will be a fleeting one if they can't regroup and win another tough road game this week at North Dakota. The Fighting Hawks are ranked No. 20 in the STATS poll and beat SDSU the last time the teams played in Grand Forks."(It's) nice because we worked hard to get there," senior guard Mason McCormick said of taking the top spot in the polls. "But it won't mean too much to be No. 1 for one week and then go up to Grand Forks and lose."
Here are the Coaches Poll rankings:
The STATS poll will be added when released.
1. South Dakota St.
2. Montana St.
3. Sacramento St.
4. North Dakota St.
5. Weber St.
6. Jackson St.
7. Montana
8. Chattanooga
9. Holy Cross
10. Incarnate Word
11. Mercer
12. Delaware
13. William & Mary
14. Tennessee-Martin
15. Samford
16. Fordham
17. Southern Illinois
18. Southeast Missouri St.
19. Rhode Island
20. Stephen F. Austin
21. Richmond
22. Austin Peay
23. Princeton
24. Idaho
25. Elon
And the FCS STATS media poll:
South Dakota State
Sacramento State
Montana State
North Dakota State
Weber State
Holy Cross
Montana
Incarnate-Word
Jackson State
Chattanooga
Mercer
William & Mary
Delaware
Southern Illinois
Samford
Southeast Missouri
Idaho
UT-Martin
Richmond
North Dakota
Elon
Rhode Island
Fordham
Austin Peay
New Hampshire
This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: SDSU football is No. 1 in FCS for first time in school history
