USD Drops Out, SDSU Tumbles in Latest FCS Top 25 Rankings

It was a rough weekend for both USD and SDSU on the gridiron.

USD fell at home 21-13 to ranked Illinois State in a game in which they had the advantage in numerous statistical categories, while SDSU lost in lopsided fashion to top-ranked NDSU in the Dakota Marker in Brookings.

The new set of rankings are out, and both teams tumbled.

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1	North Dakota State (56)	8-0	1,400	1
2	Tarleton State	9-0	1,318	3
3	Montana	8-0	1,280	4
T4	Montana State	6-2	1,205	5
T4	South Dakota State	7-1	1,205	2
6	UC Davis	6-1	1,086	6
7	Lehigh	8-0	1,034	7
8	North Dakota	6-2	1,022	8
9	Tennessee Tech	8-0	990	9
10	Monmouth	7-1	903	10
11	Villanova	6-2	744	11
12	Harvard	6-0	682	14
13	Rhode Island	7-2	678	13
14	Lamar	7-1	651	15
15	Mercer	6-1	583	17
16	Southern Illinois	5-3	540	16
17	Illinois State	5-3	511	18
18	Youngstown State	5-3	379	22
19	Northern Arizona	5-3	377	20
20	Stephen F. Austin	6-2	301	24
21	Southeastern Louisiana	6-2	272	NR
22	Austin Peay	5-3	217	25
23	Jackson State	5-2	215	12
24	Abilene Christian	4-4	192	23
25	Presbyterian	7-1	107	19

Dropped Out of Top 25: South Dakota (21)

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): South Dakota (5-4, 3-2 MVFC), 99; Western Carolina (5-3, 4-0 SoCon), 95; Alabama State (5-2, 3-1 SWAC), 21; Dartmouth (5-1, 3-1 Ivy), 17; Lafayette (5-3, 3-0 Patriot), 15; Delaware State (5-3, 1-0 MEAC), 14; West Georgia (6-3, 3-3 UAC), 14; Gardner-Webb (5-3, 3-1 OVC-Big South), 12; Dayton (6-2, 4-1 Pioneer), 8; Prairie View A&M (6-2, 4-0 SWAC), 4; UT Rio Grande Valley (6-2, 2-2 Southland), 4; New Hampshire (5-4, 3-2 CAA), 2; Sacramento State (4-4, 2-2 Big Sky), 2

Source: NCAA.com - Stats Perform FCS Top 25