South Dakota State·MVFC

2025 — The Winning Chapter

South Dakota State's 2025 season (9-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-5
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Sacr Sta 20-3 W @ Mont Sta 30-24 W vs Drake 37-21 W vs Mercyh 51-7 W @ Youn Sta 35-30 W vs Nort Iow 31-3 W @ Murr Sta 35-14 L vs Nort Sta 7-38 L vs Indi Sta 12-24 L @ Sout Dak 17-24 L vs Illi Sta 21-35 W @ Nort Dak 34-31 W vs New Ham 41-3 L @ Montana 29-50
Defining moments
The statement

The 2025 season's largest margin: South Dakota State 51, Mercyhurst 7. A 44-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: South Dakota State 7, North Dakota State 38. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Jacks"
— South Dakota State fanbase voice · 2025· synthesized
What it meant

2025 is a middle chapter for South Dakota State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.