South Dakota

24 teams: eleven conference champions take automatic bids and thirteen are chosen at large. The top eight are seeded and skip the first round. Automatic bid in 4% of runs.

Opponent ranks use the selected season's current or final board.

Wk	Opponent	Result	Projected	Win prob
1	vs#209Central Connecticut	W59–20	+13.8	77%
1	at#189Northern Colorado	W38–23	+14.1	78%
2	vs#154Eastern Washington	W41–23	+16.4	84%
4	at#82Youngstown State	L28–47	-5.4	37%
5	vs#183Indiana State	W44–14	+17.4	85%
6	vs#136Southern Illinois	W31–10	+5.2	62%
7	at#242Murray StateWin chance 91% · Margin 21.6	—	+21.6	91%
8	vs#110North DakotaWin chance 58% · Margin 3.2	—	+3.2	58%
9	at#75South Dakota StateWin chance 31% · Margin -8.0	—	-8.0	31%
11	vs#158Northern IowaWin chance 81% · Margin 14.4	—	+14.4	81%
12	at#117Illinois StateWin chance 41% · Margin -3.7	—	-3.7	41%

Roster and position units

Roster mean 74.2 · Offense 73.4 · Defense 75.1

Mean across rated position-depth slots; missing slots excluded. AVR aggregation of vendor player grades, not a vendor-issued team grade.

Mean overall grade of each unit’s top-rated players, as of week 6. Ranks are within FCS.