VERMILLION, S.D.—The University of South Dakota football team received 12 votes in the preseason FCS Coaches Poll announced Wednesday.
The Coyotes were one of seven teams from the Missouri Valley Football Conference to receive votes in the poll. Conference foes North Dakota State and Illinois State ranked 1-2, respectively, in the poll.
South Dakota begins fall practice Thursday and the Coyotes kick off the season at Kansas State on Sept. 5.
Preseason FCS Coaches Poll (August 5, 2015)
Team (First-Place Votes) 2014 Record Points 2014 Final 1. North Dakota State (24) 15-1 600 1
2. Illinois State 13-2 551 2
3. Villanova 11-3 512 7
4. Sam Houston State 11-5 511 6
5. Coastal Carolina 12-2 502 5
6. Eastern Washington 11-3 481 4
7. New Hampshire 12-2 445 3
8. Chattanooga 10-4 409 8
9. Jacksonville State 10-2 396 9
10. Northern Iowa 9-5 381 10
11. Montana State 8-5 296 20
12. Montana 9-5 278 11
13. James Madison 9-3 272 19
14. Liberty 9-5 256 17
15. South Dakota State 9-5 215 13
16. Youngstown State 7-5 205 25
17. Eastern Kentucky 9-4 171 21
18. Richmond 9-5 170 16
19. Southeastern Louisiana 9-4 164 12
20. Indiana State 8-6 106 18
21. Fordham 11-3 103 14
22. Harvard 10-0 99 15
23. McNeese State 6-5 91 NR
24. Idaho State 8-4 82 NR
25. Eastern Illinois 5-7 73 NR
Others receiving votes: Alcorn State 52, Stephen F. Austin 51, William & Mary 43, Cal Poly 42, Northern Arizona 34, Bethune-Cookman 25, North Carolina A&T 24, Jackson State 21, South Carolina State 21, Charleston Southern 14, Sacred Heart 14, Western Carolina 13, Furman 12,
South Dakota 12, Maine 9, Bucknell 9, Lehigh 8, Towson 5, Samford 5, Bryant 4, San Diego 4, Yale 4, Central Arkansas 2, Duquesne 2, UT Martin 1
