South Dakota Coyotes Leap into Latest Coaches Poll

It was a great weekend to be a Yote. The USD Football team went up to Fargo and took down #2 NDSU with a 24-19 road stunner.

Now, the Coyotes are getting a number by their name as well.

Many have wondered just how high the team will be ranked following the marquee win, and now we have an answer (at least in the Coaches Poll).

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In this week's AFCA Coaches Poll, the Yotes make their first appearance of the season as the 21st ranked team in the country:

1	South Dakota St. (26)	4-0	650	1	D. No. 11 North Dakota, 42-21	Oct. 7 at No. 22 Illinois St.
2	Montana St.	4-1	621	3	D. Portland St., 38-22	Oct. 14 vs. Cal Poly
3	Idaho	4-1	595	6	D. No. 25 Eastern Washington, 44-36	Oct. 7 at Cal Poly
4	Furman	3-1	533	7	Idle	Oct. 7 vs. The Citadel
5	Southern Illinois	4-0	514	10	D. Missouri St., 33-20	Oct. 7 at Youngstown St.
6	UIW	3-1	509	8	Idle	Oct. 7 vs. Southeastern Louisiana
7	Sacramento St.	4-1	505	9	D. Northern Arizona, 31-30	Oct. 14 at Northern Colorado
8	North Dakota St.	3-1	497	2	Lost to South Dakota, 24-19	Oct. 7 at Missouri St.
9	William & Mary	4-1	393	4	Lost to Elon, 14-6	Oct. 7 at Virginia
10	Delaware	3-1	390	12	Idle	Oct. 7 vs. Duquesne
11	North Carolina Central	4-1	336	13	D. Campbell, 49-48	Oct. 7 at Elon
12	Holy Cross	3-2	333	5	Lost to No. 24 Harvard, 38-28	Oct. 7 at Bucknell
13	Montana	4-1	297	16	D. Idaho St., 28-20	Oct. 7 at No. 18 UC Davis
14	Weber St.	3-2	292	14	D. Northern Colorado, 28-21	Oct. 7 vs. Northern Arizona
15	North Dakota	2-2	244	11	Lost to No. 1 South Dakota St., 42-21	Oct. 7 vs. Western Illinois
16	Florida A&M	4-1	234	18	D. Mississippi Valley St., 31-7	Oct. 7 at Southern
17	Western Carolina	4-1	228	21	D. The Citadel, 49-14	Oct. 7 at No. 20 Chattanooga
18	UC Davis	3-2	215	20	D. Cal Poly, 31-13	Oct. 7 vs. No. 13 Montana
19	Harvard	3-0	200	24	D. No. 5 Holy Cross, 38-28	Oct. 6 vs. Cornell
20	Chattanooga	4-1	188	22	D. Wofford, 23-13	Oct. 7 vs. No. 17 Western Carolina
21	South Dakota	3-1	100	NR	D. No. 2 North Dakota St., 24-19	Oct. 7 vs. Murray St.
22	Illinois St.	3-1	62	NR	Idle	Oct. 7 vs. No. 1 South Dakota St.
23	UT Martin	4-1	60	NR	D. Tennessee St., 20-10	Oct. 7 at No. 25t Eastern Illinois
24	New Hampshire	2-3	51	17	Lost to Towson, 54-51	Oct. 14 vs. Albany
25t.	Eastern Illinois	4-1	45	NR	D. Northwestern St., 19-10	Oct. 7 vs. No. 23 UT Martin
25t.	Rhode Island	3-2	45	NR	D. Bryant, 49-26	Oct. 7 at Brown

The Bison fell to #8 in the poll, while rival South Dakota State retained the top spot after throttling visiting North Dakota 42-21 on Saturday.

Next up for the Coyotes, they return home for back-to-back games against Murray State and Youngstown State over the next two weeks.

Source: AFCA Polls

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