Cal Poly vs. South Dakota

Cal Poly and South Dakota have 5 meetings on file, the first in 2009; South Dakota leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s South Dakota 3–⁠2, and South Dakota has won the last 2.

Cal Poly wins
2
South Dakota wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2009
Longest streak
2 Cal Poly
Current streak
2 South Dakota
Last 10 meetings
South Dakota 3–⁠2
Most recent
2022

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s0–⁠1
2010s2–⁠0
2020s0–⁠2
Average margin
14 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cal Poly
1–⁠2 Cal Poly’s record at home
At South Dakota
1–⁠1 South Dakota’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Cal Poly’s biggest win2010: Cal Poly 38, South Dakota 24by 14 points
  2. South Dakota’s biggest win2021: South Dakota 48, Cal Poly 14by 34 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cal Poly and South Dakota, 2009 on1300150017002010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Sep 17, 2022South Dakota 38, Cal Poly 21at South Dakota
Sep 18, 2021South Dakota 48, Cal Poly 14at Cal Poly
Oct 29, 2011Cal Poly 27, South Dakota 24at Cal Poly
Nov 6, 2010Cal Poly 38, South Dakota 24at South Dakota
Nov 14, 2009South Dakota 50, Cal Poly 48at Cal Poly

Every game is listed as played on the field.