BILLINGS — Montana State checked in at No. 2 and Montana was slotted at No. 7 in the Stats Perform 2025 preseason top 25 FCS football poll released Monday morning.

The defending Big Sky Conference champion Bobcats, who went 15-1 last season while making a run to the national title game in Frisco, Texas, received 1,335 voting points and one first-place vote.

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The Grizzlies, coming off a 9-5 campaign and a playoff berth, received 1,004 voting points.

Defending national champion North Dakota State of the Missouri Valley Football Conference is in a familiar position — ranked No. 1. The Bison received 54 of 56 first-place votes and 1,398 points.

The other first-place vote went to No. 4 South Da

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