Pierre and Bryant each score in the 4th to help South Dakota beat Southern Illinois 31-10

Oct 10, 2026

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Charles Pierre Jr. ran for 138 yards and scored one of South Dakota's two fourth-quarter touchdowns as the Coyotes pulled away to beat Southern Illinois 31-10 on Saturday.

Wide receiver Tennel Bryant broke loose on a 44-yard touchdown run inside the first minute of the fourth quarter to stretch the South Dakota lead to 24-10. Pierre's 12-yard touchdown run capped the scoring with 8:31 to play.

Austyn Modrzewski completed 16 of 20 passes for 268 yards that included a 56-yard touchdown pass to Bryant in the second quarter. Quarterback Jackson Proctor also ran for a touchdown for South Dakota (5-2, 2-1 Missouri Valley Football Conference), ranked tenth in the Stats Perform poll.

DJ Williams was 18-of-29 passing for 179 yards and threw a touchdown pass for No. 25 Southern Illinois (3-4, 1-2). Chandler Chapman had 21 carries for 86 yards rushing for the Salukis.

Southern Illinois: Hosts Illinois State on Saturday.

South Dakota: At Murray State on Saturday.

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Tayven Jackson
Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

Dylan Riley

828

Roberts

Jamal Roberts

793

Cook

Cam Cook
Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

Jesse Legree

916

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

720

Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez
Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

18

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

17

Taylor

Kamario Taylor
Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

12

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

10

Daniels

Ashton Daniels
Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

Jesse Legree

11

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

9

Dixon

Collin Dixon
QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

200.5

Hoover

Josh Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Gunner Stockton
Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

Xavier Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

49.6

Georgia

46.2

Alabama

44.2

Notre Dame

44.0

New Mexico

43.4

Utah

42.8
Opp PPG Rankings
Miami

9.8

North Dakota State

10.3

New Mexico

10.6

Notre Dame

11.0

Indiana

11.8

Utah

13.0
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

554.8

North Texas

533.8

Texas State

531.6

LSU

524.8

Oregon State

522.3

Oklahoma State

521.4
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

333.2

Air Force

325.6

Navy

299.4

West Virginia

295.5

Texas State

263.6

UCLA

253.2
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

391.2

North Texas

347.0

SMU

341.0

Ohio State

337.8

Miami

334.4

Oklahoma State

322.4
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

24.0

LSU

22.0

Indiana

20.0

Virginia Tech

19.0

Iowa

19.0

Georgia State

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
5
1
.833
2
Oregon State Oregon State
4
2
.667
3
Fresno State Fresno State
4
2
.667
4
San Diego State San Diego State
2
4
.333
5
Utah State Utah State
2
4
.333
6
Colorado State Colorado State
2
3
.400
7
Texas State Texas State
2
3
.400
8
Washington State Washington State
1
5
.167
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
5
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
5
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
5
0
1.000
4
Baylor Baylor
4
1
.800
5
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
4
1
.800
6
Arizona Arizona
5
1
.833
7
Houston Houston
5
1
.833
8
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
1
.800
9
Arizona State Arizona State
3
2
.600
10
Iowa State Iowa State
3
3
.500
11
UCF UCF
3
3
.500
12
Kansas State Kansas State
3
2
.600
13
Colorado Colorado
2
3
.400
14
Kansas Kansas
2
3
.400
15
TCU TCU
2
3
.400
16
West Virginia West Virginia
3
3
.500
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
3
.571
2
Ohio Ohio
4
2
.667
3
Western Michigan Western Michigan
4
2
.667
4
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2
4
.333
5
Buffalo Buffalo
3
3
.500
6
Toledo Toledo
4
2
.667
7
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
3
.500
8
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
3
3
.500
9
UMass UMass
4
2
.667
10
Kent State Kent State
2
4
.333
11
Akron Akron
1
5
.167
12
Ball State Ball State
1
5
.167
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
5
.167
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
6
0
1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
5
1
.833
3
Kentucky Kentucky
5
1
.833
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
1
.800
5
Missouri Missouri
5
1
.833
6
Tennessee Tennessee
5
1
.833
7
Ole Miss Ole Miss
4
1
.800
8
Oklahoma Oklahoma
3
2
.600
9
Florida Florida
4
2
.667
10
Texas Texas
4
1
.800
11
LSU LSU
4
2
.667
12
Auburn Auburn
3
2
.600
13
South Carolina South Carolina
3
3
.500
14
Texas A&M Texas A&M
3
3
.500
15
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
3
.500
16
Arkansas Arkansas
2
4
.333
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
6
0
1.000
2
UCLA UCLA
5
0
1.000
3
Ohio State Ohio State
5
1
.833
4
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
1
.800
5
USC USC
6
1
.857
6
Purdue Purdue
3
3
.500
7
Iowa Iowa
5
1
.833
8
Nebraska Nebraska
5
1
.833
9
Minnesota Minnesota
4
2
.667
10
Northwestern Northwestern
4
1
.800
11
Oregon Oregon
3
2
.600
12
Illinois Illinois
3
3
.500
13
Michigan Michigan
3
2
.600
14
Rutgers Rutgers
1
4
.200
15
Penn State Penn State
3
3
.500
16
Washington Washington
3
3
.500
17
Maryland Maryland
2
4
.333
18
Michigan State Michigan State
2
4
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
5
1
.833
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
5
2
.714
3
Florida International Florida International
3
3
.500
4
New Mexico State New Mexico State
2
4
.333
5
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
2
4
.333
6
Delaware Delaware
2
4
.333
7
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
3
3
.500
8
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
4
.200
9
Missouri State Missouri State
1
4
.200
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
4
.200
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Memphis Memphis
5
1
.833
2
UTSA UTSA
5
1
.833
3
North Texas North Texas
4
2
.667
4
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
4
1
.800
5
East Carolina East Carolina
3
2
.600
6
Army Army
3
2
.600
7
UAB UAB
3
3
.500
8
Temple Temple
2
4
.333
9
South Florida South Florida
4
2
.667
10
Navy Navy
2
3
.400
11
Tulane Tulane
2
3
.400
12
Tulsa Tulsa
3
3
.500
13
Rice Rice
1
5
.167
14
Charlotte Charlotte
0
6
.000
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
5
0
1.000
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
5
1
.833
3
Clemson Clemson
3
2
.600
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
1
.833
5
SMU SMU
4
1
.800
6
Virginia Virginia
4
2
.667
7
California California
3
3
.500
8
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
3
.400
9
Louisville Louisville
3
3
.500
10
Duke Duke
4
1
.800
11
North Carolina North Carolina
3
2
.600
12
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
2
.667
13
Florida State Florida State
3
3
.500
14
NC State NC State
3
3
.500
15
Stanford Stanford
2
4
.333
16
Boston College Boston College
2
3
.400
17
Syracuse Syracuse
2
3
.400
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
UNLV UNLV
4
2
.667
2
New Mexico New Mexico
4
1
.800
3
North Dakota State North Dakota State
5
1
.833
4
Air Force Air Force
4
1
.800
5
Wyoming Wyoming
3
3
.500
6
San Jose State San Jose State
3
3
.500
7
Nevada Nevada
2
3
.400
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
5
.000
9
UTEP UTEP
1
5
.167
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
5
.167
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
6
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
3
3
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
6
0
1.000
2
South Alabama South Alabama
4
2
.667
3
Georgia State Georgia State
4
1
.800
4
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
3
2
.600
5
Troy Troy
3
2
.600
6
Louisiana Louisiana
4
2
.667
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
2
4
.333
8
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
2
4
.333
9
Old Dominion Old Dominion
2
4
.333
10
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
2
.600
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
4
.200
12
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
5
.000
13
Marshall Marshall
3
3
.500
14
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
4
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/19
NCST NCST
@
VAN VAN
31-35
Sat
9/19
M-OH M-OH
@
CIN CIN
31-35
Sat
9/19
UK UK
@
TXAM TXAM
31-21
Sat
9/19
CONN CONN
@
USM USM
48-20
Sat
9/19
GAST GAST
@
UCF UCF
30-44

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
10/14
KENN KENN
@
MOSU MOSU
7:30 PM
Wed
10/14
WKU WKU
@
SHSU SHSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/15
ECU ECU
@
UAB UAB
7:30 PM
Thu
10/15
GASO GASO
@
ODU ODU
7:30 PM
Thu
10/15
CSU CSU
@
TXST TXST
8:00 PM