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Oklahoma State Football vs South Dakota State Predictions for Week 1

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The Oklahoma State football team opens the 2024 season with a home game against South Dakota State at 1:00 p.m. Saturday.

OSU went 10-4 (7-2 Big 12) last season and defeated Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl. South Dakota State went 15-0 (8-0 MVFC) last season and won its second consecutive FCS national championship.

Below you will find predictions for the score of the match, coming from various experts.

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Oklahoma State Football vs South Dakota State Predictions

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The Oklahoman: OSU 28, South Dakota State 24

Justin Martinez writes: “South Dakota State isn’t just any FCS team. The Jackrabbits have won 29 straight games and are the two-time reigning FCS champions. Quarterback Mark Gronowski also won the Walter Payton Award as the FCS’s top player this past season with 3,058 passing yards and 37 total touchdowns, and there are plenty of returners on a defense that allowed just 9.3 points per game, the best in the FCS. But I’m still going with OSU, which has too much talent to pull off a Week 1 upset. Ollie Gordon II is the nation’s best running back, and the All-Big 12 preseason team duo of Nick Martin and Collin Oliver will lead the defense. Give me the Cowboys in a close one.”

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Bryan Clinton writes: “It may not be by double digits, but I do think Oklahoma State will pull out a huge win Saturday afternoon over one of the most dangerous non-conference opponents the Big 12 will face. Some people will look at the “FCS team” and expect the Pokes to win here, but there is no better program in the FCS right now than what the Jackrabbits have built over the last few years. This isn’t going to happen, and there is a real chance that SDST comes to Stillwater and gives the Cowboys the fright of their lives. But in front of a home crowd on a scorching August afternoon, I’m rooting for Mike Gundy and the Pokes in a tight game.”

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Rodney Knuppel writes: “The Jackrabbits won’t back down from the Cowboys. But ultimately the talent swings one way and the other, and Coach Gundy and the boys avoid a Week 1 disaster.”

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