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College soccer in South Dakota

12 college soccer programs play in South Dakota: 9 women’s and 3 men’s — 2 in D1, 5 in D2 and 5 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
12
Median roster
31
Players listed
379

Rosters: the 12 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

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NCAA Division I

2 programs · 2 women’s

Players: the 2026-27 roster as the school publishes it, where we could confirm it is this season’s. → a Startline page with the class-year breakdown · ↗ the school’s own site: its roster page, or its team or athletics page where the roster link did not check out.

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NCAA Division II

5 programs · 4 women’s · 1 men’s

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NAIA

5 programs · 3 women’s · 2 men’s

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Players from South Dakota

Where South Dakota players go

140 players from South Dakota are on a published college soccer roster, and 55% of them play for a school inside South Dakota.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota.

For scale: 1,574 students played high-school soccer in South Dakota in 2024-25.

Counted off the hometowns listed on college rosters (read Sep 11, 2026; the 2026-27 squad for most programs, last season’s where a school had not posted a new one). A headcount of who is playing, not a rate — no one publishes how many of a state’s high-school players go on. High-school figure: NFHS participation survey, 2024-25. NFHS survey (PDF).

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Counted, with the date on it

How many college soccer programs are in South Dakota?

12 programs — 9 women’s and 3 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 2 in D1, 5 in D2 and 5 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from South Dakota stay in state for college?

55% of the 140 players from South Dakota on a published college roster play for a school inside South Dakota; the most common destinations outside it are Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in South Dakota?

The median is 31 players, across the 12 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Dakota State’s, at 20; the largest is Dakota Wesleyan University’s, at 54. Roster size is not the number of spots a program recruits each year; how many graduate at each position is what decides that.

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Which of them fit your player?

A list of the programs in South Dakota is the same for every family. Which of them fit your player — level, position, grad year and grades — and which have room at your position is what the free list scores.

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