Women's · South Dakota
Women's college soccer in South Dakota
9 women's college soccer programs play in South Dakota — 2 in D1, 4 in D2 and 3 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.
- Programs
- 9
- Median roster
- 28
- Players listed
- 256
Rosters: the 9 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.
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By division
9 programs · players on each 2026-27 roster
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.
NCAA Division I
2 programs
NCAA Division II
4 programs
Players from South Dakota
Where South Dakota players go
103 women from South Dakota are on a published college soccer roster, and 60% of them play for a school inside South Dakota.
Out of state, the most common destinations are Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota.
For scale: 708 girls 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).
Quick answers
Counted, with the date on it
How many women's college soccer programs are in South Dakota?
9: 2 in D1, 4 in D2 and 3 in the NAIA.
Do girls from South Dakota stay in state to play college soccer?
60% of the 103 women from South Dakota on a published college roster play for a school inside South Dakota. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.
How big are women's soccer rosters at colleges in South Dakota?
The median is 28 players, across the 9 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Dakota State’s, at 20; the largest is Northern State University’s, at 37. Roster size is not the number of spots a program recruits each year; how many graduate at each position is what decides that.
Your player, these programs
Which of them fit your player?
A list of women's 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.