Stadium: Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field Round: 1
Home Manager: Mike Houston Away Manager: John Stiegelmeier
| NCAAF | 2017/12/09 20:00 | New Hampshire v South Dakota State | W | 14-56 |
| NCAAF | 2017/12/02 20:00 | Northern Iowa v South Dakota State | W | 22-37 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/18 20:00 | South Dakota v South Dakota State | W | 28-31 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/11 20:00 | South Dakota State v Illinois State | W | 27-24 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/04 19:00 | South Dakota State v North Dakota State | W | 33-21 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/28 18:00 | Western Illinois v South Dakota State | W | 24-52 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/21 19:00 | Missouri St v South Dakota State | W | 30-62 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/14 19:00 | South Dakota State v Northern Iowa | L | 18-38 |
| NCAAF | 2017/12/09 00:00 | Weber State v James Madison | W | 28-31 |
| NCAAF | 2017/12/02 19:00 | Stony Brook v James Madison | W | 7-26 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/18 18:00 | Elon v James Madison | W | 3-31 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/11 20:30 | James Madison v Richmond | W | 20-13 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/04 16:00 | Rhode Island v James Madison | W | 3-38 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/28 19:30 | James Madison v New Hampshire | W | 21-0 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/21 19:30 | William & Mary v James Madison | W | 14-46 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/14 19:30 | James Madison v Villanova | W | 30-8 |