2025 Ferris State Bulldogs football team

2025 Ferris State Bulldogs football
Conference	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Ranking
AFCA	No. 1
Record	10–0 (6–0 GLIAC)
Head coach	Tony Annese (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Annese (14th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Tony Annese II (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Grant Caserta (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Top Taggart Field
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Ferris State $		6	–	0					10	–	0
Michigan Tech		4	–	2					7	–	3
No. 23 Grand Valley State		4	–	2					6	–	3
Davenport		4	–	2					5	–	4
Saginaw Valley State		4	–	2					5	–	5
Northern Michigan		1	–	5					2	–	8
Roosevelt*		1	–	5					2	–	7
Wayne State (MI)		0	–	6					0	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant * – Roosevelt ineligible for postseason play due to transition from NAIA Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2025 Ferris State Bulldogs football team is an American football team that represents Ferris State University as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 2025 NCAA Division II football season. They are led by fourteenth-year head coach Tony Annese.

GLIAC preseason poll

In the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference preseason media poll released on August 1, 2024, Ferris State was projected to finish first in the conference. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
August 28	6:00 p.m.	No. 9 Pittsburg State *	No. 1	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI	W 34–17	5,434
September 6	2:00 p.m.	at Lake Erie *	No. 1	Jack Britt Memorial Stadium Painesville, OH	W 63–6	494
September 13	6:00 p.m.	Tiffin *	No. 1	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI	W 41–34	3,356
September 20	3:00 p.m.	Rio Grande *	No. 1	Top Taggard Field Big Rapids, MI	W 76–0	5,477
October 4	1:00 p.m.	at Roosevelt	No. 1	Morris Field Arlington Heights, IL	W 66–0	592
October 11	1:00 p.m.	Wayne State (MI)	No. 1	Top Taggard Field Big Rapids, MI	W 59–0	3,124
October 18	12:00 p.m.	at Michigan Tech	No. 1	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	W 38–10	1,635
October 25	1:00 p.m.	No. 18 Grand Valley State	No. 1	Top Taggard Field Big Rapids, MI (Anchor–Bone Classic)	W 38–31	10,089
November 1	1:00 p.m.	Northern Michigan	No. 1	Top Taggard Field Big Rapids, MI	W 70–35	2,843
November 8	1:00 p.m.	at Saginaw Valley State	No. 1	Harvey Randall Wickes Memorial Stadium University Center, MI	W 51–45 2OT	4,263
November 15	1:00 p.m.	at Davenport		Farmers Insurance Athletic Complex Caledonia Township, MI (Calder City Classic)
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

See also: 2025 NCAA Division II football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
AFCA	1 (30)	1 (31)	1 (31)	1 (31)	1 (31)	1 (31)	1 (31)	1 (31)	1 (30)	1 (31)	1 (31)
D2 Football	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

References

1. "Ferris State and Grand Valley State ranked top 3 in AFCA preseason poll". Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. August 13, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
2. "2025 Ferris State Football Schedule". Ferris State University . Retrieved October 23, 2025.