2025 Ferris State Bulldogs football team
| 2025 Ferris State Bulldogs football | |
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GLIAC champion NCAA Division II national champion | |
NCAA Division II National Championship Game, W 42–21 vs. Harding | |
| Conference | Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AFCA | No. 1 |
| Record | 16–0 (7–0 GLIAC) |
| Head coach |
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| 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 |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Ferris State $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 16 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Valley State | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saginaw Valley State | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan Tech | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davenport | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Michigan | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roosevelt* | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne State (MI) | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Ferris State Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Ferris State University as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 2025 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by 14th-year head coach Tony Annese and played home games at Top Taggart Field in Big Rapids, Michigan.
The Bulldogs went undefeated with a 16–0 record, winning their second straight and fourth overall championship by defeating Harding 42–21 in the NCAA Division II national championship game. The Bulldogs were ranked no. 1 each week in both the AFCA Poll and the D2Football.com Poll throughout the season and became the first NCAA Division II team to finish 16–0 in modern college football.
The team set an NCAA and program record by scoring 844 points in a single season (an average of 52.75 points per game), besting the previous mark by Pittsburg State in 2004. With the championship, Ferris State becomes just the second Division II school to win four titles in five years, equaling rival Grand Valley State. The championship also places the Bulldogs in a tie for second place for most Division II titles (with Grand Valley State and Valdosta State). The national championship game marked the team's 30th consecutive win and the most wins in a season in school history.