'Dogs return to preseason Top 10

WACO, Texas - The National Collegiate Equestrian Association announced its 2025-26 preseason coaches poll on Tuesday, which saw the Bulldogs ranked No. 10. New this season, the NCEA implemented a coaches poll as opposed to its previous committee format.

The Bulldogs find themselves back into the preseason rankings for the first time since the 2022-23 season.

Fresno State held its annual Red vs Blue Scrimmage last week, and now turns its attention to the season opener on Oct. 10 against South Dakota State at home.

Fresno State added 13 newcomers to the 2025-26 roster, while also hiring former Bulldog student-athlete Sara Tuck to the staff as assistant jumping seat coach. The Bulldogs return one of two All-America selections from a season ago in sophomore Paris Mahoney. Mahoney earned honorable mention honors in the flat as a true freshman, becoming just the second-ever true freshman to earn All-America honors in the flat for the Bulldogs. Mahoney had a 10-4-0 flat record with three MOP honors last season.

Fresno State also returns veteran reiners Shelby Robinette and Brogan Hill, and experience in horsemanship from Abby Goddard and Hailey Olson.

SINGLE DISCIPLINE

Dartmouth
Charleston
Lynchburg
Sweet Briar
Sewanee

DUAL DISCIPLINE

Georgia
SMU
Auburn
South Carolina
Texas A&M
Oklahoma State
TCU
Baylor
UT Martin
Fresno State

New Format for Rankings
For the 25-26 season, the NCEA will utilize a coaches poll. Starting with a preseason ranking, all member institutions coaches will have the opportunity to rank either Single Discipline 1-5 or Dual Discipline 1-10. Rankings will be assigned a point value, and the schools will be ranked overall based on the points they accumulate from the poll.

The coaches poll will run through the fall slate of competition on a weekly basis, with the final coaches poll coming out on November 25, 2025.

Beginning on February 10, the NCEA Selection Committee will release its first rankings. From that point forward the Selection Committee will release rankings on a weekly basis with the final regular season ranking announced on March 17, 2026.

Following the conference championship competition, the NCEA Selection committee will release the selections for the national championship on March 31, 2026.

The first Coaches Poll will be released on September 30.

Fresno State Athletics

Players Mentioned

Abby Goddard

Brogan Hill

Paris Mahoney

Hailey Olson

Shelby Robinette

'Dogs return to preseason Top 10

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