INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT (the Agreement) is made and entered into this 3rd day of October 2006 by and among STATE FARM MUTUAL FUND TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the Trust), STATE FARM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP., a Delaware corporation (the Adviser), and RAINIER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC., a State of Washington corporation (the Sub-Adviser), relating to investment management services to be provided by the Sub-Adviser.

WHEREAS, the Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act);

WHEREAS, the Trust issues shares of beneficial interest (the Shares) registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act) pursuant to a registration statement initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 21, 2000, as amended from time to time (the Registration Statement);

WHEREAS, the Trust has established multiple separate series of Shares, each corresponding to a separate investment portfolio having its own investment objective (the Funds);

WHEREAS, pursuant to a separate investment advisory and management services Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser (the Advisory Agreement), the Trust has retained the Adviser to render investment advisory and/or management services to each Fund;

WHEREAS, the Sub-Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act);

WHEREAS, the Adviser desires to retain the Sub-Adviser to provide investment advisory services to certain Fund(s) in the manner and on the terms and conditions set forth below; and

WHEREAS, the Sub-Adviser is willing to provide investment advisory services to certain Fund(s) in the manner and on the terms and conditions set forth below; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, the Trust, the Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser agree as follows:

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ARTICLE 1

Employment of Sub-Adviser

1.1 The Adviser hereby appoints the Sub-Adviser to act as investment sub-adviser for and to invest and reinvest a portion of the assets of the State Farm Small Cap Equity Fund (the Sub-Advised Fund), subject to the supervision and control of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the Board) for the period and upon the terms herein set forth. Unless otherwise noted, reference in the remainder of this Agreement to the term Sub-Advised Fund means only the portion of the State Farm Small Cap Equity Fund allocated by the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser will establish and maintain a discretionary investment management account (the Account) for the Sub-Advised Fund, consisting of securities, funds, or other assets contributed or liabilities allocated, (i) as the Adviser shall initially designate for the purposes of opening this Account, (ii) as the Adviser may from time to time designate in writing to Sub-Adviser and (iii) as the Adviser may substitute pursuant to this Agreement. The Sub-Adviser shall invest and reinvest the assets of the Account at such times and in such securities as it believes to be in the best interest of the shareholders of the Sub-Advised Fund.

1.2 The Sub-Adviser accepts such appointment and agrees during such period at its own expense to render the services set forth herein, and to assume the obligations herein set forth for the compensation herein provided.

1.3 The Sub-Adviser shall for all purposes be deemed to be an independent contractor and, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, shall have no authority to act for or represent the Trust or the Adviser in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Trust or the Adviser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Sub-Adviser shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, have and exercise full investment discretion and authority to act as agent for the Trust and the Adviser in buying, selling or otherwise disposing of the investments of the Sub-Advised Fund, subject to supervision by the Board.

1.4 The services of the Sub-Adviser herein provided are not to be deemed exclusive. The Sub-Adviser may act as an investment adviser to any other person, investment company, firm or corporation, and may perform management and any other services for any other person, investment company, association, corporation, firm or other entity pursuant to any contract or otherwise, and take any action or do anything in connection therewith or related thereto, except as prohibited by applicable law; and no such performance of management or other services shall be in any manner restricted or otherwise affected by any aspect of any relationship of the Sub-Adviser to the Trust, the Sub-Advised Fund or the Adviser except as otherwise imposed by law or by this Agreement. The Sub-Adviser shall have no obligation to purchase or sell for a

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Sub-Advised Fund, or to recommend for purchase or sale by a Sub-Advised Fund, any security which Sub-Adviser, its principles, affiliates or employees may purchase or sell for themselves or for any other clients.

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