WDAY+ is live this Saturday, November 22 as the North Dakota State Bison football team faces off against the St. Thomas Tommies. Coverage begins at 2:20 p.m.

Defending national champion North Dakota State will lead a record-tying six teams from the Missouri Valley Football Conference into the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The MVFC champion Bison (12-0) on Sunday were named the No.

Joining North Dakota State as top seeds were Montana State, Montana and Tarleton State. The Bobcats’ 31-28 win over Montana on Saturday in the annual Brawl of the Wild secured the No. 2 overall seed, but the in-state rivals are now two wins each away from a rematch in the FCS semifinals.

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The trophy is a small-scale replica of the hundreds of large, pink, quartzite markers survey crews planted in the early 1890s to delineate North Dakota from South Dakota, one every half-mile for 360 miles. The two states were established in 1889 from the Dakota Territory.

The 2025 FCS playoffs are here! The full 24-team field was revealed on Sunday, Nov. 23. North Dakota State took the top seed, followed by Montana State and Montana, respectively, at Nos. 2 and 3. With the complete field released and the first round starting on Saturday, Nov. 29, there's no better time to predict every game for the 2025 tournament.

The Bison beat St. Thomas with an offensive onslaught that for a while threatened to break the school record for total offense.

Barika Kpeenu rushed for two scores and caught his first touchdown pass of the season as undefeated and FCS top-ranked North Dakota State beat St. Thomas-Minnesota 62-7 in a regular-season finale on Saturday.

Former Lakeville North standout RaJa Nelson played eight games last season as a medical redshirt and won an FCS title.