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FCS Playoffs Announced, Bison #1 Seed

By Ryan King Nov 24, 2025 | 9:30 AM

After wrapping up the regular season with a dominate victory against St Thomas 62-7, the NDSU Bison have completed the regular season undefeated and will now hit the next phase of bringing home ANOTHER FCS National Title to the trophy case in Fargo. Finishing 12-0 on the season, the Bison have attained the #1 seed in the upcoming FCS playoffs.

With the number 1 seed, the Bison will await the winner of Illinois State and #16 Southeastern Louisiana and that matchup will be played on December 6th in the Fargodome.

Here is a quick run down of the rest of the Brackets and seedings.

Top 8 Seeds of the FCS Playoffs – (These Teams will have a BYE in the first round of the playoffs) 

  1. North Dakota State University 
  2. Montana State 
  3. Montana 
  4. Tarleton State 
  5. Lehigh 
  6. Mercer 
  7. Stephen F Austin 
  8. UC Davis 

Bottom 8 Seeds of the FCS Playoffs – (These Teams will HOST in the first round of the playoffs)

9. Rhode Island 

10. Abilene Christian 

11. South Dakota 

12. Villanova 

13. Tennessee Tech 

14. South Dakota State 

15. Youngstown State 

16. Southeastern Louisiana

At Large Bids – (These Teams will TRAVEL in the first round of the playoffs) 

Central Connecticut State

Lamar University

Drake

Harvard

University of North Dakota

New Hampshire

Yale

Illinois State

 

First Round Matchups – 

Illinois State @ #16 Southeastern Louisiana – WINNER faces #1 North Dakota State 

 Central Connecticut State @ #9 Rhode Island – WINNER faces #8 UC Davis 

Harvard @ #12 Villanova – WINNER faces #5 Lehigh

UND @ #13 Tennessee Tech – WINNER faces #4 Tarleton State

New Hampshire @ #14 South Dakota State – WINNER faces #3 Montana 

Drake @ #11 South Dakota – WINNER faces #6 Mercer

Lamar University @ #10 Abilene Christian – WINNER faces #7 Stephen F Austin 

Yale @ #15 Youngstown State – WINNER faces #2 Montana State

 

Can the Bison roll to another championship or will another team have something to say?

 

Keep yourself updated on all the scores, and who’s moving on, on our website ksjbam.com and the brand new KSJB Sports APP!

 

Photo Credit: North Dakota State University, NDSU Athletics, NDSU Bison Football Team.

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