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North Dakota State Bison

The North Dakota State Bison are 5-0 in 2026.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATEOPPSCORE
Sat
10/10
@
UNLV UNLV
Sat
10/3
vs
WYO WYO
W
28-0
Sat
9/19
@
SAC SAC
W
31-10
Sat
9/12
@
AFA AFA
W
38-32
Sat
9/5
vs
FOR FOR
W
38-0

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

995

Hayes

Hayes

RUSH YDS

298

Scott

Scott

REC YDS

358

Williams

Williams

2026 MWC Standings

TEAMCONFOVERALL
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
2-0
5-0
2
New Mexico New Mexico
1-0
4-1
3
UNLV UNLV
1-0
3-2
4
Air Force Air Force
1-1
3-1
5
Wyoming Wyoming
1-1
2-3

2026 Stats

See stats
GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
Team
5
168
1,889
325
5.8
855
203
4.2
1,034
122
8.5
7
43
100
44
46
10
31
266
Team Rank
44th
72nd
65th
81st
56th
19th
87th
82nd
105th
40th
46th
82nd
69th
55th
80th
46th
64th
71st
Opponent
5
49
1,181
293
4.2
511
169
3.0
670
114
5.9
10
60
71
31
32
8
29
276
Opponent Rank
3rd
12th
33rd
10th
37th
66th
25th
11th
18th
19th
58th
73rd
19th
42nd
18th
50th
83rd
65th
Net
+119
+708
+32
+1.6
+344
+34
+1.2
+364
+8
+2.6
-3
-17
+29
+13
+14
+2
+2
-10
Net Rank
13th
26th
31st
29th
40th
36th
45th
35th
58th
20th
54th
83rd
37th
45th
38th
37th
87th
58th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Kevin Jennings
Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

Dylan Riley

652

Cook

Cam Cook

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard
Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

741

Legree

Jesse Legree

628

Duff

KJ Duff
Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

16

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

15

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

11

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

9

Daniels

Ashton Daniels
Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

Jesse Legree

9

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

8

Dixon

Collin Dixon
QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

203.7

Hoover

Josh Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Gunner Stockton
Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

Xavier Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

51.4

Miami

49.6

Alabama

49.6

Oregon

47.5

Florida

46.2

James Madison

44.8
Opp PPG Rankings
North Dakota State

9.8

Miami

9.8

Utah

10.3

New Mexico

10.6

Indiana

10.8

Duke

11.0
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

554.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

LSU

547.8

Memphis

541.2

Texas State

531.6

North Texas

524.6
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

334.3

Air Force

297.3

West Virginia

294.0

UCLA

281.5

Navy

277.8

Texas State

263.6
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

377.4

Ohio State

357.0

Oregon

346.5

SMU

341.0

North Texas

340.0

Miami

334.4
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

22.0

LSU

21.0

Georgia State

19.0

Virginia Tech

18.0

Baylor

18.0

Delaware

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
5
0
1.000
2
Georgia Georgia
5
0
1.000
3
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
4
Florida Florida
4
1
.800
5
Kentucky Kentucky
4
1
.800
6
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
1
.800
7
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
8
LSU LSU
4
1
.800
9
Missouri Missouri
4
1
.800
10
Tennessee Tennessee
4
1
.800
11
Auburn Auburn
3
2
.600
12
Texas A&M Texas A&M
3
2
.600
13
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
14
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
2
.600
15
Arkansas Arkansas
2
3
.400
16
South Carolina South Carolina
2
3
.400
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
4
1
.800
2
Fresno State Fresno State
4
1
.800
3
Oregon State Oregon State
3
2
.600
4
San Diego State San Diego State
2
3
.400
5
Colorado State Colorado State
2
3
.400
6
Texas State Texas State
2
3
.400
7
Utah State Utah State
1
4
.200
8
Washington State Washington State
1
4
.200
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
3
3
.500
2
Toledo Toledo
4
1
.800
3
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
2
.600
4
Ohio Ohio
3
2
.600
5
Western Michigan Western Michigan
3
2
.600
6
Bowling Green Bowling Green
1
4
.200
7
UMass UMass
4
1
.800
8
Kent State Kent State
2
3
.400
9
Buffalo Buffalo
2
3
.400
10
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
3
.400
11
Akron Akron
1
4
.200
12
Ball State Ball State
1
4
.200
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
4
1
.800
2
Memphis Memphis
4
1
.800
3
UTSA UTSA
4
1
.800
4
North Texas North Texas
3
2
.600
5
UAB UAB
3
2
.600
6
South Florida South Florida
4
1
.800
7
Army Army
2
2
.500
8
Temple Temple
2
3
.400
9
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Tulsa Tulsa
3
2
.600
12
Rice Rice
1
4
.200
13
Charlotte Charlotte
0
5
.000
14
Navy Navy
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
5
0
1.000
2
Nebraska Nebraska
5
0
1.000
3
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
4
Minnesota Minnesota
4
1
.800
5
Ohio State Ohio State
4
1
.800
6
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
1
.800
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
USC USC
5
1
.833
9
Iowa Iowa
4
1
.800
10
Northwestern Northwestern
3
1
.750
11
Purdue Purdue
2
3
.400
12
Michigan Michigan
3
2
.600
13
Penn State Penn State
3
2
.600
14
Washington Washington
3
2
.600
15
Illinois Illinois
2
3
.400
16
Maryland Maryland
2
3
.400
17
Michigan State Michigan State
2
3
.400
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
4
.200
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
4
1
.800
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
3
New Mexico State New Mexico State
2
3
.400
4
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
8
Delaware Delaware
2
3
.400
9
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
3
.400
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
5
0
1.000
2
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
0
1.000
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
SMU SMU
4
1
.800
5
Wake Forest Wake Forest
4
1
.800
6
Clemson Clemson
3
2
.600
7
Florida State Florida State
3
2
.600
8
Virginia Virginia
3
2
.600
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
1
.800
10
NC State NC State
3
2
.600
11
California California
2
3
.400
12
Louisville Louisville
2
3
.400
13
Stanford Stanford
2
3
.400
14
North Carolina North Carolina
2
2
.500
15
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
16
Syracuse Syracuse
2
2
.500
17
Boston College Boston College
2
3
.400
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
5
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
3
.400
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
5
0
1.000
2
BYU BYU
4
0
1.000
3
Baylor Baylor
4
1
.800
4
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
5
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
6
Arizona Arizona
4
1
.800
7
Houston Houston
4
1
.800
8
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
1
.800
9
Iowa State Iowa State
3
2
.600
10
UCF UCF
3
2
.600
11
Arizona State Arizona State
2
2
.500
12
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
13
Kansas Kansas
2
2
.500
14
West Virginia West Virginia
3
2
.600
15
Colorado Colorado
2
3
.400
16
TCU TCU
2
3
.400
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
5
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
4
1
.800
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
4
South Alabama South Alabama
3
2
.600
5
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
3
.400
6
Georgia State Georgia State
4
1
.800
7
Marshall Marshall
3
2
.600
8
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
2
3
.400
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
2
2
.500
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
12
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
4
.200
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
4
.200
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
5
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
5
0
1.000
2
New Mexico New Mexico
4
1
.800
3
UNLV UNLV
3
2
.600
4
Air Force Air Force
3
1
.750
5
Wyoming Wyoming
2
3
.400
6
San Jose State San Jose State
3
2
.600
7
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
8
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
9
UTEP UTEP
1
4
.200
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
4
.200

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/19
CCAR CCAR
@
DEL DEL
14-22
Sat
9/19
MER MER
@
GT GT
11-44
Sat
9/19
UNT UNT
@
TXST TXST
35-49
Sat
9/19
ASU ASU
@
KU KU
24-17
Sat
9/19
KENT KENT
@
OSU OSU
3-59

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
10/6
USM USM
@
TROY TROY
8:00 PM
Wed
10/7
JVST JVST
@
KENN KENN
7:00 PM
Wed
10/7
NMSU NMSU
@
FIU FIU
7:30 PM
Thu
10/8
SHSU SHSU
@
LIB LIB
7:00 PM
Thu
10/8
MOSU MOSU
@
WKU WKU
7:00 PM