North Dakota St Bison FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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North Dakota St

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B Overall Grade 84

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Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

North Dakota St Bison has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	10-1	90.9%	—
2008-09	6-5	54.5%	—
2009-10	3-8	27.3%	—
2010-11	9-5	64.3%	#12
2011-12	14-1	93.3%	#1
2012-13	14-1	93.3%	#1
2013-14	15-0	100.0%	#1
2014-15	15-1	93.8%	#1
2015-16	13-2	86.7%	#1
2016-17	12-2	85.7%	#2
2017-18	14-1	93.3%	#1
2018-19	15-0	100.0%	#1
2019-20	16-0	100.0%	#1
2020-21	7-3	70.0%	#4
2021-22	14-1	93.3%	#1
2022-23	12-3	80.0%	#2
2023-24	11-4	73.3%	#4
2024-25	14-2	87.5%	#1
2025-26	12-1	92.3%	#2

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
45	North Dakota St	12	1
65	Illinois St	12	5	1
87	South Dakota	10	5
96	South Dakota St	9	5
123	North Dakota	8	6
135	Youngstown St	8	5
151	Southern Illinois	7	5	1
256	Indiana St	3	9
297	Northern Iowa	3	9	1
407	Murray St	1	11

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 30	at The Citadel (4-8) (FCS) Southern · FCS	W38-0
Sat Sep 6	at Tennessee St (2-10) (FCS) OVC-Big South · FCS	W59-3
Sat Sep 13	vs SE Missouri St (4-8) (FCS) OVC-Big South · FCS	W41-14
Sat Sep 27	vs South Dakota (10-5) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W51-13
Sat Oct 4	at Illinois St (12-5) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W33-16
Sat Oct 11	vs Southern Illinois (7-5) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W45-17
Sat Oct 18	at Indiana St (3-9) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W38-7
Sat Oct 25	at South Dakota St (9-5) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W38-7
Sat Nov 1	vs Youngstown St (8-5) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W38-30
Sat Nov 8	at North Dakota (8-6) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W15-10
Sat Nov 15	vs Northern Iowa (3-9) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	W48-16
Sat Nov 22	vs St Thomas MN (7-5) (FCS) Pioneer · FCS	W62-7
Sat Dec 6	vs Illinois St (12-5) (FCS) Missouri Valley · FCS	L28-29

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	31	0	0
1	Sep 2	39	1	0	8
2	Sep 7	34	2	0	5
3	Sep 14	41	3	0	7
4	Sep 21	47	3	0	6
5	Sep 28	40	4	0	7
6	Oct 5	37	5	0	3
7	Oct 12	33	6	0	4
8	Oct 19	39	7	0	6
9	Oct 26	29	8	0	10
10	Nov 2	25	9	0	4
11	Nov 9	24	10	0	1
12	Nov 16	26	11	0	2
13	Nov 23	37	12	0	11
14	Nov 30	31	12	0	6
15	Dec 7	46	12	1	15
16	Dec 14	43	12	1	3
17	Dec 21	43	12	1
18	Dec 28	43	12	1
19	Jan 4	43	12	1
20	Jan 10	45	12	1	2
21	Jan 20	45	12	1

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