The 2011 season started fast as the Bison opened the season 3-0 with an FBS win over Minnesota. It marked the eighth year that North Dakota State played FCS football and the Bison entered fresh off their first playoff appearance in 2010. 2013Ģ011 was the year that kicked off the Bison dynasty. MORE: See all of Carson Wentz's career stats, highlights and records 3. To date the drive stands as one of the most memorable drives in North Dakota State history. In the most pivotal moment, Wentz led the Bison on a game-winning drive in the 2014 title game and scored the game-winning five-yard touchdown. The new signal-caller helped North Dakota State overcome its playoff struggles in 2014 as three games were decided by one score despite never playing a top-four seed.
2 seed in the playoffs.īuck Buchanan Award winner Kyle Emmanuel led the Bison defense while future star quarterback Carson Wentz became the starter under center. Overall, the Bison began 9-0 (33-game streak) before losing its only game to Northern Iowa. North Dakota State battled through the the most difficult regular season schedule of any of the nine championship teams, defeating five ranked FCS teams in addition to the FBS win, ultimately finishing the regular season with the No. North Dakota State entered the season on a 24-game win streak and opened with a win over FBS foe Iowa State, making it five straight years that the Bison knocked off an FBS foe. The 2014 Bison won their fourth-straight championship and sits atop the teams from the five-peat. Lance's first year coincided with head coach Matt Entz's first year as both newcomers led the greatest team in North Dakota State history to glory. Lance won the 2019 Walter Payton and Jerry Rice Awards, becoming the first player in FCS history to do so. What sets North Dakota State apart in this ranking of the best teams is the performance of standout quarterback Trey Lance, the Most Outstanding Player of the FCS Championship game. 2 James Madison - in the FCS Championship game that year, something none of the other undefeated Bison teams did. While the 2019 strength of schedule isn't the highest among the championship teams, North Dakota State defeated the highest-possible seed - No. The Bison beat six ranked FCS teams during the 2019 regular season, tied for the most among the teams in the data set. They are one of three undefeated FCS Championship teams from North Dakota State and only saw three games decided by less than 10 points en-route to a 16-0 finish, the best record in modern-era Division I football history. The 2019 Bison led all of the nine championship teams in the point system by over 10 points. One can't discuss the best teams in FCS history without 2019 North Dakota State, so it makes sense that this version of the Bison sit atop these rankings. Here are North Dakota State's nine championship teams, ranked. You can click or tap here to view the complete spreadsheet of the calculations and rankings. Walter Payton, Buck Buchanan, Jerry Rice and Eddie Robinson Awards = 5 points each.AAC, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt wins = 8 points.ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or SEC wins = 10 points.To account for a change in FCS playoff seeding over time, unseeded teams are given one point for scoring purposes from the quarterfinal round and beyond.1 seed (10 points), 2 seed (8 points), 3 seed (6 points), 4 seed (5 points), 5 seed (4 points), 6 seed (3 points), 7 seed (2 points), 8 seed (1 point).Playoff seed points are attributed as follows:.An outright MVFC title is worth double the points of a shared conference title.A maximum of 25 points for success in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.Strength of schedule calculated using Massey ratings.A maximum of 50 points for overall win percentage and strength of schedule.Here's a breakdown of how the point system works:
To try to make the rankings as objective as possible and to avoid biases of recency or the eventual NFL careers of Bison football alumni, I created a point system ( shoutout to Andy Wittry for the inspiration) to evaluate North Dakota State teams that have won an FCS championship. I ranked every North Dakota State championship-winning football team to find out. But which team would reign supreme if all the title-winning Bison met on the gridiron? North Dakota State has won nine FCS championships, the most of any football program in subdivision history.
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