NDSU Draws No. 1 Seed in FCS Playoffs

Courtesy: NDSU Athletics

FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State is the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Division I Football Championship and will host a second round game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, against either San Diego or Cal Poly.

North Dakota State won its final five games to finish 10-1 overall and won a share of its sixth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championship with a 7-1 record in league play.

Cal Poly is 7-4 overall and tied for fourth place in the Big Sky Conference with a 5-3 record.  The Mustangs have a non-conference 38-31 road win over South Dakota State and a 38-16 home win over San Diego.

NDSU has a 4-3 edge in the series dating back to 1985 with Cal Poly, a former Great West Football Conference opponent.  NDSU is 3-1 against Cal Poly in Fargo including a 47-0 win in the 1990 NCAA Division II quarterfinals.

San Diego finished 9-1 overall and went 8-0 in the Pioneer Football League.  The Bison and Toreros have never met.

All first round and second round playoff games are televised exclusively on ESPN3.  NDSU’s game can be heard on 107.9 The Fox and the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Radio Network with audio streaming available exclusively on GoBison.com/allaccess.