North Dakota State·Mountain West

2026 — The Chapter Being Written

The 2026 season is in progress. This chapter is still being written.

Record 7-2
Final result In-progress
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +2.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Jack Sta 33-7 W vs Fordham 38-0 W @ Air For 38-32 W @ Sacr Sta 31-10 W vs Wyoming 28-0 L @ UNLV 7-13 W vs Nevada 31-17 L @ New Mex 16-21 W vs UTEP 31-7

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2026.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2026 season's largest margin: North Dakota State 38, Fordham 0. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: North Dakota State 7, UNLV 13. A 6-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Bison"
— North Dakota State fanbase voice · 2026· synthesized
What it meant

2026 is a middle chapter for North Dakota State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.