On Monday, March 9 North Dakota State football announced the programs first 12-game schedule at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level.
The schedule will feature eight Mountain West Conference games with four non-conference contests. Three non-conference games will be against FBS opponents with one non-conference game being a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team. Additionally, the Bison will visit Mountain West foe San Jose State in the regular season finale in a non-conference contest to fill out the full schedule.
NDSU will play the programs first-ever Mountain West game on September 12 at Air Force while hosting its first conference game during homecoming on October 3 against Wyoming.
2026 NDSU Football Schedule:
- August 29 vs Jacksonville State
- September 5 vs Fordham
- September 12 at Air Force*
- September 19 at Sacramento State
- October 3 vs Wyoming* (Homecoming)
- October 10 at UNLV*
- October 17 vs Nevada*
- October 24 at New Mexico*
- October 31 vs UTEP*
- November 14 at Hawaii*
- November 21 vs Northern Illinois*
- November 28 at San Jose State
*Mountain West games
single game tickets will go on sale on August 1.
