• Source: 2018 North Dakota State Bison football team

The 2018 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Klieman, who also coached his final season with the Bison before heading off to take over for the retiring Bill Snyder at Kansas State. The team played their 26th season in the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They entered the season as defending National Champions and had won six of the last seven FCS titles. In 2018, the Bison finished the regular season 11–0, the first undefeated Bison season since the 2013 campaign, and won their eighth consecutive MVFC title. They received an automatic qualifying bid to the FCS playoff tournament and were seeded as the No. 1 team. The Bison then went 4–0 in the FCS playoffs to finish 15–0 and FCS champions.




Preseason






= Award watch lists

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= Preseason MVFC poll

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The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Bison predicted unanimously to win the MVFC championship.




= Preseason All-MVFC Teams

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The Bison placed eleven players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.




Schedule



Source: Schedule




Game summaries


Polls are based on the FCS STATS Poll




= Cal Poly

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= North Alabama

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= Delaware

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= South Dakota State

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= At Northern Iowa

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= At Western Illinois

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= Illinois State

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= At South Dakota

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= Youngstown State

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= At Missouri State

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= Southern Illinois

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FCS Playoffs






= Montana State–Second Round

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= Colgate–Quarterfinals

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= South Dakota State–Semifinals

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= Eastern Washington–Championship

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Ranking movements






Players drafted into the NFL






References

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