2015 Bison Pre-Bunny Factoid

[Tony Almeida]

Grand Valley State????? There is a school of this name that has a heck of a football program.

I was confused too. I think Tony meant they have had football for 50 FEWER years than the other two schools...because I think Grand Valley State's football program is fairly young.


Edit: Tony beat me to it.

[56BISON73]

I phrased that awkwardly. They're only on their 45th season of football - so they haven't had a program for the entirety of the period I was looking at.

Gotcha.....

[SoCalBison]

...If NDSU wins the next 62, the Bison would be at exactly 80%.

And this is completely possible IF:
●The defensive backfield plays as if they're each 6" taller and 5 seconds faster in the 40
●The offensive line lives up to preseason expectations
●We settle on 2 key running backs and use them consistently
●The tight ends are used when appropriate
●The coaches remember what got the team to this point
●Power running...'nuff said
●Ginger Jesus brings us to the promised land!

[tony]

Had a feeling this would be the week... top 20 DI and D2 teams by winning pct since 1965 (inclusive of 1965):

TeamId	Pct	W	L	T
North Dakota State	0.77911	453	127	4
Nebraska	0.77769	482	136	5
Ohio State	0.77119	451	131	8
Oklahoma	0.74959	451	148	8
Penn State	0.73262	441	160	3
Alabama	0.73070	433	158	5
Grand Valley State	0.72610	363	136	3
Michigan	0.72546	432	161	8
Boise State	0.72456	412	156	2
Georgia Southern	0.72248	308	118	1
Dayton	0.72172	398	151	8
Pittsburg State	0.72115	408	155	9
Indiana (PA)	0.71892	385	149	5
Florida State	0.71803	434	168	8
USC	0.71633	418	161	15
Carson-Newman	0.71267	408	163	5
Texas	0.70315	421	176	6
Georgia	0.70132	420	176	10
Notre Dame	0.69764	409	175	8
Florida	0.69224	415	182	9

[A1pigskin]

What's the record for negative rushing in NDSU history?

[tony]

What's the record for negative rushing in NDSU history?

-85 against Morningside, 1974.

[westnodak93bison]

Had a feeling this would be the week... top 20 DI and D2 teams by winning pct since 1965 (inclusive of 1965):

TeamId	Pct	W	L	T
North Dakota State	0.77911	453	127	4
Nebraska	0.77769	482	136	5
Ohio State	0.77119	451	131	8
Oklahoma	0.74959	451	148	8
Penn State	0.73262	441	160	3
Alabama	0.73070	433	158	5
Grand Valley State	0.72610	363	136	3
Michigan	0.72546	432	161	8
Boise State	0.72456	412	156	2
Georgia Southern	0.72248	308	118	1
Dayton	0.72172	398	151	8
Pittsburg State	0.72115	408	155	9
Indiana (PA)	0.71892	385	149	5
Florida State	0.71803	434	168	8
USC	0.71633	418	161	15
Carson-Newman	0.71267	408	163	5
Texas	0.70315	421	176	6
Georgia	0.70132	420	176	10
Notre Dame	0.69764	409	175	8
Florida	0.69224	415	182	9

Tony, email kolpack a hint for some story material

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[Professor Chaos]

Another interesting number to follow as the season progresses is NDSU's all time wins in relation to other FCS schools. Since the start of the year the Bison have pulled ahead of Lehigh to take sole possession of #7 amongst current FCS programs. They've got a decent chance to get to #5 before the season is over although it would probably require a deep playoff run since Dartmouth is already 3-0 and can probably sleep walk into at least 7 wins with their schedule. Got some work to do to get into the top 4.

Most wins all-time by current FCS programs through 10/4/15

1. Yale - 888
2. Harvard - 851
3. Penn - 831
4. Princeton - 807
5. Dartmouth - 679
6. Delaware - 676
7. NDSU - 674
8. Lehigh - 673
9. Lafayette - 670
10. Dayton - 653


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._teams_by_wins