Quote Originally Posted by Professor Chaos View Post
Beyond having the toughest non-conference schedule in the FCS you could also make the argument that NDSU has the toughest conference schedule as well. While not head and shoulders above the rest like it was in 2014 and 2015 the MVFC is still the best FCS conference in the country by almost any objective measure and the only MVFC team NDSU doesn't play is cellar dweller SIU who is trending towards not winning a conference game all year (they're 0-5 and they have USD, YSU, and WIU left).

Bottom line is the Bison SOS is off the charts this year... literally. Most everywhere I've seen has UNI with the 2nd toughest schedule and their FBS team was obviously much easier (as evidenced by Iowa's 42-3 whitewashing of Iowa St). Beyond that the only difference in the two schedules is UNI played Montana and SIU whereas the Bison played Charleston Southern and Illinois St. Clear advantage NDSU again.



But the Bison do not have to play the Bison so there is another advantage for NDSU. lol