2025 North Dakota State Bison football team

2025 North Dakota State Bison football
MVFC champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 4 (tie)
FCS CoachesNo. 5
Record12–1 (8–0 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Larson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGrant Olson (2nd season)
Home stadiumFargodome
2025 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4т North Dakota State $^   8 0     12 1  
No. 9 South Dakota ^   6 2     10 5  
No. 2 Illinois State ^   5 3     12 5  
No. 14 North Dakota ^   5 3     8 6  
No. 18 Youngstown State ^   5 3     8 5  
No. 13 South Dakota State ^   4 4     9 5  
No. 25 Southern Illinois   4 4     7 5  
Northern Iowa   1 7     3 9  
Murray State   1 7     1 11  
Indiana State   1 7     3 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2025 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison were led by second-year head coach Tim Polasek and played home games at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. This would be their last season in the FCS before moving to the Mountain West Conference in the FBS.

Notably, the team received three votes in the Week 15 AP poll rankings. This was the first time since 2019 that the Bison received at least one vote from an AP voter.

The Bison finished their regular season with a 12–0 record (8–0 in conference) for the fourth time in the Division I era and the eleventh time overall. They were the top seed in the FCS playoffs and received a first round bye. However, they would fall to Illinois State in the second round, which snapped a 15 year streak of making at least the quarterfinal round and was the first time in NDSU's string of FCS strength that they failed to advance.

North Dakota State drew an average home attendance of 16,048, the 9th-highest of all NCAA Division I FCS football teams.