The 2026 college football season begins with Week 0 on Saturday, Aug. 29, and one of the matchups has the North Dakota State Bison making their FBS debut. The 10-time FCS champions will host the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, who just joined FBS in 2023. Jax State, of Conference USA, went 9-5 last season, marking its fourth straight year with exactly nine wins. NDSU was 12-1 in its last year in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and has won double-digit games in 14 straight non-shortened seasons. Visit our DraftKings promo code review and get $150 in bonus bets instantly as a new user after $5+ in wagers here:
Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m. ET at the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D. The Bison are 6.5-point favorites in the latest North Dakota State vs. Jacksonville State odds, while the over/under is 47.5.