{"id":384767,"date":"2026-08-29T19:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/384767\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T19:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:08:44","slug":"watch-north-dakota-state-vs-jacksonville-state-football-today-start-time-channel-free-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/384767\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch North Dakota State vs. Jacksonville State football today, start time, channel, free streams"},"content":{"rendered":"

The North Dakota State Bison take an incredible run of success in the FCS ranks into their 2026 FBS debut, which begins on Saturday with a home matchup against another relative FBS newbie in Jacksonville State. The game is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. MT) with TV coverage on CBS Sports Network and streaming on-demand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How to watch North Dakota State vs. Jacksonville State on TV and stream without cable: <\/p>\n

When: Saturday, Aug. 29 at 5:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. MT)Where: Fargodome, Fargo, N.D. TV channel: CBS Sports NetworkStreaming on: FuboTV (free trial)<\/a> | DirecTV (free trial)<\/a><\/p>\n

North Dakota State vs. Jacksonville State: The matchup<\/p>\n

The Bison make the leap to the FBS three years behind the Gamecocks, who finished the 2025 season with a 9-5 record and a Veterans Bowl win over Troy (17-13). North Dakota State was an offseason addition to the Mountain West Conference after resounding FCS success that included 10 national championships between 2011-\u201924. The Bison went into the FCS playoff tournament without a loss, but saw their season end against Illinois State (29-28) in the FCS semifinals. <\/p>\n

See also: College football coverage on PennLive<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to a 9-5 overall record a year ago, Jacksonville State went 7-1 in Conference USA play and reached the conference championship game. The Gamecocks fell to Kennesaw State (19-15) on a last-minute touchdown drive, but rebounded by defeating Troy in the Veterans Bowl. <\/p>\n

North Dakota State vs. Jacksonville State: Know your live streams<\/p>\n

FuboTV (free trial)<\/a>: FuboTV offers the most extensive package of live sports with rates competitive with DirecTV. The FuboTV Pro ($48.99 first month), Elite ($53.99) and Deluxe ($73.99) all come with first-month discounts. Monthly rates rise to $73.99, $83.99 and $103.99 after the first-month discount.<\/p>\n

DirecTV (free trial)<\/a>: DirecTV offers a 5-day free trial and a total of $30 off over the first three full months for the Choice Package, which includes 125-plus channels and access to ESPN Unlimited, a $29.99 standalone value featuring all ESPN channels and ESPN+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The North Dakota State Bison take an incredible run of success in the FCS ranks into their 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-384767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}