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Wk 1 · 2026

Fordham Rams at North Dakota State Bison — Sat, Sep 5

Sat, Sep 5 · Fargodome, Fargo, ND · MW+ FINAL

Weather

This one is played indoors. There is nothing to forecast.
Fordham Rams
FCS / Other · 0-2
0
at
3:30pET
NDSU -41.5 · total 54.5 DraftKings opened -39.5 · 2 toward NDSU
No ratings differential: Fordham is not in the ratings file.
Mountain West · 5-1
38

What is at stake

A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.

What the ratings imply

The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers: The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus 2.4 points of home field. It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026 games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have changed.

Efficiency · 2026 ratings

Fordham: no data
Efficiency margin
N Dakota St: +3.1#56
Fordham: no data
Offense (pts/100)
N Dakota St: 29.7
Fordham: no data
Defense (pts/100)
N Dakota St: 17.7
Fordham: no data
Pace (plays/g)
N Dakota St: 64.3
Fordham: no data
Yards / play
N Dakota St: 5.67
Fordham: no data
Yards / play allowed
N Dakota St: 4.14
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.

Team stats · 2026 per game

Fordham: 3.5
Points / game
N Dakota St: 29.2
Fordham: 41.5
Points allowed
N Dakota St: 10.3
Fordham: 175
Yards / game
N Dakota St: 365
Fordham: no data
Yards allowed
N Dakota St: 239
Fordham: no data
Pass yds allowed
N Dakota St: 124
Fordham: no data
Rush yds allowed
N Dakota St: 115
Fordham: 4.00
Turnovers / game
N Dakota St: 1.00
From completed 2026 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

Fordham form

L 7-45at CCUL 0-38at NDSU
2026 season

N Dakota St form

L 7-13at UNLVW 28-0vs WYOW 31-10at SACW 38-32at AFW 38-0vs FOR
2026 season

Fordham this season

Straight up0-2 · 0% (2 games)
Against the spread1-1 · 50% (2 games)
Over / under0-2 · 0% (2 games)

N Dakota St this season

Straight up5-1 · 83% (6 games)
Against the spread3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Over / under1-5 · 17% (6 games)
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.

Common opponents · 0

These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
Open these two in the comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.

Series history · 2006–2026

Since 2006, N Dakota St leads 1–0 · N Dakota St won the last one
1 meeting in 2006–2026 · average margin 38.0 points toward N Dakota St
Yr DateResultSiteWon
20262026-09-05Fordham 0 — 38 N Dakota Stat NDSUN Dakota St

Fordham leaders

No tracked players for this team.
From this site’s tracked-player feed; ESPN published no season leaders for this team.
No roster page: this site tracks the 138 FBS teams.

N Dakota St leaders 2026 regular season

PassingNathan Hayes QB #275/116, 995 YDS, 7 TD, 2 INT
Trey Drake QB #103/4, 35 YDS
RushingDJ Scott RB #770 CAR, 298 YDS, 4 TD
Myles Mitchell RB #546 CAR, 214 YDS, 3 TD
Nyeoti Punni RB #426 CAR, 129 YDS
ReceivingJackson Williams WR #1822 REC, 358 YDS, 1 TD
Mekhi Collins WR #1510 REC, 164 YDS, 2 TD
Reis Kessel TE #8113 REC, 150 YDS, 1 TD
Jordan McCants WR #112 REC, 79 YDS, 1 TD
Defense
TacklesDonovan Woolen LB #135
Darius Givance S #2927
Gavin Sell LB #326
SacksKelton McCaslin DE #93
Peder Haugo LB #411
Matthew Stenbroten DE #111
InterceptionsMarion Moore CB #162
Keith Williams LB #521
Taylen Eady S #141
These are regular-season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.