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 seasons outside of the shortened 2020 season. Visit our DraftKings promo code review and get $200 in bonus bets 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, and the game will air on CBS Sports Network.
These programs have met three times previously, with the Gamecocks holding the 2-1 edge. The Bison are 7-point favorites in the latest North Dakota State vs. Jacksonville State odds, while the over/under is 47.5.
Before making any Jacksonville State vs. North Dakota State picks, check out the Jax State vs. North Dakota State predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.
The model simulates every FBS game 10,000 times. It is on a 31-19 run on top-rated CFB money-line picks since the 2024 season, and it has been upgraded for the 2026 season to even better factor in the transfer portal to help nail college football betting picks at sportsbooks and on betting sites. Now, the model has set its sights on North Dakota State vs.
You can visit SportsLine now to see the picks. Here are the FBS college football odds and trends for Jacksonville State vs. North Dakota State: North Dakota State vs.
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