SDK 17-31 MTST
SDKST 21-28 NDSU
- Best Performance: (#2) North Dakota St. 28, (#3) South Dakota St. 21 - Bryce Lance, Trey's younger brother, catches 6 balls for 125 yards and 3 TDs (70% of Cam Miller's passing yards) to help the Bison reach their 11th. FCS title game in 14 seasons.
Worst Performance: (#4) South Dakota 17, (#1) Montana St. 31 - The Coyotes held MSU to just 7 total yards on their last 5 drives, but 2 bad shotgun snaps in the redzone completely derailed South Dakota's attempts to even up the game.
Most Surprising Result: (#2) North Dakota St. 28, (#3) South Dakota St. 21 - The Bison beat SDSU twice in the same season for the 4th. time. They won the FCS title in each of the previous 3 occasions (2012, 2014, 2018).
