A member of the Summit League, North Dakota State University sponsors teams in eight men's and eight women's NCAA sanctioned intercollegiate sports:[2] The football team competes as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Source:[3] The Bison football team, which since 1993 played their home games at the Fargodome, was a dominant force in Division II.

The program was the winningest in the history of the NCAA Division II North Central Conference, with 17 outright championships and 27 total league football titles.

The Bison won the 2011 FCS national championship, defeating Sam Houston State University, 17–6.

The Bison finished the game with an 18-play 80-yard drive that used 8+1⁄2 minutes, leaving 28 seconds on the clock for the Wildcats, trailing by 3.

NDSU Linebacker Grant Olson intercepted the first pass attempt by the Wildcats, sealing their 7th win over FBS teams since their move to FCS.

Despite a cast of new coaches, the 2014 Bison finished the season with a 15–1 record, including another win over Big 12 Iowa State and won their fourth consecutive national championship.

[4] This still stands as NDSU's most notable win, and one of the highest profile upsets in Division I football history.

Klieman was allowed to finish out his season at NDSU, beating SDSU in the semis and then Eastern Washington in the National Championship game.

This was highlighted by the National Championship game win against James Madison[5] in which NDSU won on a game-sealing interception in the redzone with under five seconds remaining.

The Bison also ended their national championship streak of 3 titles (between 2018 and 2020) after they lost to eventual champion Sam Houston in the FCS quarterfinals[6].

[10] The 2023 edition of North Dakota State would also have their struggles, losing three games again, this time in the regular season and did not receive a seed heading into the FCS playoffs.

The teams play at the Scheels Center inside the Sanford Health Athletic Complex (SHAC).

The men's basketball team won an upset victory over the University of Wisconsin on January 21, 2006, potentially increasing its chances of being accepted into a conference.

On February 28, 2009, the Bison men's basketball team captured the Summit League regular-season championship, the school's first at the Division I level, by defeating Oral Roberts 75–72 in Tulsa, OK. Two weeks later, NDSU earned its first men's basketball NCAA berth by winning the Summit League Tournament played at Sioux Falls, SD.

The Bison defeated Centenary 83–77 in the tourney quarterfinals, stopped Southern Utah 79–67 in the semifinals, and edged Oakland 66–64 in the championship game.

The Bison traveled to Minneapolis for a first-round game with the defending national champions, the Kansas Jayhawks, and fell 84–74.

They defeated #5 Oklahoma 80–75 in a second-round matchup of the NCAA basketball tournament and fell to San Diego State, one win short of the Sweet 16.

The Bison beat NC Central[11] in the program's second tournament win, before falling to top-seeded Duke in the first round[12].

They tied South Dakota State for the regular season title, and then won the Summit League tournament for the fifth time in program history.

The 2023-24 season was a start of a new era for Bison women's basketball not previously seen since their Division II days.

This time, the Bison made it to their first ever Summit League championship game against women's basketball powerhouse and longtime rival, South Dakota State.

The Bison would win their first postseason game in a home match against Montana, but fell several days later to Minnesota.

The Bison wrestling program had success under coach Bucky Maughan, winning four NCAA Division II team National Championships (1988, 1998, 2000, 2001).

NDSU has not reached the NCAA tournament since 2019, and has not won the Summit League regular season title since 2019.

The NDSU baseball team plays their home games at Newman Outdoor Field on the north side of campus.

[17] This time, the Bison found their first national tournament win in a 6-1 victory over Nevada at the Stanford Regional.

Starting in 2008, the Bison emerged from reclassification and finished 7th in the Summit League and missed the conference tournament.

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