Bison Bowl Projections: Return of the MAC

Alyssa Goelzer / The Forum By Dom Izzo Today at 1:58 PM Listen Comments Share Share this article News Reporting News Reporting Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Trust Project What is this? HONOLULU — There are three weeks left in the FBS regular season and more teams are clinching bowl spots. Wyoming joined the Mountain West ranks last week with its win over UNLV, joining Air Force, North Dakota State and New Mexico. The league anticipated five bowl teams, with an outside shot at six if San Jose State can string some victories together. ADVERTISEMENT After being in Hawaii for all of five hours, I can tell why people enjoy coming here and why it’s an enticing bowl game location. The detractor is for teams that visit late in the season, like NDSU is, I can’t imagine that the Bison would return here so soon after coming here originally. NDSU’s bowl game destination could elevate depending on what happens over the final three weeks of the season, if they win out and make the Mountain West championship game, there’s potential the Bison could be sent to the Dallas area. Here are the latest projections from various sites that we have been tracking over the last few weeks. ESPN: December 21st vs Toledo in Idaho Potato Bowl December 24th vs Texas State in Hawaii Bowl CBS SPORTS: December 21st vs Ohio in Idaho Potato Bowl THE ATHLETIC: January 2nd vs Ohio in Arizona Bowl ADVERTISEMENT SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: January 2nd vs Toledo in Arizona Bowl College Sports News: December 21st vs Toledo in Potato Bowl READ MORE BY DOM IZZO Bison women's basketball signs two North Dakotans, part of large 2027 signing class 2d ago Izzo's Insights: Trying to clear up the Mountain West tiebreakers 6d ago Bison Bowl Projections: A new locale and opponent surfaces Nov 4 Comments Share Share this article News Reporting News Reporting Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Trust Project What is this? Tags Tags BISON MEDIA ZONE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE BISON FOOTBALL By Dom Izzo Dom Izzo is the Sports Director at WDAY-TV. He began working for WDAY in 2006 as the weekend sports anchor and was promoted to Sports Director in 2010. Twitter Facebook Listen to this article Conversation ADVERTISEMENT What To Read Next Men's Sports Game day notebook: Bison LG Empey has new club and it's not golf 1h ago · By Jeff Kolpack Men's Sports How to watch NDSU play Hawaii on Saturday 1h ago · By Forum staff Men's Sports McFeely: Hawaii goes from paradise to dystopia for Bison 3h ago · By Mike McFeely ADVERTISEMENT Get Local Must Reads Prep Day 1: 2026 NDHSAA State Girls Swimming and Diving Championships on WDAY+ 4h ago · By WDAY News Fargo Embattled recovery and reentry nonprofit F5 Project looks ahead after turbulent year 1h ago · By Tasha Carvell Minnesota Court documents: Human remains may be found in 1982 case of missing toddler near Bemidji 5h ago · By Matt Henson Prep Kindred advances to state volleyball tournament for first time in 10 years 16h ago · By Andrew Haugland