The Mountain West is in serious dialogue to add FCS powerhouse North Dakota State as a football-only member starting this coming season

[swede2]

I could have been more clear...assume moving up will give them a bump in recruiting quality, which will most likely lead to losing more players to Power teams. May then impact the level of $$ they can attract.

Their 2027 class is about on par for past classes. Top FCS teams generally recruit against and very often win recruiting battles against bottom rung FBS teams. I don't think NDSU's recruiting will change much at all unless someone dumps an enormous amount of money into NIL. There may be a tad bit more exposure for their players, at least for a few years while the whole Fargo thing is still cute. Eventually they'll just be another bottom rung FBS school, though, and as relevant as Georgia Southern.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

Eventually they'll just be another bottom rung FBS school, though, and as relevant as Georgia Southern.

You better not let @GSUsTALON hear you talking that kind of crap about Georgia Southern!

 

[Denver_Gopher]

Their 2027 class is about on par for past classes. Top FCS teams generally recruit against and very often win recruiting battles against bottom rung FBS teams. I don't think NDSU's recruiting will change much at all unless someone dumps an enormous amount of money into NIL. There may be a tad bit more exposure for their players, at least for a few years while the whole Fargo thing is still cute. Eventually they'll just be another bottom rung FBS school, though, and as relevant as Georgia Southern.

I think you are spot on. When I look at the Bison's 2027 commitments they have a good chunk of Minnesota kids, as always. I think their first year in the MW we will see them in the middle of the pack and they will climb from there