North Dakota State is top seed in FCS playoffs
INDIANAPOLIS Defending national champion North Dakota State will lead a record-tying six teams from the Missouri Valley Football Conference into the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The MVFC champion Bison (12-0) on Nov. 23 were named the No. 1 seed in the 24-team playoffs and will be making their 16th consecutive appearance. The field is made up of 11 automatically qualifying conference champions and 13 at-large selections. The first round begins Saturday with unseeded teams paired with teams seeded 9-16 primarily according to geographical proximity. The championship game is Jan. 5 at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. North Dakota State [.].