As the College Football Playoff race heads into the final week of the regular season shrouded in uncertainty, the Football Championship Subdivision begins its postseason with the sport’s closest thing to a certainty.

The release of the FCS Playoffs bracket on Sunday is a prelude to the inevitable as North Dakota State begins its pursuit of an 11th national championship since 2011. Bison coach Tim Polasek opened his press conference following a 62-7 blowout of St. Thomas on Saturday saying, “This thing goes through Fargo,” and it’s true in the most literal and figurative ways.

North Dakota State will host all the way to Nashville, the new home city of the FCS National Championship Game. This is the first time in its decade-and-a-half domination of the subdivision that North Dakota State c

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