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<blockquote data-quote="NDSportsman" data-source="post: 141166" data-attributes="member: 444">They&nbsp;are D1 but in the FCS subdivision. I assume you mean the FBS subdivision which is 22 more scholarships. First of all a school would need a conference invite to move up to FBS. There is currently no FBS conference willing to invite NDSU, mostly due to regional and TV market reasons. Not enough of a TV market to make them an attractive candidate. These conferences care more about how much money and exposure an invitee will bring to the conference.Second of all there would need to be a massive influx of money and or institutional support which isn't going to happen in ND. Hell they have a hard enough time getting funding the way it is with 11 institutions in a low populated state. Never should have been that many to begin with but that's another story.Third, until college football realignment and playoffs get settled more it would be a waste of money trying to compete with the big boys and never have a legit opportunity to do so. They have gotten just as much exposure as many of the lesser FBS programs for way less expense the past few seasons. Better off where they are for right now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NDSportsman, post: 141166, member: 444"] They are D1 but in the FCS subdivision. I assume you mean the FBS subdivision which is 22 more scholarships. First of all a school would need a conference invite to move up to FBS. There is currently no FBS conference willing to invite NDSU, mostly due to regional and TV market reasons. Not enough of a TV market to make them an attractive candidate. These conferences care more about how much money and exposure an invitee will bring to the conference. Second of all there would need to be a massive influx of money and or institutional support which isn't going to happen in ND. Hell they have a hard enough time getting funding the way it is with 11 institutions in a low populated state. Never should have been that many to begin with but that's another story. Third, until college football realignment and playoffs get settled more it would be a waste of money trying to compete with the big boys and never have a legit opportunity to do so. They have gotten just as much exposure as many of the lesser FBS programs for way less expense the past few seasons. Better off where they are for right now. [/QUOTE]

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