Estadio: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome Round: 1
Home Manager: Chris Klieman Away Manager: K.C. Keeler
| NCAAF | 2017/12/10 01:30 | Kennesaw State v Sam Houston State Bearkats | W | 27-34 |
| NCAAF | 2017/12/02 20:00 | South Dakota v Sam Houston State Bearkats | W | 42-54 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/18 19:00 | Sam Houston State Bearkats v Houston Christian | W | 53-33 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/11 20:00 | Abilene Christian v Sam Houston State Bearkats | W | 35-44 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/04 18:00 | Sam Houston State Bearkats v Incarnate Word | W | 57-20 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/29 00:00 | SE Louisiana Lions v Sam Houston State Bearkats | W | 23-33 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/21 20:00 | Sam Houston State Bearkats v Lamar Cardinals | W | 63-27 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/14 20:45 | Sam Houston State Bearkats v Northwestern State | W | 40-36 |
| NCAAF | 2017/12/09 17:00 | Wofford v North Dakota State | W | 10-42 |
| NCAAF | 2017/12/02 20:30 | San Diego v North Dakota State | W | 3-38 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/18 18:00 | Illinois State v North Dakota State | W | 7-20 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/11 20:30 | North Dakota State v South Dakota | W | 49-14 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/04 19:00 | South Dakota State v North Dakota State | L | 33-21 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/28 19:30 | North Dakota State v Northern Iowa Panthers | W | 30-14 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/21 19:30 | North Dakota State v Western Illinois | W | 24-12 |
| NCAAF | 2017/10/14 23:00 | Youngstown State v North Dakota State | W | 24-27 |