BOZEMAN — For the first time since 2016, the FCS championship game will not feature North Dakota State or South Dakota State.

Illinois State stunned top-seeded and previously unbeaten NDSU 29-28 Saturday at the FargoDome, eliminating the Bison from the playoffs in the second round. SDSU ended its season with a 50-29 loss at No. 3-seeded Montana.

The Redbirds, playing their Missouri Valley Football Conference foe for the second time this season, scored two touchdowns — and a game-clinching two-point conversion — in the final three minutes of the game to shock the Bison. Both TDs came on touchdown passes from Tommy Rittenhouse to Daniel Sobkowicz, the first coming with 2:44 remaining in the game and the second on a fourth-down play with just 1 minute left.

Rittenhouse found Scotty Presson

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