Despite the Missouri Valley Conference postponing its fall season, North Dakota State has scheduled a one-off game against Central Arkansas on Oct. 3, the school announced Monday.
"Due to the challenge of completing a full non-conference schedule, we took a pause to consider all our options for this fall, knowing full well it could mean not having the opportunity to play," North Dakota State athletic director Matt Larsen said in a prepared statement. "Upon further consideration, coupled with recent information provided by the NCAA, we felt it was in the best interest of our football program to practice and play one game this fall.