AJS

Complete agreement. The 2026 class is the best class UND has ever had, like others said, it's not close. I follow recruiting in the Dakota's fairly closely. NDSU / SDSU have these classes that I would consider FCS "elite". Too big to fail. Not only the top end guys, but the depth. It's a process and it takes years, but you start to stack those classes and you become an elite program. Competing offers is the name of the game. How close is this class to "elite" status? Mason Beaver (Kearney, MO): Lindenwood, SEMO, WIU, Missouri State, ISU-Red, SIU, SDSU, UNI, UND, TN-Martin 10 Isaac Beaver (Kearney, MO): Lindenwood, WIU, Missouri State, ISU-Red, SIU, SDSU, UNI, UND, TN-Martin, NDSU 10 Nate Appleget (Lincoln, NE): NIU, UND, SDSU, Lindenwood, Air Force, Navy, Penn 7 Aiden Wunderlich (Casselton, ND): UND, Montana, NDSU, Dartmouth, Washington State, UNI 6 Delvin Cook Jr (Dallas, TX): SHSU, Tulsa, Miami of Ohio, Oklahoma, UND, Sac State 6 Jackson Stein (Lake Mills, WI): CMU, NIU, Illinois State, UND 4 Ethan Headings (Iowa City, IA): UND, UNI, Army, Air Force 4 Blake Buhr (Sheboygan, WI): UND, Cornell, Central Michigan, SDSU 4 Tyler Zdon (Fox Lake, IL): SEMO, NDSU, UND, SIU 4 Tavian White (Waukee, IA): Lindenwood, UNI, UND, Western Illinois 4 Jack Vylhalek (Seward, NE): Yale, Air Force, UND 3 George Rohl (Ellsworth, WI): UNI, UND 2 Brooks Hendrickson (Mount Horeb, WI): UND 1 Brody Woods (Cold Spring, MN): UND 1 Brady Goihl (Melrose, MN): UND 1 Marial Deng : UND 1

Offers from Yale & Air Force

What social media told me this past weekend (Holth, 1883, remaining coaches) is that UND is going all in on Beaver x 2, Farr and Wright. Beaver x 2 are in, Wright and / or Farr would also be massive. Both also have 10+ offers (G5, xDSU's, ect).

Mason Beaver (Kearney, MO): Lindenwood, SEMO, WIU, Missouri State, Illinois State, SIU, SDSU, UNI, UND, TN-Martin Isaac Beaver (Kearney, MO): Lindenwood, WIU, Missouri State, Illinois State, SIU, SDSU, UNI, UND, TN-Martin, NDSU

Yes! Both had 10+ offers.

Completely different operation this current coaching staff is running.

My first thought was commits in all three phases, but just special teams given the recent offer to Sawyer Riffle would be the most likely.

This referencing new 2026 commits?

I always look at roster construction a bit backwards. I like to start from the bottom up. It's 15F, 8D, 3G. Bloated rosters do more harm than good. Designated 15th F, 8th D, 3rd G are aware that unless there's injuries, they'll be in the stands. Stack the other F's (14), D (7), G (2). Fine line. Look at last year, I would think both Monty / Andrew should have fit the 15F roll. Jubenville / Komzak 8D. Last year's roster was poorly constructed from the bottom up. That seems to be fixed this year, if Jubenville is 8th D and Andrew 15th F. Nobody else fits those rolls. G- Done D - Done (Laurila / Strathmann as 6th / 7th D is perfect) F - Big game hunt for 2 CHL F's. I think it would appropriate to have Littler as 3C or 4C. Croal fixture on the 4th. Kernan / Klee / Zakreski as the 12th to 14th F. Those spots make sense. Now you have 2 spots to fill. I'm playing favorites here a bit, but Reschny / Zellers need to be Top 6. Some of the upper classman could fit in the 3rd line role (or 1st). Long winded way of saying there's flexibility. There's a 1st line spot that realistically is available. 2 in the Top 6. Definitely 2 in the Top 9. The way they are constructing this roster, just makes sense to me. I mean like every move.

I might still be on the Reschny / Verhoeff high, but I don't hate the Gordon news. I don't want any more players ---> out, but open roster spots right now for schools like UND are very valuable. There's a Top 6 / 9 spot now available. With Gordon out, is there now 13 F expected for next Fall?

I really do appreciate the type of coverage that Miller and UND360 deliver. They don't blow smoke, and they tell it like it is. The roster is not close is what we've gathered from them. I would really like to clarify. Not close to what? Championship caliber? 2nd Round type of team? Playoff caliber? In comparison to last year? I'm going to fill in the gaps a bit from what I'm hoping they mean, which is not close to championship caliber. Which I think is accurate, but I think they are really undervaluing a few things. State of the FCS. IMO, this will be the weakest the elite of the FCS has ever been. NDSU most likely will win it all again this year, this won't be a Top 10 team they've had in the D1 era. Each level (Top 4, Top 8, Top 15) will be the weakest it's ever been. UND's off-season (compared to other MVFC teams). I think they did the best retaining starters out of any team. Fine with portal additions. Compared to previous years UND teams, this was the best off-season they've had in the portal era. Coaching. This is where I'm buying the most stock. From X's and O's to team mentality. It's going to be a night and day difference. Not only is Schmidt the real deal, but I think we'll also find out that Bubba was incredibly bad at it all. Defense. No detail needs to be given, really. The last 3 years have been beyond embarrassing. Do I think they'll compete for a National Championship? Probably not, but also, we're not looking at a handful of teams that are going to be head and shoulders above the rest like we have in the past.

@Hambone you want to fire up a 2027 Recruiting thread? There’s a number of offers currently.

Not sure we see another O-Line commit in the 2026 class. 1 Senior and 3 2026 Commits currently.

Very competitive current offer list.