Nicholls will host its third-straight first-round Football Championship Subdivision playoff contest when it meets North Dakota Saturday at 3 p.m. in Thibodaux. Nicholls (8-4) enters the postseason after winning four straight with wins against Incarnate Word, Houston Baptist, McNeese and Southeastern Louisiana University. Meanwhile North Dakota (7-4) has won two straight heading into Saturday’s matchup with wins against Northern Colorado and Southern Utah. This season, North Dakota has wins over three teams that were ranked at the time North Dakota played them. The The Fighting Hawks have wins over then-ranked opponents Sam Houston, 27-23; UC-Davis, 38-36; Montana State, 16-12. Sam Houston defeated Nicholls ...