2016 Big Sky Conference football season

2016 Big Sky Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Championship
Sport	Football
Duration	September 1, 2016 through January 2017
Teams	13
2017 NFL Draft
Regular season
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2016 Big Sky Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 12 North Dakota +^		8	–	0					9	–	3
No. 25 Weber State ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 24 Cal Poly ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
Southern Utah		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4					5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5					6	–	5
Montana State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	8
UC Davis		2	–	6					3	–	8
Sacramento State		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Big Sky Conference football season is the 53rd season of college football play for the Big Sky Conference and is a part of the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

Eastern Washington and North Dakota shared the Big Sky title. ^[1]

Rankings

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Cal Poly	S
	C
Eastern Washington	S	14	8	8	4
	C	17	8	7	5
Idaho State	S
	C
Montana	S	13	14	7	6
	C	13	15	9	6
Montana State	S
	C
North Dakota	S	19	25
	C	21
Northern Arizona	S	18	19	24
	C	18	17	24	T-25
Northern Colorado	S
	C
Portland State	S	17	16	19	25
	C	12	14	17	T-25
Sacramento State	S
	C
Southern Utah	S
	C	23	23	21	RV
UC Davis	S
	C
Weber State	S
	C

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium	11,075
Eastern Washington	Roos Field	8,600
Idaho State	Holt Arena	12,000
Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium	25,217
Montana State	Bobcat Stadium	20,767
North Dakota	Alerus Center	12,283
Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome	11,230
Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field	8,533
Portland State	Providence Park	22,000
Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium	21,195
Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum	8,500
UC Davis	Aggie Stadium	10,743
Weber State	Stewart Stadium	17,312
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

2017 NFL draft

Main article: 2017 NFL draft

†	= Pro Bowler

	Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	3	69	Los Angeles Rams	Cooper Kupp  †	WR	Eastern Washington	Big Sky
	4	125	Los Angeles Rams	Samson Ebukam	LB	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	from Tampa Bay via NY Jets

Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
Oakland Raiders	Cameron Johnston	P	UC Davis	Big Sky
San Francisco 49ers	Kendrick Bourne	WR	Eastern Washington	Big Sky

Head coaches

Beau Baldwin, Eastern Washington Bruce Barnum, Portland State Jeff Choate, Montana State Earnest Collins, Northern Colorado Ron Gould, UC Davis Jay Hill, Weber State Mike Kramer, Idaho State

Bubba Schweigert, North Dakota Jody Sears, Sacramento State Jerome Souers, Northern Arizona Bob Stitt, Montana Tim Walsh, Cal Poly Demario Warren, Southern Utah

References

1. "Championship Hopes Dashed After 40-38 Loss". Eastern Washington Eagles. December 17, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2025.