FARGO, N.D. – The only thing that's been worse than playing Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse North Dakota State in the past five years is playing the Bison more than once.

Thanks in part to a playoff system that once grouped teams from the same region, the Bison have faced four teams in the postseason after seeing them a few weeks earlier. They have won all four times (South Dakota State in 2012 and 2014, Montana and Northern Iowa in 2015).

The five-time defending FCS champion (11-1) can improve its record in FCS rematches to 5-0 when it hosts a quarterfinal game Saturday against South Dakota State (9-3), which happens to be the only team to beat the Bison this season.

Bison coach Chris Klieman and his players are not interested in publicly playing up the revenge factor.

"Just stay out of it" is how Klieman put it. "It's a new game. It's a new week. We can't worry about all that stuff."

Even Bison running back and kickoff return standout Bruce Anderson, who was injured against the Jackrabbits when his ankle was twisted during a tackle, said he's more interested in performance than payback. Anderson sat out six weeks before returning for the playoffs.

"I don't really think about it. It's in the past," Anderson said. "It was frustrating to be out and not playing, but I would say that it would be frustrating for anybody. I am just looking at this game as another opportunity to play football."

South Dakota State head coach John Stiegelmeier said his team was happy to win the game in October but there's no discussion about it this week.

"We don't talk hardly ever about the past," he said.

The Jacks defeated the Bison 19-17 at the Fargodome, getting 444 yards of offense from quarterback Taryn Christion.

This is the 106th meeting between the two schools. The Bison have won 27 of the past 29 in Fargo, including a 13-2 mark in the Fargodome.

"There's no love in this game," North Dakota State defensive end Brad Ambrosius said. "We're ready to go."