Best Performance: (#2) Montana 31, (#14) Weber St. 10 - Griz all but sew up the conference race thanks to Chase Reynolds's 241 yards rushing and the defense's 4 picks.
Worst Performance: Portland St. 10, Eastern Washington 47 - The Viks get 2 safeties, but do little else right.
Most Surprising Result: (#21) Northern Arizona 24, Sacramento St. 27 - Is this the start of another season-ending collapse for the 'Jacks? Could be, as they now must get through a brutal stretch of Mississippi, Weber, and EWU.
Southland
SFA 7-28 TXST
NWST 30-34 SHSU
UCA 21-25 SELA MCNSE 38-17 NICH
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 16-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 7-6
Best Performance: Texas St. 28, (#11) Stephen F. Austin 7 - Bradley George throws 4 TD passes while the Bobcat D holds the nation's top scoring team to just 1.
Worst Performance: Northwestern St. 30, Sam Houston St. 34 - Demons 0-8 for the first time in 35 years.
Most Surprising Result: Texas St. 28, (#11) Stephen F. Austin 7 - Bobcats get back to form & help turn the Southland race into a convoluted mess.
Best Performance: (#22) Jacksonville St. 28, Austin Peay 10 - The Gamecock pass defense gets the job done: 3/23, 23 yds., 2 INTs (a hilarious 4.2 efficiency rating).
Worst Performance: Southeast Missouri St. 6, Eastern Kentucky 20 - Redhawks can't throw the ball, either: 11/29, 95 yds., 1 TD, 2 INTs (a 63.0 efficiency rating).
Most Surprising Result: Tennessee Tech 20, Tennessee St. 13 - Golden Eagles end a 5-game losing streak to the Tigers and finish a sweep of their in-state OVC rivals to win the third annual Sgt. York Trophy.
BUCK 14-35 LAF
LEH 20-27 COLG HC 41-27 FORD
GTOWN 10-31 ODU
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 18-15
vs. FCS: 0-1 Overall: 18-15
Best Performance: (#17) Holy Cross 41, Fordham 27 - Dominic Randolph throws for 314 yards and 4 TDs and also helps the Crusaders run for 202 yards.
Worst Performance: Georgetown 10, Old Dominion 31 - Hoyas 0-8 for the first time ever.
Most Surprising Result: (#17) Holy Cross 41, Fordham 27 - The Crusader defense looks bad for giving up 627 yards, but it took the Rams an incredible 112 offensive plays to get that total. Despite being outgained by 111 yards, HC still averaged 1.2 more yards-per-play than Fordham.
CAA
NE 21-48 UNH
UMASS 9-19 MAINE W&M 39-14 URI JMU 20-8 UD RICH 42-14 TOW
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 22-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 16-5
Best Performance: James Madison 20, (#16) Delaware 8 - The Dukes average 12.4 more yards-per-pass than Delaware.
Worst Performance: (#16) Delaware 8, James Madison 20 - The Hens really needed this one: they now have to beat both Villanova & Navy to stay in playoff contention.
Most Surprising Result: James Madison 20, (#16) Delaware 8 - Dukes reverse their downward slide largely thanks to 8 sacks of Pat Devlin.
Best Performance: (#10) South Carolina St. 52, Delaware St. 10 - Bulldog QB Malcom Long throws for 316 yards on just 24 attempts and gets 3 total TDs in this unexpectedly lopsided performance.
Worst Performance: Howard 6, Norfolk St. 41 - Bison outgained 520-155 by a mediocre conference foe.
Most Surprising Result: Bethune-Cookman 31, North Carolina A&T 13 - After losing to lousy temp-FCS Winston-Salem, the Wildcats come right back out & smother a 5-3 team.
SoCon
APPST 52-27 FUR ELON 34-6 WOFF
SAM 16-28 CIT
WCU 20-24 UTC
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 11-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 9-3
Best Performance: (#7) Appalachian St. 52, Furman 27 - Armanti Edwards throws for 355 yards and 2 TDs while running for 106 yards and 4 TDs.
Worst Performance: Western Carolina 20, Tennessee-Chattanooga 24 - The Catamounts give up the winning TD with 3:33 left to lose the battle of perennial SoCon doormats.
Most Surprising Result: Samford 16, The Citadel 28 - The Bulldogs have put up respectable performances this season, but it hasn't really shown up in the record as they fall to 8th. place in the SoCon at 1-4.
Tomorrow: Great West, Ivy League, Big South, & SWAC
Best Performance: North Dakota 31, (#18) Cal Poly 17 - Fighting Sioux outrush the option-based Mustangs 238-62.
Worst Performance: (#18) Cal Poly 17, North Dakota 31 - The Mustangs see their hopes of returning to the playoffs abruptly ended with 3 weeks still to go.
Most Surprising Result: North Dakota 31, (#18) Cal Poly 17 - Sioux follow an NAIA loss and a convincing Southern Utah loss with a top-25 upset.
Ivy League
YALE 23-22 COLUM
DART 21-42 HARV PENN 14-7 BROWN (OT)
COR 13-17 PRINCE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 9-15
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 9-15
Best Performance: Penn 14, Brown 7 (OT) - Quakers overcome 4 picks to keep pace with Harvard.
Worst Performance: Cornell 13, Princeton 17 - Big Red put up 219 rushing yards but still lose their 5th. straight.
Most Surprising Result: Penn 14, Brown 7 (OT) - Kyle Olson throws a 6-yard game winner to Kyle Derham in overtime for the game's only offensive score.
Best Performance: Stony Brook 24, Gardner-Webb 14 - Seawolves recover 4 Gardner-Webb fumbles to stay in first place.
Worst Performance: VMI 21, Charleston Southern 31 - The Keydets lose their 4th. straight to CSU despite 335 rushing yards.
Most Surprising Result: Stony Brook 24, Gardner-Webb 14 - With Stony Brook leading the conference at 4-0, could the Big South champion actually come from the north?
SWAC
ALCORN 21-51 TXSO SU 24-10 UAPB
MVSU 7-50 GRAM AAMU 21-7 ALST (in Birmingham, AL)
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 13-14
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 6-4
Best Performance: Texas Southern 51, Alcorn St. 21 - Usually woeful Tigers outgain Alcorn by 308 yards & win the turnover battle 4-0.
Worst Performance: Alcorn St. 21, Texas Southern 51 - Braves give up 34 first downs.
Most Surprising Result: Texas Southern 51, Alcorn St. 21 - This game was actually tied at the end of the 3rd. quarter.
Tomorrow: Independents & the artists formerly known as mid-majors.
Best Performance: Central Connecticut St. 31, Albany 29 - James Mallory runs for 204 yards and 3 TDs while the Blue Devil defense comes up with a big stop on Albany's 2-point try with 59 seconds left.
Worst Performance: Sacred Heart 7, Robert Morris 9 - Pioneers outrushed 202-1 by a one-win team.
Most Surprising Result: Central Connecticut St. 31, Albany 29 - Blue Devils virtually lock up a Gridiron Classic berth and move closer to their first-ever outright NEC title.
