Best Performance: Sacramento St. 38, Northern Arizona 9 - The Hornets inexplicably dominate NAU.
Worst Performance: Northern Arizona 9, Sacramento St. 38 - Neither the Lumberjacks' vaunted offense, nor their "vaunted" defense show up in Sacramento.
Most Surprising Result: Sacramento St. 38, Northern Arizona 9 - When was the last time the Hornets blew out any BSC team?
Best Performance: (#6) McNeese St. 31, (DII) South Dakota 7 - Well, they won. That's all that was needed to get here this week.
Worst Performance: Stephen F. Austin 0, South Dakota St. 45 - Only 110 yards passing & 5 INT's for the Lumberjacks.
Most Surprising Result: (#15) Sam Houston St. 3, (FBS) Oklahoma St. 39 - The 15th. ranked FCS team should make a better showing than this against an average FBS team.
Best Performance: (#3) Northern Iowa 23, (#16) Illinois St. 13 - The Panthers ride the running game for the second straight week.
Worst Performance: Indiana St. 10, (#7) Southern Illinois 72 - This is why you don't fire your coach mid-season.
Most Surprising Result: Indiana St. 10, (#7) Southern Illinois 72 - How do you give up 72 points at home in a conference game!? Oh, wait, it's Indiana State…
Ohio Valley
EIU 31-16 SEMO
SAM 20-43 EKU JAXST 40-24 MUR
TSU 17-18 FAMU TTU 13-10 UTM
AP 13-20 GWEBB
NConf Record: 0-2 Overall: 13-17
vs. FCS: 0-2 Overall: 5-5
Best Performance: Eastern Kentucky 43, Samford 20 - The Colonels get 5 picks & move to 2-0 in conference.
Worst Performance: Murray St. 24, Jacksonville St. 40 - Special teams gives up 2 TD's in a game the Racers actually had a chance to win.
Most Surprising Result: Tennessee-Martin 10, Tennessee Tech 13 - At 0-5, the Skyhawks have lost all hope of returning to the playoffs.
HARV 13-20 LEHIGH
MARIST 7-38 BUCK FORD 34-31 COLG YALE 38-17 HC COR 45-7 GTOWN
NConf Record: 2-2 Overall: 12-13
vs. FCS: 2-2 Overall: 12-13
Best Performance: Fordham 34, Colgate 31 - Three 3rd. quarter touchdowns by QB John Skelton allows the Rams to overcome 174 yards rushing from Jordan Scott.
Worst Performance: Georgetown 7, Cornell 45 - I didn't think it was possible, but the Hoyas have actually gotten worse as the season's gone on.
Most Surprising Result: Fordham 34, Colgate 31 - The Rams already have as many wins as they did in 2006.
CAA
SB 28-33 HOF
UMASS 14-24 BC URI 49-42 BROWN (2OT)
MONM 7-42 UD
UNH 38-45 RICH
TOW 22-27 W&M
NOVA 7-35 JMU
NConf Record: 3-1 Overall: 21-10
vs. FCS: 3-0 Overall: 19-2
Best Performance: (#2) Massachusetts 14, (FBS) Boston College 24 - If not for a gigantic amount of penalties, the Minutemen might have beaten the 12th. ranked team in the nation.
Worst Performance: Villanova 7, (#9) James Madison 35 - Wildcats outgained by about 300 yards.
Most Surprising Result: (#25) Richmond 45, (#11) New Hampshire 38 - The Spiders look good so far. Can they avoid choking down the stretch like they did last year?
Best Performance: Delaware St. 24, (#13) Hampton 17 - Hornets dethrone the 3-time defending MEAC champions.
Worst Performance: North Carolina A&T 20, Norfolk St. 50 - The Aggies must have thought this game was on Saturday instead of Thursday.
Most Surprising Result: Morgan St. 33, Bethune-Cookman 9 - A Bear win wasn't a big surprise, but their defense dominated: allowing only 146 yards, forcing 5 turnovers, & not allowing any offensive points.
Best Performance: (#8) Wofford 45, (#20) Furman 20 - Terriers outscore the Paladins 28-6 in the second half.
Worst Performance: Tennessee-Chattanooga 16, The Citadel 41 - So much for the Georgia Southern momentum for the Mocs.
Most Surprising Result: (#20) Furman 20, (#8) Wofford 45 - I thought the usually good Furman run defense would bring the Terriers back to Earth after the App. St. win, but instead the Paladins are a disappointing 1-3.
Best Performance: (#4) North Dakota St. 41, (#17) Western Illinois 28 - The Bison put it away in the 3rd. quarter against a future Gateway opponent.
Worst Performance: UC Davis 14, (FBS) San Jose St. 34 - You can't throw 4 interceptions against an FBS team & hope to win.
Most Surprising Result: Southern Utah (BYE) - This may be the only week the Thunderbirds don't lose. (No actual GWFC result was particularly surprising)
Ivy League
COR 45-7 GTOWN
PENN 13-21 DART
HARV 13-20 LEHIGH YALE 38-17 HC URI 49-42 BROWN (2OT)
COLUM 32-42 PRINCE
NConf Record: 2-2 Overall: 7-9
vs. FCS: 2-2 Overall: 7-9
Best Performance: (#22) Yale 38, Holy Cross 17 - Mike McLeod of the Bulldogs racks up 256 yards & 5 TD's rushing in an impressive win.
Worst Performance: Penn 13, Dartmouth 21 - Only 266 yards on 60 pass attempts for the Quakers as they lose to an Ivy bottom-feeder.
Most Surprising Result: Dartmouth 21, Penn 13 - This was only the Big Green's sixth win in 4 years.
Best Performance: Arkansas Pine-Bluff 17, (FBS) New Mexico St. 20 - After losing to Southern Illinois by 55, the Golden Lions nearly knock off a decent WAC team.
Worst Performance: Texas Southern 24, Alabama A&M 48 - Tigers suffer their 13th. loss in 14 games.
Most Surprising Result: Arkansas Pine-Bluff 17, (FBS) New Mexico St. 20 - We nearly saw a very puzzling upset.
Best Performance: Stony Brook 28, (#14) Hofstra 33 - The Seawolves almost pull off a big upset despite not playing well offensively.
Worst Performance: Savannah St. 2, (DII) Fort Valley St. 33 - Tigers get crushed by a DII & only score on a 2-point-conversion interception return.
Most Surprising Result: Presbyterian 34, North Carolina Central 27 - Coming in, the Eagles looked to be the better of the two FCS newbies, but the Blue Hose were still able to get their first DI win.
Pioneer League
VALPO 20-48 DRAKE USD 56-9 BUT DVDSN 20-10 JVILLE
DAY 35-42 MHEAD
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 22-6
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 6-4
Best Performance: San Diego 56, Butler 9 - Toreros get 621 yards of total offense.
Worst Performance: Butler 9, San Diego 56 - Bulldogs made to remember who they truly are.
Most Surprising Result: Morehead St. 42, Dayton 35 - The Eagles hand the Flyers their first loss.
This has become my favorite post, on any board, each week. What a great job by a true FCS fan. It is actually hard to believe that this is the only place with this kind of summary! I nominate you for a big raise!!!!
DetroitFlyer wrote:This has become my favorite post, on any board, each week. What a great job by a true FCS fan. It is actually hard to believe that this is the only place with this kind of summary! I nominate you for a big raise!!!!
Thanks!!!
(Unfortunately, I don't get paid for this, so any money at all would be a raise )
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