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Big Sky

PORTST 10-47 EWU (in Seattle, WA)
NAU 24-27 SAC
WEB 10-31 UMT
IDST 10-41 MTST
SDK 17-21 NCOL

• NConf Record: 1-0
  Overall: 10-12
  
  vs. FCS: 1-0
  Overall: 6-2
  
  
  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.

Missouri Valley

ILST 24-14 MIZST
NDSU 14-7 WIU
SIU 33-0 INST
SDKST 17-3 YSU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 11-13
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 10-5
  
  
  Best Performance: Illinois St. 24, Missouri St. 14 - Redbirds hold MSU to 1.1 yards-per-carry.
  
  Worst Performance: Western Illinois 7, North Dakota St. 14 - Leathernecks only put up 206 yards and 7 points against one of FCS's worst defenses.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Missouri St. 14, Illinois St. 24 - The rising Bears had their playoff hopes put in a coma here.

OVC

SEMO 6-20 EKU
EIU 16-10 MUR
TSU 13-20 TTU
JAXST 28-10 AP

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 10-15
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 5-7
  
  
  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.

Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.

Patriot League

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.

MEAC

FAMU 31-28 MORG (OT)
HOW 6-41 NFOLK
BCOOK 31-13 NCAT
HAMP 16-13 WSSU (OT)
DSU 10-52 SCSU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 8-11
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 7-5
  
  
  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

Great West

UCD 35-56 SUU
CPOLY 17-31 UND
SDK 17-21 NCOL

• NConf Record: 0-1
  Overall: 13-15
  
  vs. FCS: 0-1
  Overall: 9-7
  
  
  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.

Big South

CHSO 31-21 VMI
PRESBY 19-55 LIB
SB 24-14 GWEBB
CCU 3-49 CLEM

• NConf Record: 0-1
  Overall: 12-21
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 8-14
  
  
  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.

Pioneer League

JVILLE 38-45 DRAKE
DVDSN 7-14 BUT
USD 14-21 DAY
VALPO 0-24 MARIST
MHEAD 22-31 CAMP

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 14-13
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 4-8
  
  
  Best Performance: Drake 45, Jacksonville 38 - The Bulldogs recover 3 fumbles & move their record to 8-1 all-time against the Dolphins.
  
  Worst Performance: Morehead St. 22, Campbell 31 - The Eagles give up 8 points to the Camel defense in the 4th. quarter.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Campbell 31, Morehead St. 22 - The Fighting Camels get their first-ever FCS win against collapsing Morehead.

NEC

WAG 23-17 DUQ (2OT)
SACHRT 7-9 RMU
ALB 29-31 CCSU
BRY 6-10 MONM

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 8-18
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 6-17
  
  
  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.

Independents

GTOWN 10-31 ODU
CENTST 22-53 NCCEN
EDWAT 24-45 SAVST

• Non-Ind Record: 3-0
  Overall: 10-13
  
  vs. FCS: 1-0
  Overall: 4-11
  
  
  Best Performance: Old Dominion 31, Georgetown 10 - Monarchs put up two 100-yard rushers against the hapless Hoyas.
  
  Worst Performance: Savannah St. 45, (NAIA) Edward Waters 24 - Tigers can't even blow out a winless NAIA team.
  
  Most Surprising Result: none