SUU 49-42 PORTST
UCD 20-28 CP UND 35-13 SAC
IDST 7-73 NEB
EWU 32-26 WEB NAU 41-31 UMT
NOCO 16-41 MTST
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 17-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-3
Best Performance: Northern Arizona 41, (#14) Montana 31 - Thanks to winning the turnover battle 5-0 and Zach Bauman's 253 yards and 3 TDs on the ground against a defense giving up only 80 rushing ypg coming in, the 'Jacks win in Washington-Grizzly Stadium for the first time ever.
Worst Performance: Sacramento St. 13, North Dakota 35 - The Hornets gain 492 yards, but only manage 13 points.
Most Surprising Result: Northern Arizona 41, (#14) Montana 31 - With his first win over Bobby Hauck in 8 tries and then his first win over his former employer in 15 tries, it looks like Jerome Souers is ready to end a third dubious streak: an 8-year playoff drought
Southland
SFA 37-41 TXST
LANG 0-31 LAM
SHSU 20-24 UCA
MCNSE 24-25 SELA
MVSU 14-45 NWST
EVANG 17-73 NICH
NConf Record: 3-1 Overall: 12-14
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 4-3
Best Performance: (#25) Central Arkansas 24, (#3) Sam Houston St. 20 - Wynrick Smothers stuns everyone with two late touchdowns to give the Bearkats their first FCS regular-season loss since November 6, 2010.
Worst Performance: (#19) McNeese St. 24, Southeastern Louisiana 25 - After taking a fairly comfortable halftime margin, the Cowboys are shut out in the second half & lose on a late two-point conversion.
Most Surprising Result: Southeastern Louisiana 25, (#19) McNeese St. 24 - The Lions pull off a big upset to get just their 3rd. win in their last 15 conference games.
Best Performance: (#4) Youngstown St. 42, (#8) Northern Iowa 35 - Kurt Hess throws for 290 yards and 4 touchdowns as the Penguins beat UNI for the first time since 2000.
Worst Performance: Missouri St. 6, Southern Illinois 14 - Three offensive turnovers ruins a great effort by a Bear defense that held SIU under 200 yards and didn't give up a single third-down conversion.
Most Surprising Result: South Dakota St. 24, (#22) Indiana St. 10 - In a battle between the best two running backs in the MO Valley, Zach Zenner crushes Shakir Bell by outrushing him 237-54.
Best Performance: (#21) Eastern Kentucky 51, (#24) Jacksonville St. 21 - Matt Denham runs for 218 and 3 TDs while T.J. Pryor throws for 231 and 4 TDs (1 to Denham) on just 20 attempts as the Colonels embarrass the Gamecocks.
Worst Performance: Tennessee Tech 38, Southeast Missouri St. 41 (2OT) - Odd stats galore in this one: TTU outgained SEMO 560-357 and won turnovers but lost the game; all 7 Redhawk completions went to one guy—Scott Lanthrop; Tennessee transfer Da'Rick Rogers caught 18 balls for 303 yards in a losing cause (he had 12 for 258 at the half ); Southeast Missouri had two pick-sixes in the second quarter; the Golden Eagles had 10 penalties to SEMO's 1.
Most Surprising Result: (#24) Jacksonville St. 21, (#21) Eastern Kentucky 51 - The Gamecocks have now lost 3 straight to EKU and have allowed an average of 50.7 ppg in those losses.
Patriot League
LEH 28-26 LIB LAF 20-14 BUCK
COLG 31-32 SBU FORD 20-13 COLUM DART 13-10 HC GTOWN 21-20 PRINCE
NConf Record: 3-2 Overall: 14-9
vs. FCS: 3-2 Overall: 13-9
Best Performance: (#16) Lehigh 28, Liberty 26 - The Mountain Hawks get away with a win in Lynchburg thanks to a couple big plays in the fourth quarter & a key 2PC stop with a minute left.
Worst Performance: Holy Cross 10, Dartmouth 13 - Crusader QB Ryan Laughlin completes 70% of his passes, but none of them go for more than 9 yards.
Most Surprising Result: Colgate 31, (#20) Stony Brook 32 - Making few mistakes kept the Raiders in it, but they didn't quite have enough horsepower in the end.
Great breakdown, thank you, I like it.
Interesting how well visiting teams did overall.
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SFPA 17-46 TOW ALB 30-20 MAINE DUQ 35-21 BRY WAG 31-13 CCSU
SACHRT 14-27 MONM
NConf Record: 1-1 Overall: 6-16
vs. FCS: 1-1 Overall: 6-15
Best Performance: Albany 30, (#23) Maine 20 - Great Dane RB Drew Smith and WR Kevin Chillis combine for 202 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns in a CAA "upset."
Worst Performance: Central Connecticut St. 13, Wagner 31 - After putting up 7 straight winning seasons from 2004-10, the Blue Devils have lost 11 of their last 15 games.
Most Surprising Result: Duquesne 35, Bryant 21 - The Dukes need a big fourth-quarter surge to beat a thus-far awful Bulldog team.
CAA
NOVA 24-8 PENN ALB 30-20 MAINE JMU 32-7 URI
SFPA 17-46 TOW RICH 35-14 GSU UD 51-21 W&M
UNH 61-64 ODU
NConf Record*: 3-1 Overall: 17-10
vs. FCS*: 2-1 Overall: 15-3
Best Performance: (#5) Old Dominion 64, (#18) New Hampshire 61 - Taylor Heinicke throws for a Division I record 730 yards and 5 touchdowns as the Monarchs overcome a 23-point deficit and outgain the Wildcats, 824-725.
Worst Performance: William & Mary 21, (#12) Delaware 51 - After allowing just 14.7 ppg in their first three contests & nearly beating an ACC team, the Tribe are whipped around by the Hens.
Most Surprising Result: (#5) Old Dominion 64, (#18) New Hampshire 61 - Sure there was an FCS record for passing yards & 1549 combined yards of offense, but most surprising… this game actually had 10 punts.
Big South
COLG 31-32 SBU
VMI 3-41 NAVY LEH 28-26 LIB
GWEBB 10-55 PITT
CCU 28-38 TOL CHSO 23-20 SHORT FUR 31-21 PRESBY
NConf Record: 2-5 Overall: 8-20
vs. FCS: 1-2 Overall: 4-12
Best Performance: Coastal Carolina 28, (FBS) Toledo 38 - Aramis Hillary throws for 356 yards and 3 TDs (no turnovers) as the Chants take the Rockets deep into the fourth quarter.
Worst Performance: Charleston Southern 23, (DII) Shorter 20 - The Bucs survive & end their 15-game losing streak despite the lower-division Hawks outgaining them by 202.
Most Surprising Result: Coastal Carolina 28, (FBS) Toledo 38 - A good rebound for CCU as—after getting pasted at home by Eastern Kentucky—they go on the road & nearly knock off what may be the best team in the MAC.
Best Performance: Florida A&M 24, Delaware St. 22 - Damien Fleming throws for 399 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Rattlers beat DSU for the 4th. straight time.
Worst Performance: Savannah St. 33, NC Central 45 - The terrible Tigers give up 545 yards to a team they actually had a 2-game winning streak over.
Most Surprising Result: Bethune-Cookman 14, Tennessee St. 21 - In a tough game between contenders in different conferences, the Wildcats pitch a second-half shutout but also fail to score themselves in the period.
SoCon
SAM 25-21 WCU
ELON 23-26 GASO FUR 31-21 PRESBY
CIT 14-52 NCSU APP 34-17 UTC
NConf Record: 1-1 Overall: 12-8
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 7-2
Best Performance: (#17) Appalachian St. 34, Tennessee-Chattanooga 17 - Mountaineers rebound by scoring 24 straight points in the fourth quarter.
Worst Performance: Western Carolina 21, Samford 25 - The Catamounts show definite improvement, but still fall to Samford for the 9th. consecutive time.
Most Surprising Result: (#10) The Citadel 14, (FBS) NC State 52 - Perhaps I was underrating NC State, but I expected this game to be a bit closer.
* - I know Georgia State is still technically in the CAA this year, but I'm counting them as FBS and as a non-conference opponent for CAA teams (same as UMass last season).
Tomorrow: what's left of the non-playoff conferences.
NOVA 24-8 PENN FORD 20-13 COLUM
YALE 6-45 COR DART 13-10 HC HARV 45-31 BROWN GTOWN 21-20 PRINCE
NConf Record: 2-2 Overall: 7-5
vs. FCS: 2-2 Overall: 7-5
Best Performance: Cornell 45, Yale 6 - Jeff Mathews throws for 340 yards and 4 touchdowns (no turnovers) as the Big Red surprisingly stomp the Bulldogs.
Worst Performance: Yale 6, Cornell 45 - Yale has lost their last two Ivy games by a combined score of 90-13.
Most Surprising Result: Cornell 45, Yale 6 - The Big Red win consecutive home games over Yale for the first time since the late '70s.
Best Performance: Alabama A&M 42, Texas Southern 13 - The Bulldogs hammer the Tigers in Houston & look to be the clear favorites in the SWAC.
Worst Performance: Texas Southern 13, Alabama A&M 42 - Ironically, the only team the Tigers have held under 40 points this season was their FBS opponent.
Most Surprising Result: Southern 28, Jackson St. 21 - They did almost blow a big lead in the fourth quarter, but the Jags still managed to reorient things fast under new interim coach Dawson Odums.
Pioneer League
VALPO 14-51 USD
MHEAD 25-28 DRAKE
CAMP 14-35 BUT JU 21-17 DAY
DVDSN 21-34 MARIST
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 9-20
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 3-17
Best Performance: Jacksonville 21, Dayton 17 - Dolphins get 2 non-offensive touchdowns to pull off their first-ever win in Dayton.
Worst Performance: Valparaiso 14, San Diego 51 - The Crusaders have now lost 25 of 26 under Dale Carlson and 20 of those losses were blowouts.
Most Surprising Result: Dayton 17, Jacksonville 21 - The Flyers now haven't beaten Jacksonville since 2007.
); Southeast Missouri had two pick-sixes in the second quarter; the Golden Eagles had 10 penalties to SEMO's 1.
