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Big Sky

SAC 28-31 EWU
PORTST 25-37 CP
WEB 24-22 SUU
UCD 7-21 NAU
IDST 14-52 NOCO
UMT 34-40 UND

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 17-16
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 5-3
  
  
  Best Performance: (#1) Eastern Washington 31, Sacramento St. 28 - Eastern's jostling of quarterbacks made the headlines, but it was the Eagle D holding Sac under 300 yards that led to the win.
  
  Worst Performance: Idaho St. 14, Northern Colorado 52 - Really, Idaho State… really? When you make Seth Lobato look like Matt Barkley… really?
  
  Most Surprising Result: Southern Utah 22, Weber St. 24 - The post-Montana hangover makes an unexpected cameo as the T-Birds follow a win in Washington-Grizzly Stadium with a loss to a winless team.

Southland

NICH 10-44 SFA
MCNSE 10-45 SHSU
LAM 14-24 UCA

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 14-15
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 5-3
  
  
  Best Performance: (#6) Sam Houston St. 45, McNeese St. 10 - In resounding fashion, the Bearkats beat McNeese at home for the first time since 2004.
  
  Worst Performance: Nicholls St. 10, Stephen F. Austin 44 - Yeah, the Colonels are still terrible, but they do have Bobby Hebert's son playing QB for them. So there's that…
  
  Most Surprising Result: (none)

Missouri Valley

NDSU 54-0 SDK (in Sioux Falls, SD)
SDKST 6-27 UNI
MIZST 24-17 ILST
INST 23-7 WIU
SIU 38-21 YSU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 18-12
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 12-3
  
  
  Best Performance: Northern Iowa 27, (#20) South Dakota St. 6 - Despite their struggles, the Panthers move to 6-1 against the Jackrabbits as DI opponents.
  
  Worst Performance: (#11) Illinois St. 17, Missouri St. 24 - Redbirds give up 2 safeties in an embarrassing loss.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Missouri St. 24, (#11) Illinois St. 17 - The Bears hold ISU to 78 rushing yards and overcome 3 turnovers in a stunning upset.

OVC

UTM 27-17 SEMO
TSU 28-31 JAXST (OT)
EKU 42-28 TTU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 14-12
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 11-3
  
  
  Best Performance: Jacksonville St. 31, (#17) Tennessee St. 28 (OT) - Griffin Thomas comes up big with a 44-yard field goal in overtime in a virtual must-win for the Gamecocks.
  
  Worst Performance: Southeast Missouri St. 17, Tennessee-Martin 27 - Redhawks fall to 3-13 against DI competition since their 2010 OVC title season.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#17) Tennessee St. 28, Jacksonville St. 31 (OT) - Two missed field goals cost the Tigers dearly in their quest for a perfection.

Patriot League

BUCK 19-42 LEH
HC 13-30 LAF
GTOWN 36-57 COLG

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 17-16
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 16-15
  
  
  Best Performance: Colgate 57, Georgetown 36 - Gavin McCarney continues his strong run by racking up 510 yards of total offense and 5 total touchdowns.
  
  Worst Performance: Georgetown 36, Colgate 57 - Last year, the Hoyas rode a strong defense to an eye-opening 8-3 season. This year, they're giving up 707 yards to an unranked conference foe.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (none)

Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.

Whoever the FG kicker for Tenn St is needs to be fired combo knocking them from the unbeaten ranks and the Def Co- ordinator for G-town needs to fired as well 707 yds Bubba Smith is rolling over in his grave somewhere!!!!

NEC

WAG 31-24 SFPA
SACHRT 3-35 DUQ
CCSU 31-37 RMU
BRY 27-24 MONM

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 8-17
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 8-16
  
  
  Best Performance: Bryant 27, Monmouth 24 - Bulldog QB Mike Westerhaus throws for 316 yards and 2 touchdowns in stunning the Hawks.
  
  Worst Performance: Monmouth 24, Bryant 27 - Despite this being Bryant's weakest team since moving up, the Hawks still lose to them for the first time.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Bryant 27, Monmouth 24 - With two straight wins following an 0-6 start, the Bulldogs appear to be finally playing as expected.

CAA

NOVA 49-24 GSU
UNH 28-21 MAINE
URI 24-47 UD
ODU 31-20 TOW
JMU 29-35 RICH

• NConf Record*: 1-0
  Overall: 21-14
  
  vs. FCS*: 0-0
  Overall: 16-4
  
  
  Best Performance: Richmond 35, (#2) James Madison 29 - Michael Strauss throws for 271 yards and 4 TDs against a JMU defense that was giving up just 10.6 ppg to FCS opponents.
  
  Worst Performance: Rhode Island 24, (#25) Delaware 47 - Despite scoring more than 10 points for the first time this year, the Rams still get drilled.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#2) James Madison 29, Richmond 35 - Who would've thought a defensive team like James Madison could gain 526 yards & lose?

Big South

GWEBB 10-41 SBU
CCU 34-7 VMI
CONC 13-21 LIB
PRESBY 21-31 CHSO

• NConf Record: 1-0
  Overall: 12-21
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 5-13
  
  
  Best Performance: Coastal Carolina 34, VMI 7 - The Chants move to 8-2 all-time versus VMI thanks to a 331-16 rushing yard advantage.
  
  Worst Performance: Presbyterian 21, Charleston Southern 31 - Blue Hose lose the rushing battle despite having two 100-yard rushers.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Liberty 21, (DII) Concord 13 - The Flames outgain Concord 406-177 and commit only 1 turnover, yet somehow win by just 8.

MEAC

NCAT 0-24 DSU
MORG 20-21 HOW
HAMP 20-37 NCCEN
EDWAT 35-42 SAV
SCSU 27-20 FAMU (OT)
NFOLK 3-48 BCOOK

• NConf Record: 1-0
  Overall: 11-20
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 4-8
  
  
  Best Performance: South Carolina St. 27, Florida A&M 20 (OT) - The Bulldogs return things to normal & beat FAMU for the 9th. time in 10 years.
  
  Worst Performance: North Carolina A&T 0, Delaware St. 24 - The Aggies lose to DSU for the 7th. time in the last 8 meetings (not counting a 2009 scheduling-snafu forfeit).
  
  Most Surprising Result: Norfolk St. 3, Bethune-Cookman 48 - Not a shocking result in the here & now, but it's still a little surprising that the defending MEAC champs are 0-5 in conference & in last place.

SoCon

WOFF 38-28 APP
WCU 31-42 ELON
GASO 38-17 FUR
SAM 13-20 UTC

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 13-8
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 8-2
  
  
  Best Performance: (#8) Wofford 38, (#13) Appalachian St. 28 - App State's run defense has been suspect for years & the Terriers take advantage with 393 yards on the ground.
  
  Worst Performance: Western Carolina 31, Elon 42 - The Catamounts lose their 23rd. straight game to teams not named "Mars Hill."
  
  Most Surprising Result: Tennessee-Chattanooga 20, Samford 13 - The Mocs have now won 3 straight & are now poised to perhaps challenge for the SoCon title.

* - 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.

Ivy League

DART 21-16 COLUM
COR 14-21 BROWN
PENN 13-27 YALE
HARV 34-39 PRINCE

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 14-10
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 14-10
  
  
  Best Performance: Princeton 39, (#22) Harvard 34 - Trailing 34-10 in the fourth quarter, the Tigers pull off a crazy rally by throwing 4 touchdown passes in the final 12 minutes—the game winner coming from backup QB Quinn Epperly with 13 seconds left.
  
  Worst Performance: Penn 13, Yale 27 - The Quakers trail the all-time series by double digits, but this was just their 6th. loss to Yale in the last 21 meetings.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#22) Harvard 34, Princeton 39 - It's hard to blame the Crimson offense for this epic collapse, seeing as they produced three 100-yard receivers and 634 total yards.

SWAC

ALCORN 37-52 PVAMU
VUL 7-22 GRAM
UAPB 50-21 SU
MVSU 7-14 JSU (2OT)

• NConf Record: 1-0
  Overall: 4-14
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 1-8
  
  
  Best Performance: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 50, Southern 21 - Benjamin Anderson puts up 371 yards of total offense—leading his team in passing & rushing—in an easy win over the fading Jaguars.
  
  Worst Performance: Alcorn St. 37, Prairie View A&M 52 - The Braves did score two non-offensive touchdowns, but that still wasn't nearly enough to overcome PVAMU's 535 yards of offense.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Alcorn St. 37, Prairie View A&M 52 - Alcorn loses their 6th. straight to Prairie View after only losing 3 times in the previous 29 meetings.

Pioneer League

MARIST 27-34 DRAKE (OT)
MHEAD 35-39 BUT
VALPO 0-45 DAY
DVDSN 28-21 CAMP
USD 24-7 JU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 9-21
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 3-18
  
  
  Best Performance: San Diego 24, Jacksonville 7 - The Toreros take advantage of an early injury to Kade Bell & force his replacement into just 186 yards passing on 44 attempts.
  
  Worst Performance: Campbell 21, Davidson 28 - The Camels did rally for 3 unanswered touchdowns in the fourth, but couldn't overcome getting carved up by winless Davidson's passing game.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Jacksonville 7, San Diego 24 - Dolphins suffer their first home loss in over 3 years.

Always a good read . FCS in a nutshell.

Seawolf97 wrote:Always a good read . FCS in a nutshell.

Vem does an excellent job on these.

Grizalltheway wrote:

Seawolf97 wrote:Always a good read . FCS in a nutshell.

Vem does an excellent job on these.

Thank you both.