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Big Sky

EWU 41-34 PORTST
SAC 27-34 UCD
WEB 40-14 IDST
CP 42-34 NAU
MTST 16-7 UMT
UND 27-28 NOCO

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 17-16
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 5-3
  
  
  Best Performance: (#17) Cal Poly 42, (#15) Northern Arizona 34 - The Mustangs rack up 503 yards on a very good defense & win the third-down battle 61%-8% in what was essentially a play-in game for the playoffs.
  
  Worst Performance: Idaho St. 14, Weber St. 40 - The Bengal defense gives up 289 yards rushing to C.J. Tuckett in completing a season of unprecedented awfulness.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#15) Northern Arizona 34, (#17) Cal Poly 42 - A 2-game slide at the end was still not enough to prevent NAU from achieving their best record in 9 years.

Southland

NWST 17-34 SFA
SHSU 28-47 TAMU
EIU 30-48 UCA
LAM 0-35 MCNSE
SELA 35-16 NICH

• NConf Record: 1-1
  Overall: 15-17
  
  vs. FCS: 1-0
  Overall: 6-3
  
  
  Best Performance: (#10) Central Arkansas 48, (#24) Eastern Illinois 30 - Third down was the difference in this exceedingly rare contest between two auto-bid recipients one week before the playoffs.
  
  Worst Performance: Nicholls St. 16, Southeastern Louisiana 35 - The Colonels have now lost 20 consecutive DI games.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (none)

Missouri Valley

SDK 8-31 SDKST
MIZST 13-38 UNI
NDSU 38-20 ILST
WIU 0-35 SIU
INST 6-27 YSU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 18-12
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 12-3
  
  
  Best Performance: (#1) North Dakota St. 38, (#11) Illinois St. 20 - The Bison passing game again struggles, but they still manage to outrush a tough opponent 274-111.
  
  Worst Performance: Western Illinois 0, Southern Illinois 35 - Leathernecks just 5-17 since Matt Barr's graduation.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Youngstown St. 27, (#18) Indiana St. 6 - While the Sycamores pull an NAU & throw another postseason bid away, the Penguins also get to spend the offseason wondering what might have been

OVC

EIU 30-48 UCA
JAXST 0-23 UF
SEMO 35-42 MUR
TSU 26-35 UTM
TTU 31-38 AP

• NConf Record: 0-2
  Overall: 15-14
  
  vs. FCS: 0-1
  Overall: 11-4
  
  
  Best Performance: Jacksonville St. 0, (FBS) Florida 23 - The Gamecocks never managed enough offense to threaten, but their defense did hold a top-flight SEC team to one offensive touchdown.
  
  Worst Performance: Tennessee Tech 31, Austin Peay 38 - Trailing Austin Peay 31-0 at the half… I think that speaks for itself.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Tennessee Tech 31, Austin Peay 38 - The last two OVC auto-bid recipients have each gone 3-8 the following season.

Patriot League

LEH 38-21 LAF
BRY 21-24 BUCK
COLG 41-39 FORD
HC 24-0 GTOWN

• NConf Record: 1-0
  Overall: 18-17
  
  vs. FCS: 1-0
  Overall: 17-16
  
  
  Best Performance: (#14) Lehigh 38, Lafayette 21 - A 10-1 season always looks good, but the playoff selection committee still saw through the Mountain Hawks' complete & total lack of impressive wins.
  
  Worst Performance: Georgetown 0, Holy Cross 24 - The offense just wasn't there for the Hoyas this season, as displayed by their gaining of just 196 yards against the 1-9 Crusaders.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Holy Cross 24, Georgetown 0 - Despite the solid win, the Crusaders still end up posting the worst season of head coach Tom Gilmore's tenure.

Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.

I love the guy, but as far as I'm concerned, the worst performance of the week had GOT to be one Morris Norisse....

NEC

SACHRT 24-44 SFPA
MONM 26-21 RMU
CCSU 34-63 ALB
DUQ 17-23 WAG
BRY 21-24 BUCK

• NConf Record: 0-1
  Overall: 9-18
  
  vs. FCS: 0-1
  Overall: 9-17
  
  
  Best Performance: Wagner 23, Duquesne 17 - The Seahawks don't get tackled for loss once in clinching their first-ever playoff appearance.
  
  Worst Performance: Sacred Heart 24, St. Francis (PA) 44 - The Pioneers give up 344 rushing yards in losing their 6th. straight NEC game.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Bryant 21, Bucknell 24 - Bryant's 4-game winning streak comes to an end against a team that went winless in the Patriot League.

CAA

TOW 64-35 UNH
MAINE 55-6 URI
NOVA 41-10 UD
RICH 21-14 W&M
ODU 38-28 JMU

• NConf Record*: 0-0
  Overall: 24-14
  
  vs. FCS*: 0-0
  Overall: 16-4
  
  
  Best Performance: (#19) Towson 64, (#7) New Hampshire 35 - Terrance West fully reminds us of last year by running for 236 yards on just 19 carries.
  
  Worst Performance: Rhode Island 6, Maine 55 - The Rams are used to being a doormat, but going 0-11 and only losing one game by less than 20 points (Brown) is pathetic even by Rhody standards.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#7) New Hampshire 35, (#19) Towson 64 - The Wildcats have this done to them at home, yet still get in the playoffs ahead of the Tigers and get a first-round bye to boot?

Big South

VMI 14-33 LIB
PRESBY 15-21 GWEBB
CHSO 20-41 CCU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 13-22
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 5-14
  
  
  Best Performance: Coastal Carolina 41, Charleston Southern 20 - The Chanticleers are officially the 2012 recipients of the annual "Last-Second Surprise Winner of the Big South" Award.
  
  Worst Performance: Presbyterian 15, Gardner-Webb 21 - The Blue Hose go winless in the Big South for the 2nd. time in 4 years.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (none)

MEAC

HAMP 27-17 MORG
DSU 34-41 HOW
NCAT 22-16 NCCEN (OT)
SAV 13-27 SCSU
FAMU 16-21 BCOOK (in Orlando, FL)

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 11-21
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 4-9
  
  
  Best Performance: North Carolina A&T 22, NC Central 16 (OT) - Partially due to a series of bad snaps, the Aggies hold NC Central to 127 yards and minus-46 yards rushing.
  
  Worst Performance: Morgan St. 17, Hampton 27 - The Bears lose despite forcing the Pirates into a 26.8 passing efficiency rating (4/18, 42 yds., 1 TD, 3 INTs).
  
  Most Surprising Result: Howard 41, Delaware St. 34 - At 6-2 in the MEAC and 7-4 overall, the Bison finish with their best overall mark in 14 years and their best conference mark in 16 years.

SoCon

WCU 0-49 BAMA
CIT 42-20 FUR
WOFF 7-24 SCAR
GASO 14-45 UGA
SAM 3-34 UK
ELON 17-24 UTC

• NConf Record: 0-4
  Overall: 15-12
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 10-2
  
  
  Best Performance: (#9) Wofford 7, (FBS) South Carolina 24 - The Terriers outgain the FBS Top-25 Gamecocks and play them even on the scoreboard until the 4th. quarter.
  
  Worst Performance: Samford 3, (FBS) Kentucky 34 - Samford outrushed 342 to minus-2 by an FBS team whose season was in the toilet.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Samford 3, (FBS) Kentucky 34 - With their playoff hopes on the line against a 1-9 FBS team, I expected a much better fight from the Bulldogs.

* - 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

PENN 35-28 COR
YALE 24-34 HARV
COLUM 6-22 BROWN
DART 35-21 PRINCE

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 14-10
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 14-10
  
  
  Best Performance: Dartmouth 35, Princeton 21 - Ivy League Rookie of the Year Dalyn Williams gets 327 yards of total offense and 4 total touchdowns to help the Big Green clinch a winning season.
  
  Worst Performance: Princeton 21, Dartmouth 35 - The Tigers finish 1-3 following their big rally against Harvard.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Dartmouth 35, Princeton 21 - Dartmouth wins 3 straight in this series for the first time since the early '90s.

SWAC

MVSU 34-3 TXSO
PVAMU 41-42 UAPB
AAMU 7-51 AUB
JSU 37-11 ALCORN

• NConf Record: 0-1
  Overall: 4-15
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 1-8
  
  
  Best Performance: Jackson St. 37, Alcorn St. 11 - Tigers beat Alcorn for the 5th. time in 6 tries.
  
  Worst Performance: Texas Southern 3, Mississippi Valley St. 34 - The Tigers give MVSU all sorts of big defensive plays as they allow Kevin Eugene to get a 100-yard fumble return TD and to pick off 2 passes, 1 of them going back for a touchdown as well.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Mississippi Valley St. 34, Texas Southern 3 - At 5-6, the Delta Devils finish with more wins than they had in the previous 3 seasons combined.

Pioneer League

USD 17-10 DVDSN
MARIST 28-7 CAMP
DRAKE 32-29 JU
VALPO 24-76 MHEAD

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 9-21
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 3-18
  
  
  Best Performance: Drake 32, Jacksonville 29 - Bulldogs improve to 10-2 all-time against JU and clinch the Pioneer League in the process.
  
  Worst Performance: Valparaiso 24, Morehead St. 76 - Back to normal for the Crusaders as they give up 348 yards rushing and 348 yards passing to the 3-7 Eagles.
  
  Most Surprising Result: San Diego 17, Davidson 10 - It was a lot tougher than expected, but the Toreros still moved to 5-0 all-time in Davidson.