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Big Sky

WEB 13-14 EWU
UMT 16-35 PORTST
CP 37-54 SUU
NOCO 21-63 NAU
MTST 38-44 UND

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 15-17
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 5-7
  
  
  Best Performance: (#12) Portland St. 35, (#17) Montana 16 - The Vikings run for 339 yards while their defense makes last week's Griz hero, QB Makena Simis, look like he'd never played football before.
  
  Worst Performance: Northern Colorado 21, Northern Arizona 63 - After two good home performances, the Bears go on the road and allow freshman QB Case Cookus to throw for 363 yards and 7 touchdowns on just 31 attempts (253.5 rating).
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#5) Eastern Washington 14, Weber St. 13 - I don't know what's more surprising: that EWU gained just 189 yards of offense, or that they gained 189 yards and won.

Southland

LAM 55-7 HBU
MCNSE 15-13 ACU
UIW 21-55 SFA
tamuc 24-38 SHSU
SELU 16-21 UCA
NWST 37-21 NICH

• NConf Record: 1-0
  Overall: 7-15
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 0-3
  
  
  Best Performance: (#8) Sam Houston St. 38, (DII) Texas A&M-Commerce 24 - The Bearkats get past their PTSD over CSU-Pueblo and this time knock off a top-10 DII opponent.
  
  Worst Performance: Houston Baptist 7, Lamar 55 - The Huskies actually did a decent job on Kade Harrington, but they had no success in any other facet.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#10) McNeese St. 15, Abilene Christian 13 - The Cowboys escape despite a horrible passing day for Daniel Sams.

Missouri Valley

SDK 7-20 UNI
SDKST 39-0 MIZST
INST 24-27 ILST
YSU 23-21 WIU
NDSU 35-29 SIU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 18-12
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 16-3
  
  
  Best Performance: (#25) Youngstown St. 23, (#23) Western Illinois 21 - The Penguins end their losing skid and finally come up big in a must-win game down the stretch.
  
  Worst Performance: Missouri St. 0, (#14) South Dakota St. 39 - The Bears aren't exactly living up to the MVFC's reputation for defense as they rank dead last in the nation in passing efficiency D.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#21) Indiana St. 24, (#3) Illinois St. 27 - The Sycs put the defending runners-up on the ropes with 24 straight points, but they forgot to close the deal and allowed 18 unanswered to end the game.

OVC

TTU 17-38 SEMO
EKU 0-34 JAXST
EIU 34-20 MUR
AP 6-20 TSU
UTM 28-63 ARK

• NConf Record: 0-1
  Overall: 10-18
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 8-5
  
  
  Best Performance: (#1) Jacksonville St. 34, (#13) Eastern Kentucky 0 - Eli Jenkins puts up 343 yards of total offense, roughly double the entire Colonel team.
  
  Worst Performance: Tennessee Tech 17, Southeast Missouri St. 38 - Golden Eagles lose by at least 3 touchdowns for the fourth straight week.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#1) Jacksonville St. 34, (#13) Eastern Kentucky 0 - Only Eastern Illinois realistically stands in the way of the Gamecocks and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Pioneer League

JU 14-31 DAY
BUT 14-35 MARIST
CAMP 39-9 DVDSN
USD 47-16 STET
DRAKE 35-38 MHEAD (3OT)

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 18-14
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 5-12
  
  
  Best Performance: Dayton 31, Jacksonville 14 - Barring a crazy collapse, only Morehead State stands in the way of the Flyers' first playoff appearance.
  
  Worst Performance: Davidson 9, Campbell 39 - You'd think a team like Davidson would have nowhere to go up, but their scoring output (12 ppg) is barely half of last year's.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Butler 14, Marist 35 - The Bulldogs are just 4-9 in league play since taking the PFL's first auto-bid two years ago.

Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.

Worst Performance: Houston Baptist 7, Lamar 55 - The Huskies actually did a decent job on Kade Harrington, but they had no success in any other facet.

You know you're having a good year when you rush for 192 yards at 6.4 yards per carry and someone says the other team did a decent job of stopping you. But actually I have to agree; particularly because Harrington's long run was only 17 yards.

JohnStOnge wrote:

Worst Performance: Houston Baptist 7, Lamar 55 - The Huskies actually did a decent job on Kade Harrington, but they had no success in any other facet.

You know you're having a good year when you rush for 192 yards at 6.4 yards per carry and someone says the other team did a decent job of stopping you. But actually I have to agree; particularly because Harrington's long run was only 17 yards.

Exactly.

Most Surprising Result: (#5) Eastern Washington 14, Weber St. 13 - I don't know what's more surprising: that EWU gained just 189 yards of offense, or that they gained 189 yards and won.

Weber should have won that gain but the same winds that held EWU's passing in check pushed three relatively short 2nd half Weber Field Goals right. The conditions were pretty damned bad.

An interesting stat came up in the coaches show last night. It was a low possession game and Eastern had only two drives where they were with the wind. Those were the two drives they scored on.

Patriot League

GTOWN 28-33 LEH
BUCK 35-24 LAF
FORD 29-31 COLG
BRY 33-34 HC

• NConf Record: 1-0
  Overall: 16-19
  
  vs. FCS: 1-0
  Overall: 15-17
  
  
  Best Performance: Colgate 31, (#11) Fordham 29 - The Raiders shut down Chase Edmonds and hold on late to take sole possession of first place in the Patriot League.
  
  Worst Performance: Lafayette 24, Bucknell 35 - The Leopards actually gained over 400 yards and played someone competitively for once, but still… they're 1-8.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#11) Fordham 29, Colgate 31 - The Rams severely hurt their playoff chances despite nearly overcoming a 16-point deficit in the final minute.

NEC

SACHRT 14-23 SFPA
WAG 17-35 DUQ
RMU 0-34 CCSU
BRY 33-34 HC

• NConf Record: 0-1
  Overall: 13-21
  
  vs. FCS: 0-1
  Overall: 6-19
  
  
  Best Performance: St. Francis (PA) 23, Sacred Heart 14 - Terell Smith caught only 2 passes, but one was a 64-yard touchdown and the other was a 98-yard touchdown.
  
  Worst Performance: Robert Morris 0, Central Connecticut St. 34 - Mathew Barr throws 5 picks as the Colonials prove that overtime loss to Youngstown was even more of a fluke than we all thought.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (none)

CAA

MAINE 3-13 NOVA
ELON 21-7 SBU
URI 17-20 UNH
UD 0-19 TOW
ALB 31-38 RICH
JMU 41-44 W&M

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 16-18
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 15-7
  
  
  Best Performance: (#16) William & Mary 44, (#9) James Madison 41 - The Tribe score on the ground 6 times to hold off a surprisingly game effort by the Vad-less Dukes.
  
  Worst Performance: Stony Brook 7, Elon 21 - The Seawolves continue to spiral thanks to Joe Carbone's 4 picks and 53.5 efficiency rating.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Albany 31, (#6) Richmond 38 - Despite 6 turnovers, the Danes still looked much better than in the previous few games.

Big South

CCU 25-33 CHSO
GWEBB 14-10 PRESBY
MONM 13-23 KENN

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 19-14
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 13-8
  
  
  Best Performance: (#24) Charleston Southern 33, (#2) Coastal Carolina 25 - The Bucs' largely dormant passing game comes up big as Austin Brown throws for 252 yards and 2 TDs on just 21 attempts.
  
  Worst Performance: Monmouth 13, Kennesaw St. 23 - After two promising performances, the Hawks get shredded by the newbie Owls.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Kennesaw St. 23, Monmouth 13 - I do remember CCU was pretty good when they started out, but KSU might be having the best first season in recent memory.

SoCon

WOFF 41-20 VMI
MER 19-21 CIT
FUR 20-17 SAM
WCU 13-41 UTC

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 15-13
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 12-6
  
  
  Best Performance: (#4) Tennessee-Chattanooga 41, Western Carolina 13 - The Mocs run for 356 yards and set up a winner-take-all showdown with The Citadel in two weeks.
  
  Worst Performance: VMI 20, Wofford 41 - The Keydets clinch a 7+ loss season for the 12th. straight year.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Western Carolina 13, (#4) Tennessee-Chattanooga 41 - The Catamounts put themselves in good position only to fall apart against UTC for the second straight season.

Tomorrow: Non-Playoff Folks…

Ivy League

DART 13-14 HARV
PENN 48-28 BROWN
COLUM 17-7 YALE
COR 21-47 PRINCE

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 16-8
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 16-8
  
  
  Best Performance: (#15) Harvard 14, (#22) Dartmouth 13 - It was only their 2nd. single-digit affair in the last two years, but the Crimson overcame 3 turnovers and should now cruise to the Ivy title.
  
  Worst Performance: Yale 7, Columbia 17 - The Bulldogs gain just 120 yards (minus-14 rushing) and lose to the doormat Lions at home for the first time since 1996.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Columbia 17, Yale 7 - I know the Lions are still just 2-5, but Al Bagnoli has to at least get some consideration for the Eddie Robinson Award.

MEAC

BCU 49-21 DSU
SAV 9-55 HOW
NFOLK 16-24 NCCEN
HAMP 20-34 SCSU
NCAT 28-10 FAMU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 8-23
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 3-8
  
  
  Best Performance: South Carolina St. 34, Hampton 20 - The Bulldogs win their 9th. straight over Hampton after they'd only won one meeting prior to that.
  
  Worst Performance: Savannah St. 9, Howard 55 - Whatever progress the Tigers had made in recent weeks has clearly been thrown out now.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Howard 55, Savannah St. 9 - The Bison won 4 straight after also starting 0-7 against DI opponents last year. Will this result start a similar closing surge?

SWAC

UAPB 29-54 PVAMU
ALCORN 48-7 SU
AAMU 20-35 ALST (in Birmingham, AL)
JSU 26-16 MVSU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 4-14
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 0-6
  
  
  Best Performance: Alcorn St. 48, Southern 7 - Backup QB Lenorris Footman runs for 274 yards and accounts for 6 total touchdowns in yet another Brave massacre.
  
  Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 16, Jackson St. 26 - The Delta Devils gain just 131 yards and blow a 10-point lead. On the plus side, this was the first time they hadn't been blown out this season.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Alcorn St. 48, Southern 7 - Alcorn can really pour it on when they're winning. If only they were better at surviving close games…

Independents

warner 9-42 ETSU

• Non-Ind. Record: 1-0
  Overall: 1-7
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 0-5
  
  
  Best Performance: East Tennessee St. 42, (NAIA) Warner 9 - The Bucs finally get an opponent even they can roll, netting their first win since the 2003 finale against The Citadel.
  
  Worst Performance: (none)
  
  Most Surprising Result: (none)