EWU 42-21 CP PORTST 51-29 UCD
MTST 21-38 SUU NAU 33-20 WEB
IDST 44-62 UMT UND 23-13 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 17-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 10-4
Best Performance: (#3) Eastern Washington 42, (#14) Cal Poly 21 - Superior special teams play and a 3-1 turnover advantage give the Eagles a surprisingly sweat-less win in SLO.
Worst Performance: UC Davis 29, Portland St. 51 - Aggies clinch 7+ losses for the 6th. straight season.
Most Surprising Result: Portland St. 51, UC Davis 29 - The Vikings throw for 425 yards on just 21 attempts, their highest passing-yardage total since Jerry Glanville was the coach in 2008.
Southland
HBU 10-42 UTEP
NWST 22-25 ACU UCA 34-14 SFA
MCNSE 43-56 SHSU SELU 30-10 UIW
LAM 10-35 NICH
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 7-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-3
Best Performance: (#1) Sam Houston St. 56, McNeese St. 43 - Jeremiah Briscoe throws for 504 yards and 6 TDs with about half those totals going to Nathan Stewart.
Worst Performance: Northwestern St. 22, Abilene Christian 25 - Last year's 4-2 finish apparently meant nothing for the Demons as they still have yet to win a DI game in 2016.
Best Performance: (#4) North Dakota St. 24, (#15) Youngstown St. 3 - Redzone efficiency carries the day as the Bison allow just 3 total points in 4 redzone trips.
Worst Performance: Indiana St. 6, Northern Iowa 39 - Not only were the Sycamores outrushed badly, their normally potent passing game threw for just 113 yards on 31 attempts.
Most Surprising Result: Illinois St. 31, (#12) Western Illinois 26 - Their preseason expectations were unfair due to how much they lost in the offseason, but the Redbirds have finally been living up to them the last couple weeks.
OVC
JAXST 17-10 SEMO UTM 33-17 EIU MUR 41-28 EKU
TTU 0-55 UT TSU 41-40 AP
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 10-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-7
Best Performance: Tennessee-Martin 33, Eastern Illinois 17 - The Skyhawks force 7 turnovers, thus making their lack of offensive production rather unimportant.
Worst Performance: Eastern Kentucky 28, Murray St. 41 - The disappointing Colonels will clinch their first 7+ loss season since 1963.
Most Surprising Result: (#2) Jacksonville St. 17, Southeast Missouri St. 10 - The Gamecocks are on the precipice of another conference title, but it's still a bit unexpected that they were shutout in the second half by a team that's pretty much the definition of mediocrity.
Pioneer League
MHEAD 54-28 BUT
VALPO 21-37 DAY
DVDSN 0-28 CAMP DRAKE 31-27 JU MARIST 45-38 STET
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-17
Best Performance: Drake 31, Jacksonville 27 - Conley Wilkins runs for 195 yards and a TD and the Bulldog defense registers 10 tackles-for-loss in a nice road win.
Worst Performance: Butler 28, Morehead St. 54 - Butler is shredded by Austin Gahafer to the tune of 465 yards and 5 passing touchdowns.
Most Surprising Result: Morehead St. 54, Butler 28 - The Eagles get their highest point total against a DI opponent in 4 years.
EWU 42-21 CP PORTST 51-29 UCD
MTST 21-38 SUU NAU 33-20 WEB
IDST 44-62 UMT UND 23-13 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 17-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 10-4
Best Performance: (#3) Eastern Washington 42, (#14) Cal Poly 21 - Superior special teams play and a 3-1 turnover advantage give the Eagles a surprisingly sweat-less win in SLO.
Worst Performance: UC Davis 29, Portland St. 51 - Aggies clinch 7+ losses for the 6th. straight season.
Most Surprising Result: Portland St. 51, UC Davis 29 - The Vikings throw for 425 yards on just 21 attempts, their highest passing-yardage total since Jerry Glanville was the coach in 2008.
Southland
HBU 10-42 UTEP
NWST 22-25 ACU UCA 34-14 SFA
MCNSE 43-56 SHSU SELU 30-10 UIW
LAM 10-35 NICH
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 7-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-3
Best Performance: (#1) Sam Houston St. 56, McNeese St. 43 - Jeremiah Briscoe throws for 504 yards and 6 TDs with about half those totals going to Nathan Stewart.
Worst Performance: Northwestern St. 22, Abilene Christian 25 - Last year's 4-2 finish apparently meant nothing for the Demons as they still have yet to win a DI game in 2016.
Best Performance: (#4) North Dakota St. 24, (#15) Youngstown St. 3 - Redzone efficiency carries the day as the Bison allow just 3 total points in 4 redzone trips.
Worst Performance: Indiana St. 6, Northern Iowa 39 - Not only were the Sycamores outrushed badly, their normally potent passing game threw for just 113 yards on 31 attempts.
Most Surprising Result: Illinois St. 31, (#12) Western Illinois 26 - Their preseason expectations were unfair due to how much they lost in the offseason, but the Redbirds have finally been living up to them the last couple weeks.
OVC
JAXST 17-10 SEMO UTM 33-17 EIU MUR 41-28 EKU
TTU 0-55 UT TSU 41-40 AP
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 10-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-7
Best Performance: Tennessee-Martin 33, Eastern Illinois 17 - The Skyhawks force 7 turnovers, thus making their lack of offensive production rather unimportant.
Worst Performance: Eastern Kentucky 28, Murray St. 41 - The disappointing Colonels will clinch their first 7+ loss season since 1963.
Most Surprising Result: (#2) Jacksonville St. 17, Southeast Missouri St. 10 - The Gamecocks are on the precipice of another conference title, but it's still a bit unexpected that they were shutout in the second half by a team that's pretty much the definition of mediocrity.
Pioneer League
MHEAD 54-28 BUT
VALPO 21-37 DAY
DVDSN 0-28 CAMP DRAKE 31-27 JU MARIST 45-38 STET
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-17
Best Performance: Drake 31, Jacksonville 27 - Conley Wilkins runs for 195 yards and a TD and the Bulldog defense registers 10 tackles-for-loss in a nice road win.
Worst Performance: Butler 28, Morehead St. 54 - Butler is shredded by Austin Gahafer to the tune of 465 yards and 5 passing touchdowns.
Most Surprising Result: Morehead St. 54, Butler 28 - The Eagles get their highest point total against a DI opponent in 4 years.
Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.
TSU survives shootout with Austin Peay Ronald Butler saves the day.
EWU 42-21 CP PORTST 51-29 UCD
MTST 21-38 SUU NAU 33-20 WEB
IDST 44-62 UMT UND 23-13 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 17-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 10-4
Best Performance: (#3) Eastern Washington 42, (#14) Cal Poly 21 - Superior special teams play and a 3-1 turnover advantage give the Eagles a surprisingly sweat-less win in SLO.
Worst Performance: UC Davis 29, Portland St. 51 - Aggies clinch 7+ losses for the 6th. straight season.
Most Surprising Result: Portland St. 51, UC Davis 29 - The Vikings throw for 425 yards on just 21 attempts, their highest passing-yardage total since Jerry Glanville was the coach in 2008.
Southland
HBU 10-42 UTEP
NWST 22-25 ACU UCA 34-14 SFA
MCNSE 43-56 SHSU SELU 30-10 UIW
LAM 10-35 NICH
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 7-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-3
Best Performance: (#1) Sam Houston St. 56, McNeese St. 43 - Jeremiah Briscoe throws for 504 yards and 6 TDs with about half those totals going to Nathan Stewart.
Worst Performance: Northwestern St. 22, Abilene Christian 25 - Last year's 4-2 finish apparently meant nothing for the Demons as they still have yet to win a DI game in 2016.
Best Performance: (#4) North Dakota St. 24, (#15) Youngstown St. 3 - Redzone efficiency carries the day as the Bison allow just 3 total points in 4 redzone trips.
Worst Performance: Indiana St. 6, Northern Iowa 39 - Not only were the Sycamores outrushed badly, their normally potent passing game threw for just 113 yards on 31 attempts.
Most Surprising Result: Illinois St. 31, (#12) Western Illinois 26 - Their preseason expectations were unfair due to how much they lost in the offseason, but the Redbirds have finally been living up to them the last couple weeks.
OVC
JAXST 17-10 SEMO UTM 33-17 EIU MUR 41-28 EKU
TTU 0-55 UT TSU 41-40 AP
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 10-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-7
Best Performance: Tennessee-Martin 33, Eastern Illinois 17 - The Skyhawks force 7 turnovers, thus making their lack of offensive production rather unimportant.
Worst Performance: Eastern Kentucky 28, Murray St. 41 - The disappointing Colonels will clinch their first 7+ loss season since 1963.
Most Surprising Result: (#2) Jacksonville St. 17, Southeast Missouri St. 10 - The Gamecocks are on the precipice of another conference title, but it's still a bit unexpected that they were shutout in the second half by a team that's pretty much the definition of mediocrity.
Pioneer League
MHEAD 54-28 BUT
VALPO 21-37 DAY
DVDSN 0-28 CAMP DRAKE 31-27 JU MARIST 45-38 STET
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-17
Best Performance: Drake 31, Jacksonville 27 - Conley Wilkins runs for 195 yards and a TD and the Bulldog defense registers 10 tackles-for-loss in a nice road win.
Worst Performance: Butler 28, Morehead St. 54 - Butler is shredded by Austin Gahafer to the tune of 465 yards and 5 passing touchdowns.
Most Surprising Result: Morehead St. 54, Butler 28 - The Eagles get their highest point total against a DI opponent in 4 years.
Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.
Glanville and Mouse Davis are bringing the RUN-N-SHOOT back from the grave!!!!!!!!!
Best Performance: Fordham 24, Colgate 20 - The Rams win consecutive home games against Colgate for the first time in the history of this series.
Worst Performance: Georgetown 20, Holy Cross 21 - The Hoyas struggle on offense yet again and lose their 7th. straight conference game.
Most Surprising Result: (#24) Lehigh 20, Bucknell 13 - It wasn't a pretty performance, but the Mountain Hawks still managed to put away the Patriot League auto-bid.
NEC
DUQ 28-20 WAG
RMU 13-24 BRY
SACHRT 35-37 CCSU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 9-14
Best Performance: Central Connecticut St. 37, Sacred Heart 35 - The Blue Raiders get their highest point total against a DI opponent in more than 2 years in this surprising upset.
Worst Performance: Sacred Heart 35, Central Connecticut St. 37 - The Pioneers fall to a team that was winless against DI this season.
Most Surprising Result: Sacred Heart 35, Central Connecticut St. 37 - Any vague hope SHU had of making the playoffs is out the window now.
CAA
UD 33-17 ALB W&M 14-9 SBU NOVA 26-7 MAINE
ELON 6-23 TOW JMU 47-43 RICH
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 20-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 17-5
Best Performance: (#7) James Madison 47, (#6) Richmond 43 - Bryan Schor puts up 376 yards of total offense and 4 total TDs in a huge seed-positioning win.
Worst Performance: Elon 6, Towson 23 - The Phoenix have scored more than 10 points just once in CAA play.
Most Surprising Result: Albany 17, Delaware 33 - The Danes allow 26 unanswered points to end the game, making their playoff collapse pretty much complete.
Best Performance: Gardner-Webb 17, (#8) Charleston Southern 10 - Tyrell Maxwell throws for 195 and runs for 165 to help the Bulldogs pull off the week's biggest upset.
Worst Performance: (#8) Charleston Southern 10, Gardner-Webb 17 - The Buccaneers' 11-game conference winning streak comes to an end against just about the last opponent you'd expect.
Most Surprising Result: (#8) Charleston Southern 10, Gardner-Webb 17 - Good thing the 7 DI wins rule isn't really a thing anymore, because it's now impossible for CSU to get there.
SoCon
VMI 29-32 WCU WOFF 34-27 FUR
SAM 34-37 CIT(OT)
ETSU 13-21 MER
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-8
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 10-1
Best Performance: (#5) The Citadel 37, (#20) Samford 34 (OT) - Bulldog FB Tyler Renew carries the ball a ridiculous 45 times for 285 yards and 3 touchdowns to help lock up the SoCon title.
Worst Performance: VMI 29, Western Carolina 32 - The Keydets end WCU's 6-game losing streak by turning the ball over 4 times.
Most Surprising Result: East Tennessee St. 13, Mercer 21 - The Bucs suffer their first close loss of the season.
DART 17-13 COR
COLUM 21-28 HARV
YALE 22-27 BROWN
PENN 0-28 PRINCE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 12-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 12-12
Best Performance: Princeton 28, Penn 0 - The Tigers shut out Penn for the first time since 1978.
Worst Performance: Yale 22, Brown 27 - The Bulldogs ran for 324 yards in their loss to Fordham. They've amassed just 291 rushing yards total in 3 games since then.
Most Surprising Result: Penn 0, Princeton 28 - The Quakers lose consecutive games in Princeton for the first time since the early '90s.
Best Performance: (#11) North Carolina A&T 30, South Carolina St. 20 - Tarik Cohen was held to 47 yards rushing, but the Aggies still pulled out a tough win thanks to a huge penalty advantage & a game-clinching pick-six.
Worst Performance: Norfolk St. 14, Savannah St. 31 - Spartans lose convincingly to a bad team despite winning penalties 9-1.
Most Surprising Result: Savannah St. 31, Norfolk St. 14 - This was SSU's most lopsided DI win since moving up and their most lopsided win of any kind since 2009.
Best Performance: (#21) Grambling 56, Alabama A&M 17 - The seemingly inevitable matchup between the Tigers and NC A&T should be a barnburner. Too bad it won't be a playoff game.
Worst Performance: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7, Mississippi Valley St. 41 - The Golden Lions allow Mississippi Valley State— that's right, Mississippi Valley State!—to complete 82% of their passes for 360 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Most Surprising Result: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7, Mississippi Valley St. 41 - UAPB has been outscored 200-31 the last 4 weeks.
DART 17-13 COR
COLUM 21-28 HARV
YALE 22-27 BROWN
PENN 0-28 PRINCE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 12-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 12-12
Best Performance: Princeton 28, Penn 0 - The Tigers shut out Penn for the first time since 1978.
Worst Performance: Yale 22, Brown 27 - The Bulldogs ran for 324 yards in their loss to Fordham. They've amassed just 291 rushing yards total in 3 games since then.
Most Surprising Result: Penn 0, Princeton 28 - The Quakers lose consecutive games in Princeton for the first time since the early '90s.
Best Performance: (#11) North Carolina A&T 30, South Carolina St. 20 - Tarik Cohen was held to 47 yards rushing, but the Aggies still pulled out a tough win thanks to a huge penalty advantage & a game-clinching pick-six.
Worst Performance: Norfolk St. 14, Savannah St. 31 - Spartans lose convincingly to a bad team despite winning penalties 9-1.
Most Surprising Result: Savannah St. 31, Norfolk St. 14 - This was SSU's most lopsided DI win since moving up and their most lopsided win of any kind since 2009.
Best Performance: (#21) Grambling 56, Alabama A&M 17 - The seemingly inevitable matchup between the Tigers and NC A&T should be a barnburner. Too bad it won't be a playoff game.
Worst Performance: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7, Mississippi Valley St. 41 - The Golden Lions allow Mississippi Valley State— that's right, Mississippi Valley State!—to complete 82% of their passes for 360 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Most Surprising Result: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7, Mississippi Valley St. 41 - UAPB has been outscored 200-31 the last 4 weeks.
Wow SC St has one heck of a defense to keep Cohen to 47 yds!!!!! Again I wish that the MEAC had not surrendered its AQ status want to see what they do against outside comp.Aggies are no.10 nationally highest ever for this school.UAPB needs new blood.Yes Grambling vs A&T will be a excellent matchup again I want both the MEAC&SWAC in the FCS playoffs.
Just my opinion but I think the best Southland performance was by Central Arkansas. Sam Houston State got a lot of yards passing but McNeese has a bad pass defense. Everything else was weak for Sam Houston State. They ran out to a 28-3 lead then allowed McNeese to come back to close enough to have a chance to win at 49-43 with just under 7 minutes left in the game. They got 28 first downs and 630 yards but McNeese got 28 first downs and 574 yards. It was McNeese's top offensive output of the season. Sam Houston State could not run the ball effectively. And even though McNeese has had problems running the ball this season they were able to notch 217 yards at 6.6 yards a pop vs. the BearKats. Sam Houston struggled with McNeese playing at home even though they didn't turn the ball over and had only 2 penalties for 20 yards.
Central Arkansas won by 20 points on the road in spite of committing 6 turnovers and having 12 penalties for 126 yards. They held SFA to 59 yards rushing at 1.9 yards per carry. There was no 4th quarter drama. No real indication that SFA had any shot late as McNeese did vs. Sam Houston State.
Yes, I know you could say that making that many mistakes...6 turnovers and 12 penalties for 126 yards...is not impressive. But they won by 20 points on the road while doing that while Sam Houston State had McNeese within 6 points of it with 7 minutes left while committing zero turnovers and only two penalties. I'm just a lot more impressed by what Central Arkansas did. You dominate like that even with all those mistakes and that's impressive.
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