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Big Sky

MTST 30-17 PORTST
SAC 23-21 IDST
EWU 50-21 SUU
UCD 17-14 WEB
CP 7-39 UMT
NAU 10-17 NOCO (OT)

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 18-19
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 11-7
  
  
  Best Performance: (#12) UC Davis 17, (#14) Weber St. 14 - The Aggies, stifled offensively for almost the entire game, force 3 turnovers and stay undefeated.
  
  Worst Performance: Northern Arizona 10, Northern Colorado 17 (OT) - After upsetting Arizona, the best the 'Jacks could do was 1 measley touchdown in Greeley.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Northern Colorado 17, Northern Arizona 10 (OT) - The Bears beat NAU by the exact same score they lost to awful Lamar by last week.

Southland

MCNSE 0-31 UIW
UNA 14-31 NICH

• NConf Record: 1-0
  Overall: 6-12
  
  vs. FCS: 1-0
  Overall: 5-5
  
  
  Best Performance: Incarnate Word 31, McNeese St. 0 - The Cardinals win their 3rd. straight over McNeese in surprisingly easy fashion.
  
  Worst Performance: McNeese St. 0, Incarnate Word 31 - The Cowboys start 1-3 for the second time in the calendar year 2021.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Nicholls St. 31, North Alabama 14 -The final score wasn't surprising, but Nicholls trailed 14-0 and didn't take the lead until late in the third quarter.

Missouri Valley

SDK 23-31 MIZST
ILST 17-35 SIU
SDKST 44-0 INST
WIU 38-35 YSU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 19-11
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 17-2
  
  
  Best Performance: (#2) South Dakota St. 44, Indiana St. 0 - Pierre Strong runs for 150 while Chris Oladokun accounts for 4 total touchdowns (3 pass, 1 catch) in an impressive win for the defending runners-up.
  
  Worst Performance: Youngstown St. 35, Western Illinois 38 - The Penguins ran for 298 yards and still couldn't hold a 35-7 lead.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Western Illinois 38, Youngstown St. 35 - The Leathernecks have outscored their last two opponents 59-7 in the second half.

OVC

TSU 14-47 SEMO
EIU 28-14 TTU
UTM 34-31 JAXST
AP 27-35 EKU

• NConf Record: 1-1
  Overall: 7-17
  
  vs. FCS: 1-1
  Overall: 6-10
  
  
  Best Performance: Tennessee-Martin 34, (#9) Jacksonville St. 31 - Keon Howard throws for 255 yards and 3 TDs on just 24 attempts to help the Skyhawks come back from 14 down against a top-10 team.
  
  Worst Performance: Tennessee St. 14, Southeast Missouri St. 47 - Eddie George, of all people, can't be thrilled to see his team lose rushing 380-14.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#19) Austin Peay 27, Eastern Kentucky 35 - 298 yards is normally a pretty good passing day for a QB, but not when it comes on 55 attempts and is accompanied by 3 INTs.

AQ7

lincca 13-61 SFA
ACU 56-0 LAM
nmhu 21-40 TARL
SHSU 45-35 UCA
UNA 14-31 NICH
UTM 34-31 JAXST
AP 27-35 EKU

• NConf Record: 3-2
  Overall: 14-14
  
  vs. FCS: 1-2
  Overall: 8-8
  
  
  Best Performance: (#1) Sam Houston St. 45, (#25) Central Arkansas 35 - In the first big AQ7 showdown, the Bearkats dominated the fourth quarter after nearly blowing a 24-point lead.
  
  Worst Performance: Lamar 0, Abilene Christian 56 - After a surprising win last week, the Cardinals reward the home crowd with 136 yards and an embarrassing defeat.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Eastern Kentucky 35, (#19) Austin Peay 27 - Colonel LB Matthew Jackson stuffs the stat sheet with 12 tackles, 2 TFLs, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 1 pass breakup, and 1 INT returned for 41 yards.

Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.

Good work as per usual, Venus. I can't think of any nit-picking here. And I'm grateful that you found the short-comings of others enough to ignore our Hornet shortcomings this week.

SuperHornet wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:02 am Good work as per usual, Venus. I can't think of any nit-picking here. And I'm grateful that you found the short-comings of others enough to ignore our Hornet shortcomings this week.

Thanks. And your team won, at least, which couldn't be said for 6 other Big Sky teams.

Patriot League

PENN 14-24 LAF
LEH 3-30 COLG
FORD 31-14 SBU
HC 45-15 MONM
GTOWN 24-35 COLUM

• NConf Record: 3-1
  Overall: 6-18
  
  vs. FCS: 3-1
  Overall: 5-14
  
  
  Best Performance: Holy Cross 45, (#20) Monmouth 15 - Jacob Dobbs posts another huge game—12 tackles and 3 sacks—to help his Crusaders nearly double Monmouth in total offense.
  
  Worst Performance: Lehigh 3, Colgate 30 - It's one thing to score no more than 3 points against teams like Villanova, Richmond, and Princeton, but it's quite alarming for a team to follow that with just 3 points against a Colgate squad that had looked similarly bad coming in.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Holy Cross 45, (#20) Monmouth 15 - The Merrimack loss is looking more & more like an scalp-hangover casualty than a true assessment of Holy Cross's ability.

NEC

NFOLK 28-16 SFPA
vul 7-56 DUQ
WAG 7-41 TEMP
MERR 47-10 DSU
BRY 34-17 MARIST
CCSU 0-69 MIAMI
SACHRT 3-41 DART

• NConf Record: 3-4
  Overall: 8-16
  
  vs. FCS: 2-2
  Overall: 5-6
  
  
  Best Performance: Merrimack 47, Delaware St. 10 - Westin Elliott went 21/23 passing for 336 yards and 6 touchdowns as his Warriors easily overcame an early 10-0 deficit.
  
  Worst Performance: Sacred Heart 3, Dartmouth 41 - The Pioneers are blasted by a team that struggled to beat Valpo last week.
  
  Most Surprising Result: St. Francis (PA) 16, Norfolk St. 28 - The Red Flash fall to 0-3 out of conference after being shredded on the ground.

CAA

NOVA 17-38 PSU
FORD 31-14 SBU
UNH 7-77 PITT
MAINE 14-41 NIU
TOW 21-48 SDSU
RICH 10-21 VT
W&M 34-31 ELON

• NConf Record: 0-6
  Overall: 16-14
  
  vs. FCS: 0-1
  Overall: 16-4
  
  
  Best Performance: (#24) Richmond 10, (FBS) Virginia Tech 21 - The Spiders lost because their passing game was anemic, but their defense did hold a solid ACC team to just 14 offensive points.
  
  Worst Performance: Stony Brook 14, Fordham 31 - A 3-0 turnover disadvantage derailed Stony Brook as they lost to a previously winless opponent.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Stony Brook 14, Fordham 31 - Weird stat fun! Four different Seawolves carried the ball on the ground, and they all ended up with 40-something yards.

Big South

HOW 16-22 RMU
HC 45-15 MONM
NCCEN 14-37 NCAT
WCU 34-52 GWEBB
CHSO 28-31 ECU
UNA 14-31 NICH

• NConf Record: 3-3
  Overall: 11-16
  
  vs. FCS: 3-2
  Overall: 8-7
  
  
  Best Performance: North Carolina A&T 37, NC Central 14 - The Aggies win 4 straight over their rivals for the first time since Central moved up to DI.
  
  Worst Performance: (#20) Monmouth 15, Holy Cross 45 - The Hawks definitively prove which Northeastern minor-conference team was the real fraud.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Charleston Southern 28, (FBS) East Carolina 31 - The Buccaneers shake off the Monmouth debacle and nearly steal an FBS comeback win in Greenville.

SoCon

WOFF 23-31 VMI
WCU 34-52 GWEBB
MER 24-3 FUR
ETSU 55-48 SAM (OT)

• NConf Record: 0-1
  Overall: 12-12
  
  vs. FCS: 0-1
  Overall: 8-6
  
  
  Best Performance: Mercer 24, Furman 3 - The Bears force 4 interceptions and set a program record for fewest points allowed in a SoCon game.
  
  Worst Performance: Western Carolina 34, Gardner-Webb 52 - Even 650 yards wasn't enough for the Catamounts to avoid losing for the 14th. time in their last 15 games.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Furman 3, Mercer 24 - Furman has now failed to crack 20 points in 7 of their last 10 games.

Pioneer League

BUT 0-36 STTHOM
VALPO 24-21 DRAKE
PRESBY 43-63 DAY
BRY 34-17 MARIST
USD 16-28 DVDSN
STET 0-63 PRINCE

• NConf Record: 0-2
  Overall: 11-18
  
  vs. FCS: 0-2
  Overall: 1-17
  
  
  Best Performance: Davidson 28, San Diego 16 - The Wildcats hold San Diego to 205 yards and prove they're still one of the top teams in the Pioneer.
  
  Worst Performance: Butler 0, St. Thomas 36 - The Bulldogs suffer their 9th. straight DI loss while simultaneously handing St. Thomas their first-ever PFL win.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Valparaiso 24, Drake 21 - The Beacons do the unthinkable and win a game with a 5-0 turnover disadvantage.

Tomorrow: Non-Playoff Folks…

Ivy League

PENN 14-24 LAF
GTOWN 24-35 COLUM
COR 17-23 YALE
SACHRT 3-41 DART
BROWN 17-49 HARV
STET 0-63 PRINCE

• NConf Record: 3-1
  Overall: 8-4
  
  vs. FCS: 3-1
  Overall: 8-4
  
  
  Best Performance: Dartmouth 41, Sacred Heart 3 - The Big Green rebound from an iffy performance by putting up 404 yards on just 46 offensive plays.
  
  Worst Performance: Penn 14, Lafayette 24 - The Quakers lose to a Patriot League team for the first time since 2016.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Penn 14, Lafayette 24 - Penn ends Lafayette's 11-game non-conference losing streak while also becoming the first Ivy squad to lose to the Leopards since 2012.

MEAC

MERR 47-10 DSU
HOW 16-22 RMU
NFOLK 28-16 SFPA
NCCEN 14-37 NCAT

• NConf Record: 1-3
  Overall: 5-18
  
  vs. FCS: 1-3
  Overall: 2-10
  
  
  Best Performance: Norfolk St. 28, St. Francis (PA) 16 - The Spartans run for 323 yards and win turnovers 3-0 to get the MEAC their only DI non-conference win of September.
  
  Worst Performance: Delaware St. 10, Merrimack 47 - The Hornets suffer their 26th. consecutive DI non-conference loss.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Norfolk St. 28, St. Francis (PA) 16 - Norfolk ends a 23-game losing streak against non-MEAC opponents.

SWAC

TXSO 34-48 RICE
GRAM 10-24 PVAMU
ALCORN 39-38 UAPB
SU 38-25 MVSU (in Jackson, MS)
BCU 24-38 ALST
tusk 35-45 AAMU (in Mobile, AL)
delt 17-24 JSU

• NConf Record: 2-1
  Overall: 11-17
  
  vs. FCS: 0-1
  Overall: 5-7
  
  
  Best Performance: Alabama St. 38, Bethune-Cookman 24 - Brandon Gaddy nets 6 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery as his Hornets move to 2-1.
  
  Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 25, Southern 38 - The Delta Devils lose their 8th. in a row not counting a forfeit win over Alcorn in the spring.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Texas Southern 34, (FBS) Rice 48 - Ke'Lenn Davis grabs 7 balls for 181 yards as his Tigers rally to make an FBS loss look respectable.