SAC 45-17 PORTST MTST 72-28 CP UCD 44-26 IDA
IDST 7-45 WEB
EWU 7-63 UMT
NAU 20-21 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 18-18
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 13-5
Best Performance: UC Davis 44, (#15) Idaho 26 - Ulonzo Gilliam runs for 164 yards and 3 TDs to help rush the Aggies into the middle of the playoff conversation.
Worst Performance: Eastern Washington 7, (#16) Montana 63 - I hate to suggest a defense has quit on the season, but the Eagle D did allow a team not exactly known for their offense to score touchdowns on 9 of their first 11 drives (not counting a kneel-down to end the first half).
Most Surprising Result: UC Davis 44, (#15) Idaho 26 - The Aggies are playing better than most anybody right now, but they still have to close the season on the road against arguably the best team in the nation with a playoff berth probably on the line—if anyone can get in at 6-5, though, it's Davis.
Southland
MCNSE 21-10 HCU
LAM 14-51 NMSU
NWST 7-23 SELU
TAMUC 10-12 NICH
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 12-24
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 6-13
Best Performance: (#25) Southeastern Louisiana 23, Northwestern St. 7 - The Lions win a key conference game in comfortable fashion even though their offense took the second half off.
Worst Performance: Lamar 14, (FBS) New Mexico St. 51 - The Cardinals channel EWU and allow a crappy FBS team to score points on 7 of their first 8 offensive drives (again, not counting a kneel-down to end the half).
Most Surprising Result: Texas A&M-Commerce 10, Nicholls St. - The Lions still got 10 early points with starting QB Eric Rodriguez out, but they couldn't manage anything else over the final 46 minutes.
Best Performance: (#1) South Dakota St. 31, Illinois St. 7 - After spotting the Redbirds an early blocked-punt touchdown, the Jackrabbits didn't allow the ISU offense to get inside the 40 yard line.
Worst Performance: Western Illinois 0, Indiana St. 21 - Winless Willynois scores nothing against a team that was allowing 37.3 points-per-game coming in.
Most Surprising Result: Youngstown St. 22, Missouri St. 25 - Jaleel McLaughlin got his 3rd. 200-yard rushing game in the last month, but it wasn't enough to stop the Penguins from blowing their playoff chances.
Best Performance: Tennessee-Martin 20, Tennessee St. 3 - Terrell Allen gets 4.5 tackles-for-loss, a sack, a pass breakup, and 4 QB hurries as the Skyhawks keep their thin playoff hopes alive.
Worst Performance: Tennessee St. 3, Tennessee-Martin 20 - After averaging 36 points-per-game in Weeks 6-8, the Tigers have scored a total of 6 points over the last 3 weeks.
Most Surprising Result: (none)
AQ8
lincca 0-55 SUU
TARL 28-34 UTU UCA 34-7 SFA ACU 45-28 SHSU AP 31-14 KENN TTU 35-27 UNA
EKU 17-42 JAXST
NConf Record: 2-2 Overall: 26-28
vs. FCS: 0-1 Overall: 17-12
Best Performance: Abilene Christian 45, ("FBS") Sam Houston St. 28 - The Wildcats force 4 turnovers and greatly strengthen their playoff hopes.
Worst Performance: North Alabama 27, Tennessee Tech 35 - How do you go winless against DI competition when you have a running back that has scored 18 touchdowns and averages 147 yards-per-game?
Most Surprising Result: Eastern Kentucky 17, ("FBS") Jacksonville St. 42 - Jacksonville State's good, but this kind of performance definitely won't help the Colonels' postseason campaign.
Mvemjsunpx wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 7:03 amBig Sky
SAC 45-17 PORTST MTST 72-28 CP UCD 44-26 IDA
IDST 7-45 WEB
EWU 7-63 UMT
NAU 20-21 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 18-18
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 13-5
Best Performance: UC Davis 44, (#15) Idaho 26 - Ulonzo Gilliam runs for 164 yards and 3 TDs to help rush the Aggies into the middle of the playoff conversation.
Worst Performance: Eastern Washington 7, (#16) Montana 63 - I hate to suggest a defense has quit on the season, but the Eagle D did allow a team not exactly known for their offense to score touchdowns on 9 of their first 11 drives (not counting a kneel-down to end the first half).
Most Surprising Result: UC Davis 44, (#15) Idaho 26 - The Aggies are playing better than most anybody right now, but they still have to close the season on the road against arguably the best team in the nation with a playoff berth probably on the line—if anyone can get in at 6-5, though, it's Davis.
Southland
MCNSE 21-10 HCU
LAM 14-51 NMSU
NWST 7-23 SELU
TAMUC 10-12 NICH
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 12-24
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 6-13
Best Performance: (#25) Southeastern Louisiana 23, Northwestern St. 7 - The Lions win a key conference game in comfortable fashion even though their offense took the second half off.
Worst Performance: Lamar 14, (FBS) New Mexico St. 51 - The Cardinals channel EWU and allow a crappy FBS team to score points on 7 of their first 8 offensive drives (again, not counting a kneel-down to end the half).
Most Surprising Result: Texas A&M-Commerce 10, Nicholls St. - The Lions still got 10 early points with starting QB Eric Rodriguez out, but they couldn't manage anything else over the final 46 minutes.
Best Performance: (#1) South Dakota St. 31, Illinois St. 7 - After spotting the Redbirds an early blocked-punt touchdown, the Jackrabbits didn't allow the ISU offense to get inside the 40 yard line.
Worst Performance: Western Illinois 0, Indiana St. 21 - Winless Willynois scores nothing against a team that was allowing 37.3 points-per-game coming in.
Most Surprising Result: Youngstown St. 22, Missouri St. 25 - Jaleel McLaughlin got his 3rd. 200-yard rushing game in the last month, but it wasn't enough to stop the Penguins from blowing their playoff chances.
Best Performance: Tennessee-Martin 20, Tennessee St. 3 - Terrell Allen gets 4.5 tackles-for-loss, a sack, a pass breakup, and 4 QB hurries as the Skyhawks keep their thin playoff hopes alive.
Worst Performance: Tennessee St. 3, Tennessee-Martin 20 - After averaging 36 points-per-game in Weeks 6-8, the Tigers have scored a total of 6 points over the last 3 weeks.
Most Surprising Result: (none)
AQ8
lincca 0-55 SUU
TARL 28-34 UTU UCA 34-7 SFA ACU 45-28 SHSU AP 31-14 KENN TTU 35-27 UNA
EKU 17-42 JAXST
NConf Record: 2-2 Overall: 26-28
vs. FCS: 0-1 Overall: 17-12
Best Performance: Abilene Christian 45, ("FBS") Sam Houston St. 28 - The Wildcats force 4 turnovers and greatly strengthen their playoff hopes.
Worst Performance: North Alabama 27, Tennessee Tech 35 - How do you go winless against DI competition when you have a running back that has scored 18 touchdowns and averages 147 yards-per-game?
Most Surprising Result: Eastern Kentucky 17, ("FBS") Jacksonville St. 42 - Jacksonville State's good, but this kind of performance definitely won't help the Colonels' postseason campaign.
Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.
Fun fact:
Guess who’s dead last In FCS in rushing D at 436 ypg and 20 yards behind the 2nd worst?
Guess who’s dead last In FCS in rushing D at 436 ypg and 20 yards behind the 2nd worst?
Big Sky site says 302.5 ypg, but that's still awful (6.3 yards-per-carry is especially terrible).
And you're still correct that EWU is dead last nationally.
That’s from the NCAA stats site so I assume it applies to all games and the Big Sky is conference only. But that would be a huge rise from just 3 OOC games.
Big Sky site says 302.5 ypg, but that's still awful (6.3 yards-per-carry is especially terrible).
And you're still correct that EWU is dead last nationally.
That’s from the NCAA stats site so I assume it applies to all games and the Big Sky is conference only. But that would be a huge rise from just 3 OOC games.
Big Sky site says 10 games, so that should be all games.
Also, the EWU stat page says the only time they've allowed 400+ on the ground this year was against Portland State.
That’s from the NCAA stats site so I assume it applies to all games and the Big Sky is conference only. But that would be a huge rise from just 3 OOC games.
Big Sky site says 10 games, so that should be all games.
Also, the EWU stat page says the only time they've allowed 400+ on the ground this year was against Portland State.
You’re right. I was looking at total rushes by opponents versus ypg.
Still 40 yards more per game than 2nd worst but I feel better now.
COLG 33-36 LEH
LAF 10-45 FORD
BRY 29-36 HC BUCK 24-21 GTOWN (OT)
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 12-22
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 11-17
Best Performance: (#23) Fordham 45, Lafayette 10 - The Ram defense actually joins their offense in playing well as Fordham outgains Lafayette 613-180.
Worst Performance: Georgetown 21, Bucknell 24 (OT) - The Hoyas throw 3 picks and lose for the 15th. time in their last 18 conference games.
Most Surprising Result: (#5) Holy Cross 36, Bryant 29 - Kind of like SELU, the Crusaders slack off in the second half after taking a 22-0 lead at the break.
NEC
DUQ 14-51 SFPA
SHILL 28-34 LIU SACHRT 38-28 WAG MERR 20-14 CCSU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 9-21
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-12
Best Performance: St. Francis (PA) 51, Duquesne 14 - No letdown here for the Red Flash even though they've long since clinched the NEC auto-bid.
Worst Performance: Stonehill 28, Long Island 34 - The Skyhawks fall behind by 19 points and lose for the 4th. time in their last 5 games.
Most Surprising Result: Long Island 34, Stonehill 28 - After losing to Wagner and falling to 0-7, the Sharks switched to a freshman QB—Luca Stanzani—who has gone 60/88 for 913 yards with 8 TDs and just 1 INT over the last 3 games (all LIU wins).
CAA
MAINE 21-23 ALB TOW 21-17 SBU
URI 28-31 UNH RICH 21-13 UD ELON 38-24 HAMP
NOVA 12-45 W&M
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 24-15
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 21-5
Best Performance: (#12) Richmond 21, (#17) Delaware 13 - The Spiders hold Nolan Henderson to just 196 yards on 37 attempts, pick off 2 of his passes, and effectively secure a playoff berth prior to their big showdown with William & Mary.
Worst Performance: Maine 21, Albany 23 - The Black Bears lose their 4th. in a row after allowing a decisive touchdown pass on the final play of the game.
Most Surprising Result: Villanova 12, (#8) William & Mary 45 - This result isn't all that surprising to us now, but who in September thought Villanova would be 5-5 and coming off back-to-back blowout losses to William & Mary and Towson?
Best Performance: Gardner-Webb 42, Campbell 35 - Bailey Fisher puts up 414 yards of total offense and 4 total touchdowns as the Bulldogs hold on to win the North Carolina East/West BBQ Bowl.
Worst Performance: Robert Morris 9, Murray St. 27 - The worst team in the Big South can only manage 166 total yards against the worst team in the OVC.
Most Surprising Result: Bryant 29, (#5) Holy Cross 36 - Oddly enough, all 9 of Bryant's DI games have been decided by 14 points or less.
SoCon
VMI 16-34 WOFF
vul 0-66 CIT FUR 23-13 MER WCU 20-17 ETSU SAM 35-24 UTC
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 14-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 11-4
Best Performance: (#10) Samford 35, (#11) Tennessee-Chattanooga 24 - Michael Hiers throws for 353 yards and accounts for all 5 Samford touchdowns as the Bulldogs clinch the SoCon auto-bid.
Worst Performance: VMI 16, Wofford 34 - This is actually the Keydets' closest loss of SoCon play thus far.
Most Surprising Result: (#10) Samford 35, (#11) Tennessee-Chattanooga 24 - The Bulldogs end a 7-game losing streak to the Mocs and win in Chattanooga for the first time since 2008.
Pioneer League
DVDSN 14-31 USD
STET 0-23 STTHOM
BUT 24-27 DRAKE
MHEAD 27-49 DAY VALP 45-24 MARIST
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 14-18
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 1-17
Best Performance: San Diego 31, Davidson 14 - Hunter Nichols collects 12 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss, and an interception as his Toreros finally stop looking like a shell of their former selves.
Worst Performance: Butler 24, Drake 27 - Despite a much better record, Butler loses the Battle of the Bulldogs for the 6th. straight time.
Most Surprising Result: Drake 27, Butler 24 - Confusing oddsmaking: every sportsbook I saw had 1-8 Drake favored by more than a touchdown against 7-2 Butler, and they were somehow correct on the winner (although Butler did cover).
HARV 37-14 PENN
DART 13-17 COR COLUM 31-24 BROWN (OT)
PRINCE 20-24 YALE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 19-5
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 19-5
Best Performance: Harvard 37, Penn 14 - Charlie Dean throws for 316 yards and 4 touchdowns (0 INTs) as the Crimson help keep alive the possibility of a 4-way tie for first in the Ivy.
Worst Performance: Dartmouth 13, Cornell 17 - The Big Green are now 1-6 in one-score games this season.
Most Surprising Result: Penn 14, Harvard 37 - The Quakers are held to 9 rushing yards, their lowest total in 4 years.
MEAC
MORG 37-7 DSU
SCSU 14-28 HOW NCCEN 48-14 NFOLK
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 12-21
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-15
Best Performance: Morgan St. 37, Delaware St. 7 - The Bear defense thoroughly dominates, allowing just 81 yards and amassing 18 tackles-for-loss, 8 sacks, and 2 defensive touchdowns.
Worst Performance: Delaware St. 7, Morgan St. 37 - The Hornet defense only gave up 10 points, but the rest of their team allowed 27 (2 defensive TDs, a kick-return TD, and a blocked-punt TD).
Most Surprising Result: Delaware St. 7, Morgan St. 37 - On the plus side, DSU's final game against Campbell looks like a much better opportunity to clinch a winning season than it did this time a month ago.
Best Performance: Texas Southern 41, Grambling 7 - The Texas Southern defense registers 12 tackles-for-loss, 6 sacks, and 2 INTs in a surprisingly crushing performance.
Worst Performance: Grambling 7, Texas Southern 41 - Grambling will have back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since the disastrous end of Doug Williams's second coaching stint.
Most Surprising Result: Texas Southern 41, Grambling 7 - TSU beats Grambling for the first time since 2013 and holds them to single digits for the first time since 1996.
