NAU 52-30 EWU
SAC 14-36 CP UMT 33-27 IDST (OT)
UCD 3-23 WEB SUU 34-23 MTST
PORTST 32-35 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-7
Best Performance: Northern Arizona 52, (#4) Eastern Washington 30 - The 'Jacks finally play well on the road and lambaste the Eagles despite being outgained.
Worst Performance: Sacramento St. 14, Cal Poly 36 - The Hornets are outrushed 366-35 and become a victim of Cal Poly's frustrations.
Most Surprising Result: Northern Colorado 35, (#10) Portland St. 32 - The Bears get their 3rd. straight good home performance in putting up 483 yards on a tough Viking defense.
Southland
NICH 30-28 LAM
SFA 24-36 UCA UIW 16-2 SELU
ACU 22-39 NWST
SHSU 10-27 MCNSE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 7-15
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 0-3
Best Performance: (#9) McNeese St. 27, (#7) Sam Houston St. 10 - Daniel Sams again had a bad day throwing, but his 164 rushing yards and a huge team advantage in penalties made that irrelevant as the Cowboys clinched the Southland auto-bid.
Worst Performance: Lamar 28, Nicholls St. 30 - Kade Harrington had another field day, and yet the Cardinals were still somehow outrushed by lousy Nicholls.
Most Surprising Result: Nicholls St. 30, Lamar 28 - The Colonels will finish with multiple Southland wins for the first time since 2010.
Best Performance: (#6) North Dakota St. 59, Western Illinois 7 - The Bison possess the ball for nearly 44 minutes in a surprisingly easy rout.
Worst Performance: Missouri St. 7, (#21) Youngstown St. 47 - The Bears weren't the biggest scoring-margin loser for once, but they were still outgained 644-107 by a team that had lost 3 of 4 coming in.
Most Surprising Result: Western Illinois 7, (#6) North Dakota St. 59 - The Leathernecks phoned in their season a week early, it seems.
Best Performance: (#1) Jacksonville St. 34, (#13) Eastern Kentucky 0 - The Gamecocks smother the Panthers, nearly lock up the OVC title, and benefit from shocking upsets elsewhere to become the clear-cut #1.
Worst Performance: Austin Peay 15, Southeast Missouri St. 44 - The Governors lose their 6th. straight game to SEMO and their 15th. straight game overall.
Most Surprising Result: (#18) Eastern Kentucky 35, Tennessee-Martin 42 - The Colonels forced 4 interceptions and led by double digits at the end of the third quarter… and still blew it.
Pioneer League
CAMP 27-31 USD
VALPO 21-42 BUT
STET 14-49 MARIST
DVDSN 12-42 JU DAY 20-15 MHEAD
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 18-14
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-12
Best Performance: Dayton 20, Morehead St. 15 - The Flyers force 3 picks from Austin Gahafer and put a stranglehold on the PFL auto-bid.
Worst Performance: Stetson 14, Marist 49 - The Hatters are tackled for loss 16 times in another ugly loss.
Most Surprising Result: Marist 49, Stetson 14 - This is the first time the Red Foxes have cracked 40 points in 2 years.
Mvemjsunpx wrote:
Worst Performance: Sacramento St. 14, Cal Poly 36 - The Hornets are outrushed 366-35 and become a victim of Cal Poly's frustrations.
Eh, while that is a large disparity, CP putting up lots of rushing yards is nothing new (70 of which came on a rush late in the game). The Hornets true FR QB put up 335 yards of passing.
davis’ horrendous performance at Weber gets my vote for “worst performance". A large chunk of davis’174 yards came on their final drive in garbage time (an 81 yard drive, 0 points, to close the game) while they gave up 479 yards.
Mvemjsunpx wrote:
Worst Performance: Sacramento St. 14, Cal Poly 36 - The Hornets are outrushed 366-35 and become a victim of Cal Poly's frustrations.
Eh, while that is a large disparity, CP putting up lots of rushing yards is nothing new (70 of which came on a rush late in the game). The Hornets true FR QB put up 335 yards of passing.
davis’ horrendous performance at Weber gets my vote for “worst performance". A large chunk of davis’174 yards came on their final drive in garbage time (an 81 yard drive, 0 points, to close the game) while they gave up 479 yards.
Still, Weber is doing better than Cal Poly and the margins were similar.
SDHornet wrote:
Eh, while that is a large disparity, CP putting up lots of rushing yards is nothing new (70 of which came on a rush late in the game). The Hornets true FR QB put up 335 yards of passing.
davis’ horrendous performance at Weber gets my vote for “worst performance". A large chunk of davis’174 yards came on their final drive in garbage time (an 81 yard drive, 0 points, to close the game) while they gave up 479 yards.
Still, Weber is doing better than Cal Poly and the margins were similar.
Hornets lost total yards by 66. davis by 305. Considering CP put up 535 rushing yards 2 weeks ago compared to 366 last week, I'm not sure I follow.
SDHornet wrote:
Hornets lost total yards by 66. davis by 305. Considering CP put up 535 rushing yards 2 weeks ago compared to 366 last week, I'm not sure I follow.
Uh… point margin?
Davis held Weber to 1 touchdown in 6 redzone trips, so that's worth something.
Compared to 2 red zone trips of their own, 1 of which wasn't obtained until the last play of the game. Hornets lost on 2 redzone trips (4 total) due to blocked/missed FGs.
Davis held Weber to 1 touchdown in 6 redzone trips, so that's worth something.
Compared to 2 red zone trips of their own, 1 of which wasn't obtained until the last play of the game. Hornets lost on 2 redzone trips (4 total) due to blocked/missed FGs.
Does this really matter that much to you?
It's a close call, but Sac lost by 22 to a 2-6 team while Davis lost by 20 to a 4-5 team. Yes, CP has played a brutal schedule, but still…
SDHornet wrote:
Compared to 2 red zone trips of their own, 1 of which wasn't obtained until the last play of the game. Hornets lost on 2 redzone trips (4 total) due to blocked/missed FGs.
Does this really matter that much to you?
Sac lost by 22 to a 2-6 team. Davis lost by 20 to a 4-5 team. Yes, CP has played a brutal schedule, but still…
Wasn't saying anything about that, just when I think "worst performance" I think a total no show (93 total offensive yards late in the 4th qtr) would qualify atop the list instead of a team that moves the ball but just gets beat by the better team. The Hornets and phaggies suck really bad, I was never implying otherwise, imo the Hornets just sucked less last week.
Mvemjsunpx wrote:
Does this really matter that much to you?
Sac lost by 22 to a 2-6 team. Davis lost by 20 to a 4-5 team. Yes, CP has played a brutal schedule, but still…
Wasn't saying anything about that, just when I think "worst performance" I think a total no show (93 total offensive yards late in the 4th qtr) would qualify atop the list instead of a team that moves the ball but just gets beat by the better team. The Hornets and phaggies suck really bad, I was never implying otherwise, imo the Hornets just sucked less last week.
OK, fair enough. I think the allowing 1 TD in 6 redzone trips goes against the "no show" argument, though, at least in terms of Davis's defense.
SDHornet wrote:
Wasn't saying anything about that, just when I think "worst performance" I think a total no show (93 total offensive yards late in the 4th qtr) would qualify atop the list instead of a team that moves the ball but just gets beat by the better team. The Hornets and phaggies suck really bad, I was never implying otherwise, imo the Hornets just sucked less last week.
OK, fair enough. I think the allowing 1 TD in 6 redzone trips goes against the "no show" argument, though, at least in terms of Davis's defense.
Fair enough. I watched some of this game (late 3rd qtr and beyond). WSU seemed to know davis wasn't going to get anything going on offense and kind of sleepwalked through the rest of the game when they had the ball. Hell Weebs even gave davis some great field position via muffed punts and still only gave up 3 points.
Best Performance: Duquesne 41, Sacred Heart 14 - Christian Kuntz registers 3.5 TFLs, 1 sack, and a pick-six to lead the Dukes to surprisingly lopsided win over the two-time defending conference champs.
Worst Performance: Wagner 10, Bryant 40 - The Seahawks are 0-9 and being outscored by an average of 38-12 on the season.
Most Surprising Result: Sacred Heart 14, Duquesne 41 - 3 straight losses by the Pioneers guarantees a new playoff representative from the NEC.
CAA
HOW 9-14 SBU
RICH 25-30 UNH TOW 10-7 MAINE NOVA 24-3 URI ALB 17-6 UD W&M 34-13 ELON
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 17-18
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 16-7
Best Performance: New Hampshire 30, (#5) Richmond 25 - The Wildcats keep hope alive by making Kyle Lauletta look terrible (4 INTs).
Worst Performance: Delaware 6, Albany 17 - Is it just me, or does it seem like the Hens always lose whenever they play an opponent they should roll?
Most Surprising Result: Albany 17, Delaware 6 - Elijah Ibitokun-Hanks has 337 rushing yards the last two weeks in leading Albany's post-bye revival.
Big South
PRESBY 13-21 LIB
GWEBB 0-46 CCU CHSO 28-14 KENN
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 19-14
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 13-8
Best Performance: (#8) Coastal Carolina 46, Gardner-Webb 0 - The Chanticleers finally stop "coasting" and shred a solid defense.
Worst Performance: Gardner-Webb 0, (#8) Coastal Carolina 46 - Bulldogs suffer their worst loss of the season and fall to 2-11 all-time against CCU.
Most Surprising Result: (#15) Charleston Southern 28, Kennesaw St. 14 - The result of this game obviously wasn't surprising, but it's unusual to see the Big South auto-bid race not go down to the final week.
SoCon
FUR 10-48 WCU
VMI 14-35 CIT
UTC 14-17 MER
cau 0-43 SAM
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 16-13
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 12-6
Best Performance: Mercer 17, (#3) Tennessee-Chattanooga 14 - Thanks to a 4-1 turnover margin, the Bears finally eke out of these close ones.
Worst Performance: Furman 10, Western Carolina 48 - The Paladins might've still had some sort of postseason hopes coming in, but you never would've guessed it from this result.
Most Surprising Result: Mercer 17, (#3) Tennessee-Chattanooga 14 - Bears improve to 2-8 in one-score SoCon games.
PRINCE 23-26 PENN(OT) HARV 24-16 COLUM
COR 3-21 DART
BROWN 14-41 YALE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 16-8
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 16-8
Best Performance: Yale 41, Brown 14 - Bulldogs take advantage of 4 turnovers and dominate in a game that was supposed to be close.
Worst Performance: Brown 14, Yale 41 - The Bears suffer their worst loss to Yale since 1996.
Most Surprising Result: Yale 41, Brown 14 - After scoring 40+ 7 times in 2014, the Bulldogs crack 40 for the first time this season.
MEAC
HOW 9-14 SBU
FAMU 0-33 HAMP
SAV 17-20 NFOLK(OT)
DSU 10-43 NCCEN NCAT 9-6 SCSU
MORG 14-38 BCU
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 8-24
vs. FCS: 0-1 Overall: 3-9
Best Performance: (#16) North Carolina A&T 9, South Carolina St. 6 - The Aggies overcome 145 yards of offense and score the game's only touchdown with 1:39 to go as they eliminate the last clear obstruction to a berth in the illustrious Celebration Bowl.
Worst Performance: Florida A&M 0, Hampton 33 - The Rattlers fall to 0-5 on the road and have been outscored 215-51 in those contests.
Most Surprising Result: Savannah St. 17, Norfolk St. 20 (OT) - Tigers lose their 29th. consecutive road game. This was the first one to be by single digits in more than 2 years.
Best Performance: Prairie View A&M 40, Alcorn St. 34 - The Panthers return 2 blocked punts for scores early and hold on late to keep their slim West-division hopes alive.
Worst Performance: Alabama A&M 24, Mississippi Valley St. 27 (OT) - The Bulldogs lose to a team that had no business getting anywhere near a win this season.
Most Surprising Result: Mississippi Valley St. 27, Alabama A&M 24 (OT) - As bad as the Delta Devils have been this millenium, they've only gone winless once in their history (2010). They somehow avoid a second goose egg in 2015.
Independents
ETSU 9-21 RMU
Non-Ind. Record: 0-1 Overall: 1-8
vs. FCS: 0-1 Overall: 0-6
Best Performance: (none)
Worst Performance: East Tennessee St. 9, East Tennessee St. 21 - I know RMU isn't very good, but ETSU's closest DI losses prior to this were by 40.
