NAU 38-66 EWU UMT 38-23 PORTST WEB 36-17 SAC
CP 9-21 IDA NOCO 26-20 IDST
SUU 7-42 MTST
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 22-25
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 14-8
Best Performance: (#3) Weber St. 36, (#6) Sacramento St. 17 - Josh Davis runs for 177 yards and a TD against a team that was allowing just 111 rushing ypg coming in.
Worst Performance: Idaho St. 20, Northern Colorado 26 - The road Bengals show up at home as QBs Matt Struck & Sagan Gronauer combine for 3 picks and just 128 passing yards.
Most Surprising Result: Northern Colorado 26, Idaho St. 20 - The Bears may be 2-7, but they're 2-0 against the state of Idaho. Boise State would be playing them for the state championship if they weren't so scared.
Southland
UCA 45-17 LAM NICH 27-23 UIW
SFA 30-47 SELU
NWST 20-30 MCNSE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 14-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 9-3
Best Performance: (#10) Central Arkansas 45, Lamar 17 - Breylin Smith throws for 434 yards and 4 touchdowns on just 37 attempts in a surprisingly lopsided Bear win.
Worst Performance: Stephen F. Austin 30, Southeastern Louisiana 47 - The Lumberjacks have now lost 18 of their last 21 games.
Most Surprising Result: Incarnate Word 23, (#25) Nicholls St. 27 - The Cardinals are a disappointing 5-4 despite being +14 in turnover margin.
Best Performance: (#9) Northern Iowa 27, (#7) Illinois St. 10 - The Panther defense dominates by forcing 4 turnovers and holding ISU(r) to just 210 yards.
Worst Performance: South Dakota 34, Western Illinois 38 - The Coyotes put up 578 yards of offense and still lose to a winless team.
Most Surprising Result: South Dakota 34, Western Illinois 38 - In their 3 wins, USD allowed just 5.3 points-per-game; in their 6 losses, South Dakota has allowed 47 ppg.
Best Performance: Holy Cross 24, Lehigh 17 - Domenic Cozer, who ran for 190 in this game, is averaging 148 ypg on the ground in Patriot League play.
Worst Performance: Georgetown 14, Colgate 24 - The Hoyas fall to 1-16 all-time versus Colgate
Most Surprising Result: Georgetown 14, Colgate 24 - Georgetown falls to 1-3 in Patriot League play after going 4-1 out of conference.
NEC
SFPA 21-30 DUQ
LIU 17-28 RMU CCSU 27-13 WAG
MERR 14-42 URI SACHRT 24-17 BRY
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 12-22
vs. FCS: 0-1 Overall: 10-16
Best Performance: Duquesne 30, St. Francis (PA) 21 - The Dukes win rushing 168-23 as they keep pace with CCSU.
Worst Performance: Long Island 17, Robert Morris 28 - The Sharks fall to 0-8 as they are held under 200 yards for the 3rd. straight game.
Most Surprising Result: (none)
CAA
MAINE 47-31 ALB
NOVA 20-28 UNH
MERR 14-42 URI
UD 24-31 TOW
SBU 10-30 RICH W&M 31-29 ELON (5OT)
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 25-20
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 25-6
Best Performance: Richmond 30, (#20) Stony Brook 10 - Joe Mancuso puts up 406 yards of total offense and 4 total touchdowns to help his Spiders win their 4th. straight CAA game.
Worst Performance: Albany 31, Maine 47 - The Dane defense allows Joe Fagnano to throw for 257 yards and 4 TDs on just 18 attempts.
Most Surprising Result: Albany 31, Maine 47 - It's a good thing Albany doesn't play James Madison because that's probably the only thing keeping their playoff hopes realistic.
Best Performance: Monmouth 45, (#5) Kennesaw St. 21 - Kenji Bahar throws for 332 yards and a TD on just 27 attempts (about half the yards going to Zach Tredway) as the Hawks finally solve their Kennesaw conundrum.
Worst Performance: Presbyterian 17, Hampton 40 - The Blue Hose are committing 25 fewer penalty ypg than their opponents. That is literally the only stat they are winning this season.
Most Surprising Result: (#5) Kennesaw St. 21, Monmouth 45 - In just over 3 hours, the Owls went from being a probable seed to being a desperate bubble team.
SoCon
WCU 43-35 VMI
WOFF 14-59 CLEM
SAM 33-36 MER(3OT) CIT 31-27 ETSU FUR 35-20 UTC
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 11-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 7-11
Best Performance: (#13) Furman 35, Tennessee-Chattanooga 20 - The Paladins stay in first place despite allowing 179 rushing yards to Ailym Ford.
Worst Performance: VMI 35, Western Carolina 43 - The Keydets allows Tyrie Adams to throw for 322 yards and 3 TDs on just 22 attempts.
Most Surprising Result: East Tennessee St. 27, The Citadel 31 - This loss wasn't surprising, but what is surprising is that ETSU is now 0-6 in SoCon play.
BROWN 36-38 PENN PRINCE 21-7 COR DART 9-6 HARV
COLUM 10-45 YALE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-9
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 15-9
Best Performance: (#15) Dartmouth 9, Harvard 6 - They needed a hail mary and some questionable late-game decisions by Harvard, but still… the Big Green got their first win in Cambridge since 2003.
Worst Performance: Columbia 10, Yale 45 - The typically stout Lion defense allows Yale to throw for 433 yards and 3 TDs on just 36 attempts.
Most Surprising Result: Harvard 6, (#15) Dartmouth 9 - This is the fewest points Harvard has scored in this series since Dartmouth beat them 6-3 in 1996
Best Performance: Jackson St. 21, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 12 - The Tigers win 3 straight for the first time in 6 years.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 0, Alabama St. 27 - Tracy Thompkins's 11 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 0.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, and 1 pass breakup did nothing to help the Delta Devils on the other side of the ball.
Most Surprising Result: Jackson St. 21, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 12 - JSU allows less than 28 points for the first time this season.
BROWN 36-38 PENN PRINCE 21-7 COR DART 9-6 HARV
COLUM 10-45 YALE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-9
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 15-9
Best Performance: (#15) Dartmouth 9, Harvard 6 - They needed a hail mary and some questionable late-game decisions by Harvard, but still… the Big Green got their first win in Cambridge since 2003.
Worst Performance: Columbia 10, Yale 45 - The typically stout Lion defense allows Yale to throw for 433 yards and 3 TDs on just 36 attempts.
Most Surprising Result: Harvard 6, (#15) Dartmouth 9 - This is the fewest points Harvard has scored in this series since Dartmouth beat them 6-3 in 1996
Best Performance: Jackson St. 21, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 12 - The Tigers win 3 straight for the first time in 6 years.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 0, Alabama St. 27 - Tracy Thompkins's 11 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 0.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, and 1 pass breakup did nothing to help the Delta Devils on the other side of the ball.
Most Surprising Result: Jackson St. 21, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 12 - JSU allows less than 28 points for the first time this season.
Dammn shame that The Ivy League is not playoff bound Dartmouth could cause plenty of problems.