UCD 45-28 PORTST EWU 48-5 IDST
UND 27-30 WEB SAC 38-34 NAU
IDA 17-42 UMT MTST 45-14 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 22-25
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 14-8
Best Performance: UC Davis 45, Portland St. 28 - Ulonzo Gilliam runs for 242 yards and 2 touchdowns as his Aggies keep their desperate postseason hopes alive.
Worst Performance: Idaho St. 5, Eastern Washington 48 - At this point, I may as well change "Worst Performance" to "Most Idaho State-Like Performance."
Most Surprising Result: (#22) North Dakota 27, (#3) Weber St. 30 - It wasn't quite enough, but Nate Ketteringham did have his best performance of the season (304 yds., 3 TDs, 0 INTs) against the Big Sky's best defense. With a 5-4 record and only home games against NoCo & SUU remaining, the Fighting Hawks should make the playoffs.
Southland
SHSU 24-10 ACU
UIW 24-31 SFA SELU 34-0 UCA
LAM 13-34 NWST
HBU 27-48 NICH
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 14-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 9-3
Best Performance: Southeastern Louisiana 34, (#7) Central Arkansas 0 - Bear QB Cole Kelley puts up 312 yards of total offense and 5 total touchdowns (4 rush) to help aid a defense that forced 4 turnovers.
Worst Performance: Lamar 13, Northwestern St. 34 - Marcellus Johnson goes 5/20 passing for 107 yards and a pick in an ugly Cardinal defeat.
Most Surprising Result: (#7) Central Arkansas 0, Southeastern Louisiana 34 - Does anybody really want to win the Southland? This kinda feels like the South Park Little League episode where every team was trying to lose just so they didn't have to play anymore.
Best Performance: (#11) Illinois St. 27, (#4) South Dakota St. 18 - Redbird LB Dylan Draka smothers the Jackrabbits with 5 tackles, 3 TFLs, 1 pass breakup, 1 forced fumble, and 2 fumble recoveries.
Worst Performance: Youngstown St. 21, South Dakota 56 - The fading Penguins have the misfortune of running into the "Jekyll" form of South Dakota. Wait… is Jekyll the good-football one, or would that better describe Hyde?
Most Surprising Result: (#4) South Dakota St. 18, (#11) Illinois St. 27 - The Jackrabbits better hope starting-QB J'Bore Gibbs can come back for the playoffs or their run may be over quickly.
Best Performance: Austin Peay 38, Tennessee-Martin 24 - The Govs are now the clear favorites to win the OVC auto-bid after outrushing UTM 236 to minus-25.
Worst Performance: Tennessee St. 38, Eastern Illinois 49 - The Tigers give up 49 points to a winless team that hadn't even cracked 30 points this season.
Most Surprising Result: Eastern Illinois 49, Tennessee St. 38 - Panther RB Darshon McCullough runs for 155 yards and a touchdown; he only had 85 yards on the season coming in.
Pioneer League
JU 14-28 DRAKE MHEAD 27-21 VALPO DVDSN 52-10 BUT
MARIST 35-59 DAY USD 51-7 STET
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 14-21
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-17
Best Performance: San Diego 51, Stetson 7 - Joseph Binda Jr. runs for 227 yards and a TD on just 13 carries in a surprisingly dominant performance by the Toreros.
Worst Performance: Butler 10, Davidson 52 - The Bulldogs have been outscored 235-79 in the first half this season.
Most Surprising Result: Marist 35, Dayton 59 - The Red Foxes manage just 92 rushing yards against what was the worst statistical run defense in the Pioneer.
UCD 45-28 PORTST EWU 48-5 IDST
UND 27-30 WEB SAC 38-34 NAU
IDA 17-42 UMT MTST 45-14 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 22-25
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 14-8
Best Performance: UC Davis 45, Portland St. 28 - Ulonzo Gilliam runs for 242 yards and 2 touchdowns as his Aggies keep their desperate postseason hopes alive.
Worst Performance: Idaho St. 5, Eastern Washington 48 - At this point, I may as well change "Worst Performance" to "Most Idaho State-Like Performance."
Most Surprising Result: (#22) North Dakota 27, (#3) Weber St. 30 - It wasn't quite enough, but Nate Ketteringham did have his best performance of the season (304 yds., 3 TDs, 0 INTs) against the Big Sky's best defense. With a 5-4 record and only home games against NoCo & SUU remaining, the Fighting Hawks should make the playoffs.
Southland
SHSU 24-10 ACU
UIW 24-31 SFA SELU 34-0 UCA
LAM 13-34 NWST
HBU 27-48 NICH
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 14-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 9-3
Best Performance: Southeastern Louisiana 34, (#7) Central Arkansas 0 - Bear QB Cole Kelley puts up 312 yards of total offense and 5 total touchdowns (4 rush) to help aid a defense that forced 4 turnovers.
Worst Performance: Lamar 13, Northwestern St. 34 - Marcellus Johnson goes 5/20 passing for 107 yards and a pick in an ugly Cardinal defeat.
Most Surprising Result: (#7) Central Arkansas 0, Southeastern Louisiana 34 - Does anybody really want to win the Southland? This kinda feels like the South Park Little League episode where every team was trying to lose just so they didn't have to play anymore.
Best Performance: (#11) Illinois St. 27, (#4) South Dakota St. 18 - Redbird LB Dylan Draka smothers the Jackrabbits with 5 tackles, 3 TFLs, 1 pass breakup, 1 forced fumble, and 2 fumble recoveries.
Worst Performance: Youngstown St. 21, South Dakota 56 - The fading Penguins have the misfortune of running into the "Jekyll" form of South Dakota. Wait… is Jekyll the good-football one, or would that better describe Hyde?
Most Surprising Result: (#4) South Dakota St. 18, (#11) Illinois St. 27 - The Jackrabbits better hope starting-QB J'Bore Gibbs can come back for the playoffs or their run may be over quickly.
Best Performance: Austin Peay 38, Tennessee-Martin 24 - The Govs are now the clear favorites to win the OVC auto-bid after outrushing UTM 236 to minus-25.
Worst Performance: Tennessee St. 38, Eastern Illinois 49 - The Tigers give up 49 points to a winless team that hadn't even cracked 30 points this season.
Most Surprising Result: Eastern Illinois 49, Tennessee St. 38 - Panther RB Darshon McCullough runs for 155 yards and a touchdown; he only had 85 yards on the season coming in.
Pioneer League
JU 14-28 DRAKE MHEAD 27-21 VALPO DVDSN 52-10 BUT
MARIST 35-59 DAY USD 51-7 STET
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 14-21
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-17
Best Performance: San Diego 51, Stetson 7 - Joseph Binda Jr. runs for 227 yards and a TD on just 13 carries in a surprisingly dominant performance by the Toreros.
Worst Performance: Butler 10, Davidson 52 - The Bulldogs have been outscored 235-79 in the first half this season.
Most Surprising Result: Marist 35, Dayton 59 - The Red Foxes manage just 92 rushing yards against what was the worst statistical run defense in the Pioneer.
Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.
Chris Rowland is the only shining light on the Tigers roster he leads the FCS in receiving yds with a total of 1289.
Best Performance: Lafayette 23, Holy Cross 20 - The Leopards take advantage of 4 lost fumbles to upset the only Patriot League team that had looked halfway decent thus far.
Worst Performance: Lehigh 10, Bucknell 20 - The Mountain Hawks are held to negative rushing yardage by a 1-7 team.
Most Surprising Result: Lafayette 23, Holy Cross 20 - If the season ended today, Lafayette—who started the season 0-7—would be the Patriot League auto-bid.
NEC
DUQ 21-41 RMU
SFPA 31-38 CCSU(OT)
WAG 7-41 SACHRT
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 12-22
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 10-16
Best Performance: Robert Morris 41, Duquesne 21 - The Colonials stay tied for first thanks to a gaudy 7-0 turnover advantage.
Worst Performance: Wagner 7, Sacred Heart 41 - The Seahawks best Duquesne by losing turnovers 8-0.
Most Surprising Result: Robert Morris 41, Duquesne 21 - Sac State's Troy Taylor is the favorite for the Eddie Robinson award, but Bernard Clark has to get some looks if he can lead RMU to a conference title in his second season.
CAA
RICH 28-35 NOVA TOW 31-14 SBU ALB 21-17 UD
URI 19-55 W&M
UNH 16-54 JMU MAINE 31-17 ELON
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 25-20
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 25-6
Best Performance: (#2) James Madison 54, (#23) New Hampshire 16 - Ben DiNucci throws for 293 yards and 2 TDs on just 24 attempts as the Dukes dispatch the Wildcats with surprising ease.
Worst Performance: Rhode Island 19, William & Mary 55 - The Tribe humiliates Rhody by putting up a school-record 462 rushing yards.
Most Surprising Result: Stony Brook 14, (#21) Towson 31 - Tyquell Fields has been a solid QB for the Seawolves this season, but—in what was basically a playoff-elimination game—he completed just 37% of his passes and threw 3 picks.
Best Performance: (#15) Kennesaw St. 38, Campbell 35 - The Owls only went 1/8 on third down, but they went a perfect 3/3 on fourth down.
Worst Performance: Gardner-Webb 14, Presbyterian 24 - Things looked promising halfway through the season for the Bulldogs, but they've now lost 4 straight and may be destined for last place in the Big South.
Most Surprising Result: Presbyterian 24, Gardner-Webb 14 - So the Blue Hose actually have a football team in 2019. Who knew?
SoCon
ETSU 20-23 WCU(OT)
VMI 21-60 FUR WOFF 41-7 MER UTC 35-27 SAM
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 11-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 7-11
Best Performance: (#9) Furman 60, VMI 21 - The 'Dins put up 600+ yards of offense for the 3rd. time this season.
Worst Performance: East Tennessee St. 20, Western Carolina 23 (OT) - The Bucs, who were in the playoffs last year, have already clinched last place in the SoCon.
Most Surprising Result: Western Carolina 23, East Tennessee St. 20 (OT) - The Catamounts have now won 2 straight conference games after losing the previous 12.
COR 20-21 PENN
HARV 10-17 COLUM(OT)
PRINCE 10-27 DART(in The Bronx, NY) YALE 59-35 BROWN
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-9
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 15-9
Best Performance: (#13) Dartmouth 27, (#10) Princeton 10 - Dartmouth defends 11 passes (2 INTs, 9 BUs) and holds Princeton to 246 yards as they virtually clinch the Ivy League title.
Worst Performance: Harvard 10, Columbia 17 (OT) - The Crimson manage just 10 points against a team that allowed 104 points the last 2 weeks.
Most Surprising Result: Columbia 17, Harvard 10 (OT) - The Lions beat Hahvuhd for the first time since 2003.
Best Performance: Grambling 19, Alcorn St. 16 (OT) - DeAndre McCarthy puts up 5 TFLs and 3 sacks in a dominant defensive performance by Grambling.
Worst Performance: Texas Southern 21, Alabama St. 27 - The Tigers have lost double-digit games for the first time since they did so 3 times under head coach Steve Wilson from 2004-07.
Most Surprising Result: Jackson St. 43, Alabama A&M 48 - JSU's 3-game winning streak comes to an end as they allow Aqeel Glass to throw for 410 yards and 4 TDs.
RICH 28-35 NOVA TOW 31-14 SBU ALB 21-17 UD
URI 19-55 W&M
UNH 16-54 JMU MAINE 31-17 ELON
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 25-20
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 25-6
Best Performance: (#2) James Madison 54, (#23) New Hampshire 16 - Ben DiNucci throws for 293 yards and 2 TDs on just 24 attempts as the Dukes dispatch the Wildcats with surprising ease.
Worst Performance: Rhode Island 19, William & Mary 55 - The Tribe humiliates Rhody by putting up a school-record 462 rushing yards.
Most Surprising Result: Stony Brook 14, (#21) Towson 31 - Tyquell Fields has been a solid QB for the Seawolves this season, but—in what was basically a playoff-elimination game—he completed just 37% of his passes and threw 3 picks.
Its even a little better. In just 3+ quarters, DiNucci completed 19-of-24 (79%) for 293 yards, 0 INT, 2 TDs passing, 1 TD rushing, all 3 TDs in the 1st half, against UNH's touted secondary & defense that came into the game 7th in the nation in scoring defens (16.6 ppg). Was awarded CAA Offensive POTW.
JMU Football:
4 Years FBS: 40-11 (.784). Highest winning percentage & least losses of all of G5 2022-2025.
Sun Belt East Champions: 2022, 2023, 2025
Sun Belt Champions: 2025
Top 25 ranked: 2022, 2023, 2025
CFP: 2025
Alabama A&M QB Aqeel Glass is now ranked among the nation's best (TOP FIVE) in passing yards and TD passes because that game vs JSU but their run defense is nothing to write home about.Glass at 6-5 220 has NFL size to play QB.
