Best Performance: (#2) Montana 45, Sacramento St. 30 - The Griz defense struggles with its two starting corners hurt, but they get a couple 100-yard rushers on offense to make that point moot.
Worst Performance: Idaho St. 12, (#24) Northern Arizona 40 - In Big Sky play, the Bengals have lost by an average score of 38-11.
Most Surprising Result: Eastern Washington 35, Montana St. 24 - The Eagles got the job done, but they still struggled with a Bobcat team that was missing about 15 players (including both kickers) due to injury & illness. They also gave up 592 yards to an offense that was averaging 334.
Southland
SHSU 3-42 SFA
NICH 13-42 UCA TXST 20-17 NWST
SELA 35-36 MCNSE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 16-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 7-6
Best Performance: (#15) Stephen F. Austin 42, Sam Houston St. 3 - After throwing 5 TDs in this one, Jeremy Moses leads FCS with 25 total touchdown passes.
Worst Performance: Sam Houston St. 3, (#15) Stephen F. Austin 42 - The Bearkats avoid committing any turnovers, but that doesn't matter too much when you're outgained 566-186.
Most Surprising Result: (#12) McNeese St. 36, Southeastern Louisiana 35 - Derrick Fourroux throws a 5-yard TD pass to Richard Connor in the final minute to get the Cowboys another cardiac win.
Best Performance: (#11) South Dakota St. 24, (#6) Northern Iowa 14 - Still acting as Ryan Crawford's replacement, Jackrabbit RS-Freshman QB Thomas O'Brien throws for 285 yards and 2 TDs to ouduel the veteran Pat Grace.
Worst Performance: Western Illinois 14, Indiana St. 17 - When you give up 160 rushing yards to the Indiana State QB, it's tough not to get a worst performance honor.
Most Surprising Result: Indiana St. 17, Western Illinois 14 - Indiana State earns back the right to be called Sycamores instead of Sickamores… at least for one week.
Best Performance: (#25) Eastern Illinois 28, (#13) Jacksonville St. 20 - The Panthers turn Jacksonville State back into OVC mortals largely thanks to an 87-yard kick return touchdown by Lorence Ricks.
Worst Performance: (#21) Eastern Kentucky 20, Austin Peay 24 - Colonels are outrushed 263-83 by a team they hadn't lost to in 32 years.
Most Surprising Result: (#13) Jacksonville St. 20, (#25) Eastern Illinois 28 - After outscoring their first four FCS opponents by an average of 40 points, the Gamecocks surprisingly fall here.
Best Performance: (#22) Holy Cross 42, (#17) Colgate 28 - With the Crusaders scoring 42 on Colgate, you'd expect that QB Dominic Randolph shredded them. He didn't do it so much by throwing the ball, however, but by running: Randolph ran for 116 yards and 2 TDs (he had 414 yards of total offense and 6 total TDs, though 3 INTs).
Worst Performance: Bucknell 16, Lehigh 35 - The Bison offense plays OK, but the defense can't keep Lehigh off the field as they allow 10 third-down conversions and 4 fourth-down conversions.
Most Surprising Result: Lehigh 35, Bucknell 16 - The M-Hawks have been unusually bad this year, but they haven't fallen so far as to end their double-digit winning streak over Bucknell.
CAA
UNH 18-10 HOF
TOW 7-27 NE
URI 7-36 NOVA
UMASS 12-34 RICH
JMU 3-24 W&M
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 22-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 16-5
Best Performance: (#1) Richmond 34, (#19) Massachusetts 12 - The Spider defense shuts down UMass's running game & forces 6 interceptions.
Most Surprising Result: James Madison 3, (#5) William & Mary 24 - In 2008, the Dukes scored 42.5 ppg in CAA play. They're only scoring 9.25 so far in 2009.
Best Performance: UC Davis 34, Portland St. 31 - 3 lost fumbles made this game closer than it needed to be given that the Aggies more than doubled PSU in yardage.
Worst Performance: North Dakota 10, Southern Utah 35 - The Sioux run for 212 yards but still lose badly.
Most Surprising Result: none
Ivy League
YALE 0-9 PENN BROWN 34-14 COR
COLUM 6-28 DART
PRINCE 3-37 HARV
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 9-15
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 9-15
Best Performance: Dartmouth 28, Columbia 6 - Dartmouth? Best performance? Zzuh?
Worst Performance: Columbia 6, Dartmouth 28 - Lions end Dartmouth's school-record 17-game losing streak.
Most Surprising Result: Dartmouth 28, Columbia 6 - Big Green RB Nick Schwieger runs for a school-record 242 yards and is named TSN's Offensive Player of the Week.
Best Performance: Prairie View A&M 16, Southern 14 - Panthers get the win due to better special teams play.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 16, Jackson St. 25 - Delta Devils get the loss due to worse special teams play.
Most Surprising Result: Alabama St. 24, Alcorn St. 17 - These two teams were going in opposite directions in recent weeks, but the Hornets rebound well enough to win their 7th. straight over the Braves.
Tomorrow: Independents & the artists formerly known as mid-majors.
