Best Performance: (#4) Montana St. 31, (#25) Sacramento St. 21 - The Bobcats put up 453 yards and take advantage of a couple key Hornet mistakes late in the game.
Worst Performance: Idaho St. 35, Portland St. 42 - Bengals give up 436 rushing yards and allow Cory McCaffrey & Connor Kavanaugh to each run for over 200.
Most Surprising Result: Eastern Washington 27, Weber St. 21 - The defending champs finally get a win by registering 4 sacks and giving up just 3.6 yards-per-carry against Weber's talented, veteran O-Line.
Southland
UTSA 7-22 SHSU
SFA 28-38 UCA LAM 48-38 SELA MCNSE 20-18 NWST
NICH 12-38 TXST
NConf Record: 1-1 Overall: 11-13
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 3-1
Best Performance: Central Arkansas 38, Stephen F. Austin 28 - Nathan Dick returns from injury and puts up a 201.6 efficiency rating against the defending Southland champs.
Worst Performance: Southeastern Louisiana 38, Lamar 48 - The defense gives up 561 yards and 7 touchdowns as the Lions fall to 0-2 against the revamped Cardinal program.
Most Surprising Result: Stephen F. Austin 28, Central Arkansas 38 - The did get a few scores late to make things less embarrassing, but here the disappointing Lumberjacks got crushed by a team they smothered last season.
Best Performance: Western Illinois 27, (#12) Southern Illinois 21 - Leatherneck QB Josh Hudson throws for 307 yards and 4 TDs in shocking the Salukis.
Worst Performance: (#12) Southern Illinois 21, Western Illinois 27 - This performance makes it appear last year's 5-6 hiccup for SIU may actually be the beginning of a trend.
Most Surprising Result: (#12) Southern Illinois 21, Western Illinois 27 - The Salukis lose to WIU for the first time since they ended an 18-game losing streak against the Leathernecks in 2002.
Best Performance: Tennessee Tech 34, Tennessee-Martin 31 - Golden Eagles take advantage of 3 Derek Carr interceptions as they add to the confusion of the OVC race.
Worst Performance: Eastern Illinois 30, Southeast Missouri St. 37 - Panthers outrushed 411-86 by a winless team.
Most Surprising Result: Tenessee-Martin 31, Tennessee Tech 34 - The home team has now lost 6 straight in this series.
Patriot League
YALE 7-37 LEH HARV 31-3 LAF
GTOWN 18-35 BUCK
FORD 14-38 COLG
HC 32-39 UNH
NConf Record: 1-2 Overall: 13-12
vs. FCS: 1-2 Overall: 13-10
Best Performance: Bucknell 35, Georgetown 18 - The Bison hold Georgetown to minus-3 rushing yards in winning a battle of surprising 3-1s.
Worst Performance: Fordham 14, Colgate 38 - The Rams get the brunt of Nate Eachus's injury frustrations as they allow him to run for 228 yards.
Most Surprising Result: Colgate 38, Fordham 14 - In an unexpected blowout, the Raiders move to 19-4 all-time against Fordham.
Best Performance: Duquesne 31, Bryant 28 - Larry McCoy runs for 153 yards in helping the Dukes become the clear NEC favorites.
Worst Performance: Wagner 7, Cornell 31 - Seahawks give up 8 sacks in a surprisingly bad loss.
Most Surprising Result: Monmouth 20, Robert Morris 23 - The Hawks won yardage & turnovers, but couldn't get past 13 penalties for 136 yards.
CAA
W&M 20-16 NOVA
HC 32-39 UNH
UD 17-31 MAINE
URI 21-35 BROWN
TOW 3-28 MD
RICH 7-31 JMU
UMASS 33-48 ODU
NConf Record*: 2-2 Overall: 21-11
vs. FCS*: 1-1 Overall: 17-2
Best Performance: Maine 31, (#6) Delaware 17 - Pushaun Brown runs for 193 yards and 3 scores as the Black Bears surge to an impressive win.
Worst Performance: Rhode Island 21, Brown 35 - The Rams had exactly the same amount of yards as the Bears, but lost turnovers 5-0.
Most Surprising Result: (#10) Richmond 7, (#9) James Madison 31 - The recent slide for the Spiders intensifies as they get their asses kicked by the depleted Dukes.
Big South
KWC 0-57 LIB
GWEBB 14-41 SAM WES 32-20 CHSO
NConf Record: 1-2 Overall: 8-22
vs. FCS: 0-1 Overall: 4-11
Best Performance: Liberty 57, (DII) Kentucky Wesleyan - The Flames outgain the overmatched Panthers 486-74 and get 4 rushing touchdowns from Shirchauncey Holloway.
Worst Performance: Charleston Southern 20, (DIII) Wesley 32 - Buccaneers allow 334 rushing yards & two 100-yard rushers against the non-scholarship Wolverines.
Most Surprising Result: Charleston Southern 20, (DIII) Wesley 32 - Yeah, sure, Wesley is a good DIII team… but they're still DIII.
MEAC
NCAT 24-3 MORG
SCSU 14-17 NFOLK HOW 34-14 SAV
DSU 7-34 FAMU
BCOOK 14-45 MIAMI
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 12-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 6-8
Best Performance: Norfolk St. 17, (#22) South Carolina St. 14 - The Spartans suddenly find themselves the MEAC favorites largely thanks to an 84-yard fumble return touchdown by Onyemechi Anyaugo with 12 seconds to go in the first half.
Worst Performance: Savannah St. 14, Howard 34 - After a rare DI win of their own last week, the Tigers allow the Bison to end their 19-game DI losing streak.
Most Surprising Result: Norfolk St. 17, (#22) South Carolina St. 14 - The Spartans beat SCSU for just the third time in 17 total meetings.
SoCon
FUR 47-21 WCU GASO 41-14 ELON
APP 14-28 WOFF
GWEBB 14-41 SAM CIT 28-27 UTC
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 12-7
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 9-1
Best Performance: (#8) Wofford 28, (#3) Appalachian St. 14 - Terriers get an important win by gashing the Mountaineer run defense for 388 yards.
Worst Performance: Western Carolina 21, Furman 47 - Catamounts give up 569 yards, which was sadly better than their total defense average coming in.
Most Surprising Result: (#15) Tennessee-Chattanooga 27, The Citadel 28 - The Mocs find themselves in playoff desperation mode after losing a game they had totally in the bag in the third quarter.
* - I know UMass is still technically in the CAA this year, but I'm counting them as FBS and as a non-conference opponent for CAA teams.
If MVFC's best and worst results are from the same game, either 6 points is a bigger spread than I thought or Western really sucks, and Southern is freaking awesome. Head-scratching a bit.
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alvin kayak wrote:If MVFC's best and worst results are from the same game, either 6 points is a bigger spread than I thought or Western really sucks, and Southern is freaking awesome. Head-scratching a bit.
When a ranked team loses to a team figured to be in the bottom tier of the conference, that fits. WIU gets a Best for beating a good team (at least they looked good before that loss) and SIU gets a Worst for losing to a weak team.
The other three MVFC losers all lost to playoff-caliber teams.
Best Performance: North Dakota 26, (#17) Southern Utah 20 - Jake Miller runs for 161 yards and 2 TDs in an eye-opening win for the Sioux.
Worst Performance: (#17) Southern Utah 20, North Dakota 26 - The T-Birds had 7 different players get at least 39 yards receiving, but could only manage 23 yards rushing as a team.
Most Surprising Result: (#17) Southern Utah 20, North Dakota 26 - With crushing wins over Sac State & UNLV and losses to North Dakota & South Dakota State, it's impossible to figure whether the Thunderbirds are playoff-caliber or not.
Ivy League
WAG 7-31 COR PENN 22-20 DART HARV 31-3 LAF
URI 21-35 BROWN
YALE 7-37 LEH
COLUM 21-24 PRINCE
NConf Record: 3-1 Overall: 7-9
vs. FCS: 3-1 Overall: 7-9
Best Performance: Brown 35, Rhode Island 21 - Kyle Newhall-Caballero rights himself & goes pick free as the Bears beat a CAA team.
Worst Performance: Columbia 21, Princeton 24 - Lions lose rushing 227-87 as their only ever consecutive winning streak over Princeton comes to an end.
Most Surprising Result: Dartmouth 20, Penn 22 - The Big Green again get the usual performance from Nick Schwieger, but don't get nearly that kind of result from QB Connor Kempe.
SWAC
GRAM 23-31 PVAMU (in Dallas, TX)
ALCORN 23-31 ALST
UAPB 27-28 AAMU SU 28-21 MVSU
TXSO 13-58 JSU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 6-9
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-4
Best Performance: Jackson St. 58, Texas Southern 13 - JSU ran 37 fewer offensive plays than TSU and was more than doubled in possession time, but still ended up with 106 more yards.
Worst Performance: Texas Southern 13, Jackson St. 58 - A 1/6 performance on fourth down means a lot of squandered scoring opportunities.
Most Surprising Result: Grambling 23, Prairie View A&M 31 - Tigers start 1-4 for the first time since 1996.
Pioneer League
DVDSN 0-42 USD
CAMP 14-31 DRAKE MHEAD 38-14 VALPO BUT 29-27 DAY JU 21-9 MARIST
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 14-15
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 3-14
Best Performance: Butler 29, Dayton 27 - RB Trae Heeter puts up 203 total yards as the Bulldogs upset Dayton for their first DI win of the season.
Worst Performance: Valparaiso 14, Morehead St. 38 - Crusaders only score 14 points on a team that was giving up 50 ppg against FCS competition coming in.
Most Surprising Result: Dayton 27, Butler 29 - Flyers start worse than 4-1 for the first time in 5 years.
Independents
UTSA 7-22 SHSU
Non-Ind. Record: 0-1 Overall: 3-6
vs. FCS: 0-1 Overall: 0-4
Best Performance: Texas-San Antonio 7, (#16) Sam Houston St. 22 - The Roadrunners are dominated in most stats but still manage to avoid a blowout loss to a highly-ranked team.
Completely OT, and maybe been asked before, but CatMom - looking at the background in your picture - when it was taken were you guest hosting the Letterman show?
