IDST 17-48 EWU
PORTST 35-42 SAC
SUU 7-37 BYU
CP 15-22 WEB
UCD 13-27 MTST
UMT 25-28 NOCO
NAU 31-38 UND
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 17-20
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 10-4
Best Performance: (#12) North Dakota 38, Northern Arizona 31 - UND allowed the 'Jacks three 100-yard receivers, but a 4-0 turnover advantage and a timely pick-six saved the day.
Worst Performance: UC Davis 13, Montana St. 27 - The Aggies allow 21+ points for the 30th. consecutive game.
Most Surprising Result: (#18) Montana 25, Northern Colorado 28 - Despite dominating yardage & winning turnovers, the Griz are on playoff life support after losing to Northern Colorado for the first time in 40 years.
Southland
SFA 24-31 HBU UIW 35-28 LAM
NICH 24-31 UCA
ACU 19-31 SELU SHSU 48-16 NWST
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 7-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-3
Best Performance: (#13) Central Arkansas 31, Nicholls St. 24 - Bear DB Tyler Williams defends 7 total passes: 2 INTs and 5 breakups.
Worst Performance: Lamar 28, Incarnate Word 35 - Life for Lamar post-Kade-Harrington continues to be dismal as they gain just 254 yards against a lousy defense.
Most Surprising Result: Houston Baptist 31, Stephen F. Austin 24 - QB Tony Dawson runs for 218 yards and amasses 4 total touchdowns as the Huskies actually have a chance to finish .500 in conference.
Best Performance: Northern Iowa 30, (#19) Western Illinois 23 - Karter Schult records 4 tackles-for-loss, 3 sacks, 1 forced fumble, and a blocked kick as the Panthers try to finish off a WIU-like playoff push.
Worst Performance: Missouri St. 0, Illinois St. 37 - They are obviously improved over last year, but the Bears have still been outscored 212-69 by teams that are in the playoff hunt.
Best Performance: (#2) Jacksonville St. 33, Murray St. 15 - The Gamecocks hold prolific KD Humphries to just 138 passing yards on 47 attempts.
Worst Performance: Austin Peay 30, Eastern Kentucky 67 - This is kinda surprising given how bad the Governors always are, but this is the most points they've allowed in more than 5 years.
Most Surprising Result: Tennessee St. 16, Tennessee Tech 44 - The collapsing Tigers give up 295 rushing yards to a team that was averaging 92 rushing ypg coming in.
Pioneer League
STET 7-42 USD
BUT 14-28 DRAKE
JU 39-42 VALPO DAY 59-31 MARIST CAMP 27-21 MHEAD
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-17
Best Performance: Dayton 59, Marist 31 - The Flyers easily clinch second place in the Pioneer League, for whatever that's worth.
Worst Performance: Jacksonville 39, Valparaiso 42 - Jacksonville's big yardage & penalty advantages aren't enough to overcome a shocking 28-3 deficit.
Most Surprising Result: Valparaiso 42, Jacksonville 39 - 9 wins in 3 seasons doesn't sound that impressive, but the Crusaders only won 4 games in the previous 5 seasons (2009-13).
IDST 17-48 EWU
PORTST 35-42 SAC
SUU 7-37 BYU
CP 15-22 WEB
UCD 13-27 MTST
UMT 25-28 NOCO
NAU 31-38 UND
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 17-20
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 10-4
Best Performance: (#12) North Dakota 38, Northern Arizona 31 - UND allowed the 'Jacks three 100-yard receivers, but a 4-0 turnover advantage and a timely pick-six saved the day.
Worst Performance: UC Davis 13, Montana St. 27 - The Aggies allow 21+ points for the 30th. consecutive game.
Most Surprising Result: (#18) Montana 25, Northern Colorado 28 - Despite dominating yardage & winning turnovers, the Griz are on playoff life support after losing to Northern Colorado for the first time in 40 years.
Southland
SFA 24-31 HBU UIW 35-28 LAM
NICH 24-31 UCA
ACU 19-31 SELU SHSU 48-16 NWST
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 7-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-3
Best Performance: (#13) Central Arkansas 31, Nicholls St. 24 - Bear DB Tyler Williams defends 7 total passes: 2 INTs and 5 breakups.
Worst Performance: Lamar 28, Incarnate Word 35 - Life for Lamar post-Kade-Harrington continues to be dismal as they gain just 254 yards against a lousy defense.
Most Surprising Result: Houston Baptist 31, Stephen F. Austin 24 - QB Tony Dawson runs for 218 yards and amasses 4 total touchdowns as the Huskies actually have a chance to finish .500 in conference.
Best Performance: Northern Iowa 30, (#19) Western Illinois 23 - Karter Schult records 4 tackles-for-loss, 3 sacks, 1 forced fumble, and a blocked kick as the Panthers try to finish off a WIU-like playoff push.
Worst Performance: Missouri St. 0, Illinois St. 37 - They are obviously improved over last year, but the Bears have still been outscored 212-69 by teams that are in the playoff hunt.
Best Performance: (#2) Jacksonville St. 33, Murray St. 15 - The Gamecocks hold prolific KD Humphries to just 138 passing yards on 47 attempts.
Worst Performance: Austin Peay 30, Eastern Kentucky 67 - This is kinda surprising given how bad the Governors always are, but this is the most points they've allowed in more than 5 years.
Most Surprising Result: Tennessee St. 16, Tennessee Tech 44 - The collapsing Tigers give up 295 rushing yards to a team that was averaging 92 rushing ypg coming in.
Pioneer League
STET 7-42 USD
BUT 14-28 DRAKE
JU 39-42 VALPO DAY 59-31 MARIST CAMP 27-21 MHEAD
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 15-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 2-17
Best Performance: Dayton 59, Marist 31 - The Flyers easily clinch second place in the Pioneer League, for whatever that's worth.
Worst Performance: Jacksonville 39, Valparaiso 42 - Jacksonville's big yardage & penalty advantages aren't enough to overcome a shocking 28-3 deficit.
Most Surprising Result: Valparaiso 42, Jacksonville 39 - 9 wins in 3 seasons doesn't sound that impressive, but the Crusaders only won 4 games in the previous 5 seasons (2009-13).
Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.
The Tigers of TSU had 5 defensive starters out for that game and Tech's defense sacked TSU QB Ronald Butler numerous times made him look human!!!!
Best Performance: (#13) Central Arkansas 31, Nicholls St. 24 - Bear DB Tyler Williams defends 7 total passes: 2 INTs and 5 breakups.
Central Arkansas has a lot of potential. But they make a lot of mistakes. Last week I said I was impressed that they made a lot of mistakes against SFA but won by 20 points. I watched the game against Nicholls State. They dropped THREE touchdown passes and had 11 penalties for 135 yards.
However, in this game they played their worst game of the year on defense and actually might have lost if Nicholls hadn't had 4 turnovers to end up with a -3 in the giveaway/takeway stat. Nicholls State out gained them by 471 to 382 in total yards.
I don't know what to make of it. Nicholls State is like Jekyll and Hyde. They take Georgia to the brink and lose to McNeese by 25. They clearly have potential to play with anybody but you never know what you're going to get from them.
But there is no question that Central Arkansas can't be doing things like dropping three touchdown passes and having 11 penalties for 135 yards during the de-facto conference championship game at Sam Houston State.
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Best Performance: Fordham 54, Holy Cross 14 - Chase Edmonds runs for 4 touchdowns, breaking Jordan Scott's Patriot League record for career rushing TDs.
Worst Performance: Georgetown 7, Bucknell 21 - The Hoyas haven't scored more than 20 points since their season-opening win over Davidson.
Best Performance: Duquesne 31, Sacred Heart 10 - The 7-3 Dukes are now out of the auto-bid running, but it does seem possible they could come out of nowhere an steal an at-large from an unsuspecting bubble team.
Worst Performance: Robert Morris 5, Wagner 40 - I don't what's sadder: that RMU lost to Wagner at home by 35, or that 168 yards of offense is actually above their season average.
Most Surprising Result: Sacred Heart 10, Duquesne 31 - The Pioneers were doing well a few weeks ago, but now they've lost 3 straight to the exact same teams they lost 3 straight to last year.
CAA
JMU 20-7 NOVA MAINE 27-21 SBU ALB 36-25 UNH
W&M 24-34 TOW
UD 17-31 RICH URI 44-14 ELON
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 20-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 17-5
Best Performance: (#6) James Madison 20, (#9) Villanova 7 - The Duke gets the job done this time as they force Zach Bednarczyk into a truly terrible day (12/30, 71 yds., 4 INTs).
Worst Performance: Elon 14, Rhode Island 44 - Elon, you lost to Rhode Island at home by 30. That's not Worst Performance of the week, it's Worst Performance of the decade.
Most Surprising Result: Rhode Island 44, Elon 14 - This was URI's most lopsided conference win since they beat Boston U (that's right, Boston U!) 38-7 in 1996.
Big South
CHSO 48-26 LIB
PRESBY 10-45 KENN
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 18-15
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 12-5
Best Performance: (#14) Charleston Southern 48, (#25) Liberty 26 - The Bucs make a Big South statement by outrushing the Flames 344-70.
Worst Performance: Presbyterian 10, Kennesaw St. 45 - Since upsetting Monmouth, the Blue Hose have been outscored 147-30.
Most Surprising Result: (#25) Liberty 26, (#14) Charleston Southern 48 - Liberty went 5-0 at home last year and knocked off two highly-ranked teams (Montana & CCU). This year, the Flames are 0-2 at home against playoff contenders and have been outscored 96-45 in those contests.
SoCon
CIT 30-20 VMI
WCU 21-49 FUR
MER 19-24 SAM
cumbtn 16-23 ETSU WOFF 36-28 UTC
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 16-8
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 10-1
Best Performance: Wofford 36, (#7) Tennessee-Chattanooga 28 - The Terriers get 9 tackles-for-loss, 4 sacks, and a safety in a season-changing win.
Worst Performance: Western Carolina 21, Furman 49 - The Catamounts allow 387 rushing yards to a Furman team that was averaging 112 ypg coming in.
Most Surprising Result: Wofford 36, (#7) Tennessee-Chattanooga 28 - Wofford goes from marginal bubble team to virtual playoff lock in one afternoon of work.
HARV 14-27 PENN COR 42-40 COLUM BROWN 24-21 DART PRINCE 31-3 YALE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 12-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 12-12
Best Performance: Penn 27, (#24) Harvard 14 - The Quakers force 4 turnovers and also score 2 touchdowns in the final 20 seconds of the game.
Worst Performance: Yale 3, Princeton 31 - Yale's last 3 losses to Princeton have all come by more than 20 points.
Most Surprising Result: Columbia 40, Cornell 42 - The Lions score 40+ for the first time in 5 years… and lose.
MEAC
NCAT 45-14 DSU
SAV 24-28 HAMP
HOW 21-30 NCCEN NFOLK 13-10 SCSU
MORG 21-22 FAMU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 4-25
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 0-9
Best Performance: Norfolk St. 13, South Carolina St. 10 - The Spartans hold SCSU to 162 yards and get their first-ever win in Orangeburg.
Worst Performance: South Carolina St. 10, Norfolk St. 13 - The all-FBS non-conference schedule was a partial excuse, but the Bulldogs are now guaranteed a losing season for just the 2nd. time in 15 years under Buddy Pough.
Most Surprising Result: South Carolina St. 10, Norfolk St. 13 - This is the fewest points SCSU has ever scored against Norfolk State in 22 total meetings.
Best Performance: Southern 44, Prairie View A&M 34 - Lenard Tillery runs for 245 yards as the Jaguars guarantee the Bayou Classic will decide the West Division.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 7, Alcorn St. 61 - I guess one week of not being humiliated was enough for the Delta Devils.
Most Surprising Result: Prairie View A&M 34, Southern 44 - Prairie View's 7-game home winning streak comes to an end.
HARV 14-27 PENN COR 42-40 COLUM BROWN 24-21 DART PRINCE 31-3 YALE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 12-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 12-12
Best Performance: Penn 27, (#24) Harvard 14 - The Quakers force 4 turnovers and also score 2 touchdowns in the final 20 seconds of the game.
Worst Performance: Yale 3, Princeton 31 - Yale's last 3 losses to Princeton have all come by more than 20 points.
Most Surprising Result: Columbia 40, Cornell 42 - The Lions score 40+ for the first time in 5 years… and lose.
MEAC
NCAT 45-14 DSU
SAV 24-28 HAMP
HOW 21-30 NCCEN NFOLK 13-10 SCSU
MORG 21-22 FAMU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 4-25
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 0-9
Best Performance: Norfolk St. 13, South Carolina St. 10 - The Spartans hold SCSU to 162 yards and get their first-ever win in Orangeburg.
Worst Performance: South Carolina St. 10, Norfolk St. 13 - The all-FBS non-conference schedule was a partial excuse, but the Bulldogs are now guaranteed a losing season for just the 2nd. time in 15 years under Buddy Pough.
Most Surprising Result: South Carolina St. 10, Norfolk St. 13 - This is the fewest points SCSU has ever scored against Norfolk State in 22 total meetings.
Best Performance: Southern 44, Prairie View A&M 34 - Lenard Tillery runs for 245 yards as the Jaguars guarantee the Bayou Classic will decide the West Division.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 7, Alcorn St. 61 - I guess one week of not being humiliated was enough for the Delta Devils.
Most Surprising Result: Prairie View A&M 34, Southern 44 - Prairie View's 7-game home winning streak comes to an end.
HARV 14-27 PENN COR 42-40 COLUM BROWN 24-21 DART PRINCE 31-3 YALE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 12-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 12-12
Best Performance: Penn 27, (#24) Harvard 14 - The Quakers force 4 turnovers and also score 2 touchdowns in the final 20 seconds of the game.
Worst Performance: Yale 3, Princeton 31 - Yale's last 3 losses to Princeton have all come by more than 20 points.
Most Surprising Result: Columbia 40, Cornell 42 - The Lions score 40+ for the first time in 5 years… and lose.
MEAC
NCAT 45-14 DSU
SAV 24-28 HAMP
HOW 21-30 NCCEN NFOLK 13-10 SCSU
MORG 21-22 FAMU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 4-25
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 0-9
Best Performance: Norfolk St. 13, South Carolina St. 10 - The Spartans hold SCSU to 162 yards and get their first-ever win in Orangeburg.
Worst Performance: South Carolina St. 10, Norfolk St. 13 - The all-FBS non-conference schedule was a partial excuse, but the Bulldogs are now guaranteed a losing season for just the 2nd. time in 15 years under Buddy Pough.
Most Surprising Result: South Carolina St. 10, Norfolk St. 13 - This is the fewest points SCSU has ever scored against Norfolk State in 22 total meetings.
Best Performance: Southern 44, Prairie View A&M 34 - Lenard Tillery runs for 245 yards as the Jaguars guarantee the Bayou Classic will decide the West Division.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 7, Alcorn St. 61 - I guess one week of not being humiliated was enough for the Delta Devils.
Most Surprising Result: Prairie View A&M 34, Southern 44 - Prairie View's 7-game home winning streak comes to an end.
The MEAC title will come down to a backyard brawl between A&T and NCCU.
