Best Performance: (#3) Montana 41, Montana St. 20 - The Griz rack up 496 yards of offense on the stout Bobcat D as they clinch their second undefeated regular season in the I-AA/FCS era.
Worst Performance: Idaho St. 30, Sacramento St. 41 - Bengals give up 243 yards & 3 TD's to Hornet RB Bryan Hilliard.
Most Surprising Result: Northern Colorado 21, Portland St. 31 - The Bears force 6 turnovers, but still lose to the disappointing Vikes.
Southland
SHSU 29-28 TXST
NICH 13-17 SELA
SFA 12-31 NWST
UCA 14-41 MCNSE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 13-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 4-8
Best Performance: (#4) McNeese St. 41, Central Arkansas 14 - The Cowboys surprisingly crush the Bears & also finish the regular season undefeated.
Worst Performance: Stephen F. Austin 12, Northwestern St. 31 - Lumberjacks surprisingly finish the season winless as they give up 231 yards rushing to Byron Lawrence.
Most Surprising Result: Southeastern Louisiana 17, Nicholls St. 13 - The Lions outrush the option-offense Colonels as they come back from a 13-0 halftime deficit.
Gateway
SUU 10-48 UNI SIU 45-27 HAMP
NConf Record: 2-0 Overall: 23-12
vs. FCS: 2-0 Overall: 16-6
Best Performance: (#5) Southern Illinois 45, Hampton 27 - QB Nick Hill completes 86% of his passes for 282 yards & 3 TD's as the Salukis earn the #4 seed.
Worst Performance: (none)
Most Surprising Result: (none)
OVC
JAXST 25-32 SEMO
SAM 17-33 EIU
TTU 24-38 EKU AP 23-17 MUR UTM 43-38 TSU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 13-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-6
Best Performance: Southeast Missouri St. 32, Jacksonville St. 25 - Redhawks nearly double the Gamecocks in time of possession.
Worst Performance: Jacksonville St. 25, Southeast Missouri St. - Gamecocks throw away their playoff hopes by losing their last two.
Most Surprising Result: Southeast Missouri St. 32, Jacksonville St. 25 - The Redhawks come back from a 15-0 deficit & end a 7-game losing streak.
Best Performance: Bucknell 38, (#18) Fordham 24 - Bison QB Marcello Trigg throws for 214 yards & 2 TD's on only 10 pass attempts.
Worst Performance: (#18) Fordham 24, Bucknell 38 - Losing to Bucknell is not the way to enter the playoffs.
Most Surprising Result: Bucknell 38, (#18) Fordham 24 - The Bison end an 8-game losing streak to scholarship competition by beating the Patriot League champs.
CAA
UMASS 27-5 HOF
MAINE 14-39 UNH
NE 30-35 URI
UD 10-16 NOVA
W&M 20-31 RICH
TOW 13-23 JMU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 24-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 21-4
Best Performance: (#8) Massachusetts 27, (#22) Hofstra 5 - The Minutemen outgain the collapsing Pride 453-168.
Worst Performance: Northeastern 30, Rhode Island 35 - The Huskies' massive inconsistency leads them to the CAA North basement.
Most Surprising Result: Villanova 16, (#9) Delaware 10 - The Wildcats shut down Omar Cuff & Joe Flacco, but it still apparently wasn't enough to get selected for the playoffs.
Best Performance: Bethune-Cookman 34, Florida A&M 7 - The Wildcats crush their rivals in the Florida Classic, outgaining them 415-158.
Worst Performance: North Carolina A&T 7, South Carolina St. 51 - Aggies finish the season winless again as they allow 322 rushing yards and an astonishing 15.3 per-carry average to Bulldog RB William Ford.
Most Surprising Result: Winston-Salem St. 20, Norfolk St. 23 - Looking at their play this season, the Rams could be yet another dangerous transitional team in the coming years.
Best Performance: (#6) Appalachian St. 37, Tennessee-Chattanooga 17 - Mountaineer QB Armanti Edwards rushes for 157 yards & 4 TD's against the eternally disappointing Mocs.
Worst Performance: Western Carolina 21, Furman 52 - Catamounts finish 0-7 in the SoCon for the second straight year.
Most Surprising Result: (#16) Georgia Southern 34, (FBS) Colorado St. 42 - You'd think the Eagles could beat a 1-win FBS mid-major to make the playoffs, but their defensive losses finally caught up with them.
USD 46-49 UCD
IONA 7-55 CPOLY
SUU 10-48 UNI
NDSU 24-29 SDKST
NConf Record: 2-1 Overall: 19-16
vs. FCS: 2-1 Overall: 16-12
Best Performance: South Dakota St. 29, (#2) North Dakota St. 24 - The Jackrabbits thankfully end any threat of a split championship controversy.
Worst Performance: Southern Utah 10, (#1) Northern Iowa 48 - Thunderbird QB's throw 5 INT's as they finish 0-11.
Most Surprising Result: UC Davis 49, San Diego 46 - The Aggies don't at all stop San Diego QB Josh Johnson, but they put up 591 yards of their own to win a shootout.
Ivy League
COR 9-45 PENN BROWN 30-22 COLUM PRINCE 17-14 DART (OT) HARV 37-6 YALE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 11-13
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 11-13
Best Performance: Harvard 37, (#11) Yale 6 - Crimson QB Chris Pizzotti throws for 316 yards & 4 TD's in a blowout upset.
Worst Performance: Cornell 9, Penn 45 - Big Red outrushed 329-78.
Best Performance: Prairie View A&M 30, (#23) Alabama A&M 20 - Panthers lead 21-0 at halftime & cruise to a relatively outstanding 7-3 season.
Worst Performance: Texas Southern 10, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 20 - Tigers finish winless in front of a massive crowd of 750.
Most Surprising Result: (#23) Alabama A&M 20, Prairie View A&M 30 - The Bulldogs had an unlikely chance at the playoffs coming in, but a 73-yard punt return TD by PVAMU's Anthony Weeden in the 1st. quarter began the dashing of those hopes.
Best Performance: Stony Brook 23, Elon 38 - RB Brandon Mason rushes for 104 yards & a touchdown as the Seawolves wrap up their first season as an Independent.
Worst Performance: Savannah St. 3, Mississippi Valley St. 28 - The Tigers have now lost 28 straight games to Division-I competition.
Most Surprising Result: (none)
Pioneer League
USD 46-49 UCD WAG 41-27 JVILLE
MHEAD 12-52 WKU
NConf Record: 0-3 Overall: 22-9
vs. FCS: 0-2 Overall: 6-6
Best Performance: San Diego 46, UC Davis 49 - To the Toreros lose to the Aggies again despite 267 yards & 5 TD passes from QB Josh Johnson.
Worst Performance: Jacksonville 27, Wagner 41 - Dolphins allow 238 yards & 2 TD's to Seahawk RB Jason Butler.
Most Surprising Result: San Diego 46, UC Davis 49 - Sure, the Toreros lost to Davis last year, but the Aggies had seemingly fallen a lot farther than San Diego this season.
Best Performance: Albany 49, Central Connecticut St. 14 - RB Dave McCarty rushes for 247 yards & 2 TD's on just 19 carries as the Great Danes clinch a berth in the Gridiron Classic.
Worst Performance: Central Connecticut St. 14, Albany 49 - The Blue Devils remembered this game was for the conference title, didn't they?
Most Surprising Result: Albany 49, Central Connecticut St. 14 - Albany didn't quite have the resume to make the playoffs, but their Gridiron Classic meeting with Dayton should be entertaining.
MAAC
DUQ 20-31 MONM
SFPA 51-10 LAS
IONA 7-55 CPOLY
NConf Record: 0-3 Overall: 11-20
vs. FCS: 0-3 Overall: 7-15
Best Performance: Duquesne 20, Monmouth 31 - The MAAC couldn't even win a game in its final week of football existence.
Worst Performance: La Salle 10, St. Francis (PA) 51 - The Explorers couldn't even play lousy SFPA close in their final week of football existence.
