Best Performance: (#22) Weber St. 35, Montana St. 12 - Cameron Higgins shreds another team, throwing for 349 yards and 4 TDs as his Wildcats end another long losing streak against a Montana team.
Worst Performance: Idaho St. 9, Northern Colorado 29 - The losing streak reaches double digits as the Bengals commit 5 turnovers & get outrushed by 240 yards.
Most Surprising Result: (#23) Eastern Washington 3, (#12) Montana 19 - In maybe the most disappointing game ever for fans of offense, two teams that were scoring a combined 70 ppg & giving up a combined 66 ppg only manage to total 22 points in this contest.
Southland
KYWES 0-49 SFA
SHSU 46-48 UCA
NICH 28-36 NWST TXST 45-42 MCNSE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 19-14
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 10-5
Best Performance: Texas St. 45, (#3) McNeese St. 42 - Bobcats put up 580 yards on the 3rd. ranked team including 335 yards and 4 TDs from QB Bradley George.
Worst Performance: Nicholls St. 28, Northwestern St. 36 - When an option team is outrushed by 74 yards, that's a bad sign.
Most Surprising Result: (#3) McNeese St. 42, Texas St. 45 - QB Derrick Fourroux provided some late heroics, but falling behind by 25 to Texas State in the 4th. quarter shows the Cowboys are overrated.
Best Performance: (#17) Western Illinois 27, (#11) North Dakota St. 22 - Proving that special teams wins games, the Leathernecks outpunt the Bison by 17 yards per kick & also score off a block.
Worst Performance: Indiana St. 7, (#16) Southern Illinois 60 - Rather than rubberneck at the 80-car pileup that is Sycamore football, I'll just move along…
Most Surprising Result: (#11) North Dakota St. 22, (#17) Western Illinois 27 - The Bison went an impressive 35-9 over their 4 year exhibition run, but now they're just 3-3 in games that count.
OVC
JAXST 35-38 EKU
TTU 21-51 MUR
EIU 26-29 UTM
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 13-15
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 8-5
Best Performance: Eastern Kentucky 38, (#19) Jacksonville St. 35 - The Colonels make QB Ryan Perrilloux look very mediocre in forcing 5 interceptions.
Worst Performance: Tennessee Tech 21, Murray St. 51 - Golden Eagles give up an insane 645 yards.
Most Surprising Result: Eastern Kentucky 38, (#19) Jacksonville St. 35 - I guess the Colonels aren't ready to relinquish the OVC crown quite yet.
"What I'm saying is: You might have taken care of your wolf problem, but everyone around town is going to think of you as the crazy son of a bitch who bought land mines to get rid of wolves."
FORD 24-45 LEHIGH LAF 13-3 COLUM HOF 45-31 BUCK
PRINCE 24-27 COLG
BROWN 34-41 HC PENN 27-7 GTOWN
NConf Record: 3-2 Overall: 14-14
vs. FCS: 3-2 Overall: 14-14
Best Performance: Lehigh 45, Fordham 24 - The Mountain Hawks find a passing game as evidenced by J.B. Clark's 296 yards and 4 passing TDs (207.6 eff. rating; also ran for a TD).
Worst Performance: Georgetown 7, Penn 27 - Hoyas only average 2.8 yards per pass attempt & lose yet again.
Most Surprising Result: Fordham 24, Lehigh 45 - Rams still not content to let Youngstown walk away with the "most disappointing team in FCS" award.
CAA
HOF 45-31 BUCK W&M 38-34 UNH UMASS 28-24 NE MAINE 27-10 UD
URI 32-37 TOW JMU 38-31 RICH
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 25-17
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 23-5
Best Performance: (#1) James Madison 38, (#5) Richmond 31 - Note to all head coaches: don't kick the ball straight at the punt returner with less than 20 seconds left. The Spiders did, & now they're 4-3.
Worst Performance: Rhode Island 32, Towson 37 - The Rams get the short end after both defenses collapse in the 4th. quarter.
Most Surprising Result: (#24) Delaware 10, Maine 27 - The Blue Hens just can't stop turning the ball over, adding 3 Rob Schoenhoft interceptions to 2 lost fumbles. Now Delaware has already lost more games than they did the entire 2007 regular season.
Best Performance: Delaware St. 26, Bethune-Cookman 20 - Hornets QB Vashon Winton didn't throw the ball too well (8/21 for 147, 1 TD, 1 INT), but he ran for 102 yards and 2 TDs to add to RB Chris Strothers's 110 yards on just 11 carries.
Worst Performance: North Carolina A&T 3, Morgan St. 41 - At least the Aggies—unlike previous years—managed to win some games before playing like this.
Most Surprising Result: Florida A&M 23, Winston-Salem St. 0 - Not a surprising final score, but it's always unexpected when you control the ball for more than 40 minutes & hold your opponent to a paltry 81 yards.
SoCon
WCU 21-28 FUR
UTC 7-56 WOFF ELON 27-23 CIT APPST 35-24 SAM
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 18-13
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 12-4
Best Performance: (#6) Elon 27, (#21) The Citadel 23 - The ground game gets it done again as the Phoenix overcome a solid performance from the Bulldog passing attack.
Worst Performance: Tennessee-Chattanooga 7, (#8) Wofford 56 - Are the Mocs even trying anymore? I know what it is… there must be some sort of neutrality clause which mandates the FCS title host can never be good.
Most Surprising Result: Samford 24, (#2) Appalachian St. 35 - Just because they came to this conference from the "lowly" OVC doesn't mean the Bulldogs will just sit back & let the SoCon establishment have their way. They played pretty well here against the defending national champs; they led at the end of the 1st. quarter, went turnover free, & dominated time of possession.
Tomorrow: Great West, Ivy League, Big South, & SWAC
Best Performance: UC Davis 49, Southern Utah 26 - QB Greg Denham completes 72% of his passes for 274 yards and 4 TDs to help the Aggies cruise to an easy conference win.
Worst Performance: Southern Utah 26, UC Davis 49 - Thunderbird WR Tysson Poots accounts for 92% of his team's points (8 rec, 144 yds, 4 TDs). Too bad the defense didn't show up…
Most Surprising Result: (none)
Ivy League
PENN 27-7 GTOWN LAF 13-3 COLUM YALE 34-7 DART
CORN 17-38 HARV
BROWN 34-41 HC
PRINCE 24-27 COLG
NConf Record: 1-3 Overall: 9-11
vs. FCS: 1-3 Overall: 9-11
Best Performance: Harvard 38, Cornell 17 - Chris Pizzotti throws for 281 yards and 3 TDs on only 23 attempts as the Crimson get an unexpectedly easy win.
Worst Performance: Dartmouth 7, Yale 34 - Big Green commit 4 turnovers & only gain 230 yards as they get crushed at home for the second time this season.
Most Surprising Result: Cornell 17, Harvard 38 - Big Red can't even threaten in their second bid to knock off an Ivy favorite.
Best Performance: Gardner-Webb 7, (FBS) Georgia Tech 10 - In a game absolutely no-one thought would be close, the Bulldogs hold Paul Johnson's deadly option run game to just 79 yards.
Worst Performance: Coastal Carolina 20, VMI 47 - The Chants get shredded as the Keydets run for 336 & total 546 yards of offense.
Most Surprising Result: Gardner-Webb 7, (FBS) Georgia Tech 10 - This is one of the most inexplicable results in recent memory.
Best Performance: Grambling 27, Alabama A&M 9 - The Tiger D gets it done again, holding the Bulldogs to 200 yards & forcing 3 turnovers.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 21, Alcorn St. 35 - Delta Devils give up 581 yards to a team that was averaging a pathetic 226.5 coming in.
Most Surprising Result: Arkansas Pine-Bluff 10, Jackson St. 21 - Talk about wasting momentum… the Golden Lions have started this season 0-6 after finishing last year with 3 straight wins.
Tomorrow: Independents & the artists formerly known as mid-majors.
MHEAD 17-41 USD
DVDSN 29-35 VALPO(OT)
DRAKE 9-27 DAY BUT 56-7 CAMP
WEBBER 7-51 JVILLE
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 16-12
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-5
Best Performance: San Diego 41, Morehead St. 17 - The Toreros get yet another easy win as the D forces Eagle QB Evan Sawyer into completing just 31% of his passes.
Worst Performance: Campbell 7, Butler 56 - Losing to Butler by 7 touchdowns at home is terrible even for a neophyte program.
Most Surprising Result: Valparaiso 35, Davidson 29 (OT) - After playing horribly up to this point, the Crusaders run for 351 yards on the Wildcats & surprisingly even their PFL record.
Best Performance: Albany 24, Central Connecticut St. 22 - The Great Danes overcome 3 turnovers to get what should go a long way in determining the NEC title.
Worst Performance: Wagner 17, Monmouth 31 - Seahawks give up 2 unanswered TDs in the 4th. quarter as they lose to a team they beat by 29 last season.
Most Surprising Result: Duquesne 27, Robert Morris 34 - Dukes give up 275 rushing yards & fall to a disappointing 1-2 in their new conference.
Best Performance: Marist 34, Bryant 7 - Red Fox QB Chris Debowski throws for 321 yards and 4 TDs on just 28 attempts to amass a 197 efficiency rating. That's 103 points higher than his season rating coming into the game.
Worst Performance: Iona 12, (DIII) Wesley 23 - To be outgained 462-272 by a DIII—even a good DIII—is pretty pathetic.
Most Surprising Result: Bryant 7, Marist 34 - Despite being a first-year transitional, the Bulldogs appeared to be the class of the independents until this.
