UMT 23-21 IDA
EWU 41-42 IDST UCD 17-16 WEB PORTST 45-21 NAU
CP 19-59 MTST SAC 21-13 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 18-18
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 12-7
Best Performance: (#16) Montana 23, (#3) Idaho 21 - After registering only 2 sacks in their first 3 conference games, the Griz sack Gevani McCoy 6 times and hold on for a key victory after taking a 20-0 lead.
Worst Performance: Northern Arizona 21, Portland St. 45 - The Lumberjacks give up 366 rushing yards, 54 more than they had allowed in their previous 4 games combined.
Most Surprising Result: (#21) Eastern Washington 41, Idaho St. 42 - If Aaron Best wasn't on the hot seat before, he's gotta be there now after the Eagles blew a 41-14 lead and lost to Idaho State for the first time since 2005.
Southland
PVAMU 0-30 HCU
TAMUC 11-28 UIW LAM 30-24 SELU
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 7-24
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 3-14
Best Performance: Houston Christian 30, Prairie View A&M 0 - The Huskies set program milestones by pitching their first-ever DI shutout and by holding Prairie View to 110 total yards.
Worst Performance: Southeastern Louisiana 24, Lamar 30 - The Lions fall to a stunning 0-7 after failing to fully rally from a 20-point deficit.
Most Surprising Result: Houston Christian 30, Prairie View A&M 0 - Houston Baptist/Christian gets their first DI home win since before COVID.
Missouri Valley
NDSU 24-49 UND
YSU 31-34 SDK
UNI 6-41 SDKST
INST 7-44 ILST MIZST 48-7 WIU SIU 27-6 MUR
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 20-16
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 18-6
Best Performance: (#15) North Dakota 49, (#6) North Dakota St. 24 - Gaven Ziebarth runs for 161 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Fighting Hawks to their first win over NDSU since 2003, their last year together in Division II.
Worst Performance: Western Illinois 7, Missouri St. 48 - The Leathernecks don't have to leave the Missouri Valley until next year, but they apparently wanted to beat the traffic.
Most Surprising Result: (#6) North Dakota St. 24, (#15) North Dakota 49 - The Bison lose multiple conference games in a fall season for the first time since 2010 (they lost 2 MVFC games in Spring '21). This was also their most lopsided loss since they they were still playing in the Great West in 2005 (37-6 at Cal Poly).
UAC
UNA 13-30 ACU
SFA 21-24 UCA
TARL 35-41 EKU(2OT)
GWEBB 14-41 AP
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 18-20
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 16-10
Best Performance: Austin Peay 41, Gardner-Webb 14 - Mike DiLiello throws for 372 yards and 2 TDs (0 INTs) to help the Governors win their 4th. in a row.
Worst Performance: North Alabama 13, Abilene Christian 30 - Noah Walters throws 4 picks, 2 to Cirby Coheley, as the Lions lose their 3rd. straight.
Most Surprising Result: (none)
Pioneer
STTHOM 21-52 DRAKE MHEAD 24-21 VALPO DVDSN 35-33 BUT PRESBY 20-17 DAY (OT)
USD 16-30 MARIST
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 12-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 1-15
Best Performance: Drake 52, St. Thomas 21 - Luke Bailey throws for 411 yards and 5 TDs on just 32 attempts in an eye-opening win for the Bulldogs.
Worst Performance: St. Thomas 21, Drake 52 - The Tommies give up 50+ for the first time since 2007.
Most Surprising Result: Drake 52, St. Thomas 21 - The surprising Bulldogs have now won 6 straight PFL games.
Best Performance: Colgate 27, Dartmouth 24 (OT) - The Raiders pick up multiple non-conference wins in the same season for the first time in 5 years.
Worst Performance: Lehigh 7, Georgetown 17 - The Mountain Hawks fall to 1-6 and lose to Georgetown for just the 2nd. time in the modern era.
Most Surprising Result: Bucknell 21, Cornell 13 - The Bison have now won 5 of their last 6 against Cornell, their best 6-game stretch in the 59-game history of this series.
NEC
WAG 7-31 SFPA
CCSU 20-44 DUQ
LIU 13-24 MAINE
SACHRT 3-31 YALE
NConf Record: 0-2 Overall: 5-22
vs. FCS: 0-2 Overall: 2-14
Best Performance: St. Francis (PA) 31, Wagner 7 - The Red Flash run for 273 yards and finally look like how they were expected to look in the preseason.
Worst Performance: Wagner 7, St. Francis (PA) 31 - The Seahawks lose their 4th. straight to SFPA and their 5th. straight in Loretto.
Most Surprising Result: (none)
CAA
ELON 0-21 NOVA FORD 26-7 SBU
ALB 31-38 UNH
LIU 13-24 MAINE RICH 24-17 URI
HAMP 10-61 MONM
NCAT 6-21 UD
NConf Record: 1-1 Overall: 20-24
vs. FCS: 1-1 Overall: 20-11
Best Performance: New Hampshire 38, (#24) Albany 31 - Logan Tomlinson catches 9 balls for 144 yards and 2 TDs while Josiah Silver picks up 3 sacks in big rebound win for the Wildcats.
Worst Performance: Hampton 10, Monmouth 61 - The Pirates allow 276 rushing yards to Jaden Shirden, 80 more than their entire offense had on the day.
Most Surprising Result: Rhode Island 17, Richmond 24 - This was oddly the first meeting between these two conference opponents in 8 years.
Best Performance: Southeast Missouri St. 35, Eastern Illinois 28 - Geno Hess puts up 182 total yards and 2 rushing touchdowns as the Redhawks finally hold on in the fourth quarter.
Worst Performance: Robert Morris 24, Bryant 43 - The Colonials turn the ball over 4 times and give up a safety as they fall to 0-2 in conference.
Most Surprising Result: Tennessee Tech 28, South Carolina St. 7 - After allowing a 90-yard TD pass a minute in, the Golden Eagles get nothing but stops the rest of the way.
SoCon
VMI 17-13 CIT UTC 22-10 MER FUR 27-21 SAM
WOFF 10-41 ETSU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 10-15
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 7-7
Best Performance: (#25) Tennessee-Chattanooga 22, Mercer 10 - The Mocs hold Mercer to exactly 0 rushing yards in large part thanks to Jay Person's 4 tackles-for-loss, 1 sack, and 1 forced fumble.
Worst Performance: Wofford 10, East Tennessee St. 41 - The Terriers start 0-7 for the first time since 1946.
Most Surprising Result: East Tennessee St. 41, Wofford 10 - The Bucs race out to a 34-0 lead and outgain Wofford 422-177.
PENN 20-17 COLUM BUCK 21-13 COR
DART 24-27 COLG(OT)
HOW 7-48 HARV
PRINCE 27-28 BROWN(OT)
SACHRT 3-31 YALE
NConf Record: 2-2 Overall: 15-9
vs. FCS: 2-2 Overall: 15-9
Best Performance: (#19) Harvard 48, Howard 7 - The Crimson thoroughly dominate a team that almost upset a Big Ten school last week.
Worst Performance: Cornell 13, Bucknell 21 - The Big Red win turnovers 2-0 and hold their opponent to just 9 completions in 21 attempts, and they still lose their 3rd. straight to Bucknell at home.
Most Surprising Result: Cornell 13, Bucknell 21 - Cornell started the season 2-0 with a win over preseason-favorite Yale, but they've since lost 3 in a row with 2 of those losses coming against lower-tier Patriot League teams.
MEAC
HOW 7-48 HARV
NFOLK 17-24 TSU TTU 28-7 SCSU
NConf Record: 0-3 Overall: 13-22
vs. FCS: 0-3 Overall: 9-11
Best Performance: Norfolk State 17, Tennessee St. 24 - Being tied in the fourth quarter against a 3-2 OVC team was the best the MEAC could do this week.
Worst Performance: South Carolina St. 7, Tennessee Tech 28 - After hitting a 90-yard TD pass to Jawarn Howell on the second play of the game, the Bulldogs average 3.7 yards-per-play the rest of the way.
Most Surprising Result: Howard 7, (#19) Harvard 48 - The Bison are held to single digits by an FCS team for the first time in 4 years.
Best Performance: Alabama A&M 45, Grambling 24 - Xavier Lankford runs for 193 yards and puts up 320 yards of total offense and 3 total TDs to help the Bulldogs pull off a surprisingly dominant road win.
Worst Performance: Arkansas-Pine Bluff 17, Mississippi Valley St. 42 - You know a team's hit rock bottom when they get blown out by MVSU.
Most Surprising Result: Mississippi Valley St. 42, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 17 - The Delta Devils get their most lopsided DI win in 7 years—that one also came against UAPB (their only win of that season ).
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