Week 9 - Conference by Conference Breakdown
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:32 am
Big Sky
EWU 35-47 PORTST
IDST 16-51 SAC
MTST 21-24 IDA
UCD 21-38 NAU
NOCO 0-40 UMT
Southland
TAMUC 13-17 HCU
UIW 17-7 LAM
SEMO 35-31 NICH
Missouri Valley
INST 33-36 UND (OT)
MUR 6-38 NDSU
SDKST 37-3 SDK
UNI 24-21 ILST
SIU 63-0 WIU
MIZST 28-44 YSU
UAC
EKU 34-30 UTU
ACU 14-52 SUU
TARL 25-23 UCA
UNA 39-49 AP
Pioneer
MHEAD 11-17 USD
MARIST 14-49 STTHOM
STET 7-33 DRAKE
VALPO 7-17 BUT
PRESBY 28-45 DVDSN
Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.
EWU 35-47 PORTST
IDST 16-51 SAC
MTST 21-24 IDA
UCD 21-38 NAU
NOCO 0-40 UMT
- NConf Record: 0-0
Overall: 18-18
vs. FCS: 0-0
Overall: 12-7
Best Performance: (#9) Idaho 24, (#2) Montana St. 21 - In part due to their dominance of time of possession, the Vandals hold the Bobcats to a season-low (by far) 128 rushing yards.
Worst Performance: (#25) UC Davis 21, Northern Arizona 38 - The Aggies outgained NAU 476-289, but that was ruined by 4 turnovers—one of those was a fumble returned 90 yards for a TD by George Steele.
Most Surprising Result: (#25) UC Davis 21, Northern Arizona 38 - Davis gets star RB Lan Larison back, he runs for 101 yards, and they still lose to NAU by 17?
Southland
TAMUC 13-17 HCU
UIW 17-7 LAM
SEMO 35-31 NICH
- NConf Record: 0-1
Overall: 7-25
vs. FCS: 0-1
Overall: 3-15
Best Performance: (#8) Incarnate Word 17, Lamar 7 - Two missed field goals made this game closer than it should've been, but the Cardinals are still 7-1 heading into their de facto conference-title bout with Nicholls State.
Worst Performance: Texas A&M-Commerce 13, Houston Christian 17 - The Lions lose to a league foe they beat 31-3 last year.
Most Surprising Result: (none)
Missouri Valley
INST 33-36 UND (OT)
MUR 6-38 NDSU
SDKST 37-3 SDK
UNI 24-21 ILST
SIU 63-0 WIU
MIZST 28-44 YSU
- NConf Record: 0-0
Overall: 20-16
vs. FCS: 0-0
Overall: 18-6
Best Performance: (#1) South Dakota St. 37, (#4) South Dakota 3 - The Jackrabbits outgain their top-5 rival 473-183 in the biggest statement win of the FCS season thus far.
Worst Performance: Western Illinois 0, (#11) Southern Illinois 63 - I don't care who you're playing; losing by 63 points at home is an unforgivable humiliation.
Most Surprising Result: (#11) North Dakota 36, Indiana St. 33 (OT) - I guess getting the NDSU monkey off their back was all the Fighting Hawks cared about because they've played terrible the last 2 weeks.
UAC
EKU 34-30 UTU
ACU 14-52 SUU
TARL 25-23 UCA
UNA 39-49 AP
- NConf Record: 0-0
Overall: 19-21
vs. FCS: 0-0
Overall: 17-11
Best Performance: Tarleton St. 25, (#18) Central Arkansas 23 - The Texans move to 6-3 after getting 156 yards and 2 TDs on the ground from Kayvon Britten and a late two-point conversion stop by the defense.
Worst Performance: Abilene Christian 14, Southern Utah 52 - The Wildcats allow 308 yards rushing to an SUU team that was averaging just 98.4 ypg coming in.
Most Surprising Result: Southern Utah 52, Abilene Christian 14 - The T-Birds get their most lopsided DI win in 8 years.
Pioneer
MHEAD 11-17 USD
MARIST 14-49 STTHOM
STET 7-33 DRAKE
VALPO 7-17 BUT
PRESBY 28-45 DVDSN
- NConf Record: 0-0
Overall: 12-20
vs. FCS: 0-0
Overall: 1-16
Best Performance: St. Thomas 49, Marist 14 - The narrow 379-342 yardage advantage for the Tommies in this contest was misleading because they won yards-per-play 7.6-4.3.
Worst Performance: Marist 14, St. Thomas 49 - The Red Foxes run for just 52 yards, and they're averaging just 107.5 rushing ypg on the season.
Most Surprising Result: Marist 14, St. Thomas 49 - Marist was 4-1 in PFL play coming in, but it seems safe to say they're out of title contention now.
Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.