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Big Sky

CP 10-56 UCD
EWU 35-28 SAC
PORTST 42-38 IDST
NOCO 21-17 WEB
NAU 20-31 UMT
IDA 7-38 MTST

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 22-24
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 17-12
  
  
  Best Performance: (#3) Montana St. 38, (#7) Idaho 7 - The Bobcats run for 360 yards against what had been one of FCS's best defenses in a nationally televised statement performance.
  
  Worst Performance: (#20) Weber St. 17, Northern Colorado 21 - The Wildcats fumble 6 times and commit 5 total turnovers as they end Northern Colorado's 18-game losing streak.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Northern Colorado 21, (#20) Weber St. 17 - Bear (and former SUU) head coach Ed Lamb improves his record against Weber to 6-2 overall and 4-0 in Ogden.

Southland

SELU 37-7 HCU
SFA 27-20 LAM
NICH 10-55 UIW
TAMUC 42-21 NWST

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 16-26
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 14-14
  
  
  Best Performance: (#15) Incarnate Word 55, Nicholls St. 10 - The Cardinals get 5 TD passes from Zach Calzada and 2 defensive touchdowns as they humiliate the defending Southland champs.
  
  Worst Performance: Northwestern St. 21, Texas A&M-Commerce 42 - The Demons get tackled for loss 15 times and fall behind 42-7 against a fellow winless team.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Houston Christian 7, Southeastern Louisiana 37 - The Huskies go 6/20 passing for 88 yards and a pick as they prove last week's McNeese upset was just a fluke.

Missouri Valley

UNI 17-42 SDK
YSU 13-63 SDKST
MIZST 41-7 ILST
NDSU 24-3 SIU
MUR 27-31 INST

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 23-19
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 21-7
  
  
  Best Performance: Missouri St. 41, (#16) Illinois St. 7 - Jacob Clark threw for 343 yards and 3 TDs on just 31 attempts while Tavier Williams nabbed 2 INTs in a surprisingly dominant road win.
  
  Worst Performance: Murray St. 27, Indiana St. 31 - The Racers fall to 1-9 in conference play since moving to the Missouri Valley as they fall to the only league opponent they beat last year.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Missouri St. 41, (#16) Illinois St. 7 - MSU ties their most lopsided win in the history of this series (they also won 41-7 in 1997).

UAC

EKU 21-42 SUU
UTU 0-42 TARL
UWG 33-34 UCA
ACU 34-47 UNA

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 12-19
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 11-10
  
  
  Best Performance: North Alabama 47, (#10) Abilene Christian 34 - The Lions get their first-ever top-25 upset as they put up 506 yards and score 3 unanswered touchdowns to end the game.
  
  Worst Performance: (#10) Abilene Christian 34, North Alabama 47 - Letdown games following big wins were apparently contagious this week.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#12) Central Arkansas 34, West Georgia 33 - A two-point conversion incompletion was the only thing that stopped the Bears from blowing a 24-point lead against an opponent that was already 0-4 in conference play.

Pioneer

BUT 17-27 DRAKE
DVDSN 14-16 DAY
STTHOM 39-32 MARIST
PRESBY 7-14 MHEAD

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 20-18
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 4-17
  
  
  Best Performance: Drake 27, Butler 17 - Drake overcomes an 11-4 penalty disadvantage to win their 14th. straight PFL game.
  
  Worst Performance: Marist 32, St. Thomas 39 - Sonny Mannino's 5 touchdown passes weren't enough to prevent the Red Foxes' 9th. consecutive defeat.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (none)

Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.

Patriot League

GTOWN 17-0 LAF
BUCK 21-31 PENN
FORD 16-19 HC

• NConf Record: 0-1
  Overall: 12-21
  
  vs. FCS: 0-1
  Overall: 12-15
  
  
  Best Performance: Georgetown 17, Lafayette 0 - The Hoya defense dominates as they hold Jamar Curtis to 53 yards on the ground and register 4 interceptions and 12 pass breakups.
  
  Worst Performance: Lafayette 0, Georgetown 17 - It's starting to look like 2023's conference title was a fluke for the Leopards.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Georgetown 17, Lafayette 0 - Georgetown pitches their first shutout of a DI opponent since a 7-0 win over Stony Brook in 2006.

NEC

DUQ 38-7 SFPA
DSU 0-23 RMU
SHILL 7-31 LIU
COLUM 24-6 WAG
MHURST 20-38 CCSU

• NConf Record: 1-1
  Overall: 11-23
  
  vs. FCS: 1-1
  Overall: 6-13
  
  
  Best Performance: Duquesne 38, St. Francis (PA) 7 - The Dukes get 2 defensive touchdowns and hold a team that (somehow) beat an FBS to just 172 total yards.
  
  Worst Performance: Stonehill 7, Long Island 31 - The Skyhawks are outrushed 353-23 by a winless team.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Long Island 31, Stonehill 7 - The Sharks win for the first time this season despite being without starting QB Luca Stanzani.

CAA

UNH 17-10 ELON
MAINE 21-44 UD
BROWN 21-31 URI
ALB 24-17 BRY
TOW 28-23 NFOLK

• NConf Record: 2-1
  Overall: 33-29
  
  vs. FCS: 2-0
  Overall: 29-14
  
  
  Best Performance: (#19) Rhode Island 31, Brown 21 - The Rams stay undefeated against FCS by beating their in-state rivals for the 6th. straight time, their longest winning streak in the 116-year history of the series.
  
  Worst Performance: Bryant 17, Albany 24 - Jarrett Guest gets sacked 7 times as the Bulldogs lose their 12th. straight against CAA opponents (opponents that were in the CAA at the time).
  
  Most Surprising Result: Towson 28, Norfolk St. 23 - Tiger QB Sean Brown keeps both teams in the game by throwing for 306 yards, 3 TDs, and 3 INTs.

Big South/OVC

TTU 3-34 SEMO
CHSO 14-29 LIND
UTM 45-17 WIU
EIU 17-41 TSU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 12-21
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 10-9
  
  
  Best Performance: (#11) Southeast Missouri St. 34, Tennessee Tech 3 - Paxton DeLaurent's 418 passing yards and 4 TDs stand out from this contest, especially since both teams combined for just 71 rushing yards.
  
  Worst Performance: Eastern Illinois 17, Tennessee St. 41 - The Panthers, who went 8-3 last year and were picked 2nd. in the Big South-OVC this year, fall to 1-6.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (none)

SoCon

CIT 16-30 WCU
UTC 41-10 FUR
VMI 16-31 WOFF
PRINCE 7-34 MER
SAM 28-31 ETSU

• NConf Record: 1-0
  Overall: 13-18
  
  vs. FCS: 1-0
  Overall: 11-11
  
  
  Best Performance: (#23) Tennessee-Chattanooga 41, Furman 10 - The Mocs win their 3rd. straight thanks to 10 catches for 168 yards and a touchdown by Javin Whatley and 4 forced interceptions by the defense.
  
  Worst Performance: VMI 16, Wofford 31 - The Keydets forced 3 interceptions and got 2 non-offensive touchdowns (1 INT, 1 blocked punt), but their offense was awful: 180 yards, 5 turnovers, 3 points.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Furman 10, (#23) Tennessee-Chattanooga 41 - Hard to believe this team was taking the national runners-up to overtime in Missoula just 10 months ago…

Tomorrow: Non-Playoff Folks…

Ivy League

BUCK 21-31 PENN
COLUM 24-6 WAG
HARV 38-20 COR
BROWN 21-31 URI
DART 44-43 YALE (OT)
PRINCE 7-34 MER

• NConf Record: 2-2
  Overall: 12-8
  
  vs. FCS: 2-2
  Overall: 12-7
  
  
  Best Performance: Penn 31, Bucknell 21 - The Quakers net an in-state win thanks to Malachi Hosley's 146 yards and 2 TDs on the ground and John Lista's 11 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss, and a sack.
  
  Worst Performance: Cornell 20, Harvard 38 - The Big Red allow 335 passing yards and 5 passing TDs on just 32 attempts and fall to Harvard for the 5th. straight time and for the 16th. time in the last 18 meetings.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (none)

MEAC

DSU 0-23 RMU
MERR 32-24 MORG
SACHRT 14-21 HOW
TOW 28-23 NFOLK
vul 0-68 NCCEN

• NConf Record: 2-3
  Overall: 16-22
  
  vs. FCS: 1-3
  Overall: 11-16
  
  
  Best Performance: Howard 21, Sacred Heart 14 - The Bison defense forces 6 punts and a failed fourth down in pitching a second-half shutout.
  
  Worst Performance: Delaware St. 0, Robert Morris 23 - The Hornets committed 0 turnovers and still got blanked.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Norfolk St. 23, Towson 28 - AJ Richardson puts up a monster defensive performance—18 tackles, 5.5 tackles-for-loss, 2 sacks—in a surprisingly close defeat for the Spartans.

SWAC

SU 22-19 TXSO (OT)
PVAMU 17-21 UAPB
ALCORN 17-15 GRAM
MVSU 17-54 ALST
BCU 12-56 AAMU

• NConf Record: 0-0
  Overall: 13-28
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 4-15
  
  
  Best Performance: Alabama A&M 56, Bethune-Cookman 12 - The Bulldogs get their first DI win of the season by outgaining BCU 701-181.
  
  Worst Performance: Bethune-Cookman 12, Alabama A&M 56 - The Wildcats are humiliated by a team that's supposed to finish in the bottom half of the SWAC.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Prairie View A&M 17, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 21 - The Panthers lose to Pine Bluff in the fall for the first time since 2012 (they lost in Spring 2021).

Independents

MERR 32-24 MORG
SACHRT 14-21 HOW

• Non-Ind. Record: 1-1
  Overall: 5-8
  
  vs. FCS: 1-1
  Overall: 4-5
  
  
  Best Performance: Merrimack 32, Morgan St. 24 - The Warriors, who forced 0 turnovers and had just 172 yards of total offense, still managed 32 points thanks to 2 good kick returns (1 TD), a blocked punt, and 4 field goals from Lilam Davis.
  
  Worst Performance: Sacred Heart 14, Howard 21 - The Pioneers are 4-0 at home with a blowout win over Georgetown, but they're now 0-3 on the road with losses to Howard and Stonehill.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (none)