IDST 42-77 EWU
SAC 23-26 CP MTST 30-28 UCD
WEB 24-31 IDA
PORTST 17-28 UMT NAU 44-3 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 22-24
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 17-12
Best Performance: (#2) Montana St. 30, (#4) UC Davis 28 - The Bobcats scored 30 straight points fueled by 6 sacks, 2 forced turnovers, and a punt-return TD by Taco Dowler… and then nothing interesting happened after that.
Worst Performance: Idaho St. 42, Eastern Washington 77 - The Bengals lose rushing 478-114 and register a whopping 1 tackle-for-loss, the only defensive stat they recorded other than just tackles.
Most Surprising Result: Eastern Washington 77, Idaho St. 42 - The Eagles scored a touchdown on literally every single one of their offensive drives. I don't think I've ever seen that before… aside from in, like, Tecmo Super Bowl or NFL Blitz.
Best Performance: Lamar 24, Nicholls St. 7 - The Cardinal pass defense dominates, registering 4 sacks and 3 interceptions in a smothering shut down of the Nicholls offense.
Worst Performance: Northwestern St. 3, McNeese St. 35 - On average this season, the Demons are being outscored 44-10 and outgained 488-218.
Most Surprising Result: (none)
Missouri Valley
SDK 42-36 UND
MIZST 21-59 NDSU
SIU 10-41 SDKST ILST 31-19 INST
UNI 38-39 YSU(OT)
MUR 6-48 UK
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 23-20
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 21-7
Best Performance: (#1) North Dakota St. 59, (AGS #13) Missouri St. 21 - The Bison win rushing 364-86 and score on 9 of their 11 offensive drives in surprisingly lopsided victory.
Worst Performance: Northern Iowa 38, Youngstown St. 39 (OT) - The Panthers, who have dominated their all-time series with the Penguins overall, lose in Youngstown for the 4th. time in last 5 trips.
Most Surprising Result: (AGS #13) Missouri St. 21, (#1) North Dakota St. 59 - The Bears' 8-game win streak apparently meant nothing in the Fargo Dome as they fell behind 28-0 less than halfway through the second quarter.
UAC
UWG 34-31 UTU ACU 35-31 TARL SUU 38-31 UCA EKU 30-27 AP (OT)
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 14-19
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 11-10
Best Performance: (#14) Abilene Christian 35, (#13) Tarleton St. 31 - Wildcat QB Maverick McIvor, who leads all of FCS in passing yardage, throws for 391 yards and 3 TDs (0 INTs) including a 1-yard game-winner to RB Sam Hicks with 19 seconds left.
Worst Performance: Utah Tech 31, West Georgia 34 - The Blazers were stymied in their attempt to win 2 in a row thanks to West Georgia scoring 20 straight points to open the second half.
Most Surprising Result: (#13) Tarleton St. 31, (#14) Abilene Christian 35 - Victor Gabalis threw for 304 yards and 3 touchdowns on just 20 attempts, and that still wasn't enough for the Texans to keep the auto-bid out of ACU's hands.
Pioneer
STET 6-45 USD MHEAD 29-20 DRAKE
STTHOM 20-36 BUT
VALPO 14-26 DAY PRESBY 42-23 MARIST
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 20-18
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 4-17
Best Performance: Morehead St. 29, Drake 20 - The Eagles close the game with 16 unanswered points as they win in Des Moines for the first time ever.
Worst Performance: Marist 23, Presbyterian 42 - The Red Foxes lose to Presbyterian for the first time in 4 all-time meetings in part because they allowed 2 50+ yard TD catches to Cincere Gill.
Most Surprising Result: Drake 20, Morehead St. 29 - The Bulldogs are prevented from clinching the auto-bid as they allow 29 points to a team that had only broken 20 points against a DI opponent once this season.
COLG 17-45 LEH
SHILL 10-42 LAF
GTOWN 3-31 FORD
BUCK 38-40 HC
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 14-25
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 14-19
Best Performance: Fordham 31, Georgetown 3 - The Ram defense controls the game with 2 picks (1 for a TD), 7 pass breakups, and 4 stops in 4 fourth-down tries.
Worst Performance: Georgetown 3, Fordham 31 - The Hoyas, probably the most Jekyll & Hyde team in FCS, suffer their worst defeat yet as they're blown out by a 1-9 opponent.
Most Surprising Result: Georgetown 3, Fordham 31 - Georgetown now has to beat a team gunning for the Patriot League title to get their first winning season in 13 years.
NEC
WAG 21-42 DUQ SFPA 34-27 LIU
SHILL 10-42 LAF
RMU 33-35 CCSU(2OT)
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 14-28
vs. FCS: 0-1 Overall: 8-17
Best Performance: Central Connecticut St. 35, Robert Morris 33 (2OT) - The Blue Devils overcome two non-offensive touchdowns (1 KR, 1 INT) in the first half and hit a game-winning two-point pass in double overtime to keep their auto-bid hopes alive.
Worst Performance: Stonehill 10, Lafayette 42 - The Skyhawks fall to 1-9 after committing 5 turnovers and losing yardage 484-258.
Most Surprising Result: St. Francis (PA) 34, Long Island 27 - The Red Flash have scored 68 combined points in their last 2 games after scoring a total of 81 points in their first 8.
CAA
SBU 30-31 UNH
ALB 17-20 URI
NOVA 33-40 MONM
NCAT 13-31 TOW RICH 24-21 HAMP
BRY 12-22 W&M
MAINE 25-31 ELON
CAMP 22-41 UD
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 34-33
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 29-14
Best Performance: Monmouth 40, (#9) Villanova 33 - Hawk QB Derek Robertson eviscerates the Villanova defense, going 22/23 for 358 yards and 3 TD passes.
Worst Performance: Maine 25, Elon 31 - The Black Bears clinch their 3rd. consecutive non-winning season after putting up just 59 rushing yards and allowing Rushawn Baker to run for 156 and 3 touchdowns.
Most Surprising Result: (#9) Villanova 33, Monmouth 40 - The Wildcats held both Towson & New Hampshire under 15 points, but they couldn't hold two 5-6 teams—Maine & Monmouth—under 35.
Best Performance: Tennessee Tech 10, (#18) Tennessee-Martin 9 - The Golden Eagles keep their auto-bid hopes alive, and put themselves into dark-horse at-large contention (6-5 with 2 FBS losses), after holding UTM to 185 total yards.
Worst Performance: Charleston Southern 13, Eastern Illinois 16 (OT) - You don't see too many minimum-distance 18-yard field goals these days, but CSU's fourth-down failure in overtime allowed EIU to kick an 18-yarder to win it.
Most Surprising Result: (#18) Tennessee-Martin 9, Tennessee Tech 10 - The Skyhawks' playoff hopes suddenly got a bit rockier as their offense gets shut out at home (they got a blocked-punt TD and an intentional safety).
SoCon
VMI 28-58 WCU CIT 30-17 WOFF
MER 7-52 BAMA FUR 24-21 ETSU SAM 36-13 UTC
NConf Record: 0-1 Overall: 13-20
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 11-12
Best Performance: Samford 36, (#19) Tennessee-Chattanooga 13 - The Bulldogs averaged 45.5 points-per-game against ranked Mercer & Chattanooga, but they could only manage 31 total points in their 3 games against unranked opponents in-between.
Worst Performance: (#19) Tennessee-Chattanooga 13, Samford 36 - With starting QB Chase Artopoeus out, the Mocs only got 2 field goals and a kick-return touchdown.
Most Surprising Result: Furman 24, (#21) East Tennessee St. 21 - The disappointing Paladins finally show they have some pride as they score 10 unanswered points late and cripple ETSU's playoff chances.
HARV 31-28 PENN
DART 22-39 COR COLUM 21-12 BROWN
PRINCE 28-42 YALE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 16-8
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 16-7
Best Performance: Cornell 39, Dartmouth 22 - The Big Red defense gets 5 sacks, 3 interceptions, and a fumble-return TD by Hunter Sloan as Cornell picks up their best win of the season.
Worst Performance: Dartmouth 22, Cornell 39 - After a 6-0 start, the Big Green have now lost 2 of their last 3.
Most Surprising Result: Cornell 39, Dartmouth 22 - Cornell still convincingly pulled the upset despite a subpar game from QB Jameson Wang (26/44, 212 yards, 2 TDs, 3 INTs).
MEAC
SCSU 54-7 MORG
DSU 19-38 NFOLK
HOW 3-26 NCCEN
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 17-23
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 11-17
Best Performance: South Carolina St. 54, Morgan St. 7 - The Bulldogs win handily, and clinch the MEAC's Celebration Bowl berth, by scoring 3 rushing TDs, 3 passing TDs, and 2 interception-return TDs.
Worst Performance: Delaware St. 19, Norfolk St. 38 - The Hornets actually won yardage in this one, but that doesn't really matter when a team commits 2 turnovers, goes 0/3 on fourth down, and loses penalties 11-3.
Best Performance: (#23) Jackson St. 16, Alabama St. 10 - The Tigers hold ASU to 4 yards passing as they clinch the SWAC-East and home-field advantage for the SWAC Championship Game.
Worst Performance: Florida A&M 21, Mississippi Valley St. 24 - The suddenly freefalling Rattlers lose turnovers 3-0 and suffer an unthinkable defeat.
Most Surprising Result: Mississippi Valley St. 24, Florida A&M 21 - Nathan Rembert catches 7 passes for 130 yards and a TD to help the Delta Devils end a 15-game losing streak and get their first road win in 3 years.
Independents
SACHRT 31-20 MERR
Non-Ind. Record: 0-0 Overall: 8-11
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 7-8
Best Performance: Sacred Heart 31, Merrimack 20 - Jalen Madison runs for 170 yards and a touchdown as the Pioneers win a "Battle of the Independents."
Worst Performance: Merrimack 20, Sacred Heart 31 - The running games were good and the passing games were horrible for both teams, so the real difference turned out to be penalties: the Warriors lost penalties 14-2.
Most Surprising Result: Merrimack 20, Sacred Heart 31 - I wasn't really sure why Merrimack was favored by more than 2 touchdowns in the first place, and that spread seems especially stupid now.
