MTST 34-17 CP UMT 49-35 SAC
PORTST 6-45 IDA NAU 31-18 IDST EWU 23-20 WEB UCD 27-16 NOCO
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 23-24
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 19-9
Best Performance: (#5) Montana 49, Sacramento St. 35 - The Griz dominated the penalty statistic 10-1 and also registered 6 sacks—Montana now has 10 sacks in their last 2 games after only getting 6 sacks in their first 6.
Worst Performance: Portland St. 6, Idaho 45 - The Viks fall into last place all by themselves after falling to 2-16 all-time versus Idaho and 0-10 in Moscow.
Most Surprising Result: Idaho St. 18, (#19) Northern Arizona 31 - The high-octane Bengals are held to 18 points at home by an NAU squad that was allowing 33.9 points-per-game coming in.
Southland
SFA 31-21 ETAMU
UIW 28-56 UTRGV SELU 38-14 HCU LAM 41-14 NWST
MCNSE 7-31 NICH
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 16-24
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 10-10
Best Performance: Texas-Rio Grande Valley 56, Incarnate Word 28 - UTSA transfer Eddie Lee Marburger throws for 440 yards and 6 touchdowns (7 total TDs) on just 36 attempts in a surprising rout for the Vaqueros.
Worst Performance: McNeese St. 7, Nicholls St. 31 - The Cowboys score 10 or less for the 4th. time this season and fall to an opponent that hadn’t won since Week 0.
Most Surprising Result: Incarnate Word 28, Texas-Rio Grande Valley 56 - The Cardinals have given up 101 points the last 2 weeks after allowing just 19.2 ppg to their first 5 FCS opponents.
Missouri Valley
INST 17-46 UND ILST 21-13 SDK NDSU 38-7 SDKST
UNI 17-31 SIU
MUR 17-51 YSU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 24-15
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 22-6
Best Performance: (#1) North Dakota St. 38, (#2) South Dakota St. 7 - QB Cole Payton had 137 yards and 4 TDs on the ground, and the Bison won total yardage 500-166 in a result that seems to make the rest of the FCS season academic.
Worst Performance: Murray St. 17, (#20) Youngstown St. 51 - The Racers suffer their 13th. consecutive double-digit defeat.
Most Surprising Result: (#2) South Dakota St. 7, (#1) North Dakota St. 38 - This was the Jackrabbits’ most lopsided loss since a 51-16 drubbing at James Madison in the 2017 semifinals.
United
SUU 28-7 UTU
UCA 17-18 UWG TARL 31-7 EKU
UNA 28-56 AP
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 16-18
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 13-11
Best Performance: (#3) Tarleton St. 31, Eastern Kentucky 7 - The Texan defense continues to dominate by forcing 4 turnovers and holding EKU to 189 total yards.
Worst Performance: Utah Tech 7, Southern Utah 28 - The Blazers allow 203 rushing yards and 3 TDs to Joshua Dye and fall to 11-47 since moving up to FCS.
Most Surprising Result: West Georgia 18, Central Arkansas 17 - The Wolves avoided a 4th. straight loss, but needing a double-digit fourth-quarter rally to beat UCA doesn’t suggest they’re back to their September form.
Best Performance: Dayton 35, (#16) Presbyterian 19 - The Flyers ran for 274 yards and 3 touchdowns (133 yards and 2 TDs from Gavin Lochow) and outscored the ranked Blue Hose 28-6 after the first quarter.
Worst Performance: Stetson 10, St. Thomas 52 - The Hatters lose yardage 558-120 as they get blown out for the 5th. time this season.
Most Surprising Result: (#16) Presbyterian 19, Dayton 35 - Even if Presbyterian failed to win another game this year, they would still be guaranteed to have their best record since they were still DII in 2006.
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Best Performance: Georgetown 31, Bucknell 24 - The Hoyas pulled out another cardiac win after Naiteitei Mose returned an interception 65 yards for a touchdown to break a tie with 12 seconds left.
Worst Performance: Holy Cross 28, Colgate 29 - After they took a 28-10 lead on a 47-yard punt return by Max Mosey, the Crusaders were outscored 19-0.
Most Surprising Result: (none)
Ivy League
BROWN 24-30 COR(2OT)
COLUM 3-49 DART
PENN 13-35 YALE HARV 35-14 PRINCE
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 16-8
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 16-8
Best Performance: Yale 35, Penn 13 - The Bulldogs win with surprising ease thanks to 211 passing yards and 3 TDs (0 INTs) from Dante Reno—most of that going to Nico Brown—and 145 rushing yards and a TD from Josh Pitsenberger.
Worst Performance: Columbia 3, Dartmouth 49 - This was the Lions’ most lopsided defeat in 12 years (also against Dartmouth), which is saying something for a program as consistently unsuccessful as Columbia’s.
Most Surprising Result: Penn 13, Yale 35 - QB Liam O’Brien accounted for 265 yards of total offense, but the rest of the Quakers only managed 47.
Best Performance: Wagner 24, Duquesne 13 - The Seahawks won rushing 249-77 and held Duquesne to their lowest point total in an NEC game since 2021.
Worst Performance: St. Francis (PA) 14, Robert Morris 24 - It’s looking more & more like the Red Flash will exit DI on a 12-game losing streak.
Most Surprising Result: Duquesne 13, Wagner 24 - The Dukes fall to Wagner for the first time in 11 years.
CAA
ALB 16-29 NOVA
TOW 19-27 SBU
W&M 24-34 UNH
ELON 14-35 MAINE
BRY 17-38 URI MONM 28-10 HAMP
CAMP 24-28 NCAT
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 21-32
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 18-17
Best Performance: Maine 35, Elon 14 - The Black Bears win their 4th. in a row thanks to good defense and 141 rushing yards and a TD from Rashawn Marshall.
Worst Performance: Campbell 24, North Carolina A&T 28 - The Camels’ special teams blow it after allowing Elijah Kennedy to get a 96-yard punt-return TD and an 85-yard kick-return TD in the final 7 minutes of the game.
Most Surprising Result: (#12) Villanova 29, Albany 16 - The Wildcats were never in real danger of losing, but this was still Albany’s closest loss in CAA play.
Best Performance: Gardner-Webb 48, Lindenwood 20 - Bulldog RB Carson Gresock ran for 119 yards and 4 touchdowns while his teammate Quasean Holmes added another 111 rushing yards and a TD.
Worst Performance: Tennessee St. 16, Western Illinois 17 - The Tigers were tackled for loss 14 times and gave up 16 points to a WIU squad that hadn’t allowed less than 29 in any of their previous games.
Most Surprising Result: Gardner-Webb 48, Lindenwood 20 - Cole Pennington rebounded from last week’s debacle by throwing for 252 yards and a TD on just 21 attempts.
SoCon
CIT 14-24 FUR
VMI 0-62 MER UTC 49-13 SAM
WOFF 10-14 ETSU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 9-20
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 7-14
Best Performance: (#14) Mercer 62, VMI 0 - The Bears put up an insane 834 total yards in a thorough humiliation of the awful Keydets.
Worst Performance: Samford 13, Tennessee-Chattanooga 49 - The Bulldogs start 1-7 for the first time since 1985, when they started 0-7.
MORG 27-33 HOW (OT) SCSU 51-20 NFOLK DSU 35-26 NCCEN
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 20-22
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 11-14
Best Performance: Delaware St. 35, NC Central 26 - Kaiden Bennett threw for 212 yards and 3 TDs—all 3 going to NyGhee Lolley—on just 9 completions as the Hornets now appear to be the favorites in the MEAC.
Worst Performance: Norfolk St. 20, South Carolina St. 51 - The Spartans allow 613 total yards as they continue Michael Vick’s never-ending search for his first DI win.
Most Surprising Result: NC Central 26, Delaware St. 35 - The Eagles give up the most points they’ve ever allowed to DSU as they lose to the Hornets at home for the first time ever.
SWAC
lincca 0-38 PVAMU
JSU 24-26 GRAM(in Las Vegas, NV) FAMU 43-35 SU
MVSU 10-32 ALCORN
UAPB 14-31 BCU ALST 56-13 AAMU (in Birmingham, AL)
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 15-22
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 4-10
Best Performance: Grambling 26, (#24) Jackson St. 24 - Grambling thrived in the glitz & grandeur of Las Vegas as they got a 44-yard field goal in the final 30 seconds to pull off perhaps the biggest upset of the week.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 10, Alcorn St. 32 - The Delta Devils get tackled-for-loss 14 times as a winless SWAC season now looks very likely.
Most Surprising Result: (#24) Jackson St. 24, Grambling 26 - Without Deion Sanders as the head coach, JSU has lost 7 straight to Grambling.
MORG 27-33 HOW (OT) SCSU 51-20 NFOLK DSU 35-26 NCCEN
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 20-22
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 11-14
Best Performance: Delaware St. 35, NC Central 26 - Kaiden Bennett threw for 212 yards and 3 TDs—all 3 going to NyGhee Lolley—on just 9 completions as the Hornets now appear to be the favorites in the MEAC.
Worst Performance: Norfolk St. 20, South Carolina St. 51 - The Spartans allow 613 total yards as they continue Michael Vick’s never-ending search for his first DI win.
Most Surprising Result: NC Central 26, Delaware St. 35 - The Eagles give up the most points they’ve ever allowed to DSU as they lose to the Hornets at home for the first time ever.
SWAC
lincca 0-38 PVAMU
JSU 24-26 GRAM(in Las Vegas, NV) FAMU 43-35 SU
MVSU 10-32 ALCORN
UAPB 14-31 BCU ALST 56-13 AAMU (in Birmingham, AL)
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 15-22
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 4-10
Best Performance: Grambling 26, (#24) Jackson St. 24 - Grambling thrived in the glitz & grandeur of Las Vegas as they got a 44-yard field goal in the final 30 seconds to pull off perhaps the biggest upset of the week.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 10, Alcorn St. 32 - The Delta Devils get tackled-for-loss 14 times as a winless SWAC season now looks very likely.
Most Surprising Result: (#24) Jackson St. 24, Grambling 26 - Without Deion Sanders as the head coach, JSU has lost 7 straight to Grambling.
Independents
(no games)
Non-Ind. Record: 0-0 Overall: 8-8
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 7-6
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