Best Performance: Northern Arizona 29, Weber St. 20 - Lumberjacks score 2 offensive touchdowns, the most Weber's given up in a game since September 15th.
Worst Performance: Portland St. 20, Idaho St. 38 - Already, Viking fans are rapidly bailing from the Glanville Express.
Most Surprising Result: Idaho St. 38, Portland St. 20 - Bengal quarterbacks still can't stop throwing it to the other team, but 2 consecutive long fumble return touchdowns allow John Zamberlin to get his first solid win as Idaho State's head coach.
Southland
SFA 29-52 TXST
NWST 20-42 SHSU UCA 37-33 SELA MCNSE 28-7 NICH
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 13-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 4-7
Best Performance: (#6) McNeese St. 28, (#13) Nicholls St. 7 - 3 fumble recoveries allow the Cowboys to take a commanding lead in the Southland.
Worst Performance: Stephen F. Austin 29, Texas St. 52 - 508 meaningless passing yards for Lumberjack QB Jeremy Moses as SFA badly loses the battle of the Southland basement.
Most Surprising Result: Stephen F. Austin 29, Texas St. 52 - With the Lumberjacks' near upset of Nicholls State last week, I figured they would have a chance to win this game. However, it was over at halftime.
Best Performance: (#1) Northern Iowa 42, (#17) Western Illinois 3 - Eric Sanders only had to throw 8 passes as the Panther ground game decimates the Leathernecks.
Worst Performance: Indiana St. 7, (FBS) Western Kentucky 56 - Oddly enough, the Sycamores are the only FCS team to host an FBS team this year.
Most Surprising Result: Illinois St. 27, (#12) Youngstown St. 22 - Redbird QB Luke Drone definitely outplayed Penguin QB Tom Zetts in this one.
Ohio Valley
MUR 31-17 SEMO
UTM 23-29 EIU
TTU 10-38 JAXST AP 28-25 SAM
TSU 7-49 EKU
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 13-17
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 5-5
Best Performance: (#21) Eastern Kentucky 49, Tennessee St. 7 - Two 100-yard rushers for the Colonels as they surprisingly dominate a decent team.
Worst Performance: Southeast Missouri St. 17, Murray St. 31 - After a 0-0 first half, the Redhawks find a way to lose their fourth straight.
Most Surprising Result: Murray St. 31, Southeast Missouri St. 17 - The Racers end their 12-game FCS losing streak.
HC 59-10 LEHIGH FORD 34-23 LAF GTOWN 20-17 BUCK
TOW 17-27 COLG
NConf Record: 1-0 Overall: 16-16
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 16-16
Best Performance: Holy Cross 59, Lehigh 10 - A stunning blowout as the Crusaders force 6 turnovers & amass 544 yards of offense.
Worst Performance: Bucknell 17, Georgetown 20 - Well, the Bison lost to Georgetown. Any team who does that deserves to be in this section.
Most Surprising Result: Lehigh 10, Holy Cross 59 - The fans in Bethlehem must be getting restless after this horrible loss, the Mountain Hawks' third in a row.
CAA
UNH 40-3 HOF
MAINE 23-30 SB (2OT)
NE 7-24 UMASS
TOW 17-27 COLG
URI 6-38 RICH
NConf Record: 0-2 Overall: 23-12
vs. FCS: 0-2 Overall: 21-4
Best Performance: (#11) New Hampshire 40, (#10) Hofstra 3 - The odd thing about this game is the Wildcats were actually outgained by 97 yards.
Worst Performance: Maine 23, Stony Brook 30 (2OT) - How many heartbreaking losses must the Black Bears endure?
Most Surprising Result: (#10) Hofstra 3, (#11) New Hampshire 40 - Weren't the Pride undefeated coming into this one?
Best Performance: South Carolina St. 28, Hampton 24 - Two 100 yard rushers for the Bulldogs as they hand Hampton their second straight loss.
Worst Performance: North Carolina A&T 27, Howard 35 - The Aggies played someone close for just the third time this season, but now they've lost 24 consecutive games.
Most Surprising Result: Close Games - All 5 MEAC contests this week were decided by 1 score.
Best Performance: (#24) Elon 24, (#7) Wofford 13 - True Freshman(!) QB Scott Riddle continues to dominate: completing 80% of his passes for 343 yards & 3 TD's (no INT's).
Worst Performance: Tennessee-Chattanooga 22, Furman 28 - The Mocs had a chance to salvage something here, but it looks like yet another underacheiving season in Championship City.
Most Surprising Result: (#5) Appalachian St. 35, Georgia Southern 38 - The Mountaineers' impressive 30 game home winning streak is no more.
Best Performance: (#23) Grambling 30, Jackson St. 20 - Grambling holds JSU to 25 rushing yards in a possible SWAC championship preview.
Worst Performance: Texas Southern 35, Mississippi Valley St. 37 - Looking at the stats, I'm not sure why the Delta Devils needed a last-second field goal to win this one.
Most Surprising Result: Southern 14, Alcorn St. 10 - The Jaguars have trouble with the 1 win Tigers.
MAINE 23-30 SB (OT) PRESBY 41-34 CCU (OT) NCCEN 30-14 SAVST
Non-Ind Record: 2-0 Overall: 14-13
vs. FCS: 2-0 Overall: 7-10
Best Performance: Presbyterian 41, Coastal Carolina 34 (OT) - Blue Hose overcome 7 turnovers & a 24-0 deficit to move to 5-3.
Worst Performance: Savannah St. 14, North Carolina Central 30 - Actually one of the Tigers' better games this year.
Most Surprising Result: Stony Brook 30, Maine 23 (OT) - Seawolves amass 451 yards against Maine's used-to-be-highly touted defense.
Pioneer League
JVILLE 23-62 USD DAY 33-7 VALPO
DRAKE 21-24 DVDSN
BUT 3-24 MHEAD
NConf Record: 0-0 Overall: 22-6
vs. FCS: 0-0 Overall: 6-4
Best Performance: Davidson 24, Drake 21 - Wildcats get an astonishing 3 safeties in one quarter & hold Drake RB Scott Phaydavong to 37 yards.
Worst Performance: Butler 3, Morehead St. 24 - Negative-38 rushing yards & only 53 yards of offense for the Bulldogs.
Most Surprising Result: Drake 21, Davidson 24 - After 2 consecutive puzzling losses, the Bulldogs' win over Illinois State doesn't even seem like it was this season.
"Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules. That these rules shall be as equal as prudential considerations will admit, will certainly be the aim of our legislatures, general and particular." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Hugh White, 1801
Though I haven't seen any of their games, there appear to be 2 reasons:
1. Their "Black Hole" defense has underperformed.
2. They have no passing game whatsoever; they start a Freshman QB & have little experience at receiver.
