EWU 14-17 UNI
PORTST 3-23 HAW
wou 7-56 CP
MHURST 28-49 SAC
UTU 6-20 IDA WEB 42-41 MCNSE NAU 52-49 SUU
UND 23-24 UMT
USD 7-41 MTST
NOCO 17-24 SDK(OT)
NConf Record: 7-3 Overall: 13-22
vs. FCS: 6-2 Overall: 10-8
Best Performance: (#5) Montana 24, (#13) North Dakota 23 - An early missed extra point (among other things) comes back to haunt North Dakota as the Griz prevail in a game they never led until the final 1:35.
Worst Performance: Eastern Washington 14, Northern Iowa 17 - The Eagles give up less than 20 points and lose for the first time since a defeat in Ogden in 2018, ironically the last year they made the national title game.
Most Surprising Result: Northern Colorado 17, (#18) South Dakota 24 (OT) - The suddenly game Bears again just miss a big upset mostly thanks to their failure to score a TD after getting 1st. & goal at the 1 with 46 seconds left.
Southland
lang 0-80 UTRGV
HCU 7-59 NEB
srsu 0-63 SFA LAM 31-7 TXSO
UIW 20-48 UTSA
MVSU 3-56 SELU
NWST 0-70 CIN WEB 42-41 MCNSE
NConf Record: 4-4 Overall: 12-15
vs. FCS: 2-1 Overall: 7-4
Best Performance: Southeastern Louisiana 56, Mississippi Valley St. 3 - The Lions put up 302 passing yards and 5 TDs on just 20 attempts and register 12 tackles-for-loss in a game that was basically over as soon as it started.
Worst Performance: Northwestern St. 0, (FBS) Cincinnati 70 - The Demons are outgained 605-102 by one of the worst teams in the Big 12 and allow Bearkat QB Brendan Sorsby to go a perfect 15/15 for 253 yards and 5 touchdowns (6 total TDs).
Most Surprising Result: McNeese St. 41, Weber St. 42 - After throwing a pick-six and falling behind by 21 points, the Cowboys rallied with 3 straight TDs only to get their 2PC pass batted down at the line in the final minute.
Missouri Valley
UND 23-24 UMT
SEMO 14-41 NDSU
NOCO 17-24 SDK(OT)
DRAKE 21-37 SDKST
EWU 14-17 UNI ILST 42-30 EIU SIU 37-10 UTM
INST 0-73 IU
YSU 24-41 MSU
MUR 21-37 GSU
NConf Record: 6-4 Overall: 18-12
vs. FCS: 6-1 Overall: 16-4
Best Performance: (#1) North Dakota St. 41, Southeast Missouri St. 14 - Cole Payton throws for 348 yards and 4 TDs on just 23 attempts as the Bison blow out an almost ranked opponent.
Worst Performance: Northern Iowa 17, Eastern Washington 14 - The Panthers did gain 495 yards, but they somehow only scored 17 points against a team notorious for terrible defense.
Most Surprising Result: (#18) South Dakota 24, Northern Colorado 17 (OT) - The Coyotes are really gonna have to fix some things if they want to live up to the preseason hype.
United
UTU 6-20 IDA NAU 52-49 SUU
ACU 21-42 TCU TARL 56-10 UCA
ETSU 31-35 UWG
nsuok 21-49 UNA
EKU 7-38 MARSH
MHEAD 7-56 AP
NConf Record: 3-4 Overall: 13-13
vs. FCS: 2-2 Overall: 10-6
Best Performance: (#3) Tarleton St. 56, Central Arkansas 10 - The Texans continue to look like a national title contender as they thoroughly dominate a typically good team on the road.
Worst Performance: Eastern Kentucky 7, (FBS) Marshall 38 - The Colonels gain just 102 yards against an FBS opponent that hadn’t looked too good coming in.
Most Surprising Result: West Georgia 35, East Tennessee St. 31 - The transitional Wolves move to 3-0 after scoring 15 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and stunning the Buccaneers.
Pioneer
USD 7-41 MTST STTHOM 20-7 nmu
DRAKE 21-37 SDKST
VALPO 30-51 WIU BUT 16-7 han MARIST 21-10 WAG
DVDSN 14-72 TTU
ersk 14-42 PRESBY
STET 0-63 UTC
MHEAD 7-56 AP
NConf Record: 4-6 Overall: 15-16
vs. FCS: 1-6 Overall: 6-14
Best Performance: Drake 21, (#2) South Dakota St. 37 - 3 fourth-down stops allowed the Bulldogs to actually stay withing striking distance of a national-title contender.
Worst Performance: Stetson 0, Tennessee-Chattanooga 63 - The Hatters allow three 100-yard rushers and get wasted by an unranked team.
Most Surprising Result: St. Thomas 20, (DII) Northern Michigan 7 - The Tommies, who have looked solid against FCS opponents, struggle to put away a DII that has now lost 25 consecutive games.
LEH 35-21 DUQ
VMI 28-35 BUCK
COLG 24-66 SYR
FORD 18-41 SBU URI 9-7 HC LAF 42-37 GTOWN
RICH 6-41 UNC
NConf Record: 2-4 Overall: 8-12
vs. FCS: 2-2 Overall: 8-6
Best Performance: (#11) Lehigh 35, Duquesne 21 - Tyler Ochojski registers 2 sacks and a forced fumble to help the Mountain Hawks get their 8th. consecutive regular-season win.
Worst Performance: Fordham 18, Stony Brook 41 - After scoring 10 quick points to cut the deficit to 3 in the third quarter, the Rams promptly allowed 4 straight touchdowns to Stony Brook (including a pick-six) over a span of less than a quarter.
Most Surprising Result: Lafayette 42, Georgetown 37 - The road team has now won 5 straight in this series after Leopard RB Kente Edwards ran for 255 yards and 4 TDs (3 in the last 20 minutes of the game) on just 19 carries.
Best Performance: Stonehill 13, Maine 10 - DB Richard Mosley III leads the Skyhawks to a CAA upset with 8 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss, 1 sack, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery.
Worst Performance: Wagner 10, Marist 21 - Seahawk QB Jack Stevens threw for just 56 yards and had 4 interceptions against a non-scholarship foe. Derek Burrell added insult by throwing a pick on his only pass attempt.
Most Surprising Result: New Haven 24, Albany 17 - After looking awful in their first two games, the Chargers get 6 sacks from 7 different players and pick up their first win as a (transitioning) DI program.
CAA
NOVA 6-52 PSU NHAV 24-17 ALB
FORD 18-41 SBU
UNH 29-34 BALL SHILL 13-10 MAINE URI 9-7 HC
bent 6-42 BRY
MONM 35-42 CHAR
TOW 17-44 MD
W&M 16-55 UVA
HAMP 30-33 NCAT(2OT) ELON 37-31 WCU FUR 28-24 CAMP
NConf Record: 4-8 Overall: 14-19
vs. FCS: 3-3 Overall: 11-7
Best Performance: Elon 37, Western Carolina 31 - Phoenix QB Landen Clark only went 11/28 with 2 picks, but he also threw for 305 yards and 2 TDs and ran for a game-high 72 yards and another 2 TDs.
Worst Performance: Albany 17, New Haven 24 - The Great Danes are averaging just 53.7 rushing yards-per-game so far this season.
Most Surprising Result: Albany 17, New Haven 24 - It’s one thing to lose to a Delaware State program that’s probably on the rise, but losing to a first-year transitional that was handled by Marist and blown out by Mercyhurst shows things are going in a really bad direction in Albany.
Best Performance: Gardner-Webb 23, The Citadel 13 - Gardner-Webb only scored 1 touchdown in 4 redzone trips, but they still led 20-0 and comfortably cruised to an FCS non-conference win.
Worst Performance: (#22) Tennessee-Martin 10, (#21) Southern Illinois 37 - The Skyhawks give up 273 rushing yards, the most they’ve allowed to a non-FBS since their loss to Montana State in the 2021 playoffs (Tommy Mellott’s first start).
Most Surprising Result: (#22) Tennessee-Martin 10, (#21) Southern Illinois 37 - After this debacle, Tennessee-Martin is now 1-9 all-time versus SIU with an average margin of -18.4 points-per-game.
SoCon
VMI 28-35 BUCK ELON 37-31 WCU FUR 28-24 CAMP
CIT 13-23 GWEBB
WOFF 21-22 MER
SAM 7-42 BAY
ETSU 31-35 UWG
STET 0-63 UTC
NConf Record: 2-5 Overall: 5-17
vs. FCS: 2-4 Overall: 4-12
Best Performance: Furman 28, Campbell 24 - The Paladins get a road win thanks in part to DE Joshua Stoneking and his 6 tackles, 4.5 tackles-for-loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 forced fumble.
Worst Performance: VMI 28, Bucknell 35 - The Keydets fall to Bucknell for the 3rd. straight season after being shredded by Sam Milligan and his 192 yards and 4 TDs receiving.
Most Surprising Result: East Tennessee St. 31, West Georgia 35 - After taking an 11-point lead late in the third quarter, the Bucs gained just 25 yards on their last 4 offensive drives combined.
bow 14-36 DSU
MORG 0-60 TOL HOW 38-10 mhouse (in East Rutherford, NJ)
NFOLK 10-60 RUT
fay 19-49 NCCEN
BCU 41-55 SCSU
NConf Record: 4-2 Overall: 9-10
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 5-3
Best Performance: South Carolina St. 55, Bethune-Cookman 41 - The Bulldogs raced out to a 27-0 lead and kept scoring enough to prevent the Wildcats from making it a one-score game once they got their offense going.
Worst Performance: Morgan St. 0, (FBS) Toledo 60 - The Bear offense almost literally failed to show up, going 0/12 on third down, converting just 4 first downs total, and gaining just 56 total yards.
Best Performance: Alabama A&M 23, Tennessee St. 21 - Bulldog QB Cornelious Brown throws for 329 yards and 2 TDs (0 INTs) on just 33 attempts in the first meeting between these two HBCUs in 15 years.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 3, Southeastern Louisiana 56 - The Delta Devils are outpassed 302-61 despite a similar number of pass attempts and make SE Louisiana look almost as dominant as Tarleton State.
Most Surprising Result: Grambling 37, (DII) Kentucky St. 31 (OT) - An 83-yard fumble-return touchdown in overtime by Tyrell Raby prevents the Tigers from losing to a subpar DII.
Independents
MERR 13-27 KENN SACHRT 24-21 LIU
Non-Ind. Record: 1-1 Overall: 3-3
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 2-1
Best Performance: Sacred Heart 24, Long Island 21 - The Pioneers allow just 19 passing yards and rally from a 21-7 deficit to beat a Shark squad that got an FBS win last week.
Worst Performance: Merrimack 13, (FBS) Kennesaw St. 27 - The Warriors are tackled-for-loss 14 times and fail to knock off a beatable FBS for the second time this season.
Most Surprising Result: Sacred Heart 24, Long Island 21 - Sacred Heart scored more touchdowns in this game than they did in their first 2 games combined.
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bow 14-36 DSU
MORG 0-60 TOL HOW 38-10 mhouse (in East Rutherford, NJ)
NFOLK 10-60 RUT
fay 19-49 NCCEN
BCU 41-55 SCSU
NConf Record: 4-2 Overall: 9-2
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 5-3
Best Performance: South Carolina St. 55, Bethune-Cookman 41 - The Bulldogs raced out to a 27-0 lead and kept scoring enough to prevent the Wildcats from making it a one-score game once they got their offense going.
Worst Performance: Morgan St. 0, (FBS) Toledo 60 - The Bear offense almost literally failed to show up, going 0/12 on third down, converting just 4 first downs total, and gaining just 56 total yards.
Best Performance: Alabama A&M 23, Tennessee St. 21 - Bulldog QB Cornelious Brown throws for 329 yards and 2 TDs (0 INTs) on just 33 attempts in the first meeting between these two HBCUs in 15 years.
Worst Performance: Mississippi Valley St. 3, Southeastern Louisiana 56 - The Delta Devils are outpassed 302-61 despite a similar number of pass attempts and make SE Louisiana look almost as dominant as Tarleton State.
Most Surprising Result: Grambling 37, (DII) Kentucky St. 31 (OT) - An 83-yard fumble-return touchdown in overtime by Tyrell Raby prevents the Tigers from losing to a subpar DII.
Independents
MERR 13-27 KENN SACHRT 24-21 LIU
Non-Ind. Record: 1-1 Overall: 3-3
vs. FCS: 1-0 Overall: 2-1
Best Performance: Sacred Heart 24, Long Island 21 - The Pioneers allow just 19 passing yards and rally from a 21-7 deficit to beat a Shark squad that got an FBS win last week.
Worst Performance: Merrimack 13, (FBS) Kennesaw St. 27 - The Warriors are tackled-for-loss 14 times and fail to knock off a beatable FBS for the second time this season.
Most Surprising Result: Sacred Heart 24, Long Island 21 - Sacred Heart scored more touchdowns in this game than they did in their first 2 games combined.
South Carolina St finally showed that they had a decent passing attack but they didn't feature Nick Sowell who should be the Bulldogs top WR he is 6-6 205 he should have been top pass catcher for them last year he is a NFL PROSPECT.
