The top 14 spots in the poll remained the same, and that’s only because a team which won inexplicably dropped two spots. Only four teams in the top 25 lost, three to higher-ranked teams and the fourth to the team which replaced them in this week’s poll. The first conference title of the 2010 season has finally been decided, as DePauw has clinched the SCAC.
NESCAC:
Amherst 37, at Wesleyan 10
Williams 35, at Tufts 24
Trinity 31, at Bowdoin 15
at Middlebury 22, Bates 9
at Colby 35, Hamilton 7
Saturday:
Still rushing headlong toward Williams at Amherst on November 13.
Tufts (1-4) at Amherst (5-0)
Williams (5-0) at Hamilton (1-4)
Middlebury (2-3) at Trinity (4-1)
Bowdoin (1-4) at Wesleyan (3-2)
Colby (2-3) at Bates (1-4)
Empire 8:
at Alfred 42, #17 St. John Fisher 31
at Ithaca 23, Springfield 14
Hartwick and Utica idle
Saturday:
Alfred would clinch with a win over Ithaca next week. A loss sets up a potential three-way tie. SJF falls out of the poll, while Alfred returns.
Rochester (1-5) at #25 Alfred (6-1, 3-0) (non-conference)
Frostburg State (1-6) at St. John Fisher (7-1, 3-1) (non-conference)
Hartwick (2-4, 0-3) at Springfield (5-2, 1-2)
Utica (5-2, 0-2) at Ithaca (5-2, 2-1)
CCIW:
at #6 North Central 30, #25 Illinois Wesleyan 7
at #12 Wheaton 31, Carthage 24
Augustana (IL) 21, at North Park 0
Elmhurst 40, at Millikin 34
Saturday:
Wheaton/Augustana is the important game this week, as it can remove Augustana from the picture. Next week, North Central is at Wheaton.
#6 North Central (7-0, 4-0) at Elmhurst (5-2, 2-2)
#12 Wheaton (7-0, 4-0) at Augustana (5-2, 3-1)
Millikin (3-4, 0-4) at Illinois Wesleyan (5-2, 2-2)
North Park (2-5, 0-4) at Carthage (4-3, 1-3)
Wisconsin:
#1 Whitewater 63, at River Falls 14
at Stevens Point 31, La Crosse 17
at Oshkosh 41, Platteville 14
at Stout 37, Eau Claire 28
Saturday:
Nothing can even possibly be settled until Whitewater at Oshkosh next week, but this week’s games involving the leaders are key.
Stevens Point (5-2, 3-1) at #1 Whitewater (7-0, 4-0)
River Falls (0-7, 0-4) at Platteville (4-3, 2-2)
La Crosse (1-6, 1-3) at Stout (4-3, 2-2)
Oshkosh (4-3, 3-1) at Eau Claire (3-4, 1-3)
American Southwest:
#4 Mary Hardin-Baylor 34, at East Texas Baptist 28 (OT)
#10 Hardin-Simmons 63, at Texas Lutheran 17
Louisiana College 56, at Sul Ross State 46
Mississippi College 42, at Howard Payne 27
McMurry idle
Saturday:
MHBU can afford one loss at this stage, having tiebreakers over every team which has not yet been eliminated save Texas Lutheran, who they’ll eliminate with their next win anyway. Until they absorb a loss, you can consider this one essentially over.
Howard Payne (2-6, 1-5) at #4 Mary Hardin-Baylor (7-0, 5-0)
McMurry (5-2, 3-2) at #10 Hardin-Simmons (7-1, 5-1)
Texas Lutheran (3-4, 2-3) at Louisiana College (4-3, 4-1)
Sul Ross (2-5, 1-4) at Mississippi College (3-4, 1-4)
East Texas Baptist (3-5, 2-4) idle
Northwest:
#18 Linfield 35, at #25 Pacific Lutheran 20
at Willamette 32, Menlo 15 (non-conference)
Lewis & Clark 68, at Puget Sound 64
Whitworth 24, at Pacific (OR) 12
Saturday:
Linfield’s going to need another conference win, which they won’t get this week. We’ll revisit this next recap.
Menlo (3-5, NAIA) at #16 Linfield (5-1, 4-0) (non-conference)
Pac Lutheran (5-1, 2-1) at Lewis & Clark (4-2, 2-1)
Willamette (5-2, 2-1) at Whitworth (4-3, 2-1)
Pacific (0-6, 0-4) at Puget Sound (1-6, 0-4)
Minnesota:
at #5 St. Thomas (MN) 10, #20 Bethel (MN) 6
at St. Olaf 48, Augsburg 14
at St. John’s (MN) 33, Gustavus Adolphus 13
at Concordia-Moorhead 30, Hamline 3
Carleton 42, at MacAlester 27 (non-conference)
Saturday:
The Tommies’ win put them firmly in control, but they can only clinch with a win and a Bethel loss. Both of which are probable, but neither is remotely certain.
#5 St. Thomas (8-0, 6-0) at Gustavus (3-4, 2-3)
Concordia (4-4, 3-3) at #22 Bethel (6-1, 4-1)
St. John’s (4-3, 3-2) at Carleton (3-4, 2-3)
St. Olaf (5-2, 3-2) at Hamline (1-6, 0-5)
Augsburg (3-5, 1-5) idle
Ohio:
at #2 Mount Union 38, Capital 0
#14 Ohio Northern 35, at John Carroll 14
at Baldwin-Wallace 38, Wilmington 0
at Otterbein 49, Muskingum 14
at Heidelberg 49, Marietta 26
Saturday:
For the moment, Mount Union still has to get past Baldwin-Wallace.
#2 Mount Union (7-0, 6-0) at Otterbein (4-3, 3-3)
#14 Ohio Northern (6-1, 5-1) at Marietta (2-5, 1-5)
Baldwin-Wallace (6-1, 5-1) at Muskingum (3-4, 2-4)
John Carroll (3-4, 3-3) at Capital (3-4, 3-3)
Heidelberg (3-4, 2-4) at Wilmington (0-7, 0-6)
Middle Atlantic:
at #11 Delaware Valley 36, Lycoming 0
Albright 35, at Widener 27
at Wilkes 28, FDU-Florham 23
Lebanon Valley 21, at Kings 19
Saturday:
It’s essentially a two-game lead for DelVal now, since they have wins over Lycoming and Wilkes. As such, a win this week (almost a certainty) means the MAC title for the Aggies.
Kings (0-7, 0-4) at #11 Delaware Valley (6-1, 4-0)
Lycoming (5-2, 3-1) at Wilkes (4-3, 3-1)
Widener (3-4, 2-2) at Lebanon Valley (3-4, 2-2)
Albright (4-3, 2-2) at FDU-Florham (3-4, 0-4)
Atlantic Central:
Salisbury 52, at Union (NY) 21 (non-conference)
at Waynesburg 41, Frostburg State 7 (non-conference)
Newport News Apprentice 20, at Southern Virginia 18 (non-conference)
#3 Wesley idle
Saturday:
Wesley will win the title with a victory this week. Salisbury will clinch a tie if they win, but will have to either beat Frostburg or hope Frostburg loses to Apprentice to prevent a three-way cycle.
#3 Wesley (7-0, 2-0) at Salisbury (6-1, 1-0)
Frostburg (1-6, 0-1) at St. John Fisher (7-1) (non-conference)
Apprentice (2-5, 0-3) at LaGrange (2-5) (non-conference)
Southern California:
at #22 Cal Lutheran 38, Pomona-Pitzer 7
at Redlands 51, Occidental 7
at Claremont-M-S 30, Whittier 27
at Chapman 35, La Verne 28 (non-conference)
Saturday:
Oxy’s loss to Redlands was a blessing for Cal Lutheran, who can now clinch a tie for the title this week. A loss, on the other hand, can create a three- or four-way tie in the loss column (almost certainly four, since Redlands is not likely to lose).
#20 Cal Lutheran (5-1, 4-0) at Claremont (5-1, 2-1)
Occidental (4-2, 3-1) at Chapman (3-3) (non-conference)
Whittier (1-5, 0-3) at Pomona (0-6, 0-3)
Redlands (5-1, 3-1) at LaVerne (0-6, 0-3)
Centennial:
Gettysburg 28, at Dickinson 24 (Friday)
at #24 Ursinus 43, McDaniel 18
Franklin & Marshall 17, at Muhlenberg 7
Johns Hopkins 49, at Susquehanna 24
Moravian 42, at Juniata 0
Gettysburg fell behind 17-0 in the first quarter, but roared back to reclaim the Little Brown Bucket, limiting Dickinson to 48 yards of offense in the second half after giving up 236 in the first.
Saturday:
Another gift here, as Muhlenberg tripped. Ursinus would eliminate everyone except Muhlenberg with a win this week.
#21 Ursinus (7-0, 6-0) at Moravian (4-4, 4-3)
Muhlenberg (5-2, 5-1) at Dickinson (2-5, 2-4)
McDaniel (4-3, 3-3) at Franklin & Marshall (5-2, 4-2)
Juniata (0-7, 0-7) at Hopkins (4-3, 4-2)
Susquehanna (1-7, 1-7) at Gettysburg (4-3, 3-3)
New Jersey:
#13 Montclair State 31, at Western Connecticut State 3
Cortland State 42, at Morrisville State 6
Rowan 35, at Brockport State 27
at Kean 29, William Paterson 2
College of New Jersey 48, at Buffalo State 29
Saturday:
A Cortland win would guarantee Cortland a share of the title and force the issue to the final weekend. A Montclair win might end it a week earlier.
#13 Montclair (7-0, 6-0) at Cortland (6-1, 6-1)
Morrisville (1-6, 1-5) at Rowan (6-1, 5-1)
Buffalo State (1-6, 1-5) at Paterson (4-3, 3-3)
Brockport (2-5, 2-4) at Kean (4-3, 4-3)
New Jersey (3-4, 3-3) at W. Connecticut (0-7, 0-6)
Iowa:
at #15 Central (IA) 27, Loras 6
at #16 Wartburg 55, Dubuque 17
#21 Coe 42, at Simpson (IA) 21
Luther 26, at Buena Vista 20
Cornell (IA) idle
Despite winning, Central fell two spots, and Wartburg jumped them.
Saturday:
Nothing’s clearing up Saturday. Wartburg visits Central next week.
Luther (4-3, 3-2) at #15 Wartburg (7-0, 5-0)
#17 Central (7-1, 5-1) at Buena Vista (3-4, 2-3)
Loras (3-4, 2-3) at #19 Coe (6-1, 4-1)
Simpson (1-7, 1-5) at Cornell (0-7, 0-5)
Dubuque (3-5, 2-4) idle
Southern:
DePauw 32, at Trinity (TX) 31
Millsaps 30, at Centre 18
at Birmingham-Southern 50, Sewanee 10 (not a conference game yet)
at Austin 17, Rhodes 16 (suspended, resumed Sunday)
DePauw claimed the SCAC title with the win, and entered the rankings at #24.
Saturday:
Birmingham-Southern (5-2) at #24 DePauw (7-0, 5-0) (not a conference game yet)
Sewanee (1-7, 0-4) at Millsaps (5-3, 4-1)
Centre (4-3, 2-2) at Rhodes (2-5, 1-3)
Trinity (3-4, 1-3) at Huntingdon (4-4) (non-conference)
Austin (4-3, 2-2) idle
University:
at Case Western 28, Wooster 14 (non-conference)
#7 Wittenberg 27, at Carnegie-Mellon 21 (OT, non-conference)
Chicago 35, at Kenyon 14 (non-conference)
at Washington (MO) 21, Oberlin 7 (non-conference)
Case slips into the polls after the win.
Saturday:
Finally, the UAA begins conference play.
#23 Case (7-0, 0-0) at Chicago (5-2, 0-0)
Carnegie (4-3, 0-0) at Washington (5-2, 0-0)
Old Dominion:
Washington & Lee 35, at Bridgewater 34
at Randolph-Macon 59, Guilford 21
Catholic 33, at Emory & Henry 31
#19 Hampden-Sydney idle
Friday:
W&L actually leads the race by half a game, pending next week’s key tilt with Hampden-Sydney. Randolph-Macon is still in the hunt.
Washington & Lee (5-2, 4-0) at Catholic (3-4, 1-2)
Saturday:
Guilford (0-7, 0-3) at #18 Hampden-Sydney (7-0, 3-0)
Emory & Henry (4-4, 0-4) at Bridgewater (5-2, 1-2)
Randolph-Macon (7-1, 3-1) idle
Liberty League:
at St. Lawrence 14, Rensselaer 3
Hobart 40, at Merchant Marine 33
Salisbury 52, at Union (NY) 21 (non-conference)
Rochester 16, at Worcester Tech 15
Saturday:
Idle St. Lawrence has the tiebreak over everyone that’s still capable of catching them, so will win the title with any win or Hobart loss.
Union (2-4, 2-2) at Rensselaer (3-3, 1-2)
Worcester Tech (3-4, 1-3) at Hobart (4-2, 2-1)
Rochester (1-5, 1-3) at #25 Alfred (6-1) (non-conference)
Merchant Marine (3-5, 2-2) and St. Lawrence (4-4, 4-0) idle
Presidents’:
#9 Thomas More 48, at Bethany (WV) 14
at Waynesburg 41, Frostburg State 7 (non-conference)
Washington & Jefferson 22, at Geneva 16 (not a conference game yet)
at St. Vincent 42, Grove City 17
at Westminster (PA) 35, Thiel 0
Saturday:
Thomas More would win the conference title with a win and a Waynesburg loss. Otherwise, they’ll have to handle it all themselves next week.
Westminster (2-5, 1-4) at #9 Thomas More (7-0, 5-0)
Waynesburg (5-2, 3-1) at St. Vincent (2-5, 2-2)
Grove City (3-4, 1-3) at Washington & Jefferson (5-2, 3-1)
Geneva (3-5) at Thiel (0-7, 0-5) (not a conference game yet)
Bethany (4-4, 3-2) idle
Heartland:
Hanover 35, at Manchester 25
at Defiance 49, Anderson 7
at Rose-Hulman 40, Bluffton 13
Mount St. Joseph 54, at Earlham 6
Franklin idle
Saturday:
Things will remain up in the air for at least another week.
Franklin (6-1, 5-0) at Anderson (2-5, 2-3)
Hanover (5-2, 4-1) at Bluffton (3-5, 2-4)
Rose-Hulman (4-3, 3-2) at Defiance (4-3, 4-1)
Manchester (2-5, 1-4) at Mount St. Joseph (4-3, 3-3)
Earlham (0-8, 0-6) idle
Michigan:
#8 Trine 31, at Hope 10
at Adrian 58, Kalamazoo 31
Albion 42, at Olivet 24
Alma idle
Saturday:
Trine cannot clinch yet despite an almost certain win Saturday. They’ll hope for an Adrian win this week, which would eliminate Albion and leave them in position to clinch with a win in either of the final two games.
Olivet (0-7, 0-3) at #8 Trine (7-0, 3-0)
Kalamazoo (3-5, 2-2) at Alma (1-6, 0-3)
Adrian (3-4, 2-1) at Albion (4-4, 3-1)
Hope (2-6, 2-2) idle
North Coast:
#7 Wittenberg 28, at Carnegie-Mellon 21 (OT, non-conference)
Wabash 55, at Denison 20
at Allegheny 41, Ohio Wesleyan 21
at Case Western 28, Wooster 14 (non-conference)
at Washington (MO) 21, Oberlin 7 (non-conference)
Chicago 35, at Kenyon 14 (non-conference)
Hiram idle
Saturday:
Wabash can take a half-game lead, but nothing will be settled this week.
Allegheny (5-2, 3-1) at Wabash (6-1, 4-0)
Hiram (1-6, 1-2) at Wooster (3-4, 2-1)
Denison (3-5, 1-3) at Oberlin (2-5, 1-3)
Kenyon (0-7, 0-3) at Ohio Wesleyan (0-7, 0-3)
#7 Wittenberg (8-0, 4-0) idle
USA South:
Averett 7, at Methodist 3
North Carolina Wesleyan 34, at Maryville 16
at Ferrum 56, Shenandoah 20
at Christopher Newport 37, Greensboro 7
Saturday:
Four-way tie. At least one of the four will fall off the pace this weekend.
Averett (5-2, 3-1) at Shenandoah (2-5, 2-2)
Methodist (2-5, 1-3) at NC Wesleyan (4-3, 3-1)
Ferrum (3-4, 3-1) at Christopher Newport (3-4, 3-1)
Maryville (2-5, 1-3) at Greensboro (1-6, 0-4)
Midwest:
at Illinois College 40, Ripon 35
at St. Norbert 58, Grinnell 14
Carroll (WI) 35, at Knox 0
at Beloit 34, Monmouth (IL) 27
at Lake Forest 35, Lawrence 14
Saturday:
Ripon would win the title with a win and an Illinois College loss. If they lose, things get a little sketchy.
St. Norbert (5-3, 5-2) at Ripon (7-1, 6-1)
Illinois College (5-3, 5-2) at Grinnell (5-3, 4-3)
Carroll (6-2, 5-2) at Monmouth (4-4, 4-3)
Beloit (4-4, 4-3) at Lawrence (1-7, 1-6)
Knox (1-7, 1-6) at Lake Forest (1-7, 1-6)
New England FC:
Boyd Division
Western New England 14, at Plymouth State 6
Endicott 37, at Mass-Dartmouth 13
Salve Regina 13, at MIT 7
at Curry 42, Nichols 14
Bogan Division
at Maine Maritime 28, at Mass Maritime 27
Framingham State 48, at Westfield State 27
Bridgewater State 28, at Fitchburg State 13
at Worcester State 31, Coast Guard 7
Saturday:
In the Bogan, Maine Maritime will clinch the division title with a win and a Framingham loss. In the Boyd, Western New England need merely win.
Bogan Division
Maine Maritime (6-1, 4-1) at Bridgewater (5-3, 3-2)
Framingham (6-2, 4-1) at Coast Guard (2-5, 1-4)
Westfield (3-5, 2-3) at Mass Maritime (4-4, 3-2)
Fitchburg (1-7, 1-4) at Worcester (4-4, 2-3)
Boyd Division
Plymouth (6-2, 4-1) at Salve Regina (4-4, 3-2)
WNE (7-1, 5-0) at Endicott (6-2, 4-1)
Curry (4-4, 2-3) at Mass-Dartmouth (3-5, 2-3)
MIT (1-6, 0-5) at Nichols (0-8, 0-5)
Eastern CFC:
SUNY-Maritime 37, at Mount Ida 35
Norwich 81, at Anna Maria 7
Castleton State 55, at Husson 51
Gallaudet 40, at Becker 12
Saturday:
SUNY-Maritime will win the title with a victory over Norwich. Should Norwich win, they’d control their destiny in the season finale against Castleton. Castleton needs a Norwich win this week, and next week a win over Norwich and a Maritime loss to Gallaudet.
Norwich (7-1, 4-1) at SUNY-Maritime (8-0, 5-0)
Mount Ida (4-3, 3-2) at Husson (1-7, 1-4)
Becker (1-7, 1-4) at Castleton (4-3, 4-1)
Anna Maria (0-8, 0-5) at Gallaudet (4-4, 2-3)
Northern:
at Benedictine (IL) 49, Maranatha Baptist 14
at Concordia (IL) 48, Lakeland 7
at Wisconsin Lutheran 19, Rockford 0
at Aurora 21, Concordia (WI) 14
Saturday:
Nothing will be determined this weekend.
Benedictine (5-2, 4-0) at Lakeland (2-5, 1-3)
Concordia (IL) (5-2, 3-1) at Maranatha (0-7, 0-4)
Wisconsin Lutheran (5-2, 3-1) at Concordia (WI) (2-5, 2-2)
Aurora (5-2, 3-1) at Rockford (0-7, 0-4)
Upper Midwest:
Greenville 30, at Westminster (MO) 21
at St. Scholastica 28, Minnesota-Morris 7
Crown 44, at MacMurray 28
at Eureka 40, Northwestern (MN) 14
Martin Luther idle
Friday:
Greenville would win the title with a win over Crown. A Crown win would set up next week’s game against Morris as the deciding matchup, with Greenville and St. Scholastica as very interested parties.
Crown (6-2, 4-1) at Greenville (5-3, 4-0)
MacAlester (4-3) at Morris (4-3, 4-2) (non-conference)
Saturday:
Martin Luther (4-3, 3-2) at Eureka (1-6, 1-3)
St. Scholastica (4-3, 2-2) at MacMurray (0-7, 0-4)
Westminster (3-4, 1-3) at Northwestern (1-6, 1-3)
Independents:
Carleton 42, at MacAlester 27
Huntingdon 35, at NAIA #17 Webber International 23
at Chapman 35, La Verne 28
LaGrange idle
Friday:
MacAlester (4-3) at Minnesota-Morris (4-3)
Saturday:
Trinity (TX) (3-4) at Huntingdon (4-4)
Occidental (4-2) at Chapman (3-3)
Newport News Apprentice (2-5) at LaGrange (2-5)