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D-III: Week 7 Recap/Week 8 Preview.

Oct 21

Posted by Jon Morse in Division III, Division News and Notes | Comments off

The #10 team in the nation, unbeaten, got bushwacked by a winless foe, the Division III single-game record for team total offense got broken, a few teams are now in position to officially claim playoff bids, and one team was so offensively destroyed that I can kick a field goal longer than their entire offensive output this week.

#1 Wisconsin-Whitewater at #20 Wisconsin-Oshkosh
#3 Saint Thomas (MN) at #10 Bethel (MN)
4-1 Pacific Lutheran at #5 Linfield
#6 North Central at #15 Illinois Wesleyan
#18 Johns Hopkins at 4-2 Gettysburg
5-1 Lebanon Valley at 6-1 Widener
4-2 Bridgewater at 6-1 Washington & Lee

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D-II: Week 7 Recap/Week 8 Preview.

Oct 21

Posted by Jon Morse in Division II, Division News and Notes | Comments off

Okay, I threatened you with a truncated recap, but you get a full one for D-II after all. We’ll see about D-III depending on how real life works today.

Three of the top six teams in the nation fell last week, causing a massive shakeup atop the poll. A division title was clinched on Saturday, the first title to be bestowed in this football season. And a quarterback you’ve probably never heard of had his second 500-yard passing day in a row. This week’s games to keep an eye on:

#3 Washburn at #6 Northwest Missouri State
#4 Pittsburg State at 5-2 Central Missouri
#10 Valdosta State at #1 Delta State
#9 Abilene Christian at #12 Midwestern State
#15 Humboldt State at 4-3 Western Oregon
#17 Wayne State (MI) at 5-2 Hillsdale
#18 West Virginia Wesleyan at 4-3 Glenville State (Glenville 4-0 in conference)
3-3 Lenoir-Rhyne at #21 Mars Hill (Mars Hill can potentially clinch the SAC title with a win)

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Tiding You Over: D-II/D-III Thursday/Friday.

Oct 20

Posted by Jon Morse in Division II, Division III, Division News and Notes | Comments off

There’s just no way I’m going to get to the remaining recaps for this week before tonight’s action, so I’m going to cover my own ass here and touch on the Thursday/Friday action in the remaining divisions, which will give me until Saturday to get back on track.  On the other hand, I suppose this means I can get more in depth on these four  games than I would in the full recaps, so consider it bonus coverage.

There are no NAIA games this week prior to Saturday; just two D-II games Thursday and two D-III games on Friday.

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FCS: Week 7 Recap/Week 8 Preview.

Oct 20

Posted by Jon Morse in Division News and Notes, FCS | Comments off

A cinderella story continued in the most ridiculous of fashions, the CAA’s stranglehold on the top 25 actually increased, some pretenders had their illusions shattered, and an ugly incident occurred in Arkansas. All the fun stuff after our games of the week and the jump:

#9 Maine at #18 Richmond
#13 New Hampshire at #22 Massachusetts
#15 Towson at #14 William & Mary

…yes, that’s it. Three CAA games matching top 25 teams; every other top 25 team is either idle or facing an opponent they should handle easily, and there are no big games involving teams lurking below the bottom of the poll. Even though some races will shake down a bit, this is not a great week coming up.

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NAIA: Week 6 Recap/Week 7 Preview.

Oct 14

Posted by Jon Morse in Division News and Notes, NAIA | Comments off

One team can clinch their conference title this week, although that title no longer carries with it an automatic bid to the NAIA playoffs. An NAIA coaching legend notched career win #250, and a couple of undefeateds were upset as the season tips into its second half.

Five games entirely within the top 25 this week, plus another big game involving a top-5 team facing a pesky foe:

#2 Marian (IN) at #6 Saint Francis (IN)
#21 Rocky Mountain at #3 Carroll (MT)
#4 Missouri Valley at #9 Benedictine (KS)
#5 Georgetown (KY) at 4-2 Pikeville
#15 Southern Nazarene vs #7 MidAmerica Nazarene (at Cessna Field, Wichita KS)
#8 Morningside at #13 Dakota Wesleyan

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D-III: Week 6 Recap/Week 7 Preview.

Oct 13

Posted by Jon Morse in Division III, Division News and Notes | 1 Comment

I don’t have anything really exciting to lead with this week, so let’s just get right down to business. This week’s games to watch:

#2 Mount Union at 4-1 Heidelberg
#14 Delaware Valley at 4-2 Albright
#18 Salisbury at #23 Alfred
4-0 Centre at #24 Birmingham-Southern
4-2 McMurry at 4-1 Texas Lutheran
6-0 Endicott at 4-2 Plymouth State
4-2 Emory & Henry at 5-1 Hampden-Sydney
5-1 Washington & Lee at 5-1 Randolph-Macon
5-1 Huntingdon at 5-0 Trinity (TX)
5-1 Westminster (MO) at 5-0 Saint Scholastica

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D-II: Week 6 Recap/Week 7 Preview.

Oct 12

Posted by Jon Morse in Division II, Division News and Notes | Comments off

Last week’s chaos did not extend to this week, and what carnage there was in the poll took place either at the hands of higher-ranked teams or down at the bottom of the ladder… with one notable exception.

There will be carnage this week, though; several massive games this week, including the nation’s second 1v2 matchup of the fall, and we have our first potential title-clinching game of the season:

#2 Delta State at #1 North Alabama
#11 Colorado State-Pueblo at #4 Nebraska-Kearney
#6 Wayne State (MI) at 4-2 Ashland
#17 West Texas A&M at #10 Abilene Christian
#22 West Alabama at #12 Valdosta State
#13 Winston-Salem State at 1-5 Livingstone (WSSU clinches CIAA South with a win)
#14 California (PA) at 5-1 Slippery Rock
5-1 Fairmont State at #21 West Virginia Wesleyan
4-2 American International at #18 New Haven

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FCS: Week 6 Recap/Week 7 Preview.

Oct 12

Posted by Jon Morse in Division News and Notes, FCS | Comments off

#1 survived a serious scare in a week where most of the top 25 action went as expected. The FCS record for career blocked extra points fell, and a program’s founder reached a coaching milestone. And for the first time ever, an FCS/I-AA team played a game without attempting a single pass. All that and more after the break, but first:

It’s a slowish week this week, with only a handful of key games on the radar including a clash between the division leaders in the SWAC:

#6 New Hampshire at #16 William & Mary
#17 Towson at #18 Old Dominion
4-2 Prairie View A&M at #24 Alabama State
4-2 Bucknell at 3-1 Harvard
5-1 Drake at 5-1 San Diego

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NAIA: Week 5 Recap/Week 6 Preview.

Oct 7

Posted by Jon Morse in Division News and Notes, NAIA | Comments off

Big games last week were of course headed up by the #1 vs #2 matchup between conference-mates Saint Xavier and Saint Francis (IN). Xavier prevailed, and the new #2 is also an MSFA member, Marian (IN). This week, there’s a relative dearth of hot matchups in the NAIA:

3-1 Taylor at #2 Marian
#4 William Penn at #15 Saint Francis (IL)
#13 Doane at #9 Morningside
#25 Cumberland (TN) at #22 Shorter

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D-III: Week 5 Recap/Week 6 Preview.

Oct 6

Posted by Jon Morse in Division III, Division News and Notes | Comments off

Two top ten teams stumble, while a team returns to the top ten after knocking off a scholarship FCS team? Say WHAT?

There’s only one game matching up two top-25 teams this week, but there are a lot of other important contests as well:

#3 Saint Thomas (MN) at 4-0 Augsburg
#15 Cortland State at #11 Montclair State
2-2 Washington (MO) at #12 Wabash
#14 Wittenberg at 4-1 Huntingdon
#20 Wartburg at 5-0 Dubuque
3-1 Springfield at #22 Salisbury
3-1 Heidelberg at 4-0 Muskingum
4-1 Randolph-Macon at 3-1 Catholic
4-1 Washington & Lee at 4-1 Emory & Henry
3-1 Bridgewater at 4-1 Hampden & Sydney

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