A top-10 team goes down, and another player goes down with a spinal injury. All the details after the jump.<\/p>\n
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NESCAC<\/strong>: Wesleyan won with less than a minute to go on a 20-yard run by QB Matt Coyne on fourth-and-one, rather than going for the field goal. Wesleyan RB Shea Dwyer rumbled for 169 yards in the win. … Hamilton’s 31 points represented the team’s highest scoring output since 2004. … Trinity’s defense stifled Tufts, allowing only 42 yards on 21 carries and only allowing 12 completions in 42 passing attempts. … Williams QB Pat Moffitt threw for 334 yards and four TDs, racking up a ridiculous passer efficiency rating of 200.91. His first TD of the day was a 92-yard hookup with Darren Hartwell, who caught five passes for 180 yards, including three TDs.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Amherst (4-0) at Wesleyan (3-1) Empire 8<\/strong>: Fisher recorded eight interceptions in their rout of Hartwick. … Springfield outgained Utica 313-308, while Utica led the time of possession battle by a mere 26 seconds. … Alfred’s loss dropped them out of the poll.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> #17 St. John Fisher (7-0, 3-0) at Alfred (5-1, 2-0) CCIW<\/strong>: Illinois Wesleyan enters the rankings at #25 following their win. … A little under half of Wheaton’s points game courtesy of the defense, with three defensive touchdowns on the day.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Wisconsin<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> American Southwest<\/strong>: McMurry’s Jake Mullin threw for 476 yards and seven TDs in the Homecoming rout over Texas Lutheran. … Hardin-Simmons rolled for 759 yards of total offense, almost equally split between ground and air. The only Sul Ross TD was on a kickoff return. … Louisiana’s Ben McLaughlin tossed six TDs and threw for 491 yards in the Wildcats’ big win, and broke the conference record for career passing yardage in the process.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Northwest<\/strong>: Linfield’s Aaron Boehme threw for 171 yards and two touchdowns before having a seat midway through the second quarter with his team already up 35-7. … Pac Lutheran is off to their first 5-0 start since 1997. … Willamette only led 17-14 at the half, but exploded in the second half.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> #18 Linfield (4-1, 3-0) at #25 Pac Lutheran (5-0, 2-0) Minnesota<\/strong>: Bethel’s homecoming win was head coach Steve Johnson’s 150th career victory, trailing only St. John’s John Gagliardi among conference coaches. (Gagliardi, of course, has more wins than anyone ever, with 474, 450 in the MIAC.) … Carleton’s home loss to St. Olaf was actually played across town at<\/em> St. Olaf, due to flood damage at Laird Stadium. The Knights will return to Laird next week against St. John’s, ensuring their seniors of one last actual home game. … St. John’s is sitting on a two-game conference losing streak for the first time since 1983. All three of the Johnnies’ losses have been by a field goal or less. Should they fail to finish .500, it would be the first time since 1967.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> #20 Bethel (6-0, 4-0) at #5 St. Thomas (7-0, 5-0) (webcast at www.mnsportsnetwork.com) Ohio<\/strong>: Marietta QB Andrew Keller threw for 261 yards and three touchdowns, and also scored on a one-yard run in the final minutes to seal the win. … Ohio Northern WR Ryan Flemming caught only four passes, but had 201 receiving yards as the Polar Bears won a key game against Baldwin-Wallace.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Middle Atlantic<\/strong>: DelVal RB Matt Cook rushed for 324 yards and four TDs in the Aggies’ win over Wilkes. … Ben Guiles rushed for four second-half TDs to lead Lebanon Valley to a comeback win over FDU-Florham. Guiles only had 126 yards; it was the defense which set up the comeback, providing excellent field position. FDU had no second-half first downs until their final trash-time drive. … Misericordia announced Monday that they would be adding football for the 2012 season.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Lycoming (5-1, 3-0) at #11 Delaware Valley (5-1, 3-0) Atlantic Central<\/strong>: Salisbury head coach Sherman Wood earned career win #100 at homecoming. … Wesley coach Mike Drass also achieved a milestone with his 150th win, also at homecoming.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Salisbury (5-1, 2-0) at Union (NY) (2-3) (non-conference) Southern California<\/strong>: I don’t like to lob insults at small conferences much, but it has to be said: the SCIAC is too busy dicking with its shiny new website and logo to provide game recaps this week. That means I had to work harder. … Occidental took home The Drum for the seventh straight year. It’s the longest-running rivalry game in Southern California. Oxy’s Nate Proulx recorded 22 tackles in the win. Oxy’s offense was adequate, but defense and special teams were the difference, providing most of the winning margin. Dillon Tucker had a pick-six and ran back a blocked PAT for another two points. Oxy also blocked a punt through the end zone for a safety.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Centennial<\/strong>: Unbeaten Ursinus gets some respect, entering the poll at #24 after handling defending Centennial champ Hopkins. … Muhlenberg held McDaniel to 22 rushing yards in the shutout. McDaniel had their own tricks used against them, as they’ve recorded two shutouts themselves on the season. … Moravian was trying to get in position for a game-winning field goal, but Joe Tegan decided six was better than three, busting a 31-yard TD run with 1:19 left. … Dickinson rallied from a 24-12 deficit with 16 fourth-quarter points, helped by three interceptions including one in the end zone to terminate Susquehanna’s final drive. … Gettysburg amassed 606 yards of total offense and put together a 35-point run spanning halftime.<\/p>\n Friday:<\/span> New Jersey<\/strong>: Jay Gwaltney rushed for 209 yards in Kean’s win over WCSU.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Iowa<\/strong>: Luther’s Chris Norton was seriously injured on kickoff coverage, sustaining spine and neck injuries. Thankfully, after surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Norton is showing movement in his extremities; let’s hope he fully recovers. … Wartburg got out to a 21-7 halftime lead, and held on for the upset. … Buena Vista led 20-0 at the half, holding Cornell to 12 yards of total offense. After an interception on the second play of the second half, scored again to make it 26-0. The Beavers allowed two fourth-quarter touchdowns, but forced Cornell to eat clock in the process.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Loras (3-3, 2-2) at #15 Central (6-1, 4-1) Southern<\/strong>: Millsaps and Rhodes broke the record for most combined points in an SCAC game with 101. Rhodes was involved in the previous record, 99 points combined between the Lynx and Centre in 2001. Millsaps also broke their own conference record for points in a conference game (previously 68 against Colorado College in 2007). … Another record fell as well, as DePauw’s Alex Koors set the conference career receiving yards record with 3,216. The Tigers held on with a goal line stand in the final minute to secure the win. … Birmingham-Southern led 30-7 midway through the second quarter. Austin scored before halftime to make it 30-14, but never got any closer.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> DePauw (6-0, 4-0) at Trinity (3-3, 1-2) University<\/strong>: Unbeaten Case is still unranked, but only six points separate them from #25 in the poll. … Washington QB Stephen Sherman scored the go-ahead TD on a one-yard run midway through the fourth quarter to break a 7-7 tie at Wooster. The Scots scored with 3:03 to go, but missed the PAT, and Washington was able to run out the clock.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Wooster (3-3) at Case (6-0, 0-0) (non-conference) Old Dominion<\/strong>: W&L rolled up over 427 yards on the ground for their fourth 400-yard rushing game of the season. Randolph-Macon lost starting QB Austin Faulkner (presumably due to injury); backup Luke Sellers was unable to direct the comeback, tossing three interceptions, two of which were passes in the red zone. … Travis Lane had 358 passing yards and four TDs to lead Hampden-Sydney’s rout of Emory & Henry. … Bridgewater’s Darren McKenzie rolled for 219 yards on just 19 carries as Bridgewater pummeled winless Guilford.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Washington & Lee (4-2, 3-0) at Bridgewater (5-1, 1-1) Liberty League<\/strong>: Brendan McCarthy hauled in two picks to help preserve St. Lawrence’s win at Union. … John-Leon Gosselin had 157 rushing yards, including an 87-yard TD scamper, helping Merchant Marine to a win at Rochester.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Rensselaer (3-2, 1-1) at St. Lawrence (3-4, 3-0) Presidents’<\/strong>: Bryan Gary salvaged Waynesburg’s homecoming win with a blocked PAT in the final minute. … Special teams helped Bethany roll Thiel, as Jeff Joyce returned the second-half kickoff for a TD, and the ensuing Thiel drive ended with a blocked punt also returned for six. … Thomas More held St. Vincent to 26 rushing yards. TMC clinched its 15th winning season in only 21 seasons of football.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> #9 Thomas More (6-0, 4-0) at Bethany (4-3, 3-1) Heartland<\/strong>: Franklin’s Zach Corpe returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and the Grizzlies were off to the races. … Earlham held Defiance scoreless until midway through the second quarter when Kyle Longsdorf picked off a pass in the end zone and ran it all the way back for a 100-yard TD return. … Four turnovers helped Rose-Hulman prevail over the HCAC’s second-best defense. … Anderson was victorious despite only 17 minutes of offensive possession; two interception returns for touchdowns provided half their scoring. The Ravens halted Bluffton inside the five yard line as time ran down to seal the win.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Hanover (4-2, 3-1) at Manchester (2-4, 1-3) Michigan<\/strong>: Hope was all alone in first place; the loss handed control back to Trine and took the air out of this week’s matchup. … Albion RB Clinton Orr had 212 yards and a TD on the ground and 58 receiving including a TD reception.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> #8 Trine (6-0, 2-0) at Hope (2-5, 2-1) North Coast<\/strong>: Ryan Zipf connected on a 28-yard field goal midway through the fourth to lift Allegheny to victory after two turnovers had spotted Denison a 10-0 lead. … Wabash blocked its seventh punt of the year. … Wittenberg exploded for 655 yards of offense as they routed Kenyon.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> #7 Wittenberg (7-0, 4-0) at Carnegie-Mellon (4-2) (non-conference) USA South<\/strong>: Keith Gaines rambled for a 35-yard TD run on his first carry of the game, and had 127 yards to lead Christopher Newport to a win. … Twice in the fourth quarter, Maryville forced a turnover on downs deep in its own territory to preserve their victory over Averett. … Shenandoah now has a two-game winning streak after having lost 13 in a row. Methodist kicker Tyler Mosko missed a 29-yarder in the closing minutes, ending Methodist’s comeback.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Averett (4-2, 2-1) at Methodist (2-4, 1-2) Midwest<\/strong>: Clarke Cuthbert had 242 receiving yards in Knox’s loss to Illinois College. His efforts were foiled when IC returned a late fumble 87 yards for the go-ahead TD. … Ripon used 350 rushing yards to outscore Beloit. … Grinnell spotted Lawrence 176 points before getting their offense in gear and rolling to victory.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Ripon (6-1, 5-1) at Illinois College (4-3, 4-2) New England FC<\/strong>: Evan Berneche had 236 yards, including a 60-yard burst before being brought down at the Coast Guard 1-yard-line, to lead Westfield to victory. … Maine Maritime’s Jim Bower rumbled for 285 at Framingham. … Edgar Oslos accounted for all of Dartmouth’s points, including the winning FG with 1:24 to go. Darren Furr recovered two fumbles and picked off a pass to aid Dartmouth’s defense, who did not allow a point; Nichols’ sole score was on an interception return. … Salve Regina held Curry to a single TD thanks in part to Shane Lange’s two fumble recoveries.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Eastern CFC<\/strong>: Anna Maria may not be winning, but freshman RB Robert Small may help change that over the next three years; he ripped Castleton’s defense for 256 yards Saturday.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> SUNY-Maritime (7-0, 4-0) at Mount Ida (4-2, 3-1) Northern<\/strong>: Pedro Hardy muffed a punt which led to a Lakeland field goal, but returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards to seal the win for Wisconsin Lutheran.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Upper Midwest<\/strong>: Morris led 35-20 midway through the fourth, but Northwestern charged back with two touchdowns. At 35-33, Northwestern went for two, but Morris knocked down the pass, and then recovered the onside kick for the win. … Crown relied on 360 rushing yards and five TDs on the ground in their win. … Martin Luther jumped to a 28-3 lead before surrendering three fourth-quarter touchdowns, but recovered the onside kick after the third to secure the victory.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Greenville (4-3, 3-0) at Westminster (3-3, 1-2) Independents<\/strong> Saturday:<\/span> A top-10 team goes down, and another player goes down with a spinal injury. 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\nat Amherst 30, Colby 3
\nat Williams 41, Middlebury 17
\nat Trinity (CT) 27, Tufts 7
\nWesleyan (CT) 27, at Bates 20
\nat Hamilton 31, Bowdoin 10<\/p>\n
\nIt will probably come down to Williams and Amherst, as all things generally do, but Trinity and Wesleyan aren’t out of the picture just yet.<\/p>\n
\nWilliams (4-0) at Tufts (1-3)
\nTrinity (3-1) at Bowdoin (1-3)
\nBates (1-3) at Middlebury (1-3)
\nHamilton (1-3) at Colby (1-3)<\/p>\n
\nat #17 St. John Fisher 41, Hartwick 14
\nat Rensselaer 27, #21 Alfred 24 (non-conference)
\nat Springfield 20, Utica 16
\nIthaca idle<\/p>\n
\nA Fisher win would leave Springfield as the only potential challenger, and they’d have to win out in conference to claim the title.<\/p>\n
\nSpringfield (5-1, 1-1) at Ithaca (4-2, 1-1)
\nHartwick (2-4, 0-3) and Utica (5-2, 0-2) idle<\/p>\n
\nat #6 North Central 38, Millikin 7
\nat #13 Wheaton (IL) 52, North Park 7
\nat Illinois Wesleyan 30, Elmhurst 26
\nAugustana (IL) 43, at Carthage 16<\/p>\n
\n#25 Illinois Wesleyan (5-1, 2-1) at #6 North Central (6-0, 3-0)
\nCarthage (4-2, 1-2) at #12 Wheaton (6-0, 3-0)
\nAugustana (4-2, 2-1) at North Park (2-4, 0-3)
\nElmhurst (4-2, 1-2) at Millikin (3-3, 0-3)<\/p>\n
\n#1 Whitewater 45, Eau Claire 0
\nStevens Point 27, at Stout 21
\nPlatteville 21, at La Crosse 6
\nOshkosh 35, at Lambuth 22 (non-conference)
\nRiver Falls idle<\/p>\n
\n#1 Whitewater (6-0, 3-0) at River Falls (0-6, 0-3)
\nLa Crosse (1-5, 1-2) at Stevens Point (4-2, 2-1)
\nPlatteville (4-2, 2-1) at Oshkosh (3-3, 2-1)
\nEau Claire (3-3, 1-2) at Stout (3-3, 1-2)<\/p>\n
\n#4 Mary Hardin-Baylor 31, at Southern Oregon 10 (non-conference)
\nat #12 Hardin-Simmons 73, Sul Ross State 7
\nat Louisiana College 62, Howard Payne 28
\nat McMurry 63, Texas Lutheran 14
\nEast Texas Baptist 28, at Mississippi College 20<\/p>\n
\n#4 Mary Hardin-Baylor (6-0, 4-0) at East Texas Baptist (3-4, 2-3)
\n#10 Hardin-Simmons (6-1, 4-1) at Texas Lutheran (3-3, 2-2)
\nLouisiana (3-3, 3-1) at Sul Ross (2-4, 1-3)
\nMississippi College (2-4, 0-4) at Howard Payne (2-5, 1-4)
\nMcMurry (5-2, 3-2) idle<\/p>\n
\nat #18 Linfield 66, Pacific (OR) 14
\nPacific Lutheran 28, at Menlo 10 (non-conference)
\nat Willamette 52, Puget Sound 21
\nLewis & Clark and Whitworth idle<\/p>\n
\nThe conference might well be all but decided Saturday, although there’s still plenty that can happen.<\/p>\n
\nMenlo (3-4, NAIA) at Willamette (4-2, 2-1) (non-conference)
\nLewis & Clark (3-2, 1-1) at Puget Sound (1-5, 0-3)
\nWhitworth (3-3, 1-1) at Pacific (0-5, 0-3)<\/p>\n
\n#5 St. Thomas 61, at Hamline 17
\nat #23 Bethel (MN) 20, Gustavus Adolphus 0
\nSt. Olaf 49, at Carleton 24
\nConcordia-Moorhead 35, at Augsburg 16
\nSt. John’s (MN) idle<\/p>\n
\nIt’s homecoming for St. Thomas, and they forgot to schedule a cupcake. The homecoming crowd is going to be treated to a dandy, as this is the clear choice for D-III game of the week.<\/p>\n
\nAugsburg (3-4, 1-4) at St. Olaf (4-2, 2-2)
\nGustavus (3-3, 2-2) at St. John’s (3-3, 2-2)
\nHamline (1-5, 0-4) at Concordia (3-4, 2-3)
\nCarleton (2-4, 2-3) at MacAlester (4-2) (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nat #2 Mount Union 45, Heidelberg 7
\nat #16 Ohio Northern 41, Baldwin-Wallace 21
\nJohn Carroll 24, at Muskingum 17
\nat Capital 23, Otterbein 13
\nMarietta 31, at Wilmington 28<\/p>\n
\nCapital (3-3, 3-2) at #2 Mount Union (6-0, 5-0)
\n#14 Ohio Northern (5-1, 4-1) at John Carroll (3-3, 3-2)
\nWilmington (0-6, 0-5) at Baldwin-Wallace (5-1, 4-1)
\nMuskingum (3-3, 2-2) at Otterbein (3-3, 2-3)
\nMarietta (2-4, 1-4) at Heidelberg (2-4, 1-4)<\/p>\n
\n#11 Delaware Valley 30, at Wilkes 18
\nat Lycoming 31, Widener 7
\nat Albright 38, Kings 14
\nat Lebanon Valley 33, FDU-Florham 21<\/p>\n
\nIt’s a big game at Doylestown, but there’s still a lot of action left.<\/p>\n
\nAlbright (3-3, 1-2) at Widener (3-3, 2-1)
\nFDU-Florham (3-3, 0-3) at Wilkes (3-3, 2-1)
\nLebanon Valley (2-4, 1-2) at Kings (0-6, 0-3)<\/p>\n
\nat #3 Wesley 52, Southern Virginia 3 (non-conference)
\nat Salisbury 45, Huntingdon 21 (non-conference)
\nat Washington & Jefferson 21, Frostburg State 6 (non-conference)
\nNewport News Apprentice idle<\/p>\n
\nThis week hardly matters; Wesley vists Salisbury next week, winner take all.<\/p>\n
\nFrostburg (1-5, 0-1) at Waynesburg (4-2) (non-conference)
\nApprentice (1-5, 0-2) at Southern Virginia (3-5, NAIA) (non-conference)
\n#3 Wesley (7-0, 2-0) idle<\/p>\n
\nat #25 Cal Lutheran 49, La Verne 21
\nat Occidental 39, Pomona-Pitzer 26
\nat Redlands 21, Claremont-M-S 7
\nChapman 29, at Whittier 17 (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nPomona (0-5, 0-2) at #22 Cal Lutheran (4-1, 3-0)
\nOccidental (4-1, 3-0) at Redlands (4-1, 2-1)
\nWhittier (1-4, 0-2) at Claremont (4-1, 1-1)
\nLa Verne (0-5, 0-3) at Chapman (2-3) (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nat Ursinus 26, Johns Hopkins 17
\nMuhlenberg 29, at McDaniel 0
\nat Moravian 24, Franklin & Marshall 17
\nDickinson 28, at Susquehanna 24
\nGettysburg 56, at Juniata 21<\/p>\n
\nGettysburg (3-3, 2-3) at Dickinson (2-4, 2-3)
\nSaturday:<\/span>
\nMcDaniel (4-2, 3-2) at #24 Ursinus (6-0, 5-0)
\nFranklin & Marshall (4-2, 3-2) at Muhlenberg (5-1, 5-0)
\nJohns Hopkins (3-3, 3-2) at Susquehanna (1-6, 1-6)
\nMoravian (3-4, 3-3) at Juniata (0-6, 0-6)<\/p>\n
\nat #14 Montclair State 35, Buffalo State 20
\nRowan 20, #19 Cortland State 17
\nBrockport State 30, at William Paterson 16
\nat Kean 35, Western Connecticut 14
\nCollege of New Jersey 30, at Morrisville State 6<\/p>\n
\n#13 Montclair State (6-0, 5-0) at W. Connecticut (0-6, 0-5)
\nCortland (5-1, 5-1) at Morrisville (1-5, 1-4)
\nRowan (5-1, 4-1) at Brockport (2-4, 2-3)
\nPaterson (4-2, 3-2) at Kean (3-3, 3-3)
\nNew Jersey (2-4, 2-3) at Buffalo State (1-5, 1-4)<\/p>\n
\n#24 Wartburg 31, at #8 Coe 21
\n#15 Central (IA) 45, at Luther 26
\nBuena Vista 26, at Cornell (IA) 14
\nat Dubuque 35, Simpson (IA) 7
\nLoras idle<\/p>\n
\nDon’t read too much into the standings yet; each of the front-runners has serious trap games against the middle of the pack. Wartburg, having proven itself last week, has to be considered the favorite at this point.<\/p>\n
\nDubuque (3-4, 2-3) at #16 Wartburg (6-0, 4-0)
\n#21 Coe (5-1, 3-1) at Simpson (1-6, 1-4)
\nLuther (3-3, 2-2) at Buena Vista (3-3, 2-2)
\nCornell (0-7, 0-5) idle<\/p>\n
\nat DePauw 23, Adrian 19 (non-conference)
\nMillsaps 70, at Rhodes 31
\nat Birmingham-Southern 44, Austin 21 (not a conference game yet)
\nTrinity (TX) 17, at Sewanee 3
\nCentre idle<\/p>\n
\nDePauw wins the conference title and an auto-bid if they win this week, as they’ve already knocked off Millsaps and Centre and would only have one conference game remaining. Should they lose, they’d still take the title with a win over Austin in two weeks. Lose both, and there is chaos and locusts and fire, which makes the Millsaps-Centre game potentially critical.<\/p>\n
\nMillsaps (4-3, 3-1) at Centre (4-2, 2-1)
\nRhodes (2-4, 1-2) at Austin (3-3, 1-2)
\nSewanee (1-6, 0-4) at Birmingham (4-2) (not a conference game yet)<\/p>\n
\nCase Western 41, at Hiram 0 (non-conference)
\nWashington (MO) 14, at Wooster 13 (non-conference)
\nCarnegie-Mellon and Chicago idle<\/p>\n
\nConference play still doesn’t begin for this four-team circuit until next week, so everyone’s still perfectly equal no matter what the parentheses say. (Okay, Case should be considered the favorite until evidence suggests otherwise.) This week, all four teams face off against North Coast opponents. The schedule is horribly unfair to Carnegie-Mellon this week, alas…<\/p>\n
\n#7 Wittenberg (7-0) at Carnegie-Mellon (4-2, 0-0) (non-conference)
\nChicago (4-2, 0-0) at Kenyon (0-6) (non-conference)
\nOberlin (2-4) at Washington (4-2, 0-0) (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nat #20 Hampden-Sydney 48, Emory & Henry 10
\nat Washington & Lee 42, #22 Randolph-Macon 28
\nBridgewater 56, at Guilford 27
\nCatholic idle<\/p>\n
\nW&L can actively take sole possession of first place with a win, but that’s neither assured nor probable. The top four teams all still have two games remaining within the group, so the race is still wide open.<\/p>\n
\nGuilford (0-6, 0-2) at Randolph-Macon (6-1, 2-1)
\nCatholic (2-4, 0-2) at Emory & Henry (4-3, 0-3)
\n#19 Hampden-Sydney (7-0, 3-0) idle<\/p>\n
\nSt. Lawrence 23, at Union (NY) 14
\nat Rensselaer 27, Alfred 24 (non-conference)
\nMerchant Marine 48, at Rochester 19
\nHobart and Worcester Tech idle<\/p>\n
\nRPI beat a team that St. Lawrence lost to in non-conference play (Alfred), so they could easily throw the race into turmoil Saturday.<\/p>\n
\nHobart (3-2, 1-1) at Merchant Marine (3-4, 2-1)
\nSalisbury (5-1) at Union (2-3, 2-2) (non-conference)
\nRochester (0-5, 0-3) at Worcester Tech (1-2, 3-3)<\/p>\n
\nat #9 Thomas More 24, St. Vincent 6
\nBethany (WV) 41, at Thiel 7
\nat Washington & Jefferson 21, Frostburg State 14 (non-conference)
\nat Waynesburg 24, Westminster (PA) 23
\nat Grove City 13, Geneva 7 (not a conference game yet)<\/p>\n
\nThomas More is in control, as the only team chasing them with a resume (W&J) already lost to them. That said, Bethany would gain the upper hand with a win, as their only remaining games are against Grove City and St. Vincent.<\/p>\n
\nFrostburg State (1-5) at Waynesburg (4-2, 3-1) (non-conference)
\nW&J (4-2, 3-1) at Geneva (3-4) (not a conference game yet)
\nGrove City (3-3, 1-2) at St. Vincent (1-5, 1-2)
\nThiel (0-6, 0-4) at Westminster (1-5, 0-4)<\/p>\n
\nFranklin 40, at Manchester 3
\nDefiance 33, at Earlham 0
\nRose-Hulman 13, at Mount St. Joseph 7
\nat Anderson 28, Bluffton 23
\nHanover idle<\/p>\n
\nFranklin leads the clump of teams behind Case Western in the Also Receiving Votes section, but won’t get a chance to impress anyone this week. As far as the conference race goes, the week off doesn’t hurt; it’s probably all going to come down to Hanover at Franklin in three weeks anyway.<\/p>\n
\nAnderson (2-4, 2-2) at Defiance (3-3, 3-1)
\nBluffton (3-4, 2-3) at Rose-Hulman (3-3, 2-2)
\nMount St. Joseph (3-3, 2-3) at Earlham (0-7, 0-5)
\nFranklin (6-1, 5-0) idle<\/p>\n
\nat #10 Trine 38, Alma 0
\nat Albion 27, Hope 14
\nat Kalamazoo 33, Olivet 13
\nDePauw 23, Adrian 19 (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nTrine’s the only team left in the league with a winning record, so I imagine the race is already over except, of course, for the brutal beatdowns yet to come. The Michigan schools may be regretting inviting these bullies from Indiana.<\/p>\n
\nKalamazoo (3-4, 2-1) at Adrian (2-4, 1-1)
\nAlbion (3-4, 2-1) at Olivet (0-6, 0-2)
\nAlma (1-6, 0-3) idle<\/p>\n
\nat #7 Wittenberg 52, Kenyon 0
\nat Wabash 42, Oberlin 21
\nWashington (MO) 14, at Wooster 13 (non-conference)
\nAllegheny 17, at Denison 16
\nCase Western 41, at Hiram 0 (non-conference)
\nOhio Wesleyan idle<\/p>\n
\nMost of the conference will be busy tangling with UAA teams this weekend. Wabash has a chance to pull even with Wittenberg in the conference race.<\/p>\n
\nWabash (5-1, 3-0) at Denison (3-4, 1-2)
\nOhio Wesleyan (0-6, 0-2) at Allegheny (4-2, 2-1)
\nWooster (3-3, 2-1) at Case (6-0) (non-conference)
\nOberlin (2-4, 1-3) at Washington (4-2) non-conference)
\nChicago (4-2) at Kenyon (0-6, 0-3) (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nMaryville (TN) 21, at Averett 14
\nChristopher Newport 23, at NC Wesleyan 15
\nFerrum 28, at Greensboro 20
\nShenandoah 21, at Methodist 18<\/p>\n
\nIt’s bad enough none of these teams want to win non-conference games; none of them want to win the conference title either. Last week’s action has created a five-way tie for first place, and only one team is guaranteed to fall out of that tie on Saturday (the loser of the Ferrum-Shenandoah game). Then again, hell, maybe the winner of that game will be in sole possession of first place when the day’s over. Who knows?<\/p>\n
\nNC Wesleyan (3-3, 2-1) at Maryville (2-4, 1-2)
\nShenandoah (2-4, 2-1) at Ferrum (2-4, 2-1)
\nGreensboro (1-5, 0-3) at Christopher Newport (2-4, 2-1)<\/p>\n
\nRipon 35, at Beloit 20
\nSt. Norbert 30, at Carroll (WI) 6
\nat Grinnell 21, Lawrence 17
\nat Illinois College 31, Knox 23
\nat Monmouth 27, Lake Forest 10<\/p>\n
\nThere’s a five-way tie for second a game back of Ripon, which means this week is moving day. A Ripon win eliminates two or three teams, depending on other results. A Ripon loss could mean a five-way tie for the lead<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nGrinnell (5-2, 4-2) at St. Norbert (4-3, 4-2)
\nCarroll (5-2, 4-2) at Knox (1-6, 1-5)
\nMonmouth (4-3, 4-2) at Beloit (3-4, 3-3)
\nLawrence (1-6, 1-5) at Lake Forest (0-7, 0-6)<\/p>\n
\n(Bogan Division)<\/em>
\nMaine Maritime 50, at Framingham State 26
\nat Mass Maritime 34, Fitchburg State 7
\nat Bridgewater State 25, Worcester State 9
\nat Westfield State 26, Coast Guard 15
\n(Boyd Division)<\/em>
\nat Plymouth State 10, Endicott 3
\nat Western New England 27, MIT 10
\nat Salve Regina 31, Curry 7
\nMass-Dartmouth 9, at Nichols 7<\/p>\n
\nBig doin’s in the Boyd, as WNE and Plymouth go toe-to-toe. Winner gets a clear path to the division title, and might garner enough respect to get ranked. Or at least some votes, which nobody in this conference is getting.
\n(Boyd Division)<\/em>
\nWNE (6-1, 4-0) at Plymouth (6-1, 4-0)
\nEndicott (5-2, 3-1) at Mass-Dartmouth (3-4, 2-2)
\nSalve Regina (3-4, 2-2) at MIT (1-5, 0-4)
\nNichols (0-7, 0-4) at Curry (3-4, 1-3)
\n(Bogan Division)<\/em>
\nMass Maritime (4-3, 3-1) at Maine Maritime (5-1, 3-1)
\nFramingham (5-2, 3-1) at Westfield (3-4, 2-2)
\nBridgewater (4-3, 2-2) at Fitchburg (1-6, 1-3)
\nCoast Guard (2-4, 1-3) at Worcester (3-4, 1-3)<\/p>\n
\nSUNY-Maritime 23, at Becker 0
\nat Norwich 52, Husson 7
\nMount Ida 22, at Gallaudet 16
\nCastleton State 49, at Anna Maria 35<\/p>\n
\nMaritime can’t put this to bed yet, but a win and a Norwich win this week would set next week’s game up as the potential conference decider.<\/p>\n
\nNorwich (6-1, 3-1) at Anna Maria (0-7, 0-4)
\nCastleton State (3-3, 3-1) at Husson (1-6, 1-3)
\nGallaudet (3-4, 1-3) at Becker (1-6, 1-3)<\/p>\n
\nat Benedictine (IL) 32, Concordia (WI) 6
\nConcordia (IL) 44, at Rockford 0
\nat Wisconsin Lutheran 20, Lakeland 9
\nAurora 41, at Maranatha Baptist 7<\/p>\n
\nMaranatha (0-6, 0-3) at Benedictine (4-2, 3-0)
\nLakeland (2-4, 1-2) at Concordia (IL) (4-2, 2-1)
\nRockford (0-6, 0-3) at Wisconsin Lutheran (4-2, 2-1)
\nConcordia (WI) (2-4, 2-1) at Aurora (4-2, 2-1)<\/p>\n
\nat Greenville 50, MacMurray 7
\nat Minnesota-Morris 35, Northwestern (MN) 33
\nat Crown 36, Eureka 14
\nat Martin Luther 28, Westminster (MO) 23
\nSt. Scholastica idle<\/p>\n
\nGreenville and Morris miss each other, and Greenville has a game remaining against Eureka, leaving Greenville at Crown two weeks from today as the probable climax to the race.<\/p>\n
\nMinnesota-Morris (4-2, 4-1) at St. Scholastica (3-3, 1-2)
\nCrown (5-2, 3-1) at MacMurray (0-6, 0-3)
\nNorthwestern (1-5, 1-2) at Eureka (0-6, 0-3)
\nMartin Luther (4-3, 3-2) idle<\/p>\n
\nat Salisbury 45, Huntingdon 21
\nChapman 29, at Whittier 17
\nNorth Greenville (D-II) 55, at La Grange 27
\nMacAlester idle<\/p>\n
\nCarleton (2-4) at MacAlester (4-2)
\nHuntingdon (3-4) at Webber (5-2, #17 NAIA)
\nLa Verne (0-5) at Chapman (2-3)
\nLaGrange (2-5) idle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"