North Alabama loses their second in a row, the South Atlantic race becomes a traffic jam, and two top-six teams stumble.<\/p>\n
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Gulf South<\/strong>: Thursday:<\/span> #21 North Alabama (6-2, 3-2) at #19 Delta (6-2, 5-1) Mid-America<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> Fort Hays (3-5, 1-5) at #4 NW Missouri (6-1, 6-0) Great Lakes IAC<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> #1 Grand Valley (8-0, 7-0) at Michigan Tech (5-2, 5-2) South Atlantic<\/strong>: Brandon Baker rushed for 162 yards and two touchdowns, and Nate Inman added 156 and a score to propel Carson-Newman over Mars Hill on Thursday.<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/span> Carson-Newman (5-3, 3-1) at Newberry (3-4, 2-2) Northern Sun<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> #20 St. Cloud (7-1, 7-0) at #2 Duluth (8-0, 7-0) Great Northwest<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> Humboldt (6-2, 4-1) at Fraser (1-6, 0-5) Lone Star<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> Angelo (3-4, 1-4) at #3 Abilene (8-0, 4-0) Pennsylvania<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> Indiana (4-4, 2-3) at #12 California (7-1, 4-1) West Virginia<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> #11 Shepherd (8-0, 6-0) at WV State (0-7, 0-5) Rocky Mountain<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> #9 Kearney (7-1, 6-0) at Western New Mexico (3-5, 2-4) Southern<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> Stillman (0-8, 0-7) at #6 Albany (9-0, 7-0) Northeast Ten<\/strong>: Friday:<\/span> New Haven (7-1, 5-1) at Pace (0-6, 0-4) Central<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> #18 Winston-Salem (8-1, 5-1) at Shaw (6-2, 5-0) Great Lakes FC<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> St. Joseph’s (5-3, 2-0) at Southwest Baptist (6-2) (non-conference) Independents<\/strong>: Saturday:<\/span> North Alabama loses their second in a row, the South Atlantic race becomes a traffic jam, and two top-six teams stumble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-division-ii","category-division-news-and-notes","tag-d2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p185sV-1W","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nat Ouachita Baptist 24, #10 North Alabama 23 (OT)
\nat #14 Valdosta State 21, Arkansas-Monticello 17
\n#22 Delta State 54, at West Georgia 34
\nat West Alabama 49, Arkansas Tech 26
\nat Henderson State 33, Harding 28
\nSouthern Arkansas idle<\/p>\n
\nIt looked like UNA’s race to lose. Now Delta State, who already holds wins over both of the other one-loss teams, is in the driver’s seat.<\/p>\n
\nSaturday:<\/span>
\n#10 Valdosta (6-1, 4-1) at Arkansas Tech (3-5, 2-4)
\nWest Alabama (6-2, 4-1) at Southern Arkansas (0-7, 0-5)
\nOuachita (5-2, 3-2) at Henderson (5-3, 4-2)
\nMonticello (2-5, 2-4) at Harding (3-4, 1-4)
\nWest Georgia (3-5, 2-4) idle<\/p>\n
\n#5 Northwest Missouri State 41, at Washburn 40
\nat #9 Central Missouri 34, Nebraska-Omaha 31
\nat Missouri Southern 23, at Missouri Western 6
\nTruman State 37, at Emporia State 34
\nPittsburg State 38, at Fort Hays State 21<\/p>\n
\nUnless Central wins this week and Northwest loses, the conference race will be decided when the two meet on November 6 in Warrensburg. Everyone else is mathematically eliminated already, as Central only has two games remaining.<\/p>\n
\n#7 Central Missouri (8-1, 7-0) at Missouri Southern (3-5, 1-5)
\nEmporia (5-4, 3-4) at Missouri Western (5-3, 3-3)
\nWashburn (4-4, 3-3) at Truman (4-4, 2-4)
\nNebraska-Omaha (3-5, 3-3) at Pittsburg (4-4, 2-4)<\/p>\n
\nat #1 Grand Valley State 41, Ferris State 0
\nat Wayne State (MI) 14, #6 Hillsdale 9
\nat Ashland 30, Saginaw Valley State 24
\nLake Erie 48, at Findlay 45
\nIndianapolis 6, at Northern Michigan 5
\nat Michigan Tech 62, Northwood 30
\nOhio Dominican 41, at Tiffin 21<\/p>\n
\nWhat happens when you spot Grand Valley a two-game lead with three games left? Right.<\/p>\n
\n#17 Hillsdale (6-2, 5-2) at Northwood (4-4, 4-3)
\nFerris (5-3, 5-2) at Indianapolis (4-4, 3-4)
\nWayne (6-2, 5-2) at Saginaw (3-5, 3-4)
\nAshland (5-3, 4-3) at Findlay (1-7, 1-6)
\nNorthern Michigan (4-4, 4-3) at Tiffin (1-7, 0-7)
\nOhio Dominican (2-5, 2-5) at Lake Erie (1-7, 1-6)<\/p>\n
\nat Carson-Newman 34, Mars Hill 27 (Thursday)
\nCatawba 28, at Newberry 25
\nat Lenoir-Rhyne 34, Tusculum 31
\nWingate 44, at Brevard 37<\/p>\n
\nOh, look, it’s a four-way tie for first place. Hang on to your hats, this is going to be a bumpy one.<\/p>\n
\nCatawba (5-2, 3-1) at Mars Hill (5-3, 3-1)
\nLenoir-Rhyne (5-3, 2-2) at Wingate (5-2, 3-1)
\nBrevard (3-5, 0-4) at Tusculum (4-4, 0-4)<\/p>\n
\n#2 Minnesota-Duluth 27, at Northern State 7
\n#11 Augustana (SD) 47, at Minnesota State-Moorhead 17
\nat #23 St. Cloud State 49, Minnesota-Crookston 6
\nat Bemidji State 23, Mary 22
\nWinona State 31, at Concordia-St. Paul 28
\nMinnesota State-Mankato 13, at Wayne State (NE) 3
\nSouthwest Minnesota State 40, at Upper Iowa 34 (OT)<\/p>\n
\nAugustana doesn’t have a conference game against either of the unbeatens, but they’ll hope for a St. Cloud win all the same, I imagine. Either way, nothing will be settled this week. The top three are jockeying, and the rest are already eliminated.<\/p>\n
\nMSU-Mankato (5-3, 4-3) at #8 Augustana (8-0, 7-0)
\nNorthern State (1-7, 1-6) at Bemidji (5-3, 4-3)
\nConcordia (5-3, 4-3) at Crookston (1-7, 0-7)
\nWayne (5-3, 4-3) at Upper Iowa (1-7, 1-6)
\nWinona (5-3, 4-3) at Southwest (4-4, 3-4)
\nMSU-Moorhead (2-6, 2-5) at Mary (1-7, 1-6)<\/p>\n
\nat Central Washington 26, Humboldt State 18
\nat Dixie State 18, Simon Fraser 15
\nat Western Oregon 38, Azusa Pacific 17 (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nCentral takes control of the race, but it’s still up for grabs.<\/p>\n
\nDixie (2-6, 2-5) at Western Oregon (5-3, 4-2)
\nCentral Washington (6-3, 5-1) idle<\/p>\n
\n#4 Abilene Christian 53, at Eastern New Mexico 14 (crossover)
\n#7 Texas A&M-Kingsville 13, at Tarleton State 10
\nat #17 West Texas A&M 42, #13 Midwestern State 29
\nat Northeastern State 39, Central Oklahoma 28
\nat Angelo State 61, Incarnate Word 17
\nEast Central 20, at SE Oklahoma State 19
\nSW Oklahoma State 24, at Texas A&M-Commerce 10 (suspended and resumed Sunday)<\/p>\n
\nIn the South, assuming they both win this week (and they should), then Abilene would win the title with a victory over WTAMU next week. Otherwise, Kingsville gets right back in the thick of things. In the North, Northeastern and East Central are basically playing for the title, although ENMU and Commerce are still technically alive with wins.<\/p>\n
\n#5 Kingsville (7-1, 4-1) at SW Oklahoma (2-6, 2-3) (crossover)
\n#14 West Texas (6-2, 3-1) at Incarnate Word (2-6, 0-4)
\nTarleton (2-6, 1-3) at #22 Midwestern (6-2, 2-2)
\nNortheastern (5-3, 4-0) at East Central (3-5, 3-1)
\nCommerce (2-6, 1-3) at Central Oklahoma (2-6, 1-3)
\nSE Oklahoma (3-5, 2-3) at Eastern New Mexico (3-5, 2-2)<\/p>\n
\nat Mercyhurst 31, #3 California (PA) 21
\nat #16 Bloomsburg 45, West Chester 21
\n#18 Kutztown 50, at CW Post 48
\nat Gannon 45, Indiana (PA) 17
\nEast Stroudsburg 65, at Millersville 14
\nat Shippensburg 50, Cheyney 0
\nEdinboro 31, at Clarion 14
\nat Slippery Rock 56, Lock Haven 14<\/p>\n
\nWell, that was surprising. Mercyhurst is now ranked and sits in first place in the West, and a win this week would all but clinch the division with Ship and Lock Haven remaining on the schedule. Out in the East, Bloomsburg and Kutztown could be looking at a title game next week.<\/p>\n
\n#13 Bloomsburg (7-1, 5-0) at CW Post (5-3, 4-1)
\nWest Chester (3-5, 3-2) at #15 Kutztown (8-0, 5-0)
\nSlippery Rock (6-2, 3-2) at #24 Mercyhurst (6-2, 4-1)
\nClarion (2-6, 2-3) at Gannon (5-3, 3-2)
\nEdinboro (5-3, 2-3) at Lock Haven (0-8, 0-5)
\nCheyney (1-7, 1-4) at East Stroudsburg (2-6, 1-4)
\nMillersville (2-6, 0-5) at Shippensburg (2-6, 1-4)<\/p>\n
\n#15 Shepherd 53, at West Liberty State 38
\nat Fairmont State 45, #25 West Virginia Wesleyan 14
\nat Glenville State 42, West Virginia State 27
\nConcord 28, at Seton Hill 17
\nCharleston 44, at Urbana 34 (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nIt’s already over, for all intents and purposes, and it’ll be official if unbeaten Shepherd beats winless WV State.<\/p>\n
\nGlenville (4-4, 3-2) at WV Wesleyan (6-2, 3-2)
\nCharleston (5-3, 3-2) at West Liberty (4-3, 3-2)
\nConcord (6-2, 4-2) at North Carolina-Pembroke (5-3) (non-conference)
\nSeton Hill (2-7, 1-5) at Fairmont (3-5, 1-4)<\/p>\n
\nat #12 Nebraska-Kearney 38, New Mexico Highlands 13
\n#24 Colorado Mines 39, at Western State 13
\nat Chadron State 31, Western New Mexico 7
\nColorado State-Pueblo 26, at Mesa State 14
\nFort Lewis 14, at Adams State 7<\/p>\n
\nIt’s all getting set up for the Kearney\/Mines showdown on the 13th. Chadron and Pueblo are technically still alive, but as soon as either UNK or CSM wins another game before the 13th, they’re gone.<\/p>\n
\nAdams (3-5, 2-4) at #16 Colorado Mines (7-1, 6-0)
\nChadron (5-3, 4-2) at Fort Lewis (2-5, 2-4)
\nNew Mexico Highlands (1-7, 1-5) at CSU-Pueblo (6-2, 4-2)
\nWestern State (1-7, 1-5) at Mesa (2-5, 2-4)<\/p>\n
\n#8 Albany State 13, at #19 Morehouse 12
\nFort Valley State 14, at Kentucky State 12
\nTuskegee 37, at Clark Atlanta 10
\nBenedict 20, at Miles 14
\nStillman 26, at Lane 25<\/p>\n
\nThis week appears to be mere prelude, as the co-leaders take on winless squads. Barring catastrophic fail this week, Albany and Fort Valley meet next week to decide the conference title. Morehouse fell out of the poll, but only two votes short of Fort Valley, who took their place.<\/p>\n
\n#25 Fort Valley (7-1, 6-1) at Lane (0-8, 0-7)
\nMorehouse (6-2, 5-2) at Clark (4-4, 4-3)
\nKentucky State (3-6, 2-5) at Tuskegee (6-2, 5-2)
\nConcordia (AL) (3-2) at Benedict (3-6, 3-5) (non-conference)
\nMiles (3-6, 3-5) at Kentucky Wesleyan (3-5) (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nat New Haven 27, Merrimack 25
\nat Assumption 45, St. Anselm 40
\nSouthern Connecticut State 45, at Stonehill 21
\nAmerican International idle
\nPace at Bentley cancelled<\/p>\n
\nBentley (3-4, 3-2) at Assumption (6-2, 3-2)
\nSaturday:<\/span>
\nNew Haven wins the title with a win at winless Pace, or the week after at 1-6 St. Anselm.<\/p>\n
\nAmerican International (3-4, 3-2) at Merrimack (3-4, 3-2)
\nStonehill (3-4, 1-4) at St. Anselm (1-6, 1-4)
\nSouthern Connecticut (4-4, 4-2) idle<\/p>\n
\nat #21 Winston-Salem State 21, North Carolina-Pembroke 7 (non-conference)
\n#24 St. Augustine’s 34, at Johnson C. Smith 24
\nat Shaw 35, Chowan 14
\nat Bowie State 20, Elizabeth City State 12
\nat Virginia State 42, Lincoln (PA) 0
\nat Virginia Union 39, St. Paul’s 28
\nat Fayetteville State 59, Livingstone 6<\/p>\n
\nOh, it’s craziness. In the South, St. Augustine’s and Shaw meet up next week with the title on the line, although if Shaw loses this week they could be staring at a three-way tie with a transitive cycle. In the North, Virginia State can capture the title with a win at rival Virginia Union; a loss, and Bowie State wins the division.<\/p>\n
\n#23 St. Augustine’s (7-1, 5-0) at Livingstone (0-9, 0-5)
\nChowan (3-5, 3-2) at Elizabeth City (4-4, 3-2)
\nVirginia State (6-2, 4-1) at Virginia Union (3-5, 3-3)
\nJohnson C. Smith (1-7, 0-5) at Fayetteville (3-5, 2-3)
\nSt. Paul’s (1-7, 1-4) at Lincoln (1-7, 0-5)
\nBowie State (5-4, 5-1) idle<\/p>\n
\nSt. Joseph’s (IN) 43, at Kentucky Wesleyan 35
\nCharleston (WV) 44, at Urbana 34 (non-conference)
\nat St. Francis (IL) 41, Missouri S&T 14 (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nSt. Joe’s wins the title if they win next week against MuST. If they lose, it depends on this week’s MuST\/Urbana winner; if it’s MuST, they win the crown, while an Urbana win this week would cause a three-way tie.<\/p>\n
\nUrbana (2-6, 1-1) at Missouri S&T (2-6, 1-0)
\nMiles (3-6) at Kentucky Wesleyan (3-5, 0-3) (non-conference)<\/p>\n
\nat #21 Winston-Salem State 21, North Carolina-Pembroke 7
\nat Southwest Baptist 52, Central State (OH) 0
\nat North Greenville 42, Edward Waters 0
\nat Oklahoma Panhandle State 35, Southwest Assemblies of God 31
\nat Peru State 41, Lincoln (MO) 33<\/p>\n
\nConcord (6-2) at UNC-Pembroke (5-3)
\nSt. Joseph’s (IN) (5-3) at Southwest Baptist (6-2)
\nNorth Greenville (6-3) at Notre Dame (OH) (2-6, NAIA)
\nPanhandle (4-3) at Southern Nazarene (5-3, NAIA)
\nLincoln (MO) (1-7) at Langston (4-3, NAIA)
\nCentral State (1-7) at Lambuth (2-4, NAIA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"