{"id":122,"date":"2010-10-28T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2010-10-28T21:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T02:59:00","slug":"division-iii-week-8-recapweek-9-precap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jonfmorse.com\/tog\/2010\/10\/28\/division-iii-week-8-recapweek-9-precap\/","title":{"rendered":"Division III: Week 8 recap\/Week 9 precap."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top 14 spots in the poll remained the same, and that&#8217;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&#8217;s poll.  The first conference title of the 2010 season has finally been decided, as DePauw has clinched the SCAC.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>NESCAC<\/strong>:<br \/>\nAmherst 37, at Wesleyan 10<br \/>\nWilliams 35, at Tufts 24<br \/>\nTrinity 31, at Bowdoin 15<br \/>\nat Middlebury 22, Bates 9<br \/>\nat Colby 35, Hamilton 7<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nStill rushing headlong toward Williams at Amherst on November 13.<\/p>\n<p>Tufts (1-4) at Amherst (5-0)<br \/>\nWilliams (5-0) at Hamilton (1-4)<br \/>\nMiddlebury (2-3) at Trinity (4-1)<br \/>\nBowdoin (1-4) at Wesleyan (3-2)<br \/>\nColby (2-3) at Bates (1-4)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Empire 8<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat Alfred 42, #17 St. John Fisher 31<br \/>\nat Ithaca 23, Springfield 14<br \/>\nHartwick and Utica idle<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nAlfred 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.<\/p>\n<p>Rochester (1-5) at #25 Alfred (6-1, 3-0) (non-conference)<br \/>\nFrostburg State (1-6) at St. John Fisher (7-1, 3-1) (non-conference)<br \/>\nHartwick (2-4, 0-3) at Springfield (5-2, 1-2)<br \/>\nUtica (5-2, 0-2) at Ithaca (5-2, 2-1)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CCIW<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat #6 North Central 30, #25 Illinois Wesleyan 7<br \/>\nat #12 Wheaton 31, Carthage 24<br \/>\nAugustana (IL) 21, at North Park 0<br \/>\nElmhurst 40, at Millikin 34<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nWheaton\/Augustana is the important game this week, as it can remove Augustana from the picture.  Next week, North Central is at Wheaton.<\/p>\n<p>#6 North Central (7-0, 4-0) at Elmhurst (5-2, 2-2)<br \/>\n#12 Wheaton (7-0, 4-0) at Augustana (5-2, 3-1)<br \/>\nMillikin (3-4, 0-4) at Illinois Wesleyan (5-2, 2-2)<br \/>\nNorth Park (2-5, 0-4) at Carthage (4-3, 1-3)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wisconsin<\/strong>:<br \/>\n#1 Whitewater 63, at River Falls 14<br \/>\nat Stevens Point 31, La Crosse 17<br \/>\nat Oshkosh 41, Platteville 14<br \/>\nat Stout 37, Eau Claire 28<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nNothing can even possibly be settled until Whitewater at Oshkosh next week, but this week&#8217;s games involving the leaders are key.<\/p>\n<p>Stevens Point (5-2, 3-1) at #1 Whitewater (7-0, 4-0)<br \/>\nRiver Falls (0-7, 0-4) at Platteville (4-3, 2-2)<br \/>\nLa Crosse (1-6, 1-3) at Stout (4-3, 2-2)<br \/>\nOshkosh (4-3, 3-1) at Eau Claire (3-4, 1-3)<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Southwest<\/strong>:<br \/>\n#4 Mary Hardin-Baylor 34, at East Texas Baptist 28 (OT)<br \/>\n#10 Hardin-Simmons 63, at Texas Lutheran 17<br \/>\nLouisiana College 56, at Sul Ross State 46<br \/>\nMississippi College 42, at Howard Payne 27<br \/>\nMcMurry idle<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nMHBU can afford one loss at this stage, having tiebreakers over every team which has not yet been eliminated save Texas Lutheran, who they&#8217;ll eliminate with their next win anyway.  Until they absorb a loss, you can consider this one essentially over.<\/p>\n<p>Howard Payne (2-6, 1-5) at #4 Mary Hardin-Baylor (7-0, 5-0)<br \/>\nMcMurry (5-2, 3-2) at #10 Hardin-Simmons (7-1, 5-1)<br \/>\nTexas Lutheran (3-4, 2-3) at Louisiana College (4-3, 4-1)<br \/>\nSul Ross (2-5, 1-4) at Mississippi College (3-4, 1-4)<br \/>\nEast Texas Baptist (3-5, 2-4) idle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northwest<\/strong>:<br \/>\n#18 Linfield 35, at #25 Pacific Lutheran 20<br \/>\nat Willamette 32, Menlo 15 (non-conference)<br \/>\nLewis &amp; Clark 68, at Puget Sound 64<br \/>\nWhitworth 24, at Pacific (OR) 12<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nLinfield&#8217;s going to need another conference win, which they won&#8217;t get this week.  We&#8217;ll revisit this next recap.<\/p>\n<p>Menlo (3-5, NAIA) at #16 Linfield (5-1, 4-0) (non-conference)<br \/>\nPac Lutheran (5-1, 2-1) at Lewis &amp; Clark (4-2, 2-1)<br \/>\nWillamette (5-2, 2-1) at Whitworth (4-3, 2-1)<br \/>\nPacific (0-6, 0-4) at Puget Sound (1-6, 0-4)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minnesota<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat #5 St. Thomas (MN) 10, #20 Bethel (MN) 6<br \/>\nat St. Olaf 48, Augsburg 14<br \/>\nat St. John&#8217;s (MN) 33, Gustavus Adolphus 13<br \/>\nat Concordia-Moorhead 30, Hamline 3<br \/>\nCarleton 42, at MacAlester 27 (non-conference)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nThe Tommies&#8217; 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.<\/p>\n<p>#5 St. Thomas (8-0, 6-0) at Gustavus (3-4, 2-3)<br \/>\nConcordia (4-4, 3-3) at #22 Bethel (6-1, 4-1)<br \/>\nSt. John&#8217;s (4-3, 3-2) at Carleton (3-4, 2-3)<br \/>\nSt. Olaf (5-2, 3-2) at Hamline (1-6, 0-5)<br \/>\nAugsburg (3-5, 1-5) idle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ohio<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat #2 Mount Union 38, Capital 0<br \/>\n#14 Ohio Northern 35, at John Carroll 14<br \/>\nat Baldwin-Wallace 38, Wilmington 0<br \/>\nat Otterbein 49, Muskingum 14<br \/>\nat Heidelberg 49, Marietta 26<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nFor the moment, Mount Union still has to get past Baldwin-Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>#2 Mount Union (7-0, 6-0) at Otterbein (4-3, 3-3)<br \/>\n#14 Ohio Northern (6-1, 5-1) at Marietta (2-5, 1-5)<br \/>\nBaldwin-Wallace (6-1, 5-1) at Muskingum (3-4, 2-4)<br \/>\nJohn Carroll (3-4, 3-3) at Capital (3-4, 3-3)<br \/>\nHeidelberg (3-4, 2-4) at Wilmington (0-7, 0-6)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Middle Atlantic<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat #11 Delaware Valley 36, Lycoming 0<br \/>\nAlbright 35, at Widener 27<br \/>\nat Wilkes 28, FDU-Florham 23<br \/>\nLebanon Valley 21, at Kings 19<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nIt&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Kings (0-7, 0-4) at #11 Delaware Valley (6-1, 4-0)<br \/>\nLycoming (5-2, 3-1) at Wilkes (4-3, 3-1)<br \/>\nWidener (3-4, 2-2) at Lebanon Valley (3-4, 2-2)<br \/>\nAlbright (4-3, 2-2) at FDU-Florham (3-4, 0-4)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Atlantic Central<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Salisbury 52, at Union (NY) 21 (non-conference)<br \/>\nat Waynesburg 41, Frostburg State 7 (non-conference)<br \/>\nNewport News Apprentice 20, at Southern Virginia 18 (non-conference)<br \/>\n#3 Wesley idle<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nWesley 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.<\/p>\n<p>#3 Wesley (7-0, 2-0) at Salisbury (6-1, 1-0)<br \/>\nFrostburg (1-6, 0-1) at St. John Fisher (7-1) (non-conference)<br \/>\nApprentice (2-5, 0-3) at LaGrange (2-5) (non-conference)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern California<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat #22 Cal Lutheran 38, Pomona-Pitzer 7<br \/>\nat Redlands 51, Occidental 7<br \/>\nat Claremont-M-S 30, Whittier 27<br \/>\nat Chapman 35, La Verne 28 (non-conference)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nOxy&#8217;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).<\/p>\n<p>#20 Cal Lutheran (5-1, 4-0) at Claremont (5-1, 2-1)<br \/>\nOccidental (4-2, 3-1) at Chapman (3-3) (non-conference)<br \/>\nWhittier (1-5, 0-3) at Pomona (0-6, 0-3)<br \/>\nRedlands (5-1, 3-1) at LaVerne (0-6, 0-3)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Centennial<\/strong>:<br \/>\nGettysburg 28, at Dickinson 24 (Friday)<br \/>\nat #24 Ursinus 43, McDaniel 18<br \/>\nFranklin &amp; Marshall 17, at Muhlenberg 7<br \/>\nJohns Hopkins 49, at Susquehanna 24<br \/>\nMoravian 42, at Juniata 0<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nAnother gift here, as Muhlenberg tripped.  Ursinus would eliminate everyone except Muhlenberg with a win this week.<\/p>\n<p>#21 Ursinus (7-0, 6-0) at Moravian (4-4, 4-3)<br \/>\nMuhlenberg (5-2, 5-1) at Dickinson (2-5, 2-4)<br \/>\nMcDaniel (4-3, 3-3) at Franklin &amp; Marshall (5-2, 4-2)<br \/>\nJuniata (0-7, 0-7) at Hopkins (4-3, 4-2)<br \/>\nSusquehanna (1-7, 1-7) at Gettysburg (4-3, 3-3)<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Jersey<\/strong>:<br \/>\n#13 Montclair State 31, at Western Connecticut State 3<br \/>\nCortland State 42, at Morrisville State 6<br \/>\nRowan 35, at Brockport State 27<br \/>\nat Kean 29, William Paterson 2<br \/>\nCollege of New Jersey 48, at Buffalo State 29<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nA 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.<\/p>\n<p>#13 Montclair (7-0, 6-0) at Cortland (6-1, 6-1)<br \/>\nMorrisville (1-6, 1-5) at Rowan (6-1, 5-1)<br \/>\nBuffalo State (1-6, 1-5) at Paterson (4-3, 3-3)<br \/>\nBrockport (2-5, 2-4) at Kean (4-3, 4-3)<br \/>\nNew Jersey (3-4, 3-3) at W. Connecticut (0-7, 0-6)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iowa<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat #15 Central (IA) 27, Loras 6<br \/>\nat #16 Wartburg 55, Dubuque 17<br \/>\n#21 Coe 42, at Simpson (IA) 21<br \/>\nLuther 26, at Buena Vista 20<br \/>\nCornell (IA) idle<\/p>\n<p>Despite winning, Central fell two spots, and Wartburg jumped them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nNothing&#8217;s clearing up Saturday.  Wartburg visits Central next week.<\/p>\n<p>Luther (4-3, 3-2) at #15 Wartburg (7-0, 5-0)<br \/>\n#17 Central (7-1, 5-1) at Buena Vista (3-4, 2-3)<br \/>\nLoras (3-4, 2-3) at #19 Coe (6-1, 4-1)<br \/>\nSimpson (1-7, 1-5) at Cornell (0-7, 0-5)<br \/>\nDubuque (3-5, 2-4) idle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern<\/strong>:<br \/>\nDePauw 32, at Trinity (TX) 31<br \/>\nMillsaps 30, at Centre 18<br \/>\nat Birmingham-Southern 50, Sewanee 10 (not a conference game yet)<br \/>\nat Austin 17, Rhodes 16 (suspended, resumed Sunday)<\/p>\n<p>DePauw claimed the SCAC title with the win, and entered the rankings at #24.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nBirmingham-Southern (5-2) at #24 DePauw (7-0, 5-0) (not a conference game yet)<br \/>\nSewanee (1-7, 0-4) at Millsaps (5-3, 4-1)<br \/>\nCentre (4-3, 2-2) at Rhodes (2-5, 1-3)<br \/>\nTrinity (3-4, 1-3) at Huntingdon (4-4) (non-conference)<br \/>\nAustin (4-3, 2-2) idle<\/p>\n<p><strong>University<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat Case Western 28, Wooster 14 (non-conference)<br \/>\n#7 Wittenberg 27, at Carnegie-Mellon 21 (OT, non-conference)<br \/>\nChicago 35, at Kenyon 14 (non-conference)<br \/>\nat Washington (MO) 21, Oberlin 7 (non-conference)<\/p>\n<p>Case slips into the polls after the win.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nFinally, the UAA begins conference play.<\/p>\n<p>#23 Case (7-0, 0-0) at Chicago (5-2, 0-0)<br \/>\nCarnegie (4-3, 0-0) at Washington (5-2, 0-0)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Dominion<\/strong>:<br \/>\nWashington &amp; Lee 35, at Bridgewater 34<br \/>\nat Randolph-Macon 59, Guilford 21<br \/>\nCatholic 33, at Emory &amp; Henry 31<br \/>\n#19 Hampden-Sydney idle<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Friday:<\/span><br \/>\nW&amp;L actually leads the race by half a game, pending next week&#8217;s key tilt with Hampden-Sydney.  Randolph-Macon is still in the hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Washington &amp; Lee (5-2, 4-0) at Catholic (3-4, 1-2)<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nGuilford (0-7, 0-3) at #18 Hampden-Sydney (7-0, 3-0)<br \/>\nEmory &amp; Henry (4-4, 0-4) at Bridgewater (5-2, 1-2)<br \/>\nRandolph-Macon (7-1, 3-1) idle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liberty League<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat St. Lawrence 14, Rensselaer 3<br \/>\nHobart 40, at Merchant Marine 33<br \/>\nSalisbury 52, at Union (NY) 21 (non-conference)<br \/>\nRochester 16, at Worcester Tech 15<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nIdle St. Lawrence has the tiebreak over everyone that&#8217;s still capable of catching them, so will win the title with any win or Hobart loss.<\/p>\n<p>Union (2-4, 2-2) at Rensselaer (3-3, 1-2)<br \/>\nWorcester Tech (3-4, 1-3) at Hobart (4-2, 2-1)<br \/>\nRochester (1-5, 1-3) at #25 Alfred (6-1) (non-conference)<br \/>\nMerchant Marine (3-5, 2-2) and St. Lawrence (4-4, 4-0) idle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presidents&#8217;<\/strong>:<br \/>\n#9 Thomas More 48, at Bethany (WV) 14<br \/>\nat Waynesburg 41, Frostburg State 7 (non-conference)<br \/>\nWashington &amp; Jefferson 22, at Geneva 16 (not a conference game yet)<br \/>\nat St. Vincent 42, Grove City 17<br \/>\nat Westminster (PA) 35, Thiel 0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nThomas More would win the conference title with a win and a Waynesburg loss.  Otherwise, they&#8217;ll have to handle it all themselves next week.<\/p>\n<p>Westminster (2-5, 1-4) at #9 Thomas More (7-0, 5-0)<br \/>\nWaynesburg (5-2, 3-1) at St. Vincent (2-5, 2-2)<br \/>\nGrove City (3-4, 1-3) at Washington &amp; Jefferson (5-2, 3-1)<br \/>\nGeneva (3-5) at Thiel (0-7, 0-5) (not a conference game yet)<br \/>\nBethany (4-4, 3-2) idle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heartland<\/strong>:<br \/>\nHanover 35, at Manchester 25<br \/>\nat Defiance 49, Anderson 7<br \/>\nat Rose-Hulman 40, Bluffton 13<br \/>\nMount St. Joseph 54, at Earlham 6<br \/>\nFranklin idle<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nThings will remain up in the air for at least another week.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin (6-1, 5-0) at Anderson (2-5, 2-3)<br \/>\nHanover (5-2, 4-1) at Bluffton (3-5, 2-4)<br \/>\nRose-Hulman (4-3, 3-2) at Defiance (4-3, 4-1)<br \/>\nManchester (2-5, 1-4) at Mount St. Joseph (4-3, 3-3)<br \/>\nEarlham (0-8, 0-6) idle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michigan<\/strong>:<br \/>\n#8 Trine 31, at Hope 10<br \/>\nat Adrian 58, Kalamazoo 31<br \/>\nAlbion 42, at Olivet 24<br \/>\nAlma idle<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nTrine cannot clinch yet despite an almost certain win Saturday.  They&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Olivet (0-7, 0-3) at #8 Trine (7-0, 3-0)<br \/>\nKalamazoo (3-5, 2-2) at Alma (1-6, 0-3)<br \/>\nAdrian (3-4, 2-1) at Albion (4-4, 3-1)<br \/>\nHope (2-6, 2-2) idle<\/p>\n<p><strong>North Coast<\/strong>:<br \/>\n#7 Wittenberg 28, at Carnegie-Mellon 21 (OT, non-conference)<br \/>\nWabash 55, at Denison 20<br \/>\nat Allegheny 41, Ohio Wesleyan 21<br \/>\nat Case Western 28, Wooster 14 (non-conference)<br \/>\nat Washington (MO) 21, Oberlin 7 (non-conference)<br \/>\nChicago 35, at Kenyon 14 (non-conference)<br \/>\nHiram idle<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nWabash can take a half-game lead, but nothing will be settled this week.<\/p>\n<p>Allegheny (5-2, 3-1) at Wabash (6-1, 4-0)<br \/>\nHiram (1-6, 1-2) at Wooster (3-4, 2-1)<br \/>\nDenison (3-5, 1-3) at Oberlin (2-5, 1-3)<br \/>\nKenyon (0-7, 0-3) at Ohio Wesleyan (0-7, 0-3)<br \/>\n#7 Wittenberg (8-0, 4-0) idle<\/p>\n<p><strong>USA South<\/strong>:<br \/>\nAverett 7, at Methodist 3<br \/>\nNorth Carolina Wesleyan 34, at Maryville 16<br \/>\nat Ferrum 56, Shenandoah 20<br \/>\nat Christopher Newport 37, Greensboro 7<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nFour-way tie.  At least one of the four will fall off the pace this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Averett (5-2, 3-1) at Shenandoah (2-5, 2-2)<br \/>\nMethodist (2-5, 1-3) at NC Wesleyan (4-3, 3-1)<br \/>\nFerrum (3-4, 3-1) at Christopher Newport (3-4, 3-1)<br \/>\nMaryville (2-5, 1-3) at Greensboro (1-6, 0-4)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midwest<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat Illinois College 40, Ripon 35<br \/>\nat St. Norbert 58, Grinnell 14<br \/>\nCarroll (WI) 35, at Knox 0<br \/>\nat Beloit 34, Monmouth (IL) 27<br \/>\nat Lake Forest 35, Lawrence 14<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nRipon would win the title with a win and an Illinois College loss.  If they lose, things get a little sketchy.<\/p>\n<p>St. Norbert (5-3, 5-2) at Ripon (7-1, 6-1)<br \/>\nIllinois College (5-3, 5-2) at Grinnell (5-3, 4-3)<br \/>\nCarroll (6-2, 5-2) at Monmouth (4-4, 4-3)<br \/>\nBeloit (4-4, 4-3) at Lawrence (1-7, 1-6)<br \/>\nKnox (1-7, 1-6) at Lake Forest (1-7, 1-6)<\/p>\n<p><strong>New England FC<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<em>Boyd Division<\/em><br \/>\nWestern New England 14, at Plymouth State 6<br \/>\nEndicott 37, at Mass-Dartmouth 13<br \/>\nSalve Regina 13, at MIT 7<br \/>\nat Curry 42, Nichols 14<br \/>\n<em>Bogan Division<\/em><br \/>\nat Maine Maritime 28, at Mass Maritime 27<br \/>\nFramingham State 48, at Westfield State 27<br \/>\nBridgewater State 28, at Fitchburg State 13<br \/>\nat Worcester State 31, Coast Guard 7<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nIn 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.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bogan Division<\/em><br \/>\nMaine Maritime (6-1, 4-1) at Bridgewater (5-3, 3-2)<br \/>\nFramingham (6-2, 4-1) at Coast Guard (2-5, 1-4)<br \/>\nWestfield (3-5, 2-3) at Mass Maritime (4-4, 3-2)<br \/>\nFitchburg (1-7, 1-4) at Worcester (4-4, 2-3)<br \/>\n<em>Boyd Division<\/em><br \/>\nPlymouth (6-2, 4-1) at Salve Regina (4-4, 3-2)<br \/>\nWNE (7-1, 5-0) at Endicott (6-2, 4-1)<br \/>\nCurry (4-4, 2-3) at Mass-Dartmouth (3-5, 2-3)<br \/>\nMIT (1-6, 0-5) at Nichols (0-8, 0-5)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eastern CFC<\/strong>:<br \/>\nSUNY-Maritime 37, at Mount Ida 35<br \/>\nNorwich 81, at Anna Maria 7<br \/>\nCastleton State 55, at Husson 51<br \/>\nGallaudet 40, at Becker 12<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nSUNY-Maritime will win the title with a victory over Norwich.  Should Norwich win, they&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Norwich (7-1, 4-1) at SUNY-Maritime (8-0, 5-0)<br \/>\nMount Ida (4-3, 3-2) at Husson (1-7, 1-4)<br \/>\nBecker (1-7, 1-4) at Castleton (4-3, 4-1)<br \/>\nAnna Maria (0-8, 0-5) at Gallaudet (4-4, 2-3)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northern<\/strong>:<br \/>\nat Benedictine (IL) 49, Maranatha Baptist 14<br \/>\nat Concordia (IL) 48, Lakeland 7<br \/>\nat Wisconsin Lutheran 19, Rockford 0<br \/>\nat Aurora 21, Concordia (WI) 14<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nNothing will be determined this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Benedictine (5-2, 4-0) at Lakeland (2-5, 1-3)<br \/>\nConcordia (IL) (5-2, 3-1) at Maranatha (0-7, 0-4)<br \/>\nWisconsin Lutheran (5-2, 3-1) at Concordia (WI) (2-5, 2-2)<br \/>\nAurora (5-2, 3-1) at Rockford (0-7, 0-4)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upper Midwest<\/strong>:<br \/>\nGreenville 30, at Westminster (MO) 21<br \/>\nat St. Scholastica 28, Minnesota-Morris 7<br \/>\nCrown 44, at MacMurray 28<br \/>\nat Eureka 40, Northwestern (MN) 14<br \/>\nMartin Luther idle<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Friday:<\/span><br \/>\nGreenville would win the title with a win over Crown.  A Crown win would set up next week&#8217;s game against Morris as the deciding matchup, with Greenville and St. Scholastica as very interested parties.<\/p>\n<p>Crown (6-2, 4-1) at Greenville (5-3, 4-0)<br \/>\nMacAlester (4-3) at Morris (4-3, 4-2) (non-conference)<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nMartin Luther (4-3, 3-2) at Eureka (1-6, 1-3)<br \/>\nSt. Scholastica (4-3, 2-2) at MacMurray (0-7, 0-4)<br \/>\nWestminster (3-4, 1-3) at Northwestern (1-6, 1-3)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Independents<\/strong>:<br \/>\nCarleton 42, at MacAlester 27<br \/>\nHuntingdon 35, at NAIA #17 Webber International 23<br \/>\nat Chapman 35, La Verne 28<br \/>\nLaGrange idle<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Friday:<\/span><br \/>\nMacAlester (4-3) at Minnesota-Morris (4-3)<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday:<\/span><br \/>\nTrinity (TX) (3-4) at Huntingdon (4-4)<br \/>\nOccidental (4-2) at Chapman (3-3)<br \/>\nNewport News Apprentice (2-5) at LaGrange (2-5)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top 14 spots in the poll remained the same, and that&#8217;s only because a team which won inexplicably dropped two spots. 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