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NCAA DIVISION I FCS – WEEKLY ROUNDUP (9/29/2016) ®
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FCS HEADLINES u The FCS has 10 wins against FBS teams this season, one more than last year, and tied for the fourth-most in a single season in NCAA history. The FCS set a record in 2013 with 16 wins against FBS schools. In 2000, the FCS recorded 15 FBS wins, and in 2001, there were 11. This weekend, three FCS teams face FBS teams. FCS WINS VS. FBS TEAMS IN 2016 (10) UNI def. Iowa State, 25-20 | North Carolina A&T def. Kent State, 39-36 (4ot) Albany def. Buffalo, 22-16 | Eastern Washington def. Washington State, 45-42 Richmond def. Virginia, 37-20 | Illinois State def. Northwestern, 9-7 Eastern Illinois def. Miami (Ohio), 21-17 | North Dakota State def. #13 Iowa, 23-21 Western Illinois def. Northern Illinois, 28-23 | Central Arkansas def. Arkansas St., 28-23
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u The Southland Conference and Frisco CVB are working together on a new season-long promotion, the Road to Frisco. This will originate from the Frisco CVB’s various social media platforms. The #RoadToFrisco FCS Game of the Week is Sam Houston State / Stephen F. Austin at NRG Stadium in Houston (3 pm CT, ESPN3). u Three matchups this weekend pit two top-25 teams against each another: GAMES FEATURING TWO TOP-25 TEAMS (courtesy STATS): #18 Illinois State (2-2) at #1 North Dakota State (3-0), 1 pm CT (NBC ND/ESPN3) #10 Charleston Southern (2-2) at #14 Coastal Carolina (3-1), 5 pm CT #8 Western Illinois (3-0) at #15 South Dakota State (1-2), 6 pm CT (ESPN3)
Before he became a starter with the Los Angeles Rams, CB Trumaine Johnson was a star at Montana. In three games this year, he has 18 tackles, including 15 solo stops, and 2 pass break-ups.
u A total of 121 players from current FCS made opening-day NFL rosters. Every NFL team (but one) has at least one former FCS player. u Notably, just two teams in the Top 25 are idle this weekend.
BIG SKY -- The Big Sky Conference has four teams ranked in national polls, with Eastern Washington leading the way at No. 4 in the STATS
poll, and No. 5 in the Coaches’ Poll. Montana comes in at No. 11, in both polls, while Cal Poly is ranked at No. 16/18. Southern Utah is also ranked in the Coaches’ Poll, coming in at No. 24. Two Big Sky players earned national recognition from STATS last week, as Weber State PK Taylor Hintze earned STATS FCS Special Teams Player of the Week. Hintze hit three FGs, including a game-winner for Weber State. Montana receiver Jerry Louie-McGee was named STATS FCS Freshman of the Week, after catching 21 passes in a 42-41 loss to Cal Poly. The performance set a new school record, while tying the Big Sky Conference’s record for most catches in a game. This week’s Big Sky football game on ROOT SPORTS features the No. 4/5 Eastern Washington Eagles, as they host UC Davis. Kickoff is at 1:00 p.m. PST on ROOT SPORTS, as well as DirecTV’s Audience Network. Offensive: RB Brady Oliveira, North Dakota | Defensive: Tyler Collet, Southern Utah | Special Teams: PK Taylor Hintze, Weber State BIG SOUTH -- Charleston Southern began its Big South title defense with a 35-7 win at Monmouth this past Saturday for its second consecutive
and sixth overall 1-0 start to league play. The win was the Bucs’ 10th straight Big South victory -- the third-longest conference win streak in Big South history and one victory away from second-place. The record is 16, set by Liberty from 2006-09. Charleston Southern’s next opportunity for a league win is Oct. 22. Charleston Southern RB MIKE HOLLOWAY became just the second Big South player in league history -- and the first in a conference game -- to record a touchdown rush of at least 70 yards and TD reception of 60+ yards in the same game this past Saturday at Monmouth. He first scored on a 75-yard run, then added a 63-yard catchand-run into the end zone. Gardner-Webb’s DAVID MONTGOMERY was the first to achieve this feat with his 74-yard TD run and 73-yard touchdown catch against Southern Virginia on Oct. 24, 2009. Kennesaw State WR JUSTIN SUMPTER set school records with eight receptions for 187 yards this past Saturday at Duquesne, and posted two touch-down grabs for the second consecutive game. He is the first Big South receiver with back-to-back multi-TD catch games since 2013 (Coastal Carolina’s MATT HAZEL), while his receiving yards were the most by a Big South wideout since 2014 (251 - Gardner-Webb’s KENNY COOK). In just 14 career games with the Owls, Sumpter has 45 catches for 846 yards and nine TDs. Co-Offense: RB Mike Holloway, Charleston Southern | Co-Offense: WR Justin Sumpter, Kennesaw State | Defense: DB Dante Blackmon, Kennesaw State Specialty: P Christian Kinsley, Kennesaw State | Freshman: QB Daniel David, Kennesaw State
CAA FOOTBALL -- Richmond senior Brian Brown made nine catches for 142 yards and 2 TD’s in a win over Colgate last Saturday, and became the Spiders’ career leader in receiving yards with 3,178. Brown, who topped the UR mark of 3,101 yards set by Tre Gray, needs 178 more to move into the top 10 on CAA Football’s career list. Brown caught 76 passes for 1,450 yards in 2015, had 79 catches for 1,089 yards as a sophomore and currently tops the CAA with 27 receptions for 460 yards and 4 TD’s this season. He’s the first player in program history to record back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns and is on pace to make it three in a row. Five CAA teams rank among the top 20 in FCS in turnover margin. UAlbany leads the nation in turnover margin (+13), Delaware is third (+8), JMU and Villanova are tied for 17th (+5) and Richmond is 20th (+4). Six teams are also among the top 10 in FCS in interceptions. UAlbany leads the nation with nine, Delaware is 4th with seven, and Elon, JMU, Richmond and Villanova are tied for 8th with six. UAlbany is one of only two 4-0 teams in FCS and it’s just the third time the Great Danes have started 4-0 as a Division I program. Elon opened CAA play with a 27-10 victory at No. 8 William & Mary last Saturday. It was Elon’s second win ever over a Top 10 FCS opponent and first since 1997. Offense: RB Khalid Abdullah, James Madison | Defense: DE Tanoh Kpassagnon, Villanova | Specialty: WR Demetrius Oliver, Elon Co-Rookie: RB Xavier Goodall, Richmond | Co-Rookie: DB Khalil Moore, Elon IVY LEAGUE -- Five Ivy League football players have been named semifinalists for the 2016 William V. Campbell Trophy, presented by Fidelity
Investments® and prominently displayed inside its official home at the New York Athletic Club. The award recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation. Princeton’s Scott Carpenter, Pennsylvania’s Nick Demes, Brown’s Dakota Girard, Yale’s Sebastian Little and Harvard’s Max Rich are among 156 semifinalists from all levels of play in the NCAA and NAIA. Ivy League play began last weekend, with Harvard (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) defeating Brown (1-1, 0-1 Ivy), 32-22, and Cornell (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) upending Yale (0-2, 0-1 Ivy), 27-13. The win for the Crimson was its 16th-straight on the road, best currently in the FCS and trailing only Ohio State in all of Division I. It is also the longest road winning streak in Ivy League history. Cornell is 2-0 to start the year for the first time since 2009. Dartmouth also improved to 2-0 with a 35-10 win at Holy Cross. Two teams appear in the national polls. Harvard remained at No. 19 in the FCS Coaches poll and jumped into the top 25 in the STATS national poll for the first time this season, coming in at No. 25, while Dartmouth is receiving votes in both rankings. Offense: QB Dalton Banks, Cornell | Defense: LB Folarin Orimolade, Dartmouth | Specialty: PK Zach Mays, Cornell | Rookie: WR Hunter Hagdorn, Dartmouth MEAC -- Hampton faces North Carolina A&T State tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 pm ET on ESPNU. During last Saturday’s home victory against Beltway rival Howard University, the Morgan State football team participated in the annual Coach to Cure Muscular Dystrophy program. The initiative, in its eighth year, aims to raise money and awareness for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common and fatal genetic disorder associated with muscular dystrophy. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has partnered with the American Cancer Society to help launch its new initiative, “A House United to Tackle Pediatric Cancer” in collaboration with the Atlanta-based charity Curing Kids Cancer. The program targets college football fans this season to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer. Offensive: QB Caleb York, South Carolina State | Defensive: DE Marquis Smith, Savannah State | Specialist: PK Brandon McLaren, North Carolina Central Offensive Lineman: Nick Leverett, North Carolina Central | Rookie: RB Bishop Ford, South Carolina State
MISSOURI VALLEY -- Including this week, the MVFC has had seven teams in the Top 25 in the same week 11 times in its history, most recently Oct. 26, 2015. Western Illinois is No. 7 in the HERO Sports rankings, signifying the Leathernecks’ highest ranking since the season-ending poll following the 2003 season (No. 5). Two league games this week will feature ranked teams playing one another. Counting the two games this week, there have been 143 games in league history when two top-25 MVFC teams squared off. In the previous 141 games, the home team is 83-57. The higher-ranked team is 83-58. Once, the teams met in Frisco (neutral site). MVFC schools have beaten FBS programs 42 times in league history, including a league-record four times this season. Illinois State (at Northwestern), North Dakota State (at Iowa), UNI (at Iowa State) and Western Illinois (at Northern Illinois) helped the league to a 4-6 record vs. the FBS in 2016, which includes a 2-1 mark vs. B1G. Offense -- QB Sean McGuire, Western Illinois | Defense -- LB Brett Taylor, Western Illinois | Special Teams -- PK Jerry Nunez, Indiana State Newcomer -- WR/RS Bob Pugh, Indiana State | Offensive Lineman -- OL Matt Zobrist, Western Illinois
NEC -- Winning by at least 24 points for the third week in a row, Sacred Heart posted a notable Week 4 victory at No. 20 Stony Brook. SHU scored 31 unanswered points in a 38-10 win, marking the second time in three seasons that the Pioneers have beaten a nationally-ranked CAA member. SHU topped then No. 24 Delaware, 10-7, on October 4, 2014. SHU will put its 4-0 record on the line in its conference opener at Wagner. The #NECFB on ESPN3 Game of the Week kicks off 6:00 pm ET. Sacred Heart QB RJ Noel, the NEC’s all-time leader in total offense (9,580), accounted for three TD (2 rush, 1 pass) at Stony Brook. He’s the Division I FCS active career leader in touchdowns responsible for (92 – 71 pass, 21 rush). Offensive: QB RJ Noel, Sacred Heart | Defensive: LB Kevin Barry, Sacred Heart | Specialty: PK/P Alec Finney, Sacred Heart | Rookie: RB A.J. Hines, Duquesne
OHIO VALLEY -- Entering this week Jacksonville State QB Eli Jenkins has 415 rushing yards, the most among FCS QBs and second-most among all Division I (FBS or FCS) QBs, trailing only Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (526). Jenkins has 3,227 career rushing yards and is just 602 rushing yards out of 10th place in OVC history. He currently has 9,722 yards of total offense for his career, fourth-most in OVC history. Austin Peay sophomore linebacker Gunnar Scholato had 18 tackles last week at Eastern Illinois and now leads all FCS players at 14.3 tackles/ game this season. The 18 tackles are the second-most by a FCS player in a game this season. UT Martin scored on both an onside kick-off attempt and an interception return in the final minutes of Saturday’s win over Tennessee Tech. The Skyhawks now rank second nationally with three defensive touchdowns in 2016 and have also returned a kick and punt for a touchdown as well. Offensive: QB Eli Jenkins, Jacksonville State | Defensive: DE David Johnson, Eastern Illinois | Co-Specialist: RS Kyran Moore, Austin Peay Co-Specialist: RS Josh Barge, Jacksonville State | Co-Newcomer: RB Christopher Anderson, Eastern Illinois | Co-Newcomer: RB Roc Thomas, Jacksonville State
PATRIOT –- Georgetown, who is receiving votes in the STATS FCS Poll for the first time since 2012, will put its 3-0 record on the line against Harvard on Friday night. The game can be seen on ESPN3 beginning at 7 p.m. Lafayette hosts Holy Cross on Saturday in the first Patriot League matchup of the season. Both are looking to snap three-game slides. Patriot League offenses are second among the 14 FCS conferences in passing yards per game (244.92) and completion percentage (.611). Only the Big Sky averages more yards (248.88), while the SoCon completes passes at a higher rate (.640). Fordham Jr., RB Chase Edmonds is the FCS active career leader in rushing yards per game (133.2), rushing touchdowns (47) and points per game (11.2), while Holy Cross Sr., QB Peter Pujals is the active leader in total offense (10,560). Offensive: QB Nick Shafnisky, Lehigh | Defensive: DE Pat Afriyie, Colgate | Special Teams: P Harry McCollum, Georgetown | Rookie: LB Max Roberts, Fordham
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PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE -- San Diego’s Jonah Hodges is the nation’s No. 2 all-purpose runner after four weeks, averaging 187.33 all-purpose yards per game. While he is averaging 89.7 rushing yards per game, he has tacked on 59.3 receiving yards and 38.3 kickoff return yards per game. Hodges is averaging 8.0 yards per touch on all runs this season.
After four weeks, Drake is one of only nine teams in the FCS not charged with a fumble lost in 2016. In addition, Valparaiso and Campbell are among 32 teams to have only one fumble lost this season. Stetson’s defense leads all FCS units with 11.7 team tackles for loss per game this season. That number spiked with its 16 tackles for loss recorded against Jacksonville in Week 4, a total that is second most in the nation this season. Only Davidson’s 18 TFL performance against NAIA member Livingstone ranks higher. The nation’s longest streak of games without being shutout belongs to PFL member Dayton, which extended the streak to an impressive 447 games despite its Week 4 loss at San Diego. On the FBS side, Florida holds the nation’s longest streak of games without being shutout at 351,dating back to the 1988 season. The Flyers streak dates back to 1976 when it suffered a 9-0 loss to Marshall. Offensive: RB De’Shawn Jones, Campbell | Defensive: LB Harrison Rodormer, Jacksonville | Specialist: P/PK Josh Lee, Drake
SOUTHERN -- Chattanooga and Wofford boast two of the top defenses in all of FCS. The Terriers own the top total defense in FCS and rank third in scoring defense (11.3 ppg), while the Mocs rank first nationally in scoring defense (8.8 ppg) and are second in total defense. VMI claimed a 23-17 triple overtime win at Bucknell. With the victory, the Keydets have now won back-to-back games for the first time since 2005 and have claimed consecutive road wins for the first time since 1982. VMI’s home opener is Saturday when the Keydets host Mercer. All nine Southern Conference teams are in action Saturday. UTC travels to face ETSU, while VMI hosts Mercer. Samford plays host to Wofford and The Citadel and Western Carolina square off in Cullowhee, N.C.. Furman hosts Kennesaw State in non-conference play. Offensive: RB Derrick Craine, Chattanooga | Defensive: LB Ryan Francis, VMI | Special Teams: P/PK Henrique Ribeiro, Chattanooga SOUTHLAND -- The Southland Conference and its television partners have announced game selections and live broadcast times for football games to be played Oct. 8. The American Sports Network will televise the Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls contest at 2:30 p.m., Central, syndicating the game to affiliates nationwide and streaming on the Southland Digital Network. ESPN3 will broadcast the Sam Houston State at UIW game at 6 p.m. Also at 6 p.m., Cox Sports Television will carry McNeese at Southeastern Louisiana, with coverage available on ESPN3 outside Cox territory. For the remainder of the year, choices will be revealed 12 days prior to kickoff. The Sam Houston State Bearkats take on Stephen F. Austin in the 91st edition of the Battle of the Piney Woods on Saturday at 3 p.m. from Houston’s NRG Stadium. Second-ranked Sam Houston has won five straight in the rivalry and is one victory shy of matching the longest win streak in the series. Central Arkansas knocked off their in-state rival Arkansas State Red Wolves 28-23 last Saturday. The Bears, who had come close to beating several FBS teams in recent years, outscored the Red Wolves 15-7 in the decisive second half, getting the game-winning touchdown on an 18-yard pass from Hayden Hildebrand to ASU transfer Brandon Cox with 6:26 remaining. It’s the program’s second victory over an FBS school since moving to the Football Championship Subdivision in 2006. UCA beat Western Kentucky 28-7 in 2009. Offensive: QB Hunter Taylor, Stephen F. Austin | Defensive: Rover George Odum, Central Arkansas | Special Teams: DB Tremon Smith, Central Arkansas SWAC -- Alcorn State suffered its first conference road loss since a 28-21 defeat at Grambling State on Oct. 11, 2014. The Braves didn’t lose an away game in league play last season, but fell at Grambling once again on Saturday snapping a seven game road conference winning streak Texas Southern is off to its best start since 2014. The Tigers (2-2, 2-1) opened that season at 5-0 before losing six of its last seven finishing at 5-6 Grambling State and Prairie View A&M combined to score 124 points with GSU winning 70-54 in 2015. The most since a 1998 55-40 victory also in favor of the Tigers. A potential third win in a row over PVAMU would be the most since GSU rolled off 21 straight from 1987-2008 Alcorn State has never played Arkansas as this is also only their third time facing a school from the SEC. As a league, the SWAC is 0-6 versus the SEC. Southern RB Lenard Tillery now has 3,678 career rushing yards. He now only needs 372 yards to become the SWAC’s all-time leader. Tillery is only one of 14 rushers from the league to gain over 3,000 career rushing yards since 1970. Offensive: QB Devante Kincade, Grambling State | Defensive: DT DeVohn Reed, Prairie View A&M | Specialty: WR/RS Anthony Wiltz, Prairie View A&M Newcomer: DB Terrence Singleton, Prairie View A&M
STATS NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Offensive: Nick Shafnisky, Lehigh, QB, Sr., 6-2, 220, Whitehall, Pennsylvania Defensive: George Odum, Central Arkansas, OLB, R-Jr., 6-2, 190, Millington, Tennessee Special Teams: Taylor Hintze, Weber State, PK, R-Fr., 6-1, 195, Sandy, Utah Freshman: Jerry Louie-McGee, Montana, WR, R-Fr., 5-9, 168, Coeur d’Alenee, Idaho COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS: National Performer of the Week: Nick Shafnisky (QB) – Lehigh Honorable Mention: Derrick Craine (RB) – Chattanooga | Austin Howard (QB) – Southern University Kyle Lauletta (QB) – Richmond | Sean McGuire (QB) – Western Illinois
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Team W L W L Streak Eastern Washington (4) 1 0 3 1 Won 2 Cal Poly (16) 1 0 3 1 Won 3 Southern Utah 1 0 2 1 Won 2 Idaho State 1 0 2 2 Won 1 Weber State 1 0 2 2 Won 2 North Dakota 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Northern Colorado 0 0 2 1 Lost 1 Montana (11) 0 1 2 1 Lost 1 Montana State 0 1 2 2 Lost 1 UC Davis 0 1 1 3 Lost 2 Northern Arizona 0 1 1 3 Lost 1 Portland State 0 1 1 3 Lost 3 Sacramento State 0 1 0 4 Lost 4 Big South Conference Standings
Team W L W L Streak Eastern Illinois (13) 1 0 3 1 Won 3 UT Martin 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 1 3 Won 1 Tennessee Tech 1 1 1 3 Lost 2 Tennessee State 0 0 3 0 Won 3 Jacksonville State (3) 0 0 3 1 Won 2 Eastern Kentucky 0 0 1 2 Lost 1 Murray State 0 1 0 4 Lost 4 Austin Peay 0 2 0 3 Lost 3 Patriot League Standings
Team W L W L Streak Charleston Southern (10) 1 0 2 2 Won 1 Kennesaw State 0 0 2 1 Won 2 Liberty 0 0 1 3 Lost 2 Gardner-Webb 0 0 1 3 Lost 3 Presbyterian 0 0 1 3 Lost 1 Monmouth 0 1 2 2 Lost 2 CAA Football Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak Albany (21) 1 0 4 0 Won 4 Villanova (17) 1 0 3 1 Won 3 James Madison (7) 1 0 3 1 Won 1 Stony Brook 1 0 2 2 Lost 1 New Hampshire 1 0 2 2 Won 1 Elon 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Delaware 0 0 2 1 Lost 1 Richmond (6) 0 1 3 1 Won 1 William & Mary (19) 0 1 2 2 Lost 1 Towson 0 1 1 2 Lost 1 Maine 0 1 0 3 Lost 3 Rhode Island 0 2 0 4 Lost 4 Ivy League Standings Team W L W L Streak Harvard (25) 1 0 2 0 Won 2 Cornell 1 0 2 0 Won 2 Dartmouth 0 0 2 0 Won 2 Princeton 0 0 1 1 Lost 1 Penn 0 0 0 2 Lost 2 Columbia 0 0 0 2 Lost 2 Brown 0 1 1 1 Lost 1 Yale 0 1 0 2 Lost 2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak North Carolina Central 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Hampton 1 0 1 2 Won 1 Morgan State 1 0 1 2 Won 1 Savannah State 1 0 1 2 Won 1 South Carolina State 1 0 1 3 Won 1 North Carolina A&T (22) 0 0 2 1 Lost 1 Delaware State 0 0 0 3 Lost 3 Norfolk State 0 1 1 3 Lost 3 Bethune-Cookman 0 1 0 3 Lost 3 Florida A&M 0 1 0 4 Lost 4 Howard 0 2 0 4 Lost 4 Missouri Valley Football Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak Indiana State (24) 1 0 3 1 Won 2 Western Illinois (8) 0 0 3 0 Won 3 North Dakota State (1) 0 0 3 0 Won 3 Southern Illinois 0 0 2 1 Won 2 Youngstown State (20) 0 0 2 1 Won 1 Missouri State 0 0 2 1 Lost 1 South Dakota State (15) 0 0 1 2 Lost 1 South Dakota 0 0 1 2 Lost 1 UNI (12) 0 0 1 2 Lost 2 Illinois State (18) 0 1 2 2 Lost 2 Northeast Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak Bryant 1 0 2 2 Won 1 Sacred Heart 0 0 4 0 Won 4 Wagner 0 0 2 1 Lost 1 Duquesne 0 0 2 2 Lost 1 Saint Francis U 0 0 1 3 Lost 1 Robert Morris 0 0 1 3 Won 1 Central Connecticut State 0 1 1 3 Lost 1
Team W L W L Streak Georgetown 0 0 3 0 Won 3 Fordham 0 0 2 1 Won 2 Lehigh 0 0 2 2 Won 2 Colgate 0 0 1 2 Lost 1 Holy Cross 0 0 1 3 Lost 3 Bucknell 0 0 1 3 Lost 3 Lafayette 0 0 1 3 Lost 3 Pioneer Football League Standings Team W L W L Streak Campbell 1 0 3 1 Won 1 San Diego 1 0 2 1 Won 1 Jacksonville 1 0 2 1 Won 2 Drake 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Valparaiso 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Marist 0 0 0 3 Lost 3 Butler 0 1 2 2 Lost 1 Dayton 0 1 2 2 Lost 2 Davidson 0 1 2 2 Lost 1 Stetson 0 1 1 2 Lost 1 Morehead State 0 1 1 3 Lost 1 Southern Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak Chattanooga (5) 2 0 4 0 Won 4 Citadel (9) 2 0 3 0 Won 3 Wofford 1 0 3 1 Won 2 ETSU 1 1 2 1 Lost 1 VMI 0 0 2 1 Won 2 Samford 0 1 2 1 Lost 1 Western Carolina 0 1 1 2 Lost 1 Mercer 0 1 1 2 Won 1 Furman 0 2 0 4 Lost 4 Southland Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak Sam Houston State (2) 2 0 3 0 Won 3 Central Arkansas 2 0 3 1 Won 2 Stephen F. Austin 2 0 3 1 Won 3 Nicholls 1 0 1 2 Lost 1 Southeastern Louisiana 1 0 1 2 Won 1 McNeese (23) 1 1 2 2 Won 1 Houston Baptist 1 2 2 2 Lost 1 Incarnate Word 1 2 1 3 Lost 2 Lamar 0 1 0 3 Lost 3 Abilene Christian 0 2 0 4 Lost 4 Northwestern State 0 3 0 4 Lost 4 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak East Jackson State 1 1 1 3 Won 1 Alcorn State 1 2 1 2 Lost 2 Alabama A&M 1 2 1 3 Lost 2 Alabama State 0 3 0 4 Lost 4 Mississippi Valley State 0 3 0 4 Lost 4 West Prairie View A&M 3 0 3 1 Won 2 Grambling State 2 0 3 1 Won 2 Southern University 2 0 2 2 Won 2 Texas Southern 2 1 2 2 Won 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 1 1 3 Lost 1 Independent Team Coastal Carolina (14)
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STATS FCS TOP-25 RANKINGS Team Rec. 1 North Dakota State (164) 2 Sam Houston State 3 Jacksonville State 4 Eastern Washington 5 Chattanooga 6 Richmond 7 James Madison 8 Western Illinois 9 Citadel 10 Charleston Southern 11 Montana 12 UNI 13 Eastern Illinois 14 Coastal Carolina 15 South Dakota State 16 Cal Poly 17 Villanova 18 Illinois State 19 William & Mary 20 Youngstown State 21 Albany 22 North Carolina A&T 23 McNeese 24 Indiana State 25 Harvard
3-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 4-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 2-2 2-1 1-2 3-1 3-1 1-2 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 2-1 4-0 2-1 2-2 3-1 2-0
Pts. Prev. 4100 3847 3729 3588 3474 3007 2777 2766 2683 2472 2304 2041 1665 1565 1545 1443 1368 1358 1341 1193 1044 885 527 401 323
FCS COACHES TOP-25 RANKINGS Team Pts. Prev. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
N. Dakota State (3-0) (26) Sam Houston State (3-0) Chattanooga (4-0) Jacksonville State (3-1) Eastern Washington (3-1) James Madison (3-1) Richmond (3-1) Western Illinois (3-0) Charleston Southern (2-2) The Citadel (3-0) Montana (2-1) UNI (1-2) Eastern Illinois (3-1) Villanova (3-1) Youngstown State (2-1) South Dakota State (1-2) William & Mary (2-2) Cal Poly (3-1) Harvard (2-0) Illinois State (2-0) Albany (4-0) McNeese State (2-2) North Carolina A&T (2-1) Southern Utah (2-1) Colgate (1-2)
650 610 587 575 541 494 479 425 425 411 356 331 323 312 236 191 189 184 169 165 161 145 127 88 53
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HERO SPORTS FCS TOP-25 RANKINGS Team Pts. Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
N. Dakota State (3-0) (37) Sam Houston State (3-0) Jacksonville State (3-1) Eastern Washington (3-1) Chattanooga (4-0) Richmond (3-1) Western Illinois (3-0) James Madison (3-1) Charleston Southern (2-2) The Citadel (3-0) Montana (2-1) UNI (1-2) Eastern Illinois (3-1) Cal Poly (3-1) Coastal Carolina (3-1) South Dakota State (1-2) Villanova (3-1) William & Mary (2-2) Illinois State (2-2) Youngstown State (2-1) Albany (4-0) North Carolina A&T (2-1) McNeese State (2-2) Indiana State (3-1) Harvard (2-0)
925 866 842 824 776 672 652 616 583 543 534 477 374 357 328 324 315 295 275 271 251 184 120 81 67
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Rashad Jennings (Liberty)
Jimmy Garoppolo (Eastern Illinois)
Victor Cruz (CAA Football)
Joe Flacco (Delaware)
Carson Wentz (North Dakota State)
Trumaine Johnson (Montana)
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FCS HEADLINES u The FCS has 10 wins against FBS teams this season, one more than last year, and tied for the fourth-most in a single season in NCAA history. The FCS set a record in 2013 with 16 wins against FBS schools. In 2000, the FCS recorded 15 FBS wins, and in 2001, there were 11. This weekend, three FCS teams face FBS teams. FCS WINS VS. FBS TEAMS IN 2016 (10) UNI def. Iowa State, 25-20 | North Carolina A&T def. Kent State, 39-36 (4ot) Albany def. Buffalo, 22-16 | Eastern Washington def. Washington State, 45-42 Richmond def. Virginia, 37-20 | Illinois State def. Northwestern, 9-7 Eastern Illinois def. Miami (Ohio), 21-17 | North Dakota State def. #13 Iowa, 23-21 Western Illinois def. Northern Illinois, 28-23 | Central Arkansas def. Arkansas St., 28-23
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u The Southland Conference and Frisco CVB are working together on a new season-long promotion, the Road to Frisco. This will originate from the Frisco CVB’s various social media platforms. The #RoadToFrisco FCS Game of the Week is Sam Houston State / Stephen F. Austin at NRG Stadium in Houston (3 pm CT, ESPN3). u Three matchups this weekend pit two top-25 teams against each another: GAMES FEATURING TWO TOP-25 TEAMS (courtesy STATS): #18 Illinois State (2-2) at #1 North Dakota State (3-0), 1 pm CT (NBC ND/ESPN3) #10 Charleston Southern (2-2) at #14 Coastal Carolina (3-1), 5 pm CT #8 Western Illinois (3-0) at #15 South Dakota State (1-2), 6 pm CT (ESPN3)
Before he became a starter with the Los Angeles Rams, CB Trumaine Johnson was a star at Montana. In three games this year, he has 18 tackles, including 15 solo stops, and 2 pass break-ups.
u A total of 121 players from current FCS made opening-day NFL rosters. Every NFL team (but one) has at least one former FCS player. u Notably, just two teams in the Top 25 are idle this weekend.
BIG SKY -- The Big Sky Conference has four teams ranked in national polls, with Eastern Washington leading the way at No. 4 in the STATS
poll, and No. 5 in the Coaches’ Poll. Montana comes in at No. 11, in both polls, while Cal Poly is ranked at No. 16/18. Southern Utah is also ranked in the Coaches’ Poll, coming in at No. 24. Two Big Sky players earned national recognition from STATS last week, as Weber State PK Taylor Hintze earned STATS FCS Special Teams Player of the Week. Hintze hit three FGs, including a game-winner for Weber State. Montana receiver Jerry Louie-McGee was named STATS FCS Freshman of the Week, after catching 21 passes in a 42-41 loss to Cal Poly. The performance set a new school record, while tying the Big Sky Conference’s record for most catches in a game. This week’s Big Sky football game on ROOT SPORTS features the No. 4/5 Eastern Washington Eagles, as they host UC Davis. Kickoff is at 1:00 p.m. PST on ROOT SPORTS, as well as DirecTV’s Audience Network. Offensive: RB Brady Oliveira, North Dakota | Defensive: Tyler Collet, Southern Utah | Special Teams: PK Taylor Hintze, Weber State BIG SOUTH -- Charleston Southern began its Big South title defense with a 35-7 win at Monmouth this past Saturday for its second consecutive
and sixth overall 1-0 start to league play. The win was the Bucs’ 10th straight Big South victory -- the third-longest conference win streak in Big South history and one victory away from second-place. The record is 16, set by Liberty from 2006-09. Charleston Southern’s next opportunity for a league win is Oct. 22. Charleston Southern RB MIKE HOLLOWAY became just the second Big South player in league history -- and the first in a conference game -- to record a touchdown rush of at least 70 yards and TD reception of 60+ yards in the same game this past Saturday at Monmouth. He first scored on a 75-yard run, then added a 63-yard catchand-run into the end zone. Gardner-Webb’s DAVID MONTGOMERY was the first to achieve this feat with his 74-yard TD run and 73-yard touchdown catch against Southern Virginia on Oct. 24, 2009. Kennesaw State WR JUSTIN SUMPTER set school records with eight receptions for 187 yards this past Saturday at Duquesne, and posted two touch-down grabs for the second consecutive game. He is the first Big South receiver with back-to-back multi-TD catch games since 2013 (Coastal Carolina’s MATT HAZEL), while his receiving yards were the most by a Big South wideout since 2014 (251 - Gardner-Webb’s KENNY COOK). In just 14 career games with the Owls, Sumpter has 45 catches for 846 yards and nine TDs. Co-Offense: RB Mike Holloway, Charleston Southern | Co-Offense: WR Justin Sumpter, Kennesaw State | Defense: DB Dante Blackmon, Kennesaw State Specialty: P Christian Kinsley, Kennesaw State | Freshman: QB Daniel David, Kennesaw State
CAA FOOTBALL -- Richmond senior Brian Brown made nine catches for 142 yards and 2 TD’s in a win over Colgate last Saturday, and became the Spiders’ career leader in receiving yards with 3,178. Brown, who topped the UR mark of 3,101 yards set by Tre Gray, needs 178 more to move into the top 10 on CAA Football’s career list. Brown caught 76 passes for 1,450 yards in 2015, had 79 catches for 1,089 yards as a sophomore and currently tops the CAA with 27 receptions for 460 yards and 4 TD’s this season. He’s the first player in program history to record back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns and is on pace to make it three in a row. Five CAA teams rank among the top 20 in FCS in turnover margin. UAlbany leads the nation in turnover margin (+13), Delaware is third (+8), JMU and Villanova are tied for 17th (+5) and Richmond is 20th (+4). Six teams are also among the top 10 in FCS in interceptions. UAlbany leads the nation with nine, Delaware is 4th with seven, and Elon, JMU, Richmond and Villanova are tied for 8th with six. UAlbany is one of only two 4-0 teams in FCS and it’s just the third time the Great Danes have started 4-0 as a Division I program. Elon opened CAA play with a 27-10 victory at No. 8 William & Mary last Saturday. It was Elon’s second win ever over a Top 10 FCS opponent and first since 1997. Offense: RB Khalid Abdullah, James Madison | Defense: DE Tanoh Kpassagnon, Villanova | Specialty: WR Demetrius Oliver, Elon Co-Rookie: RB Xavier Goodall, Richmond | Co-Rookie: DB Khalil Moore, Elon IVY LEAGUE -- Five Ivy League football players have been named semifinalists for the 2016 William V. Campbell Trophy, presented by Fidelity
Investments® and prominently displayed inside its official home at the New York Athletic Club. The award recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation. Princeton’s Scott Carpenter, Pennsylvania’s Nick Demes, Brown’s Dakota Girard, Yale’s Sebastian Little and Harvard’s Max Rich are among 156 semifinalists from all levels of play in the NCAA and NAIA. Ivy League play began last weekend, with Harvard (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) defeating Brown (1-1, 0-1 Ivy), 32-22, and Cornell (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) upending Yale (0-2, 0-1 Ivy), 27-13. The win for the Crimson was its 16th-straight on the road, best currently in the FCS and trailing only Ohio State in all of Division I. It is also the longest road winning streak in Ivy League history. Cornell is 2-0 to start the year for the first time since 2009. Dartmouth also improved to 2-0 with a 35-10 win at Holy Cross. Two teams appear in the national polls. Harvard remained at No. 19 in the FCS Coaches poll and jumped into the top 25 in the STATS national poll for the first time this season, coming in at No. 25, while Dartmouth is receiving votes in both rankings. Offense: QB Dalton Banks, Cornell | Defense: LB Folarin Orimolade, Dartmouth | Specialty: PK Zach Mays, Cornell | Rookie: WR Hunter Hagdorn, Dartmouth MEAC -- Hampton faces North Carolina A&T State tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 pm ET on ESPNU. During last Saturday’s home victory against Beltway rival Howard University, the Morgan State football team participated in the annual Coach to Cure Muscular Dystrophy program. The initiative, in its eighth year, aims to raise money and awareness for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common and fatal genetic disorder associated with muscular dystrophy. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has partnered with the American Cancer Society to help launch its new initiative, “A House United to Tackle Pediatric Cancer” in collaboration with the Atlanta-based charity Curing Kids Cancer. The program targets college football fans this season to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer. Offensive: QB Caleb York, South Carolina State | Defensive: DE Marquis Smith, Savannah State | Specialist: PK Brandon McLaren, North Carolina Central Offensive Lineman: Nick Leverett, North Carolina Central | Rookie: RB Bishop Ford, South Carolina State
MISSOURI VALLEY -- Including this week, the MVFC has had seven teams in the Top 25 in the same week 11 times in its history, most recently Oct. 26, 2015. Western Illinois is No. 7 in the HERO Sports rankings, signifying the Leathernecks’ highest ranking since the season-ending poll following the 2003 season (No. 5). Two league games this week will feature ranked teams playing one another. Counting the two games this week, there have been 143 games in league history when two top-25 MVFC teams squared off. In the previous 141 games, the home team is 83-57. The higher-ranked team is 83-58. Once, the teams met in Frisco (neutral site). MVFC schools have beaten FBS programs 42 times in league history, including a league-record four times this season. Illinois State (at Northwestern), North Dakota State (at Iowa), UNI (at Iowa State) and Western Illinois (at Northern Illinois) helped the league to a 4-6 record vs. the FBS in 2016, which includes a 2-1 mark vs. B1G. Offense -- QB Sean McGuire, Western Illinois | Defense -- LB Brett Taylor, Western Illinois | Special Teams -- PK Jerry Nunez, Indiana State Newcomer -- WR/RS Bob Pugh, Indiana State | Offensive Lineman -- OL Matt Zobrist, Western Illinois
NEC -- Winning by at least 24 points for the third week in a row, Sacred Heart posted a notable Week 4 victory at No. 20 Stony Brook. SHU scored 31 unanswered points in a 38-10 win, marking the second time in three seasons that the Pioneers have beaten a nationally-ranked CAA member. SHU topped then No. 24 Delaware, 10-7, on October 4, 2014. SHU will put its 4-0 record on the line in its conference opener at Wagner. The #NECFB on ESPN3 Game of the Week kicks off 6:00 pm ET. Sacred Heart QB RJ Noel, the NEC’s all-time leader in total offense (9,580), accounted for three TD (2 rush, 1 pass) at Stony Brook. He’s the Division I FCS active career leader in touchdowns responsible for (92 – 71 pass, 21 rush). Offensive: QB RJ Noel, Sacred Heart | Defensive: LB Kevin Barry, Sacred Heart | Specialty: PK/P Alec Finney, Sacred Heart | Rookie: RB A.J. Hines, Duquesne
OHIO VALLEY -- Entering this week Jacksonville State QB Eli Jenkins has 415 rushing yards, the most among FCS QBs and second-most among all Division I (FBS or FCS) QBs, trailing only Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (526). Jenkins has 3,227 career rushing yards and is just 602 rushing yards out of 10th place in OVC history. He currently has 9,722 yards of total offense for his career, fourth-most in OVC history. Austin Peay sophomore linebacker Gunnar Scholato had 18 tackles last week at Eastern Illinois and now leads all FCS players at 14.3 tackles/ game this season. The 18 tackles are the second-most by a FCS player in a game this season. UT Martin scored on both an onside kick-off attempt and an interception return in the final minutes of Saturday’s win over Tennessee Tech. The Skyhawks now rank second nationally with three defensive touchdowns in 2016 and have also returned a kick and punt for a touchdown as well. Offensive: QB Eli Jenkins, Jacksonville State | Defensive: DE David Johnson, Eastern Illinois | Co-Specialist: RS Kyran Moore, Austin Peay Co-Specialist: RS Josh Barge, Jacksonville State | Co-Newcomer: RB Christopher Anderson, Eastern Illinois | Co-Newcomer: RB Roc Thomas, Jacksonville State
PATRIOT –- Georgetown, who is receiving votes in the STATS FCS Poll for the first time since 2012, will put its 3-0 record on the line against Harvard on Friday night. The game can be seen on ESPN3 beginning at 7 p.m. Lafayette hosts Holy Cross on Saturday in the first Patriot League matchup of the season. Both are looking to snap three-game slides. Patriot League offenses are second among the 14 FCS conferences in passing yards per game (244.92) and completion percentage (.611). Only the Big Sky averages more yards (248.88), while the SoCon completes passes at a higher rate (.640). Fordham Jr., RB Chase Edmonds is the FCS active career leader in rushing yards per game (133.2), rushing touchdowns (47) and points per game (11.2), while Holy Cross Sr., QB Peter Pujals is the active leader in total offense (10,560). Offensive: QB Nick Shafnisky, Lehigh | Defensive: DE Pat Afriyie, Colgate | Special Teams: P Harry McCollum, Georgetown | Rookie: LB Max Roberts, Fordham
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PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE -- San Diego’s Jonah Hodges is the nation’s No. 2 all-purpose runner after four weeks, averaging 187.33 all-purpose yards per game. While he is averaging 89.7 rushing yards per game, he has tacked on 59.3 receiving yards and 38.3 kickoff return yards per game. Hodges is averaging 8.0 yards per touch on all runs this season.
After four weeks, Drake is one of only nine teams in the FCS not charged with a fumble lost in 2016. In addition, Valparaiso and Campbell are among 32 teams to have only one fumble lost this season. Stetson’s defense leads all FCS units with 11.7 team tackles for loss per game this season. That number spiked with its 16 tackles for loss recorded against Jacksonville in Week 4, a total that is second most in the nation this season. Only Davidson’s 18 TFL performance against NAIA member Livingstone ranks higher. The nation’s longest streak of games without being shutout belongs to PFL member Dayton, which extended the streak to an impressive 447 games despite its Week 4 loss at San Diego. On the FBS side, Florida holds the nation’s longest streak of games without being shutout at 351,dating back to the 1988 season. The Flyers streak dates back to 1976 when it suffered a 9-0 loss to Marshall. Offensive: RB De’Shawn Jones, Campbell | Defensive: LB Harrison Rodormer, Jacksonville | Specialist: P/PK Josh Lee, Drake
SOUTHERN -- Chattanooga and Wofford boast two of the top defenses in all of FCS. The Terriers own the top total defense in FCS and rank third in scoring defense (11.3 ppg), while the Mocs rank first nationally in scoring defense (8.8 ppg) and are second in total defense. VMI claimed a 23-17 triple overtime win at Bucknell. With the victory, the Keydets have now won back-to-back games for the first time since 2005 and have claimed consecutive road wins for the first time since 1982. VMI’s home opener is Saturday when the Keydets host Mercer. All nine Southern Conference teams are in action Saturday. UTC travels to face ETSU, while VMI hosts Mercer. Samford plays host to Wofford and The Citadel and Western Carolina square off in Cullowhee, N.C.. Furman hosts Kennesaw State in non-conference play. Offensive: RB Derrick Craine, Chattanooga | Defensive: LB Ryan Francis, VMI | Special Teams: P/PK Henrique Ribeiro, Chattanooga SOUTHLAND -- The Southland Conference and its television partners have announced game selections and live broadcast times for football games to be played Oct. 8. The American Sports Network will televise the Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls contest at 2:30 p.m., Central, syndicating the game to affiliates nationwide and streaming on the Southland Digital Network. ESPN3 will broadcast the Sam Houston State at UIW game at 6 p.m. Also at 6 p.m., Cox Sports Television will carry McNeese at Southeastern Louisiana, with coverage available on ESPN3 outside Cox territory. For the remainder of the year, choices will be revealed 12 days prior to kickoff. The Sam Houston State Bearkats take on Stephen F. Austin in the 91st edition of the Battle of the Piney Woods on Saturday at 3 p.m. from Houston’s NRG Stadium. Second-ranked Sam Houston has won five straight in the rivalry and is one victory shy of matching the longest win streak in the series. Central Arkansas knocked off their in-state rival Arkansas State Red Wolves 28-23 last Saturday. The Bears, who had come close to beating several FBS teams in recent years, outscored the Red Wolves 15-7 in the decisive second half, getting the game-winning touchdown on an 18-yard pass from Hayden Hildebrand to ASU transfer Brandon Cox with 6:26 remaining. It’s the program’s second victory over an FBS school since moving to the Football Championship Subdivision in 2006. UCA beat Western Kentucky 28-7 in 2009. Offensive: QB Hunter Taylor, Stephen F. Austin | Defensive: Rover George Odum, Central Arkansas | Special Teams: DB Tremon Smith, Central Arkansas SWAC -- Alcorn State suffered its first conference road loss since a 28-21 defeat at Grambling State on Oct. 11, 2014. The Braves didn’t lose an away game in league play last season, but fell at Grambling once again on Saturday snapping a seven game road conference winning streak Texas Southern is off to its best start since 2014. The Tigers (2-2, 2-1) opened that season at 5-0 before losing six of its last seven finishing at 5-6 Grambling State and Prairie View A&M combined to score 124 points with GSU winning 70-54 in 2015. The most since a 1998 55-40 victory also in favor of the Tigers. A potential third win in a row over PVAMU would be the most since GSU rolled off 21 straight from 1987-2008 Alcorn State has never played Arkansas as this is also only their third time facing a school from the SEC. As a league, the SWAC is 0-6 versus the SEC. Southern RB Lenard Tillery now has 3,678 career rushing yards. He now only needs 372 yards to become the SWAC’s all-time leader. Tillery is only one of 14 rushers from the league to gain over 3,000 career rushing yards since 1970. Offensive: QB Devante Kincade, Grambling State | Defensive: DT DeVohn Reed, Prairie View A&M | Specialty: WR/RS Anthony Wiltz, Prairie View A&M Newcomer: DB Terrence Singleton, Prairie View A&M
STATS NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Offensive: Nick Shafnisky, Lehigh, QB, Sr., 6-2, 220, Whitehall, Pennsylvania Defensive: George Odum, Central Arkansas, OLB, R-Jr., 6-2, 190, Millington, Tennessee Special Teams: Taylor Hintze, Weber State, PK, R-Fr., 6-1, 195, Sandy, Utah Freshman: Jerry Louie-McGee, Montana, WR, R-Fr., 5-9, 168, Coeur d’Alenee, Idaho COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS: National Performer of the Week: Nick Shafnisky (QB) – Lehigh Honorable Mention: Derrick Craine (RB) – Chattanooga | Austin Howard (QB) – Southern University Kyle Lauletta (QB) – Richmond | Sean McGuire (QB) – Western Illinois
Big Sky Conference Standings
Ohio Valley Conference Standings
Team W L W L Streak Eastern Washington (4) 1 0 3 1 Won 2 Cal Poly (16) 1 0 3 1 Won 3 Southern Utah 1 0 2 1 Won 2 Idaho State 1 0 2 2 Won 1 Weber State 1 0 2 2 Won 2 North Dakota 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Northern Colorado 0 0 2 1 Lost 1 Montana (11) 0 1 2 1 Lost 1 Montana State 0 1 2 2 Lost 1 UC Davis 0 1 1 3 Lost 2 Northern Arizona 0 1 1 3 Lost 1 Portland State 0 1 1 3 Lost 3 Sacramento State 0 1 0 4 Lost 4 Big South Conference Standings
Team W L W L Streak Eastern Illinois (13) 1 0 3 1 Won 3 UT Martin 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 1 3 Won 1 Tennessee Tech 1 1 1 3 Lost 2 Tennessee State 0 0 3 0 Won 3 Jacksonville State (3) 0 0 3 1 Won 2 Eastern Kentucky 0 0 1 2 Lost 1 Murray State 0 1 0 4 Lost 4 Austin Peay 0 2 0 3 Lost 3 Patriot League Standings
Team W L W L Streak Charleston Southern (10) 1 0 2 2 Won 1 Kennesaw State 0 0 2 1 Won 2 Liberty 0 0 1 3 Lost 2 Gardner-Webb 0 0 1 3 Lost 3 Presbyterian 0 0 1 3 Lost 1 Monmouth 0 1 2 2 Lost 2 CAA Football Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak Albany (21) 1 0 4 0 Won 4 Villanova (17) 1 0 3 1 Won 3 James Madison (7) 1 0 3 1 Won 1 Stony Brook 1 0 2 2 Lost 1 New Hampshire 1 0 2 2 Won 1 Elon 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Delaware 0 0 2 1 Lost 1 Richmond (6) 0 1 3 1 Won 1 William & Mary (19) 0 1 2 2 Lost 1 Towson 0 1 1 2 Lost 1 Maine 0 1 0 3 Lost 3 Rhode Island 0 2 0 4 Lost 4 Ivy League Standings Team W L W L Streak Harvard (25) 1 0 2 0 Won 2 Cornell 1 0 2 0 Won 2 Dartmouth 0 0 2 0 Won 2 Princeton 0 0 1 1 Lost 1 Penn 0 0 0 2 Lost 2 Columbia 0 0 0 2 Lost 2 Brown 0 1 1 1 Lost 1 Yale 0 1 0 2 Lost 2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak North Carolina Central 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Hampton 1 0 1 2 Won 1 Morgan State 1 0 1 2 Won 1 Savannah State 1 0 1 2 Won 1 South Carolina State 1 0 1 3 Won 1 North Carolina A&T (22) 0 0 2 1 Lost 1 Delaware State 0 0 0 3 Lost 3 Norfolk State 0 1 1 3 Lost 3 Bethune-Cookman 0 1 0 3 Lost 3 Florida A&M 0 1 0 4 Lost 4 Howard 0 2 0 4 Lost 4 Missouri Valley Football Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak Indiana State (24) 1 0 3 1 Won 2 Western Illinois (8) 0 0 3 0 Won 3 North Dakota State (1) 0 0 3 0 Won 3 Southern Illinois 0 0 2 1 Won 2 Youngstown State (20) 0 0 2 1 Won 1 Missouri State 0 0 2 1 Lost 1 South Dakota State (15) 0 0 1 2 Lost 1 South Dakota 0 0 1 2 Lost 1 UNI (12) 0 0 1 2 Lost 2 Illinois State (18) 0 1 2 2 Lost 2 Northeast Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak Bryant 1 0 2 2 Won 1 Sacred Heart 0 0 4 0 Won 4 Wagner 0 0 2 1 Lost 1 Duquesne 0 0 2 2 Lost 1 Saint Francis U 0 0 1 3 Lost 1 Robert Morris 0 0 1 3 Won 1 Central Connecticut State 0 1 1 3 Lost 1
Team W L W L Streak Georgetown 0 0 3 0 Won 3 Fordham 0 0 2 1 Won 2 Lehigh 0 0 2 2 Won 2 Colgate 0 0 1 2 Lost 1 Holy Cross 0 0 1 3 Lost 3 Bucknell 0 0 1 3 Lost 3 Lafayette 0 0 1 3 Lost 3 Pioneer Football League Standings Team W L W L Streak Campbell 1 0 3 1 Won 1 San Diego 1 0 2 1 Won 1 Jacksonville 1 0 2 1 Won 2 Drake 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Valparaiso 1 0 2 2 Won 2 Marist 0 0 0 3 Lost 3 Butler 0 1 2 2 Lost 1 Dayton 0 1 2 2 Lost 2 Davidson 0 1 2 2 Lost 1 Stetson 0 1 1 2 Lost 1 Morehead State 0 1 1 3 Lost 1 Southern Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak Chattanooga (5) 2 0 4 0 Won 4 Citadel (9) 2 0 3 0 Won 3 Wofford 1 0 3 1 Won 2 ETSU 1 1 2 1 Lost 1 VMI 0 0 2 1 Won 2 Samford 0 1 2 1 Lost 1 Western Carolina 0 1 1 2 Lost 1 Mercer 0 1 1 2 Won 1 Furman 0 2 0 4 Lost 4 Southland Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak Sam Houston State (2) 2 0 3 0 Won 3 Central Arkansas 2 0 3 1 Won 2 Stephen F. Austin 2 0 3 1 Won 3 Nicholls 1 0 1 2 Lost 1 Southeastern Louisiana 1 0 1 2 Won 1 McNeese (23) 1 1 2 2 Won 1 Houston Baptist 1 2 2 2 Lost 1 Incarnate Word 1 2 1 3 Lost 2 Lamar 0 1 0 3 Lost 3 Abilene Christian 0 2 0 4 Lost 4 Northwestern State 0 3 0 4 Lost 4 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings Team W L W L Streak East Jackson State 1 1 1 3 Won 1 Alcorn State 1 2 1 2 Lost 2 Alabama A&M 1 2 1 3 Lost 2 Alabama State 0 3 0 4 Lost 4 Mississippi Valley State 0 3 0 4 Lost 4 West Prairie View A&M 3 0 3 1 Won 2 Grambling State 2 0 3 1 Won 2 Southern University 2 0 2 2 Won 2 Texas Southern 2 1 2 2 Won 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 1 1 3 Lost 1 Independent Team Coastal Carolina (14)
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STATS FCS TOP-25 RANKINGS Team Rec. 1 North Dakota State (164) 2 Sam Houston State 3 Jacksonville State 4 Eastern Washington 5 Chattanooga 6 Richmond 7 James Madison 8 Western Illinois 9 Citadel 10 Charleston Southern 11 Montana 12 UNI 13 Eastern Illinois 14 Coastal Carolina 15 South Dakota State 16 Cal Poly 17 Villanova 18 Illinois State 19 William & Mary 20 Youngstown State 21 Albany 22 North Carolina A&T 23 McNeese 24 Indiana State 25 Harvard
3-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 4-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 2-2 2-1 1-2 3-1 3-1 1-2 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 2-1 4-0 2-1 2-2 3-1 2-0
Pts. Prev. 4100 3847 3729 3588 3474 3007 2777 2766 2683 2472 2304 2041 1665 1565 1545 1443 1368 1358 1341 1193 1044 885 527 401 323
FCS COACHES TOP-25 RANKINGS Team Pts. Prev. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
N. Dakota State (3-0) (26) Sam Houston State (3-0) Chattanooga (4-0) Jacksonville State (3-1) Eastern Washington (3-1) James Madison (3-1) Richmond (3-1) Western Illinois (3-0) Charleston Southern (2-2) The Citadel (3-0) Montana (2-1) UNI (1-2) Eastern Illinois (3-1) Villanova (3-1) Youngstown State (2-1) South Dakota State (1-2) William & Mary (2-2) Cal Poly (3-1) Harvard (2-0) Illinois State (2-0) Albany (4-0) McNeese State (2-2) North Carolina A&T (2-1) Southern Utah (2-1) Colgate (1-2)
650 610 587 575 541 494 479 425 425 411 356 331 323 312 236 191 189 184 169 165 161 145 127 88 53
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HERO SPORTS FCS TOP-25 RANKINGS Team Pts. Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
N. Dakota State (3-0) (37) Sam Houston State (3-0) Jacksonville State (3-1) Eastern Washington (3-1) Chattanooga (4-0) Richmond (3-1) Western Illinois (3-0) James Madison (3-1) Charleston Southern (2-2) The Citadel (3-0) Montana (2-1) UNI (1-2) Eastern Illinois (3-1) Cal Poly (3-1) Coastal Carolina (3-1) South Dakota State (1-2) Villanova (3-1) William & Mary (2-2) Illinois State (2-2) Youngstown State (2-1) Albany (4-0) North Carolina A&T (2-1) McNeese State (2-2) Indiana State (3-1) Harvard (2-0)
925 866 842 824 776 672 652 616 583 543 534 477 374 357 328 324 315 295 275 271 251 184 120 81 67
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FACES of the FCS
Rashad Jennings (Liberty)
Jimmy Garoppolo (Eastern Illinois)
Victor Cruz (CAA Football)
Joe Flacco (Delaware)
Carson Wentz (North Dakota State)
Trumaine Johnson (Montana)
