THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 10

Last Week--28-15 (.651)
Year-To-Date--204-107 (.656)

November has arrived, and as the weather gets colder, the stakes are starting to get higher for the teams that want to advance to postseason play. For the Saints of Carroll College (Mont.), their 28-game winning streak ended with a 10-3 upset loss to Montana State-Northern last Saturday. The Lights win also avenged a 12-7 loss to the Saints earlier this season. That defeat alone might make it difficult for Carroll to win its fifth straight NAIA national championship. Still, just two weeks remain in the regular season, and anything can happen between now, and the final seconds of the final games ticking down to zero on Nov. 11, at least for most teams competing at the NCAA Division II, Division III, and NAIA levels.

So, what are we waiting for? Let's get started!

Projected winners highlighted in RED

Key games highlighted in BOLD type.

Showcase games highlighted in italics.

DIVISION I-AA

North Dakota State (7-1) at UC Davis (4-4)

Massachusetts (7-1) at New Hampshire (6-2)

Albany (N.Y.)--(6-3) at Robert Morris (6-3)

Cal Poly (6-2) at Montana (7-1)

Southern Illinois (6-2) at Youngstown State (7-2)

(It's the Salukis against the Penguins in a Gateway Conference grudge match!)

Tennessee State (5-3) at Eastern Illinois (5-4)

Elon (4-4) at Furman (6-3)

Western Kentucky (5-3) at Northern Iowa (5-3)

Alabama A&M (6-3) at Jackson State (5-3)

DIVISION II

Ferris State (6-3) at Northwood (7-1)

Merrimack (6-3) at C.W. Post (7-2)

Harding (6-2) at Arkansas Tech (6-3)

Carson-Newman (6-3) at Wingate (7-2)

East Stroudsburg (6-3) at Bloomsburg (8-1)

Johnson C. Smith (7-2) at North Carolina Central (9-0)

Nebraska-Omaha (7-1) at South Dakota (7-2)

(Real biggie in the North Central Conference!)

Northwest Missouri State (9-0) at Pittsburg State (8-1)--at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo.

(Major showdown in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)

Virginia Union (7-2) at Elizabeth City State (8-1)

Saginaw Valley State (5-3) at Grand Valley State (9-0)

West Alabama (6-3) at Delta State (7-1)--(Thursday)

Slippery Rock (6-3) at Indiana (Pa.)--(7-1)--(Thursday)

DIVISION III

Curry (8-0) at U Mass-Dartmouth (5-3)

Rensselaer Tech (5-2) at Rochester (6-2)

Amherst (6-0) at Trinity (Conn.)--(5-1)

Coe (6-2) at Central College (Iowa)--(8-0)

Rowan (5-2) at Cortland State (8-0)

(Nitty-gritty grudge match in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, "aka" the NJAC!)

Emory & Henry (5-3) at Washington & Lee (6-2)

Franklin (7-1) at Defiance (6-2)

Hope (5-3) at Olivet (Mich.)--(5-3)

Illinois College (6-3) at St. Norbert (9-0)

Alfred (6-2) at Ithaca (7-1)

Union (N.Y.)--(6-1) at Hobart (7-0)

(Liberty League title on the line!)

Western Connecticut State (5-3) at Kean (5-3)

Wheaton (7-1) at Carthage (6-2)

Linfield (5-2) at Whitworth (8-0)

(Playoff implications are looming large in the Pacific Northwest!)

NAIA

Montana Tech (6-3) at Carroll (Mont.)--(8-1)

(Can the Saints bounce back from a rare loss?)

Dana (6-3) at Northwestern (Iowa)--(8-1)

Mid-America Nazarene (6-2) at Benedictine (Kans.)--(6-3)

Virginia-Wise (7-2) vs. Cumberlands (Ky.)--(5-3)