THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 14

Editor's Note: The NCAA Division III first round playoff game between Cal Lutheran and Linfield, and the NAIA first round playoff game between Cumberlands (Ky.) and Lambuth were inadvertently left off the list of predictions from last week. Sorry for any inconvenience. Now, on to this week's picks. Happy Thanksgiving from RFC.

Last Week: 31-17 (.640)
Overall: 424-210 (.669)

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED.

Thursday, November 26 (HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!)

INTERDIVISIONAL GAME

Alabama State (FCS)--(4-6) vs. Tuskegee (D-II)--(8-2)

(Turkey Day Classic at Montgomery, Ala.)

Saturday, November 28

FCS PLAYOFFS--FIRST ROUND

South Carolina State (10-1) at Appalachian State (9-2)

Holy Cross (9-2) at Villanova (10-1)

Elon (9-2) at Richmond (10-1)

Weber State (7-4) at William & Mary (9-2)

Eastern Illinois (8-3) at Southern Illinois (10-1)

South Dakota State (8-3) at Montana (11-0)

New Hampshire (9-2) at McNeese State (9-2)

Eastern Washington (8-3) at Stephen F. Austin (9-2)

FCS REGULAR SEASON

Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5-4) vs. Texas Southern (4-5)

(Cotton Bowl--Dallas, Tex.)

Grambling State (6-4) vs. Southern (6-3)

(Bayou Classic at New Orleans, La.)

North Dakota (5-5) at Central Arkansas (5-6)

NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOFFS--QUARTERFINALS

California (Pa.)--(10-3) at West Liberty (11-1)

Northwest Missouri State (11-1) at Central Washington (12-0)

Carson-Newman (10-2) at North Alabama (11-1)

Grand Valley State (11-1) at Minnesota-Duluth (11-1)

NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFFS--SECOND ROUND

Montclair State (10-1) at Mount Union (11-0)

Albright (10-1) at Delaware Valley (10-1)

Mississippi College (9-2) at Wesley (11-0)

Johns Hopkins (9-2) at Thomas More (11-0)

Illinois Wesleyan (10-1) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (11-0)

Trine (10-1) at Wittenberg (11-0)

Coe (10-1) at St. Thomas (10-1)

Mary Hardin-Baylor (10-1) at Linfield (10-0)

NAIA PLAYOFFS--QUARTERFINALS

Morningside (10-1) at Sioux Falls (12-0)

Mid America Nazarene (10-1) at Carroll (12-0)

Ottawa (Kan.)--(12-0) at Lindenwood (11-0)

Lambuth (12-0) at St. Xavier (12-0)