THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 15

Note:  We did it again.  The second round NCAA Division III playoff contest between Linfield and St. Thomas, won in double overtime by the Tommies last Saturday, was inadvertently omitted from the list of predictions.  RFC regrets the error.

Last Week: 21-4 (.840)
This Year: 528-246 (.682)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

Click on one of the highlighted links below to see the brackets for each division.  All games are played on Saturday, December 4.

FCS Playoffs--Second Round

Western Illinois (8-4) at Appalachian State (9-2)

Villanova (7-4) at Stephen F. Austin (9-2)

Southeast Missouri State (9-2) at Eastern Washington (9-2)

North Dakota State (8-4) at Montana State (9-2)

Lehigh (10-2) at Delaware (9-2)

New Hampshire (7-4) at Bethune-Cookman (10-1)

Wofford (9-2) at Jacksonville State (9-2)

Georgia Southern (8-4) at William & Mary (8-3)

NCAA Division II Playoffs--Quarterfinals

Shepherd (11-1) at Mercyhurst (10-2)

Delta State (10-3) at Albany State (Ga.)--(11-0)

Augustana (S.D.)--(11-1) at Minnesota-Duluth (12-0)

Central Missouri (11-2) at Northwest Missouri State (11-1)

NCAA Division III Playoffs--Quarterfinals

Mary Hardin-Baylor (12-0) at Wesley (11-0)

Wisconsin-Whitewater (12-0) at North Central (12-0)

Alfred (10-2) at Mount Union (12-0)

Bethel (Minn.)--(11-1) at St. Thomas (12-0)

NAIA Playoffs--Semifinals

St. Xavier (13-0) at Carroll (Mont.)--(12-0)

MidAmerica Nazarene (12-0) at Sioux Falls (12-0)

Other Games

NCAA Division II

Pioneer Bowl XII at Columbus, Ga.

Fort Valley State (8-2) vs. St. Augustine's (8-2)

Mineral Water Bowl at Excelsior Springs, Mo.

Pittsburg State (Kan.)--(5-6) vs. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)--(8-3)

Kanza Bowl at Topeka, Kan.

Washburn (7-4) vs. Midwestern State (8-3)

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