THE LIGHTING ROUND--WEEK 5 PREDICTIONS--PART 3

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type.

NCAA Division III

Wisconsin-Platteville (3-1) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (3-0) 

Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2-1) at Wisconsin-Stevens Point (2-1) 

Coe (2-2) at Central (2-2) 

Monmouth (Ill.)--(3-1) at St. Norbert (3-1) 

Benedictine (Ill.)--(1-2) at Concordia-Chicago (Ill.)--(1-1) 

Westminster (Mo.)--(4-0) at Eureka (2-1) 

Linfield (2-0) at Willamette (1-2) 

Puget Sound (0-3) at Pacific Lutheran (1-1) 

NAIA

Schedule of games for week of October 1, 2011

St. Xavier (4-0) at St. Francis (Ind.)--(3-0)

(It's No. 1 [from Chicago] vs. No. 2 [from Fort Wayne, Ind.] in this battle of Cougars!)

Montana State-Northern (3-1) at Carroll (Mont.)--(3-1) 

(Saints play host to the Lights in critical Frontier Conference clash!)

Evangel (2-1) at Benedictine (Kan.)--(4-0) 

(Ravens put their unbeaten mark on the line against the Crusaders!)

Midland (3-1) at Doane (4-0)

(Tigers play host to the Warriors in key HAAC contest!) 

Southern Nazarene (4-0) at Southwestern Assemblies of God (3-1) 

Rocky Mountain (3-2) at Eastern Oregon (4-0) 

Hastings (2-1) at Dakota Wesleyan (3-0)

Pikeville (3-1) at Campbellsville (3-1) 

St. Ambrose (2-1) at Grand View (3-2) 

Jamestown (2-2) at Valley City State (2-1) 

Belhaven (2-2) at Bethel (Tenn.)--(3-1) 

Nebraska Wesleyan (2-2) at Northwestern (Iowa)--(2-2) 

 

 



 

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 5 PREDICTIONS--PART 2

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type.

 NCAA Division II

Winona State (3-1) at Minnesota State (3-1)

Southwestern Oklahoma State (3-1) at Southeastern Oklahoma State (2-1) 

Harding (2-2) at West Alabama (3-1) 

West Texas A&M (2-1) at Tarleton State (1-3) 

Western Oregon (3-1) at Abilene Christian (2-1) 

Colorado State-Pueblo (4-0) at Chadron State (2-2) 

Western New Mexico (2-2) at Colorado Mesa (1-3) 

Dixie State (3-0) at Humboldt State (1-3) 

NCAA Division III

Schedule of games for week of October 1, 2011

Mount Union (3-0) at Ohio Northern (2-1)  

(Polar Bears play host to the Purple Raiders in Ohio Athletic Conference clash!)

Louisiana College (3-0) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (3-0)  

(Wildcats go west into Texas to take on the Crusaders in American Southwest Conference showdown!)

Adrian (4-0) at Trine (3-0)

(Thunder look to stay undefeated against the visiting Bulldogs in the MIAA opener for both teams!)

Wheaton (3-0) at Illinois Wesleyan (3-0)

(Titans take on the visiting Thunder in CCIW opener for both teams!) 

North Central (2-1) at Carthage (3-0) 

(Red Men are home against the Cardinals in another CCIW opener!)

Redlands (2-0) at Cal Lutheran (1-1) 

(Kingsmen clash with the Bulldogs in opening SCIAC showdown!) 
 

St. John's (2-2) at St. Thomas (3-1)  

St. Olaf (3-1) at Bethel (Minn.)--(3-0)

New Jersey (3-0) at Kean (3-0)


Wartburg (3-1) at Cornell (2-1)

Endicott (4-0) at Curry (3-1)

Mount Ida (1-2) at Norwich (1-3) 

Wesleyan (Conn.)--(1-0) at Hamilton (1-0) 

King's (1-2) at Widener (3-1)

Albright (4-0) at Lycoming (2-1)

Susquehanna (3-1) at Muhlenberg (2-2) 

Oberlin (2-1) at Wittenberg (4-0)

Mount St.  Joseph (3-0) at Franklin (3-1) 

Rose-Hulman (1-2) at Manchester (2-1) 

Capital (2-1) at Heidelberg (2-1) 

Emory and Henry (3-1) at Randolph-Macon (4-0) 

Catholic (3-0) at Hampden-Sydney (3-1) 

Christopher Newport (1-2) at Methodist (1-2)

Millsaps (1-3) at Sewanee (2-2) 

LaGrange (2-2) at Rhodes (1-3) 

 

 
 



 

 

THE LIGHTING ROUND--WEEK 5 PREDICTIONS--PART 1

Last Week: 56-13 (.812)
This Season: 132-59 (.691)

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type. 


FCS

Schedule for the week of October 1, 2011 

Thursday, September 29

Texas Southern (2-1) at Jackson State (3-1)

Saturday, October 1

Appalachian State (3-1) at Wofford (2-1)  

(Terriers play host to the Mountaineers in a Southern Conference showdown!)

Richmond (3-1) at James Madison (3-1)  

(Spiders do battle with the Dukes in CAA clash!)

Georgia Southern (3-0) at Elon (3-1)  

(Phoenix play host to the No. 1 [Sports Network] Eagles in SoCon test!)

Sacramento State (2-2) at Montana State (3-1) 

(Hornets head north to do battle with the Bobcats in key Big Sky tilt!)

Yale (2-0) at Lehigh (3-1)  

Georgetown (3-1) at Bucknell (3-1) 

Butler (2-2) at Dayton (3-1) 

Bryant (3-1) at Duquesne (3-1) 

Illinois State (2-2) at North Dakota State (3-0) 

Delaware (3-1) at Maine (2-1) 

North Dakota (2-2) at Southern Utah (3-1) 

Portland State (2-1) at Idaho State (2-2) 

South Carolina State (2-2) at Norfolk State (3-1) 

Jacksonville State (3-1) at Murray State (2-2) 

McNeese State (2-1) at Northwestern State (2-2) 

Massachusetts (2-1) at Old Dominion (3-1) 

Texas-San Antonio (2-2) at Sam Houston State (3-0) 

NCAA Division II

Schedule of games for the week of October 1, 2011 

Thursday, September 29

Clark Atlanta (2-2) at Morehouse (3-1)  

Friday, September 30

American International (3-1) at Bentley (3-1)  

Saturday, October 1

Pittsburg State (4-0) vs. Northwest Missouri State (4-0) 

(It's the Gorillas taking on the Bearcats in Arrowhead Classic X at Kansas City, Mo.)

Ouachita Baptist (3-0) at Delta State (4-1)  

(Undefeated Tigers travel to Mississippi to face the Statesmen!)

Michigan Tech (3-1) at Ohio Dominican (2-2)

Shepherd (4-0) at Concord (2-2)

West Chester (2-2) at C.W. Post (1-3)

Kutztown (4-0) at Shippensburg (2-2) 

Johnson C. Smith (2-2) at Winston-Salem State (4-0) 

Kentucky State (3-1) at Albany State (Ga.)--(3-1) 

 


  

RFC Scoreboard--Thrillers and more

More thrills and surprises, as multiple games went down to the wire.  Also, a controversial call at the end of one MEAC game results in the home team getting a big win.  And a small college football power's fall from grace.  It's all in this edition of the RFC Scoreboard, for the week ending September 24, 2011.

FCS

MEAC replay upheld (Sports Network) 


New Hampshire downs Richmond in shootout (Foster's Daily Democrat [N.H.])

Appalachian State outlasts Chattanooga (Appalachian State University Athletics/goasu.com)

James Madison gets by William & Mary (The Breeze [Va.])


Full scoreboard (Sports Network)


NCAA Division II

Minnesota-Duluth holds off Bemidji State (Duluth [Minn.] News-Tribune)


Grand Valley State skid reaches three in a row (Grand Rapids [Mich.] News-Press)


North Alabama rallies to beat Harding (Florence [Ala.] Daily Times)

Full scoreboard (Sports Network) 


NCAA Division III

Coe upsets Wartburg (Waterloo/Cedar Falls [Iowa] Courier)

MIAC Round-Up (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)

Muskingum shocks Ohio Northern (Ada [Ohio] Herald) 

Thomas More outlasts Washington and Jefferson (Washington [Pa.] Observer-Reporter)

Full scoreboard (d3football.com)


NAIA

Missouri Valley blows out Baker (Marshall [Mo.] Democrat-News)

Morningside stuns Midland (Morningside College Sports Information)

Georgetown (Ky.) outlasts Shorter (Georgetown College [Ky.] Sports Information)

Montana State-Northern downs Rocky Mountain (Montana State-Northern Sports Information) 


Full scoreboard (NAIASports.org)

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 4 PREDICTIONS--PART 3

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type. 



NCAA Division III

Thursday, September 22

Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1-1) at Wisconsin-Stout (2-0)

Saturday, September 24
Amherst at Bates

Trinity (Conn.) at Colby

Tufts at Hamilton 

Salisbury (3-0) at Utica (2-1) 

Muhlenberg (2-1) at Johns Hopkins (3-0)

Birmingham-Southern (3-0) at Sewanee (2-1) 

Concordia-Chicago (Ill.)--(1-0) at Adrian (3-0) 

Monmouth (Ill.)--(2-1) at Illinois College (3-0) 

Minnesota-Morris (2-1) at St. Scholastica (2-0)


Puget Sound (0-2) at Whittier (0-1)

NAIA

Schedule of games for week of September 24, 2011 

Baker (3-1) at Missouri Valley (3-0) 

(Vikings play host to the Wildcats in Heart of America Athletic Conference clash!)

Shorter (2-0) at Georgetown (Ky.)--(2-0) 

(Hawks fly north to take on the Tigers in Mid-South Conference showdown!)

Morningside (2-1) at Midland (3-0) 


(Warriors welcome the Mustangs in huge Great Plains Athletic Conference match-up!)

Montana State-Northern (2-1) at Rocky Mountain (3-1) 

Bethel (Tenn.)--(2-1) at Cumberlands (Ky.)--(2-1) 


Doane (3-0) at Nebraska Wesleyan (2-1)

Olivet Nazarene (1-3) at Grand View (2-2)

Interdivisional Games 

Saturday, September 24

Black Hills State (D-II)--(1-3) at North Dakota (FCS)--(1-2) 

Clark-Atlanta (D-II)--(2-1) at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (FCS)--(2-1) 

Chapman (D-III)--(1-0) at Azusa Pacific (NAIA)--(2-1)


 





 

 

 

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 4 PREDICTIONS--PART 2

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type. 


Saturday, September 24


NCAA Division II

Angelo State (3-0) at Abilene Christian (1-1)

Incarnate Word (1-2) at West Texas A&M (1-1) 

Texas A&M-Kingsville (2-1) at Midwestern State (2-0) 

Southeastern Oklahoma State (2-0) at East Central (2-1) 

Arkansas-Monticello (2-1) at West Georgia (1-1) 

New Haven (2-1) at Assumption (1-2) 

Truman (1-2) at Central Missouri (2-1) 

Minnesota State (2-1) at Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)--(2-1) 

Upper Iowa (2-1) at Winona State (2-1) 

St. Cloud State (2-1) at Mary (2-1) 

Colorado Mines (2-1) at Western New Mexico (2-1) 

Adams State (2-1) at Chadron State (1-2) 

Western Oregon (2-1) at Dixie State (1-2) 

NCAA Division III

Schedule of games for week of September 24, 2011

Mary Hardin-Baylor (2-0) at Hardin-Simmons (2-1)

(Crusaders clash with Cowboys in American Southwest Conference showdown!)

Springfield (2-0) at Alfred (2-0)

(Saxons play host to the Pride in Empire 8 Conference clash!) 

Thomas More (2-0) at Washington and Jefferson (2-1) 

St. Thomas (3-0) at Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)--(2-1) 

Cortland State (1-1) at Rowan (1-1)

Wabash (2-0) at Chicago (2-1) 

Coe (1-2) at Wartburg (3-0) 

Central (2-1) at Dubuque (3-0) 


Hobart (1-0) at St. John Fisher (2-0)

Hampden-Sydney (3-0) at Huntingdon (2-1)

Randolph-Macon (3-0) at Frostburg State (2-1) 

Salve Regina (2-1) at Endicott (3-0) 

 
 
 
   

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 4 PREDICTIONS--PART 1

Last Week: 31-10 (.756)
This Season: 76-46 (.623)

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type. 

FCS

Schedule for the week of September 24, 2011 

Saturday, September 24


Chattanooga (2-1) at Appalachian State (2-1)  

(No. 3 [Sports Network] play host to the No. 13, upstart Mocs in a Southern Conference showdown!)

New Hampshire (1-1) at Richmond (3-0)  

(Spiders welcome the Wildcats in a key CAA clash!)

James Madison (2-1) at William & Mary (2-1)

(Dukes do battle with the Tribe in another CAA tilt!) 

Montana State (2-1) at Eastern Washington (0-3)

Old Dominion (3-0) at Delaware (2-1)  

Cornell (1-0) at Yale (1-0) 

Jacksonville (1-2) at Campbell (1-1) 

Liberty (1-2) at Lehigh (2-1)

Youngstown State (2-1) at Indiana State (2-1)

Alabama State (2-1) at Jackson State (3-0) 


Texas State (1-2) at Stephen F. Austin (1-2)

Drake (2-1) at Butler (2-1)


Monmouth (N.J.)--(1-1) at Central Connecticut State (2-1)

Southern (1-2) vs. Florida A&M (1-2)--(at Atlanta)

Coastal Carolina (2-1) at North Carolina A&T (1-1)

NCAA Division II

Schedule for the week of September 24, 2011 

Thursday, September 22


Missouri Western State (2-1) at Washburn (3-0)

Saturday, September 24 

Minnesota-Duluth (2-1) at Bemidji State (3-0) 

(Bulldogs hope to bounce back against the Beavers in Northern Sun showdown!)

Newberry (2-1) at Carson-Newman (2-1) 

West Virginia State (0-2) at Concord (1-2) 

Indiana (Pa.)--(1-1) at Slippery Rock (2-1) 

East Stroudsburg (1-2) at West Chester (1-2) 

Bowie State (3-0) at Virginia Union (2-2) 

Chowan (1-2) at Virginia State (1-2) 

Morehouse (2-1) at Lane (2-1)

Wayne State (Mich.)--(3-0) at Ohio Dominican (2-1)
 





 

RFC Scoreboard--"Upset-heaval" in D-II"

It was an "Upset Saturday" in small college football this past weekend, especially at the NCAA Division II level.  Click any of the links below, and read on for more from the week of September 17, 2011.

FCS

Montana drops EWU to 0-3 (montanagrizzlies.com/The Missoulian [Missoula, Mont.])

James Madison outlasts Liberty, 27-24 (College Sporting News)


Complete FCS scoreboard (Sports Network)


NCAA Division II

Wayne State (Neb.) upsets Minnesota-Duluth (Duluth [Minn.] News-Tribune)


North Alabama knocks off Abilene Christian (Dallas Morning News)

WTAMU rolls past TAMUK (Dallas Morning News)


Valdosta State downs Albany State (Ga.) in thriller (Valdosta [Ga.] Daily Times)

Western New Mexico outlasts Fort Lewis (Western New Mexico University Sports Information) 


Complete NCAA Division II scoreboard (Sports Network)


NCAA Division III

Kean knocks off Cortland State (Kean University Sports Information)

Mississippi College crushes Hardin-Simmons (Mississippi College Sports Information)


Mary Hardin-Baylor holds off McMurry (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Sports Information)


National round-up (d3football.com)


Complete NCAA Division III scoreboard (Sports Network)


NAIA

Shorter gets by Pikeville, 29-21 (coosavalleynews.com [Ga.])

Georgetown (Ky.) rolls past Campbellsville (Georgetown College [Ky.] Sports Information)

Eastern Oregon downs Montana State-Northern (Eastern Oregon University Sports Information)

Complete NAIA scoreboard (naia.cstv.com)











 

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 3 PREDICTIONS--PART 3

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type. 

NCAA Division III

Saturday, September 17

St. Olaf (2-0) at St. Thomas (2-0) 

St. John's (1-1) at Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)--(2-0) 

Pacific Lutheran (1-0) at Cal Lutheran (0-1) 

NAIA

Schedule of games for week of September 17, 2011

Saturday, September 17

Cumberlands (Ky.)--(2-0) at Georgetown (Ky.)--(1-0) 

(Tigers play host to the Patriots in early-season Mid-South Conference showdown!)

Eastern Oregon (2-0) at Montana State-Northern (2-0) 

(After pulling off the upset over defending NAIA champion Carroll [Mont.], can the Mountaineers stay focused against the Lights in an unlikely battle of unbeaten teams in the Frontier Conference?) 

Montana Western (0-2) at Carroll (Mont.)--(1-1)

Pikeville (2-0) at Shorter (1-0) 

Friends (1-0) at Southern Nazarene (2-0)

Interdivisional Game 

Campbellsville (Ky.)--(NAIA)--(2-0) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (D-III)--(2-0)

(Tigers face biggest test of the season so far against the two-time defending D-III champion Warhawks!)  
 



  

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 3 PREDICTIONS--PART 2

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type.


NCAA Division III

Schedule of games for Week of September 17, 2011

Kean (1-0) at Cortland State (1-0) 

(Surprising Cougars open NJAC play against the Red Dragons on the road!)

Bridgewater State (1-0) at Plymouth State (2-0)

(Panthers play host to the Bears in New England Football Conference crossover clash!) 

Wittenberg (2-0) at Washington (Mo.)--(2-0)

(Bears play host to the Tigers in a non-conference showdown!)  

Wheaton (1-0) at Wisconsin-Platteville (2-0)

(Pioneers play host to the No. 8 [d3football.com] Thunder!)  

Salisbury (2-0) at Christopher Newport (1-1)

McMurry (1-1) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (1-0) 


MIT (1-0) at Massachusetts Maritime (1-0)


St. John Fisher (1-0) vs. Rochester (1-0)--(at Marina Auto Stadium, Rochester, N.Y.)  


Shenandoah (1-1) at Randolph-Macon (2-0)

SJohn's (1-1) at Conc

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 3 PREDICTIONS--PART 1

Last Week: 27-23 (.540)
This Season: 45-36 (.556)

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type. 

FCS

Schedule for the week of September 17, 2011 (courtesy of The Sports Network)

Saturday, September 17  

Eastern Washington (0-2) at Montana (1-1) 

(Grizzlies play host to the reeling Eagles in the Big Sky Conference opener for both teams!)

James Madison (1-1) at Liberty (1-1)  

(Dukes travel from Harrisonburg to Lynchburg to face the Flames!)

Hampton (2-0) at Old Dominion (2-0) 

(Monarchs face off against the Pirates in Virginia non-conference battle!)

Georgetown (2-0) at Yale  

Georgia State (1-1) at Jacksonville State (1-1) 

Illinois State (1-1) at Youngstown State (1-1) 

Delaware State (2-0) at Delaware (1-1)

Lehigh (1-1) at Princeton 

Jackson State (2-0) at Southern (1-1) 

Marist (1-1) at Dayton (1-1) 

Central Arkansas (1-1) at Sam Houston State (1-0) 

Texas-San Antonio (1-1) at Southern Utah (1-1)

Charleston Southern (0-2) at Jacksonville (0-2)

NCAA Division II

Schedule for week of September 17, 2011 (Courtesy of The Sports Network)

Thursday, September 15

Bloomsburg (2-0) at Indiana (Pa.)--(1-0)

Friday, September 16

Bentley (1-1) at Stonehill (1-1) 

Saturday, September 17

Abilene Christian (2-0) vs. North Alabama (2-0)--(at Arlington, Texas) 

(No. 3 [AFCA] Wildcats square off against the No. 4 [AFCA] Lions at Cowboys Stadium!) 

Valdosta State (2-0) at Albany State (Ga.)--(2-0) 

(Blazers, Golden Rams square off in Georgia showdown!)

Michigan Tech (2-0) at Wayne State (Mich.)--(2-0)  

(Huskies head to Detroit to face the Warriors in GLIAC clash!)

California (Pa.)--(1-1) at East Stroudsburg (1-1)  

Carson-Newman (2-0) at Lenoir-Rhyne (1-1) 

St. Cloud State (2-0) at Bemidji State (1-1) 

West Texas A&M--(0-1) at Texas A&M-Kingsville (2-0) 

Delta State (2-1) at Arkansas Tech (1-1) 

Virginia State (1-1) at Johnson C. Smith (1-1)