THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 13--PART 1

Last Week: 43-8 (.843)
This Year: 512-249 (.673)

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type.

FCS Playoffs--First Round

Bracket 

Saturday, November 26

Albany (N.Y.)--(8-3) at Stony Brook (8-3) 

(Seawolves play host to the Great Danes in first-ever playoff meeting for both teams!)

Central Arkansas (7-3) at Tennessee Tech (8-3) 

(Bears, Golden Eagles also make their first-ever postseason appearances!)

Norfolk State (9-2) at Old Dominion (9-2) 

(Monarchs square off against the Spartans in all-Hampton Roads battle!)

James Madison (7-4) at Eastern Kentucky (7-4) 

NCAA Division II Playoffs--Second Round

North Alabama (8-2) at Delta State (9-2) 

(Lions face off against the Statesmen in regular season re-match!)

North Greenville (10-2) at Mars Hill (8-2) 

Northwest Missouri State (10-2) at Midwestern State (10-0) 

California (Pa.)--(9-2) at Winston-Salem State (11-0)

Kutztown (11-1) at New Haven (10-1) 


(Chargers play host to the Golden Bears in a battle of one loss teams!)

Minnesota-Duluth (9-2) at Colorado State-Pueblo (11-0) 

(Defending national champion Bulldogs take on the Thunderwolves!)

Wayne State (Mich.)--(9-3) at Nebraska-Kearney (10-1)

Other Games

Thursday, November 24 (Thanksgiving Day)

Tuskegee (D-II)--(4-5) at Alabama State (FCS)--(7-3) 

(Turkey Day Classic at Montgomery, Ala.)

Saturday, November 26

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

(38th Bayou Classic at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, La.)