Thursday, October 29, 2015

RFC Top Games: Week 9--Bonus Predictions

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

Saturday, October 31

Interdivisional Game

Texas A&M-Commerce (NCAA Division II)--(7-1) at Sam Houston State (FCS)--(5-2)

FCS

South Dakota (4-3) at Northern Iowa (3-4)  

Youngstown State (3-4) at Western Illinois (4-3) 

Alabama A&M (2-4) vs. Alabama State (3-4)

(Game played at Birmingham, Ala.)

NCAA Division II

Bentley (4-4) at Assumption (7-1)

Northwood (4-3) at Ohio Dominican (5-3)

Concord (4-4) at Glenville State (5-3) 

West Virginia State (5-3) at UNC Pembroke (4-3)

NCAA Division III

St. John Fisher (4-3) at Ithaca (4-3) 

Birmingham-Southern (4-4) at Centre (5-2)

Bluffton (4-3) at Mount St. Joseph (4-3) 

Simpson (3-4) at Central (4-3) 

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

RFC Top Games: Week 9--Small College Predictions (NCAA Division II/NCAA Division III/NAIA)

Editor's Note: For the rest of the 2015 regular season (at least indefinitely), RFC will split the "Top Games" weekly predictions columns into two different sections: the NCAA Division I Non-Power Five Conferences, and the Small Colleges (NCAA Division II/NCAA Division III/NAIA). So what are waiting for? Let's get started!

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

NCAA Division II/III (click bold link for schedule, courtesy of ESPN.com)

Saturday, October 31

Colorado Mines (7-1) at Colorado Mesa (7-1)

Grand Valley State (7-1) at Ashland (8-0) 

Hardin-Simmons (7-0) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (7-0)

St. Thomas (7-0) at Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)--(7-1) 

Delta State (5-3) at North Alabama (5-2) 

Minnesota State-Mankato (7-1) at Southwest Minnesota State (6-2) 

Eastern New Mexico (6-2) at West Texas A&M (3-4)

North Central (4-3) at Illinois Wesleyan (7-0)

Morrisville State (4-3) at Cortland State (7-1) 

Alfred (5-2) at Brockport State (4-3) 

California (Pa.)--(5-3) at Gannon (6-2)

Indiana (Pa.)--(5-2) at Clarion (7-1)

West Alabama (6-2) at Valdosta State (5-2)  

Trinity (Conn.)--(5-0) at Middlebury (4-1) 

Washington and Lee (7-0) at Emory and Henry (5-2)

Lebanon Valley (4-3) at Delaware Valley (6-1)  

Albion (6-1) at Olivet (7-0) 

Endicott (3-4) at Western New England (7-0) 

Amherst (5-0) at Tufts (4-1) 

Gettysburg (5-2) at Moravian (6-1) 

Worcester Polytechnic (5-2) at St. Lawrence (6-1) 

Bloomsburg (5-3) at East Stroudsburg (4-4) 

Tiffin (5-3) at Michigan Tech (5-2) 

Elizabeth City State (5-3) at Virginia Union (6-2) 

Frostburg State (6-1) at Rowan (5-2) 

Fayetteville State (4-4) at Livingstone (3-3) 

North Greenville (6-2) at Wingate (6-2) 

Rose-Hulman (6-1) at Manchester (3-3) 

LaGrange (2-4) at Maryville (6-1) 

Lakeland (5-2) at Concordia (Wis.)--(3-4) 

Upper Iowa (5-3) at Augustana (S.D.)--(6-2) 

Gustavus Adolphus (6-1) at Bethel (Minn.)--(4-3) 

Macalester (4-3) at Carroll (Wis.)--(4-3) 

Loras (4-3) at Dubuque (5-2) 

Morehouse (4-4) at Fort Valley State (4-3) 

Texas Lutheran (5-2) at Trinity (Tex.)--(6-1)

Central State (4-4) at Tuskegee (7-1)  

DePauw (6-1) at Denison (6-1)

Virginia State (5-3) at Chowan (5-3)

Harding (6-2) at Southwestern Oklahoma State (5-3) 

Wisconsin-River Falls (4-3) at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (6-1)

Pacific (Ore.)--(5-2) at Whitworth (6-1)

Azusa Pacific (5-3) at Western Oregon (5-3) 

Rhodes (4-3) at Hendrix (5-2)

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (4-2) at Cal Lutheran (4-2)  

NAIA (Schedule courtesy of naia.org, scroll down to October 31)

Saturday, October 31

Morningside (7-1) at Concordia (Neb.)--(5-2)

Campbellsville (6-2) at Lindsey Wilson (6-1)

Southwestern Assemblies of God (6-2) at Arizona Christian (4-3)

Webber International (4-3) at Southeastern (4-2) 

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RFC Top Games: Week 9--NCAA Division I Non-Power Five Conference Predictions

Editor's Note: For the rest of the 2015 regular season (at least indefinitely), RFC will split the "Top Games" weekly predictions columns into two different sections: the NCAA Division I Non-Power Five Conferences, and the Small Colleges (NCAA Division II/NCAA Division III/NAIA). So what are waiting for? Let's get started!

Last Week: 50-27 (.649)
This Year: 407-177 (.697)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED


FBS Group Of Five (click bold links below for schedules, courtesy of ESPN.com, unless otherwise noted)

American Athletic Conference

Friday, October 30

East Carolina (4-4) at Connecticut (3-5)

Saturday, October 31

South Florida (4-3) at Navy (5-1)

 
Conference USA 

Friday, October 30

Louisiana Tech (5-3) at Rice (4-3) 

Saturday, October 31

Western Kentucky (6-2) at Old Dominion (3-4)

UTEP (3-4) at Southern Mississippi (5-3)

Mid-American Conference 

Saturday, October 31

Central Michigan (4-4) at Akron (3-4)


Mountain West Conference 

Saturday, October 31

San Diego State (5-3) at Colorado State (3-4)

Sun Belt Conference

Thursday, October 29

Texas State (2-4) at Georgia Southern (5-2)


Saturday, October 31

Georgia State (2-4) at Arkansas State (4-3)

FCS

Friday, October 30

Dartmouth (6-0) at Harvard (6-0) 

Saturday, October 31

James Madison (7-1) at William & Mary (5-2)

Eastern Kentucky (5-2) at Jacksonville State (6-1) 

Coastal Carolina (7-0) at Charleston Southern (6-1) 

Indiana State (4-3) at Illinois State (6-1) 

Sacred Heart (4-3) at St. Francis (Pa.)--(3-3) 

Georgetown (D.C.)--(4-4) at Lehigh (3-4) 

Penn (3-3) at Brown (4-2)

Monmouth (N.J.)--(3-5) at Kennesaw State (5-2)  

Drake (4-4) at Morehead State (4-3) 

Fordham (7-1) at Colgate (3-4) 

Jacksonville (6-1) at Dayton (7-0) 

Hampton (4-4) at South Carolina State (4-3) 

Norfolk State (2-5) at North Carolina Central (4-3) 

Delaware (3-4) at Towson (4-3)

Western Carolina (5-2) at Chattanooga (6-1)  

Montana State (4-3) at North Dakota (4-4) 

North Dakota State (5-2) at Southern Illinois (3-4)

Weber State (4-4) at Eastern Washington (5-2)  

Montana (4-3) at Portland State (6-1) 

Northern Colorado (4-3) at Northern Arizona (4-3) 

Alcorn State (4-2) at Southern (4-3) 

Maine (3-4) at Villanova (3-4) 

Southeastern Louisiana (4-3) at Central Arkansas (4-3) 

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Sunday, October 25, 2015

RFC Recap: "Shock-tober Shockers"!!!

Houston and Memphis still undefeated (Underdog Dynasty)

Same for Temple (philly.com)

Richmond upsets James Madison (richmondspiders.com)

Two Shockers in D-II!

Winona State stuns No. 1 Minnesota State-Mankato (Winona [Minn.] Daily News) 

Augustana (S.D.) shocks Sioux Falls (Sioux Falls [S.D.] Argus-Leader) 

But wait, there's more...from D-II!...

West Alabama rallies to down Delta State (uwaathletics.com) 

West Georgia rolls past North Alabama (Florence [Ala.] Times-Daily)

Meanwhile...in D-III!!!... 

Albion suffers first loss (trinethunder.com)  

As does DePauw (Ohio Wesleyan University) 

Franklin stops Rose-Hulman (franklingrizzlies.com)

Indiana Round-Up (Indianapolis Star) 

Even the NAIA wasn't safe from "Shock-tober"!!!...

Reinhardt upsets No. 1 Lindsey Wilson (reinhardteagles.com)

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

RFC Top Games: Week 8--Small College Predictions (NCAA Division II/NCAA Division III/NAIA)

Editor's Note: For the rest of the 2015 regular season (at least indefinitely), RFC will split the "Top Games" weekly predictions columns into two different sections: the NCAA Division I Non-Power Five Conferences, and the Small Colleges (NCAA Division II/NCAA Division III/NAIA). So what are waiting for? Let's get started!

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

NCAA Division II/III (click bold link for schedule, courtesy of ESPN.com)

Saturday, October 24

North Alabama (5-1) at West Georgia (7-0)

Michigan Tech (5-1) at Ferris State (6-0) 

Midwestern State (7-0) at Texas A&M-Commerce (6-1) 

Colorado Mines (7-0) at Colorado State-Pueblo (6-1) 

Whitworth (6-0) at Linfield (5-0) 

Rowan (5-1) at Wesley (6-0)

Wisconsin-Oshkosh (5-1) at Wisconsin-Platteville (5-1)  

North Central (4-2) at Wheaton (6-0) 

Augustana (S.D.)--(5-2) at Sioux Falls (7-0) 

Bethel (Minn.)--(4-2) at St. Thomas (6-0) 

Texas Lutheran (5-1) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (6-0) 

Angelo State (5-2) at Eastern New Mexico (5-2)

Westminster (Mo.)--(4-3) at Northwestern (Minn.)--(5-2)  

Wesleyan (3-1) at Amherst (4-0) 

Delaware Valley (5-1) at Albright (6-0) 

Widener (4-2) at Stevenson (5-1)

Franklin & Marshall (5-1) at Moravian (5-1)  

Johns Hopkins (6-0) at Gettysburg (5-1)

Salisbury (4-1) at Kean (4-2)  

Virginia Union (6-1) at Bowie State (6-1) 

Franklin (5-2) at Rose-Hulman (6-0) 

Carson-Newman (5-2) at Wingate (6-1) 

Baldwin-Wallace (4-2) at Otterbein (4-2)

Lakeland (4-2) at Aurora (3-3) 

McKendree (6-1) at Missouri S&T (3-3) 

Simpson (3-3) at Loras (3-3) 

Bloomsburg (5-2) at West Chester (4-3) 

Hendrix (4-2) at Chicago (5-1) 

East Central (5-2) at Harding (5-2) 

Southern Arkansas (5-2) at Henderson State (6-1) 

Occidental (3-2) at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3-2)

Indiana (Pa.)--(5-1) at Slippery Rock (6-1)  

Washington and Jefferson (5-1) at Case Western Reserve (5-1) 

Southwest Minnesota State (5-2) at Upper Iowa (5-2) 

West Alabama (5-2) at Delta State (5-2) 

South Dakota Mines (5-2) at Azusa Pacific (4-3) 

LaVerne (4-1) at Redlands (2-3)

NAIA (Schedule courtesy of naia.org, scroll down to October 24)

Saturday, October 24

Lindsey Wilson (6-0) at Reinhardt (7-0)

St. Francis (Ind.)--(7-0) at Robert Morris (Ill.)--(5-1) 

Dakota Wesleyan (5-2) at Northwestern (Iowa)--(4-2)

Doane (6-0) at Concordia (Neb.)--(5-1)

Montana Tech (4-2) at Carroll (Mont.)--(3-3) 

Bethel (Tenn.)--(3-4) at Faulkner (3-3) 

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Monday, October 19, 2015

RFC Top Games: Week 8--NCAA Division I Non-Power Five Conference Predictions

Editor's Note: For the rest of the 2015 regular season (at least indefinitely), RFC will split the "Top Games" weekly predictions columns into two different sections: the NCAA Division I Non-Power Five Conferences, and the Small Colleges (NCAA Division II/NCAA Division III/NAIA). So what are waiting for? Let's get started!

Last Week: 87-35 (.713)
This Year: 357-150 (.704)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED


FBS Group Of Five (click bold links below for schedules, courtesy of ESPN.com, unless otherwise noted)

American Athletic Conference 

Thursday, October 22

Temple (6-0) at East Carolina (4-3)

Saturday, October 24

Connecticut (3-4) at Cincinnati (3-3)  

Conference USA 

Saturday, October 24

Middle Tennessee State (3-4) at Louisiana Tech (4-3) 

Old Dominion (3-3) at Florida International (3-4) 

Mid-American Conference 

Saturday, October 24

Bowling Green (5-2) at Kent State (3-4) 

Central Michigan (3-4) at Ball State (2-5) 

Mountain West Conference 

Friday, October 23

Utah State (4-2) at San Diego State (4-3) 

Saturday, October 24

New Mexico (4-3) at San Jose State (3-4)

Sun Belt Conference

Tuesday, October 22

Louisiana-Lafayette (2-3) at Arkansas State (3-3)

Thursday, October 24

Georgia Southern (5-1) at Appalachian State (5-1) 

FCS

Friday, October 23

Yale (4-1) at Penn (2-3) 

Saturday, October 24

James Madison (7-0) at Richmond (5-1)

North Dakota State (4-2) at Indiana State (4-2) 

Western Illinois (4-2) at Illinois State (5-1) 

Princeton (4-1) at Harvard (5-0) 

Hampton (4-3) at William & Mary (4-2) 

Villanova (3-3) at Towson (3-3) 

Morgan State (3-3) at North Carolina Central (3-3)

Norfolk State (2-4) at Bethune-Cookman (5-2) 

Coastal Carolina (6-0) at Monmouth (N.J.)--(3-4) 

Charleston Southern (5-1) at Gardner-Webb (2-4) 

St. Francis (Pa.)--(3-2) at Bryant (3-3) 

Central Connecticut State (2-5) at Sacred Heart (4-2) 

Duquesne (4-3) at Robert Morris (Pa.)--(2-4) 

The Citadel (4-2) at Furman (3-3) 

Samford (3-3) at Western Carolina (4-2)

Tennessee State (3-3) at Eastern Kentucky (4-2) 

Morehead State (3-3) at Campbell (4-3)

Butler (4-2) at Dayton (6-0)  

Central Arkansas (3-3) at Lamar (3-3) 

Southern (3-3) at Texas Southern (2-3) 

North Dakota (4-3) at Montana (3-3) 

Eastern Washington (3-2) at Northern Colorado (4-2) 

Weber State (4-3) at Northern Arizona (3-3) 

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

RFC Top Games: Week 7--NCAA Division II/NCAA Division III/NAIA Predictions

Editor's Note: For the rest of the 2015 regular season (at least indefinitely), RFC will split the "Top Games" weekly predictions columns into two different sections: the NCAA Division I Non-Power Five Conferences, and the Small Colleges (NCAA Division II/NCAA Division III/NAIA). So what are waiting for? Let's get started!

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

NCAA Division II/III (click bold link for schedule, courtesy of ESPN.com)

Thursday, October 15

Glenville State (4-2) at Alderson-Broaddus (4-1)

Friday, October 16

Wisconsin-LaCrosse (2-3) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (4-1)  

Saturday, October 17

West Georgia (6-0) at Delta State (5-1)

Northwest Missouri State (6-0) at Pittsburg State (4-2) 

Ohio Dominican (4-2) at Ferris State (6-0) 

Texas A&M-Commerce (5-1) at West Texas A&M (2-3) 

Sioux Falls (6-0) at Southwest Minnesota State (5-1) 

Michigan Tech (5-0) at Grand Valley State (5-1)

Humboldt State (5-0) at Midwestern State (6-0)


Wisconsin-Oshkosh (4-1) at Wisconsin-Stevens Point (3-2)

St. John's (4-1) at Gustavus Adolphus (6-0)  

Mount Union (5-0) at Heidelberg (2-3)

Utica (4-2) at St. John Fisher (2-3) 

Brockport State (3-2) at Ithaca (4-1) 

West Virginia State (4-2) at Shepherd (5-0) 

Becker (3-2) at Husson (3-1) 

Slippery Rock (5-1) at Mercyhurst (3-3) 

Endicott (2-3) at Salve Regina (3-1) 

Rochester (4-1) at RPI (4-2) 

Kean (4-1) at Wesley (5-0) 

Chowan (4-2) at Virginia Union (5-1) 

West Chester (4-2) at Shippensburg (4-2) 

Hendrix (4-1) at Berry (5-1) 

Alfred (4-1) at Cortland State (5-1) 

SUNY-Maritime (3-2) at Norwich (2-3) 

McKendree (5-1) at St. Joseph's (3-3) 

Muhlenberg (3-2) at Johns Hopkins (5-0) 

Fairmont State (3-2) at Charleston (5-1) 

Thomas More (6-0) at St. Vincent (3-2) 

Stonehill (4-2) at New Haven (3-3) 

Wisconsin-Platteville (4-1) at Wisconsin-River Falls (3-2) 

Averett (1-3) at Greensboro (1-4) 

North Carolina Wesleyan (1-4) at Methodist (2-3) 

Hampden-Sydney (3-2) at Emory and Henry (4-1) 

Ferrum (1-4) at Maryville (4-1) 

Williams (2-1) at Middlebury (2-1) 

Trinity (Conn.)--(3-0) at Tufts (3-0) 

Mars Hill (2-4) at Catawba (4-2) 

Mount St. Joseph (3-2) at Franklin (4-2)

MIT (1-4) at Coast Guard (3-2) 

Lincoln (Pa.)--(3-3) at Elizabeth City State (4-2) 

Concordia (Wis.)--(2-3) at Benedictine (Ill.)--(3-2) 

Upper Iowa (4-2) at Winona State (3-3) 

Wayne State (Neb.)--(3-3) at Augustana (S.D.)--(4-2) 

Bowie State (5-1) at Virginia State (4-2) 

Wingate (5-1) at Lenoir-Rhyne (5-1) 

Central (3-2) at Loras (2-3) 

Kutztown (3-3) at Bloomsburg (4-2) 

Chicago (4-1) at Rhodes (3-2) 

Austin (3-2) at Trinity (Tex.)--(4-1) 

Morehouse (3-3) at Albany State (Ga.)--(2-3) 

Trine (3-2) at Lakeland (3-2) 

Lake Forest (2-3) at Monmouth (Ill.)--(4-1) 

St. Norbert (5-0) at Ripon (4-1)

Beloit (2-3) at Macalester (2-2)  

Fort Lewis (4-2) at Colorado Mines (6-0) 

Guilford (4-1) at Bridgewater (Va.)--(3-2) 

Tusculum (3-3) at North Greenville (4-2)

Emporia State (6-0) at Fort Hays State (4-2)  

Newberry (3-3) at Carson-Newman (4-2) 

Wartburg (5-0) at Dubuque (3-2) 

Simpson (2-3) at Coe (2-3) 

Harding (4-2) at Southeastern Oklahoma State (3-3) 

Ouachita Baptist (4-2) at Southern Arkansas (4-2) 

Oklahoma Panhandle State (3-2) at McMurry (3-3) 

Shorter (2-3) at West Alabama (4-2) 

Redlands (2-2) at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (2-2) 

George Fox (3-2) at Puget Sound (2-2) 

Linfield (4-0) at Willamette (1-3)

Central Washington (3-3) at Western Oregon (3-3)  

Kentucky State (2-4) at Miles (2-4) 

Fitchburg State (5-1) at Western Connecticut State (3-3) 

Huntingdon (4-1) at LaGrange (1-3) 

California (Pa.)--(4-2) at Indiana (Pa.)--(4-1) 

Florida Tech (3-3) at Fort Valley State (4-2) 

Arkansas Tech (5-1) at East Central (4-2) 

UNC Pembroke (4-1) at North Alabama (4-1)

St. Scholastica (5-1) at Northwestern (Minn.)--(5-1)

Denison (5-0) at Wittenberg (3-2)

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

Dixie State (2-4) at Azusa Pacific (3-3) 

Chapman (1-3) at Occidental (2-2) 

NAIA (Schedule courtesy of naia.org, scroll down to October 17)

Saturday, October 17

Carroll (Mont.)--(3-2) at Southern Oregon (4-1)

Morningside (5-1) at Dakota Wesleyan (5-1)

Kansas Wesleyan (6-0) at Tabor (5-1)

Faulkner (3-2) at Lindsey Wilson (6-0)

Concordia (Mich.)--(4-2) at St. Francis (Ind.)--(6-0)

William Penn (4-2) at Peru State (4-2) 

 St. Ambrose (4-1) at St. Xavier (4-2) 

Union (Ky.)--(0-6) at Georgetown (Ky.)--(2-4)


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