1988 California Bowl: Fresno State vs. Western Michigan

With yet another bowl season just around the corner, let's turn the clock back to 1988. That was when the now-defunct Big West Conference (at least for NCAA Division I-A/FBS football) champion Fresno State Bulldogs squared off against the then Mid-American Conference champion Western Michigan Broncos in the long gone, yet not forgotten, California Bowl.



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Post-Thanksving, Postseason Predictions, Plus Bonus Predictions

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. 

Saturday, November 28

NCAA Division II Second Round

Interactive Bracket

Indiana (Pa.)--(9-2) at Shepherd (10-0) 

Assumption (11-1) at Slippery Rock (11-1) 

Colorado State-Pueblo (11-1) at Midwestern State (11-1) 

Grand Valley State (10-2) at Ferris State (11-0) 

Valdosta State (9-2) at West Georgia (10-1) 

Tuskegee (9-2) at North Alabama (9-2) 

Humboldt State (10-1) at Northwest Missouri State (11-0) 

Emporia State (10-2) at Henderson State (11-1) 

NCAA Division III Second Round 

Saturday, November 28

Interactive Bracket

St. John's (10-1) at St. Thomas (11-0) 

Thomas More (11-0) at Wabash (11-0) 

Cortland State (9-2) at Linfield (10-0) 

Huntingdon (10-1) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (10-1) 

Albright (10-1) at Mount Union (11-0) 

Wesley (10-1) at Johns Hopkins (11-0) 

Ohio Northern (9-2) at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (10-1) 

Wisconsin-Whitewater (10-1) at Wheaton (11-0) 

NAIA Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 28

Click here for schedule, scroll down to "Quarterfinals" (Schedule courtesy of naia.org)

Tabor (11-1) at Morningside (11-1)

Southern Oregon (9-2) at Baker (11-1)

Marian (9-2) at Grand View (11-1) 

Montana Tech (10-1) at St. Francis (Ind.)--(10-0) 

Bonus Predictions 

FCS

Saturday, November 28

Texas Southern (3-6) at Alabama A&M (2-8)  

Southern (6-4) vs. Grambling State (8-2)

(Bayou Classic at New Orleans)

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RFC Top Games: Week 13--FBS Group of Five Regular Season and FCS Playoff Predictions

Last Week: 51-16 (.761)
This Year: 662-273 (.708)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. 

FBS Group Of Five (click links below for schedules)


American Athletic Conference

Friday, November 27

Navy (9-1) at Houston (10-1)

Saturday, November 28

Cincinnati (6-5) at East Carolina (5-6)  

Connecticut (6-5) at Temple (8-3) 

Conference USA 

Friday, November 27

Marshall (9-2) at Western Kentucky (9-2) 

Southern Mississippi (8-3) at Louisiana Tech (8-3) 

Mid-American Conference 

Tuesday, November 24

Ohio (7-4) at Northern Illinois (8-3)  

Friday, November 27

Western Michigan (6-5) at Toledo (9-1)  

Mountain West Conference 

Friday, November 27

Boise State (7-4) at San Jose State (5-6)

Saturday, November 28




BYU (8-3) at Utah State (6-5)

Air Force (8-3) at New Mexico (6-5) 

Nevada (6-5) at San Diego State (8-3) 

Sun Belt Conference 

Saturday, November 28

Louisiana-Lafayette (4-6) at Appalachian State (8-2) 

South Alabama (5-5) at Georgia Southern (7-3) 

FCS Playoffs--First Round

Saturday, November 28

Interactive Bracket (courtesy of ncaa.com)

Fordham (9-2) at Chattanooga (8-3)

Citadel (8-3) at Coastal Carolina (9-2)

Colgate (7-4) at New Hampshire (7-4) 

Southern Utah (8-3) at Sam Houston State (8-3) 

South Dakota State (8-3) at Montana (7-4) 

Eastern Illinois (7-4) at Northern Iowa (7-4) 

Duquesne (8-3) at William & Mary (8-3) 

Western Illinois (6-5) at Dayton (10-1) 

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Small College Football Playoff Predictions First Round

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. 

Saturday, November 21

NCAA Division II First Round

Interactive Bracket

NOTE: Featured games are in BOLD type, other games of interest in normal type.

Indiana (Pa.)--(8-2) at Charleston (10-1) 

Virginia Union (8-2) at Slippery Rock (10-1) 

Bowie State (9-2) at Assumption (10-1) 

Indianapolis (10-1) at Colorado State-Pueblo (10-1) 

Texas A&M-Commerce (8-3) at Ferris State (10-0) 

Grand Valley State (9-2) at Ashland (10-0) 

Carson-Newman (8-2) at Valdosta State (8-2) 

Newberry (7-4) at North Alabama (8-2)

Tuskegee (8-2) at Catawba (8-2) 

Augustana (S.D.)--(9-2) at Humboldt State (9-1)

Emporia State (9-2) at Minnesota State-Mankato (10-1) 

Sioux Falls (9-2) at Henderson State (10-1) 

NCAA Division III First Round 

Interactive Bracket 

LaVerne (8-1) at St. Thomas (10-0)  

Dubuque (8-2) at St. John's (9-1) 

Washington and Lee (10-0) at Thomas More (10-0) 

Albion (9-1) at Wabash (10-0) 

Whitworth (9-1) at Linfield (9-0) 

Salisbury (7-2) at Cortland State (8-2) 

Hendrix (8-2) at Huntingdon (9-1) 

Mary Hardin-Baylor (9-1) at Hardin-Simmons (9-1)

St. Lawrence (8-2) at Mount Union (10-0)  

Norwich (6-4) at Albright (9-1) 

Framingham State (9-1) at Wesley (9-1) 

Western New England (10-0) at Johns Hopkins (10-0) 

St. Scholastica (9-1) at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (9-1) 

Ohio Northern (8-2) at Franklin (8-2) 

St. Norbert (10-0) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (9-1) 

Lakeland (8-2) at Wheaton (10-0)

NAIA

Saint Xavier (7-3) at Morningside (10-1)

Point (8-2) at Baker (10-1)


Lindsey Wilson (8-2) at Grand View (10-1)

Reinhardt (9-1) at St. Francis (Ind.)--(9-0)

Dickinson State (8-2) at Montana Tech (9-1)

Campbellsville (8-2) at Marian (8-2) 

Kansas Wesleyan (10-1) at Southern Oregon (8-2) 

Doane (9-1) at Tabor (10-1) 

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RFC Top Games: Week 12--NCAA Division I Non-Power Five Conference Predictions

Last Week: 67-21 (.761)
This Year: 611-257 (.704)


KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. 

American Athletic Conference

Friday, November 20

Cincinnati (6-4) at South Florida (6-4)

Saturday, November 20

Memphis (8-2) at Temple (8-2)  

Houston (10-0) at Connecticut (5-5) 

Navy (8-1) at Tulsa (5-5) 

Conference USA 

Western Kentucky (8-2) at Florida International (5-6) 

Old Dominion (5-5) at Southern Mississippi (7-3) 

Louisiana Tech (7-3) at UTEP (4-6) 

Mid-American Conference 

Tuesday, November 17

Toledo (8-1) at Bowling Green (8-2) 

Wednesday, November 18

Western Michigan (6-4) at Northern Illinois (7-3) 

Saturday, November 21

Buffalo (5-5) at Akron (5-5) 

Mountain West Conference 

Friday, November 20

Air Force (7-3) at Boise State (7-3) 

Saturday, November 21

Nevada (6-4) at Utah State (5-5) 

Colorado State (5-5) at New Mexico (6-4) 

Sun Belt Conference 

Saturday, November 21
 
South Alabama (5-4) at Georgia State (3-6)

FCS

NOTE: Featured games are marked in BOLD type.

Saturday, November 21

James Madison (6-4) at Villanova (8-2) 

William & Mary (8-2) at Richmond (7-3) 

South Dakota (5-5) at Illinois State (8-2) 

South Dakota State (8-2) at Western Illinois (5-5) 


The Best Of The Rest (Honorable Mention)

Thursday, November 19

Coastal Carolina (9-1) at Liberty (5-5) 

Saturday, November 21

Princeton (5-4) at Dartmouth (8-1) 
  
St. Francis (Pa.)--(6-3) at Duquesne (7-3) 

Morehead State (6-4) at Marist (5-5) 

North Carolina Central (7-3) at North Carolina A&T (9-1) 

Montana (6-4) at Montana State (5-5) 

Eastern Kentucky (6-4) at Eastern Illinois (6-4) 

Harvard (8-1) at Yale (6-3) 

Butler (6-4) at San Diego (8-2) 

Northern Arizona (7-3) at Southern Utah (7-3) 

Portland State (8-2) at Eastern Washington (6-4) 

McNeese State (9-0) at Lamar (5-5) 

Sam Houston State (7-3) at Central Arkansas (7-3) 

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1997 MAC Championship Toledo vs. Marshall

Remember the days when Marshall was a member of Mid-American Conference, instead of Conference USA? Or when they were just beginning their run as a member of the "Subdivision Formerly Known As (NCAA Division I-A), (now the Football Bowl Subdivision)"?



Well, thanks to this replay of the 1997 MAC Championship Game, you can. Sit back and watch as you witness the emergence of one of the game's greatest wide receivers in Randy Moss.



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Small College Football Playoff Selections Revealed

Did your team make the playoffs? Or not? Click on any of three links below to find out:

NCAA Division II

NCAA Division III

NAIA  


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RFC Recap: A Quick Look At The Final Playoff Push

The regular season is over for teams playing NCAA Division II, Division III, and NAIA football. Now the waiting begins for those squads that hope to advance to the playoffs starting on November 21. Keep reading for reports on select small college football games throughout the nation.

NCAA Division II

Slippery Rock cruises to PSAC title (York [Pa.] Daily News) 

Winston-Salem wins CIAA crown (Winston-Salem [N.C.] Journal)

Midwestern State rallies for LSC championship (KAUZ)

Humboldt State humbles Western Oregon (Eureka [Calif.] Times-Standard)

NCAA Division III


Mount Union wins...again! (News-Herald [Ohio]) 

Wabash wins Monon Bell (Indianapolis Star) 

National Round-Up (d3football.com) 

NAIA

Morningside downs Doane (Sioux City [Iowa] Journal) 

Montana Tech wins Frontier title (Great Falls [Mont.] Tribune)

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RFC Top Games: Week 11--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)

NCAA Division II

NOTE: Featured games are in BOLD type, other games of interest in normal type.

Saturday, November 14

Florida Tech (7-3) at Valdosta State (7-2)

West Alabama (7-3) at North Alabama (7-2)

Lenoir-Rhyne (6-4) at Catawba (8-2) 

Newberry (6-4) at Wingate (6-4) 

Humboldt State (8-1) at Western Oregon (7-3)

Midwestern State (9-1) at Texas A&M-Commerce (8-2)

(Lone Star Conference Championship Game)

The Best Of The Rest (Honorable Mention) 

Thursday, November 12

Fairmont State (5-4) at Glenville State (7-3)


Saturday, November 14

Slippery Rock (9-1) at West Chester (7-3) 

(Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championship Game)

Sioux Falls (8-2) at Upper Iowa (6-4)  

Bemidji State (6-4) at Northern State (6-4) 

Harding (7-3) at Arkansas Tech (7-3) 

Central Missouri (8-2) at Fort Hays State (7-3) 

Colorado Mesa (8-2) at Western State (5-5) 

Clarion (7-3) at Kutztown (6-4)

Albany State (Ga.)--(6-3) vs. Miles (6-4)

(SIAC Championship Game at Montgomery, Ala.)

Bowie State (9-1) vs. Winston-Salem State (5-5) 

(CIAA Championship Game at Durham, N.C.)

McKendree (8-2) at Truman State (5-5)

Henderson State (9-1) at Ouachita Baptist (7-3)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, November 14

Mount Union (9-0) at John Carroll (8-1)

St. Thomas (9-0) at Gustavus Adolphus (7-2)

Wabash (9-0) at DePauw (8-1) 

(The 122nd Monon Bell Game)

Lebanon Valley at Albright (8-1)

Alfred (7-2) at St. John Fisher (6-3)

The Best Of The Rest (Honorable Mention)

Saturday, November 14

Hobart (6-3) at Rochester (5-3)

Cortland State (7-2) at Ithaca (4-5) 

(The "Cortaca Jug" Game)

Wesleyan (5-2) at Trinity (Conn.)--(6-1)

Gettysburg (6-3) at Franklin & Marshall (6-3)

Middlebury (5-2) at Tufts (5-2)  

Emory and Henry (6-3) at Guilford (8-1) 

Hampden-Sydney (6-3) at Randolph-Macon (3-6) 

Salve Regina (7-1) at Western New England (9-0)

Widener (6-3) at Delaware Valley (7-2)  

Benedictine (Ill.)--(7-2) at Lakeland (7-2)

Moravian (8-1) at Muhlenberg (7-2) 

Norwich (6-3) at Castleton State (6-3) 

Centre (7-2) at Berry (7-2) 

Chicago (6-2) at Washington (Mo.)--(5-3) 

Olivet (8-1) at Alma (5-4) 

Trine (6-3) at Adrian (6-3)

Case Western Reserve (7-2) at Carnegie Mellon (6-3)  

Trinity (Tex.)--(7-2) at Austin (5-4)

Central (6-3) at Dubuque (7-2) 

East Texas Baptist (7-2) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (8-1) 

Pacific (6-3) at Puget Sound (5-3) 

NAIA (Schedule courtesy of naia.org, scroll down to November 14)

Doane (9-0) at Morningside (9-1)

Montana Western (7-2) at Montana Tech (8-1) 

Grand View (9-1) at William Penn (7-3) 

Robert Morris (Ill.)--(6-3) at St. Ambrose (7-2) 

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