NAIA: Southeastern stuns Webber International 20-17

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Southeastern University Athletics - Larson’s Field Goal as Time Expires Helps Football Beat Webber: WINTER HAVEN, Fla.— David Larson has made plenty of field goals, but when went out to attempt a 35-yard field goal to help the Fire upset No. 22 Webber, he wasn't as prepared as he usually is.

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ICYMI: Northern Iowa blasts Indiana State 33-0 (Thursday)

University of Northern Iowa Athletics - UNI Football Runs Over Sycamores, 33-0: TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Trevor Allen rushed for a career-high 180 yards and two touchdowns and the Panther defense notched its second consecutive shutout as the No. 21/23 UNI Panthers picked up the 33-0 win over Indiana State Thursday evening at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute.


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RFC Throwback Thursday: The Championship Season at Troy (State) University-1987

(Video courtesy of Troy University)

Long before they became known for knocking off powerhouse programs such as LSU (2017) and Nebraska (2018), the then Troy State University (now Troy University) Trojans were a big fish in small college football during the 1980's, as they won the second of two NCAA Division II national championships in 1987, with the other coming in 1984. So sit back and take a look back at that championship season of 31 years ago, on this week's installment of "RFC Throwback Thursday."

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RFC Top Games: Week Of September 29, 2018

Last Week: 62-22 (.738)

This Year: 182-83 (.687)

Editor's Note: Due to the lingering effects of Hurricane Florence, another game was canceled. Otherwise, on to this week's installment of "RFC Top Games".

CANCELED: UNC Pembroke at Tusculum (Press release courtesy of the University of North Carolina-Pembroke/uncpbraves.com)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five

Saturday, September 29

Boise State (2-1) at Wyoming (2-2)

(Broncos hit the road to face the Cowboys in a key Mountain West Conference match-up!!!)

Coastal Carolina (3-1) at Troy (3-1)

(Trojans play host to the Chanticleers in a critical early-season Sun Belt Conference clash!!! Airtime is at 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT on ESPN3!!!)

Toledo (2-1) at Fresno State (2-1)

(Rockets head to the West Coast to face their second straight Mountain West Conference opponent in the Bulldogs!!!)

Old Dominion (1-3) at East Carolina (1-2)

Charlotte (2-2) at UAB (2-1)

Florida Atlantic (2-2) at Middle Tennessee State (1-2)

Louisiana Tech (2-1) at North Texas (4-0)

Army (2-2) at Buffalo (4-0)

UMass (2-3) at Ohio (1-2)

Kent State (1-3) at Ball State (1-3)

Western Michigan (2-2) at Miami (Ohio)-(1-3)

Nevada (2-2) at Air Force (1-2)

Northern Illinois (1-3) at Eastern Michigan (2-2)

South Alabama (1-3) at Appalachian State (2-1)

Arkansas State (3-1) at Georgia Southern (2-1)

FCS

Thursday, September 27

Northern Iowa (1-2) at Indiana State (2-1)

Friday, September 28

Columbia (2-0) at Princeton (2-0)

(Tigers play host to the Lions in the Ivy League opener for both teams!!!)

Saturday, September 29

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

(Bison plays host to the Jackrabbits in the battle for the "Dakota Marker"!!!)

Chattanooga (4-0) at East Tennessee State (3-1)

(Mocs hit the road to face the Bucs in a critical Southern Conference showdown!!!)

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

(Eagles head east to do battle with the Bobcats in a big early-season battle in the Big Sky Conference!!!)

Villanova (3-1) at Stony Brook (3-1)

(The Wildcats square off against the Seawolves in a huge CAA showdown!!!)

Rhode Island (2-1) at Harvard (2-0)

James Madison (3-1) at Richmond (2-2)

Illinois State (3-0) at Missouri State (2-1)

Central Arkansas (2-1) at Sam Houston State (1-2)

Youngstown State (1-2) at Western Illinois (1-2)

Austin Peay (2-2) at Jacksonville State (2-1)

Florida A&M (2-2) at North Carolina Central (1-2)

Northern Arizona (2-2) at Idaho State (2-1)

Prairie View A&M (2-3) at Grambling State (1-2)

North Alabama (3-1) at Campbell (3-1)

Alcorn State (3-1) at Southern (2-2)

Northwestern State (2-1) at Southeastern Louisiana (1-3)

NCAA Division II

Thursday, September 27

Urbana (3-1) at Charleston (W. Va.)-(4-0)

(Golden Eagles play host to the Blue Knights in the Mountain East Conference "Game Of The Week"!!!)

Saturday, September 29

St. Cloud State (3-1) at Minnesota State-Mankato (4-0)

(Mavericks hope to remain unbeaten against the visiting Huskies in a key Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference contest!!!)

Colorado Mesa (3-1) at Colorado Mines (4-0)

(The Orediggers will also look to put their undefeated record on the line against the Mavericks in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action!!!)

Florida Tech (3-1) at Wingate (2-2)

Ashland (2-2) at Ferris State (4-0)

Winston-Salem State (1-1) at Bowie State (3-1)

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

Indiana (Pa.)-(4-0) at California (Pa.)-(2-2)

Shaw (1-2) at Virginia State (1-2)

Lincoln (Mo.)-(2-2) at Indianapolis (2-1)

Tusculum (2-1) at Lenoir-Rhyne (3-1)

West Alabama (3-1) at North Greenville (2-1)

Valdosta State (4-0) at Mississippi College (2-1)

Livingstone (2-1) at Virginia Union (1-1)

West Texas A&M (2-2) at Central Washington (3-1)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, September 29

Merchant Marine (3-0) at MIT (4-0)

(Engineers play host to the Mariners in a battle of unbeaten teams in the NEWMAC!!!)

Franklin & Marshall (4-0) at Muhlenberg (3-0)

(Diplomats hit the road to match-up with the Mules in another clash of undefeated teams, this time in the Centennial Conference!!!)

Ohio Northern (4-0) at Marietta (3-0)

(Yet another showdown between unbeaten squads, with the Polar Bears playing vs. the Pioneers in the Ohio Athletic Conference!!!)

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

(OK, this is not a battle between undefeated teams, but this clash between the Cobbers and visiting Tommies could still have implications for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship going forward!!!)

Western New England (3-1) at Salve Regina (2-2)

Alfred (2-1) at Morrisville State (2-1)

Ursinus (4-0) at Johns Hopkins (3-1)

Adrian (2-1) at Kalamazoo (3-0)

Ohio Wesleyan (1-2) at DePauw (1-2)

Delaware Valley (3-1) at Stevenson (3-1)

Randolph-Macon (2-1) at Washington & Lee (2-0)

St. Scholastica (2-1) at Martin Luther (2-1)

Lake Forest (2-1) at Macalester (2-1)

Ferrum (2-1) at Shenandoah (2-0)

Bridgewater (Va.)-(1-1) at Guilford (1-1)

Trinity (Conn.)-(2-0) at Williams (2-0)

Cortland (2-1) at Utica (2-1)

Birmingham-Southern (2-1) at Trinity (Tex.)-(1-2)

Illinois Wesleyan (2-1) at Carroll (Wis.)-(2-1)

Bridgewater State (2-2) at Westfield State (2-2)

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

Linfield (1-1) at Whitworth (2-0)

Washington & Jefferson (4-0) at Bethany (W. Va.)-(2-2)

Pacific Lutheran (1-1) at Puget Sound (2-1)

Trine (3-0) at Hope (2-1)

Wisconsin-Whitewater (3-0) at Wisconsin-La Crosse (2-1)

Christopher Newport (2-1) at Rowan (3-1)

Rhodes (3-1) at Millsaps (4-0)

East Texas Baptist (2-1) at Hardin-Simmons (3-0)

Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2-1) at Wisconsin-Stout (2-1)

Wittenberg (3-0) at Denison (2-1)

Augustana (Ill.)-(2-1) at Millikin (2-1)

Redlands (2-1) at Pomona-Pitzer (1-1)

NAIA

Saturday, September 29

Doane (3-0) at Northwestern (Iowa)-(4-0)

(Red Raiders take on the Tigers in an unlikely battle of unbeaten teams in the Great Plains Athletic Conference!!!)

Bethel (Tenn.)-(4-0) at Georgetown (Ky.)-(3-1)

(Tigers play host to the Wildcats in one of two key games in the Mid-South Conference!!!)

Reinhardt (3-1) at Cumberlands (Ky.)-(5-0)

(The unbeaten Patriots welcome the Eagles in the other big MSC contest!!!)

Benedictine (Kan.)-(3-1) at Baker (3-1)

(The Wildcats take on the Ravens in a critical Heart of America Athletic Conference clash!!!)

Southeastern (2-2) at Webber International (4-0)

Edward Waters (2-2) at Keiser (2-2)

Avila (4-0) at Southwestern (Kan.)-(3-2)

Tabor (2-1) at Ottawa (Kan.)-(3-1)

INTERDIVISIONAL GAMES

Saturday, September 29

Houston Baptist (FCS)-(1-2) at SMU (FBS Group Of Five)-(1-3)

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NCAA Division III: Saturday Top 25 Round-Up

(Courtesy of d3football.com)



Mount Union's defense carries day vs. JCU: The Purple Raiders' defense and John Carroll's defense went toe-to-toe. However, Mount Union's defense scored twice and that was the difference in a 23-10 win. More in the Week 4 Top 25 roundup.



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ICYMI: FBS Group Of Five-UCF crushes Florida Atlantic 56-36

(Video courtesy of the American Athletic Conference)

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RFC Throwback Thursday: The Inaugural Season at UCF-1979

(Video courtesy of the University of Central Florida/WESH)

As they prepare to face the defending Conference USA champion Florida Atlantic University Owls on Friday night, the defending FBS "national champion" University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights have become one of the premier Group Of Five conference programs in the nation in just a few short years. But very few fans know about its humble beginnings almost four decades ago. Click on the link above to see how it all started back in 1979, on this week's installment of "RFC Throwback Thursday".

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RFC Top Games: Week Of September 22, 2018

Last Week: 49-23 (.680)

This Year: 120-61 (.663)

Editor's Note: Due to the landfall of Hurricane Florence last weekend, the following games that were featured in last week's installment of RFC Top Games were either rescheduled, postponed, or canceled. Additionally, the list of the games that were completed before the storm arrived in the Carolinas over the weekend is listed below:

CANCELED: Christopher Newport at Frostburg State (D-III), Mississippi College at North Greenville (D-II), Tennessee State at Hampton (FCS), Walsh (NCAA Division II) at Jacksonville (FCS)

POSTPONED: Southern Mississippi at Appalachian State (no makeup date announced), Norfolk State at Liberty (no makeup date announced)

MOVED FROM SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 (Winners marked in RED.)

Wednesday, September 12

Coastal Carolina (FBS Group Of Five) 58, Campbell (FCS) 21

Thursday, September 13

Charlotte 28, Old Dominion 25 (FBS Group Of Five)

Davidson (FCS) 91, Guilford (D-III) 61

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five

Thursday, September 20

Tulsa (1-2) at Temple (1-2)

Friday, September 21

Florida Atlantic (2-1) at UCF (2-0)

(Knights look to stay undefeated against the Owls in a Sunshine State showdown!!! Kickoff is at 7 p.m. EDT on ESPN!!!)

Saturday, September 22

Ohio (1-1) at Cincinnati (3-0)

East Carolina (1-1) at South Florida (3-0)

North Texas (3-0) at Liberty (1-1)

Charlotte (2-1) at UMass (1-3)

Rice (1-2) at Southern Mississippi (1-1)

New Mexico State (0-4) at UTEP (0-3)

Western Michigan (1-2) at Georgia State (1-2)

Nevada (2-1) at Toledo (1-1)

UNLV (2-1) at Arkansas State (2-1)

Coastal Carolina (2-1) at Louisiana (1-1)

Troy (2-1) at Louisiana-Monroe (2-1)

Air Force (1-1) at Utah State (2-1)

Eastern Michigan (2-1) at San Diego State (2-1)

FCS

Saturday, September 22

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

(Bison play host to the Blue Hens in an early-season CAA vs. MVFC match-up!!!)

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

(Hornets travel east to face the Grizzlies in a huge Big Sky Conference showdown!!!)

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

Sam Houston State (1-1) at Nicholls (1-2)

Southern (1-2) at Alabama A&M (1-2)

Idaho State (1-1) at North Dakota (2-1)

Richmond (2-1) at Stony Brook (2-1)

Idaho (1-1) at UC Davis (2-1)

Alabama State (1-2) at Grambling State (0-2)

NCAA Division II

Thursday, September 20

Charleston (3-0) at Fairmont State (3-0)

(Falcons play host to the Golden Eagles in a battle of undefeated teams in the Mountain East Conference!!!)

Friday, September 21

Assumption (2-1) at Pace (2-1)

Saturday, September 22

Florida Tech (3-0) at West Georgia (3-0)

(Wolves open Gulf South Conference play at home against the Panthers, who defeated Delta State 30-12 last week!!!)

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

(Bulldogs play host to the Beavers in a battle of unbeaten teams in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference!!!)

Sioux Falls (2-1) at Augustana (S.D.)-(2-1)

Minnesota State-Mankato (3-0) at Winona State (2-1)

Missouri S&T (2-1) at Tuskegee (2-1)

Chadron State (2-1) at Colorado Mesa (3-0)

Colorado Mines (3-0) at New Mexico Highlands (2-1)

UNC Pembroke (1-1) at Tusculum (2-1)

Lenoir-Rhyne (2-1) at Wingate (2-1)

Virginia Union (1-1) at Winston-Salem State (1-1)

New Haven (2-1) at Merrimack (1-2)

Mercyhurst (1-2) at Indiana (Pa.)-(3-0)

Oklahoma Baptist (2-1) at Harding (2-1)

Michigan Tech (2-1) at Grand Valley State (3-0)

Ohio Dominican (2-1) at Findlay (2-1)

West Florida (2-1) at Mississippi College (2-0)

Colorado State-Pueblo (2-1) at Texas A&M-Commerce (3-0)

Angelo State (2-1) at Midwestern State (3-0)

Nebraska-Kearney (2-1) at Pittsburg State (3-0)

South Dakota Mines (2-1) at Dixie State (2-1)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, September 22

Montclair State (2-0) at Christopher Newport (2-0)

(Red Hawks hit the road to clash with the Captains in a battle of unbeaten NJAC teams!!!)

Rowan (3-0) at Frostburg State (2-0)

(Profs travel to Maryland to do battle with the Bobcats in another showdown of undefeated NJAC squads!!!)

Berry (3-0) at Centre (3-0)

(Vikings go north into Kentucky to clash against the Colonels in yet another battle of unbeaten teams, this time from the Southern Athletic Association!!!)

Framingham State (2-1) at Massachusetts Maritime (1-1)

Springfield (2-1) at WPI (2-1)

Lycoming (2-1) at FDU-Florham (3-0)

Curry (2-1) at Union (N.Y.)-(3-0)

Cortland (2-0) at Alfred (1-1)

Dickinson (1-2) at Johns Hopkins (2-1)

Susquehanna (2-1) at Franklin & Marshall (3-0)

Moravian (2-1) at Ursinus (3-0)

Bethany (W. Va.)-(2-1) at Westminster (Pa.)-(2-1)

Westminster (Mo.)-(1-1) at St. Scholastica (1-1)

Ohio Wesleyan (1-1) at Allegheny (1-2)

John Carroll (2-0) at Mount Union (2-0)

Macalester (2-0) at Monmouth (Ill.)-(1-1)

Lawrence (1-1) at Lake Forest (1-1)

Grinnell (1-1) at St. Norbert (1-1)

Cornell (Iowa)-(1-1) at Beloit (1-1)

Augsburg (2-1) at St. Olaf (3-0)

Central (3-0) at Dubuque (2-1)

Greensboro (1-1) at Ferrum (1-1)

Millsaps (3-0) at Sewanee (2-1)

Rhodes (2-1) at Birmingham-Southern (2-0)

Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2-0) at St. Thomas (Minn.)-(2-0)

Western Connecticut State (2-0) at Salve Regina (2-1)

Plymouth State (1-1) at UMass-Dartmouth (2-1)

Wesleyan (1-0) at Tufts (1-0)

Illinois Wesleyan (1-1) at Augustana (Ill.)-(2-0)

Mary Hardin-Baylor (2-0) at Texas Lutheran (2-0)

NAIA

Saturday, September 22

Bethel (Tenn.)-(3-0) at Southeastern (2-1)

(Wildcats to put their undefeated record on the line against the Fire in Florida!!!)

St. Francis (Ind.)-(3-0) at St. Xavier (2-2)

(Two-time defending national champions travel to Chicago to clash with Cougars in key Mid-States Football Association contest!!!)

Georgetown (Ky.)-(2-1) at Keiser (2-1)

Montana Western (3-0) at Eastern Oregon (1-2)

INTERDIVISIONAL GAMES

Saturday, September 22

Azusa Pacific (D-II)-(3-0) at North Alabama (FCS)-(2-1)

Duquesne (FCS)-(3-1) at Hawai'i (FBS Group Of Five)-(3-1)

Gardner-Webb (FCS)-(1-2) at Appalachian State (FBS Group Of Five)-(1-1)

McNeese (FCS)-(3-0) at BYU (FBS Group Of Five)-(2-1)

Shaw (D-II)-(1-1) at Campbell (FCS)-(2-1)

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