RFC Top Games: Week of October 5, 2019

Last Week: 64-23 (.736)

This Year: 206-72 (.741)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five

Thursday, October 3

Temple (3-1) at East Carolina (3-2)

Georgia Southern (1-3) at South Alabama (1-4)

Friday, October 4

UCF (4-1) at Cincinnati (3-1)

(Bearcats look to avenge last year's loss to the Knights in a key American Athletic Conference contest!!! Airtime is at 8 p.m. EDT on ESPN!!!)

New Mexico (2-2) at San Jose State (2-2)

Saturday, October 5

Tulane (3-1) at Army (3-1)

(The Black Knights play host to Green Wave in a battle of one-loss teams in non-conference action!!! Airtime is at noon EDT on the CBS Sports Network!!!)

Air Force (3-1) at Navy (2-1) 

(The Midshipmen play host to the Falcons in the first of three games in the battle for the "Commander-In-Chief" trophy!!! Airtime is at 3:30 p.m. EDT on the CBS Sports Network!!!) 

Marshall (2-2) at Middle Tennessee State (1-3)

Western Kentucky (2-2) at Old Dominion (1-3)

UMass (1-4) at Florida International (1-3)

Eastern Michigan (3-1) at Central Michigan (2-3)

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

Western Michigan (3-2) at Toledo (3-1)

Tulsa (2-2) at SMU (5-0)

Memphis (4-0) at Louisiana-Monroe (2-2)

Ball State (1-3) at Northern Illinois (1-3)

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

FCS

Friday, October 4

Dartmouth (2-0) at Penn (1-1)

Saturday, October 5

North Dakota State (4-0) at Illinois State (3-1)

(Two-time defending national champion Bison hit the road to open Missouri Valley Football Conference [MVFC] play against the Redbirds!!! Airtime is at 1 p.m. EDT/noon CDT on ESPN+!!!)

Furman (3-2) at Samford (3-2)

(Bulldogs play host to the Purple Paladins in an important Southern Conference clash where both teams enter it unbeaten at 2-0 in conference play!!! Airtime is at 3 p.m. EDT/2 p.m. CDT on ESPN+!!!)

Central Arkansas (3-1) at Nicholls (2-2)

(Bears head south into Louisiana to clash with the Colonels in a critical Southland Conference contest!!!)

James Madison (4-1) at Stony Brook (4-1)

(The Dukes head north onto Long Island to square off against the Seawolves in a key CAA clash!!! Airtime is at 6 p.m. EDT on FLOSports!!!)

Central Connecticut State (3-1) at Sacred Heart (3-1)

Jacksonville (2-2) at Dayton (2-1)

Fordham (2-3) at Yale (2-0)

Davidson (3-1) at Morehead State (2-2)

Columbia (1-1) at Princeton (2-0)

Youngstown State (4-0) at Northern Iowa (2-2)

Lehigh (1-3) at Colgate (0-5)

Valparaiso (0-4) at Drake (1-3)

VMI (2-3) at The Citadel (2-3)

North Alabama (2-3) at Hampton (2-2)

UC Davis (2-3) at North Dakota (2-2)

North Carolina Central (2-3) at Florida A&M (3-1)

Southern Illinois (2-2) at South Dakota State (3-1)

UT-Martin (2-2) at Eastern Kentucky (3-1)

Alcorn State (3-2) at Alabama State (2-2)

Idaho State (2-2) at Montana (4-1)

Georgetown (D.C.)-(3-1) at Cornell (1-1)

Wofford (2-2) at East Tennessee State (2-3)

Elon (2-3) at New Hampshire (2-2)

Chattanooga (2-3) at Mercer (2-3)

Sam Houston State (3-2) at Stephen F. Austin (1-4)

Weber State (2-2) at Idaho (2-3)

Marist (1-3) at San Diego (1-2)

Tennessee State (1-4) at Jacksonville State (3-2)

Tennessee Tech (4-1) at Southeast Missouri State (2-2)

Incarnate Word (2-2) at Houston Baptist (4-1)

Montana State (4-1) at Cal Poly (2-2)

Eastern Washington (2-3) at Sacramento State (2-2)

NCAA Division II

Saturday, October 5

Ferris State (4-0) at Davenport (3-0)

(The Bulldogs hit the road to take on the Panthers in a battle of unbeaten teams in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference [GLIAC]!!!)

California (Pa.)-(3-1) at Indiana (Pa.)-(4-0)

(Crimson Hawks look to stay undefeated against the Vulcans in their annual "Coal Bowl" rivalry!!!)

Minnesota-Duluth (4-0) at Minnesota State (4-0)

(Mavericks to do battle with the Bulldogs in a battle of unbeaten teams in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference!!!)

Angelo State (4-0) at Tarleton State (4-0)

(Texans set to take on the Rams in a battle for first place in the Lone Star Conference!!!)

Urbana (3-1) at Frostburg State (3-1)

American International (2-2) at Stonehill (2-1)

UNC Pembroke (2-2) at Carson-Newman (2-1)

Shaw (2-2) at Virginia State (3-1)

Pace (3-1) at New Haven (2-2)

Winona State (2-2) at Minnesota State-Moorhead (3-1)

Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)-(3-1) at St. Cloud State (2-2)

Augustana (S.D.)-(3-1) at Bemidji State (3-1)

Southwestern Oklahoma State (2-2) at Southern Arkansas (3-1)

Northwestern Oklahoma State (2-2) at Henderson State (3-1)

Virginia Union (3-1) at Livingstone (4-0)

Delta State (3-1) at West Florida (3-1)

Fort Valley State (2-2) at Florida Tech (3-1)

Ashland (2-2) at Grand Valley State (4-0)

Eastern New Mexico (3-1) at Midwestern State (3-1)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, October 5

Hobart (4-0) at Union (N.Y.)-(3-0)

(Statesmen hit the road to do battle with the Dutchmen in the Liberty League opener for both teams!!!)

Ohio Wesleyan (4-0) at Wabash (3-0)

(The Little Giants play host to the upstart Battlin' Bishops in a battle of unbeaten teams in the North Coast Athletic Conference [NCAC]!!!)

North Central (3-0) at Wheaton (3-0)

(The Cardinals clash with the Thunder in their annual battle for the "Little Brass Bell" trophy!!!)

Middlebury (3-0) at Amherst (3-0)

(The Mammoths play host to the Panthers in a key contest for at least a share of first place in the NESCAC!!!)

Westminster (Pa.)-(4-0) at Case Western Reserve (3-0)

(Here's yet another match-up between undefeated teams, this time in the Presidents Athletic Conference between the Spartans and the visiting Titans!!!)

MIT (2-1) at Merchant Marine (2-1)

Muhlenberg (4-0) at Franklin & Marshall (3-1)

Johns Hopkins (3-1) at Ursinus (3-1) 

Utica (2-1) at Cortland (3-0)

Ithaca (3-0) at St. Lawrence (2-2)

Nichols (3-1) at Western New England (3-1)

Alma (2-1) at Albion (3-0)

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

Muskingum (2-2) at John Carroll (2-1)

Anderson (Ind.)-(3-1) at Hanover (3-1)

Methodist (1-1) at Huntingdon (1-2)

Franklin (1-3) at Rose-Hulman (2-1)

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

Eureka (2-1) at Aurora (2-1)

Simpson (3-1) at Nebraska Wesleyan (3-0)

Wisconsin-LaCrosse (2-1) at Wisconsin-Platteville (3-0)

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

Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2-1) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (3-0)

Lewis & Clark (1-1) at Pacific Lutheran (1-1)

Martin Luther (2-1) at St. Scholastica (4-0)

Willamette (1-1) at Whitworth (1-1)

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

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

Brockport (3-1) at St. John Fisher (3-1)

Southern Virginia (2-1) at Shenandoah (2-1)

Texas Lutheran (2-1) at Hardin-Simmons (4-0)

Whittier (1-1) at Chapman (2-0)

Pomona-Pitzer (1-1) at Redlands (3-0)

NAIA

Thursday, October 3

Lindsey Wilson (4-0) at Bethel (Tenn.)-(3-1)

(Blue Raiders from Kentucky look to stay undefeated against the Wildcats in a key Mid-South Conference game!!!)

Saturday, October 5

Grand View (5-0) at Benedictine (Kan.)-(5-0)

(Ravens play host to the visiting Vikings in the Heart of America Athletic Conference opener for both teams!!!)

Siena Heights (4-0) at Concordia (Mich.)-(4-0)

(Cardinals clash with the Saints in the first of two battles between unbeaten teams in the Mid-States Football Association Mideast League!!!)

St. Francis (Ind.)-(3-0) at Marian (3-0)

(The other battle of unbeaten teams in the MSFA Mideast League takes place in Indiana, as the Cougars pay a visit to Indianapolis to clash with the Knights!!!)

Culver-Stockton (2-3) at MidAmerica Nazarene (4-1)

Dickinson State (3-1) at Mayville State (2-2)

Faulkner (2-1) at Keiser (3-0)

Georgetown (Ky.)-(1-2) at Campbellsville (1-3)

Bethel (Kan.)-(4-0) at Southwestern (Kan.)-(2-2)

Trinity International (1-4) at St. Xavier (1-2)

Cumberlands (Ky.)-(3-0) at Pikeville (1-2)

Ave Maria (2-2) at Southeastern (3-0)

Robert Morris (Ill.)-(1-3) at St. Francis (Ill.)-(2-3)

Cincinnati Christian (1-4) at St. Andrews (0-3)

Langston (2-1) at Lyon (2-1)

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

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NCAA Division III: Top 25 Round-Up

(Courtesy of d3football.com)

Top 25 roundup: UWEC knocks off Tommies: UW-Eau Claire delivered a ringing upset of No. 6 St. Thomas, while Ithaca survived a challenge from a former rival, and Mount Union had no challenge whatsoever in Saturday's games among D3football.com Top 25 teams.

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RFC Scoreboard: Week of September 28, 2019

FBS Group Of Five

American Athletic Conference

Conference USA

FBS Independents

Mid-American Conference 

Mountain West Conference

Sun Belt Conference

Non-FBS Scores

FCS

NCAA Division II (courtesy of d2football.com)

NCAA Division III (courtesy of d3football.com)

NAIA (courtesy of naiasports.org)

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RFC Throwback Thursday: Remembering Appalachian State's Huge Upset Win Over Michigan

(Video courtesy of SB Nation)

As they get ready to face Coastal Carolina in the Sun Belt Conference opener for both teams this Saturday, "RFC Throwback Thursday" throws the clock back to September 1, 2007. That was when the then two-time back-to-back defending FCS national champion Mountaineers pulled off one of the biggest upsets in college football history at the time, knocking off the Michigan Wolverines. So, sit back and enjoy one of the greatest moments in the history of one of the strongest programs in the non-Power 5 conferences today.

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RFC Top Games: Week of September 28, 2019

Last Week: 54-21 (.720)

This Year: 142-49 (.744)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five

Thursday, September 26

Navy (2-0) at Memphis (3-0)

(Tigers played host to the Midshipmen in a big American Athletic Conference opener for both teams!!! Airtime is at 8 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. CDT on ESPN!!!)

Friday, September 27

San Jose State (2-1) at Air Force (2-1)

(Fresh off a stunning upset win over SEC Arkansas last week, the Spartans hope to keep the momentum going on the road this week against the Falcons!!! Airtime is at 8 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. CDT/6 p.m. MDT and 5 p.m. MST/PDT on the CBS Sports Network!!!)

Saturday, September 28

Coastal Carolina (3-1) at Appalachian State (3-0)

(Mountaineers play host to the Chanticleers in the Sun Belt Conference opener for both teams!!! Airtime is at 3:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN+!!!)

Cincinnati (2-2) at Marshall (2-2)

(Thundering Herd is at home doing battle with the Bearcats in a battle between the AAC and Conference USA!!! Airtime is at 5 p.m. EDT on CBS Sports/Facebook!!!)

Hawai'i (3-1) at Nevada (3-1)

(Wolfpack plays host to the Rainbows in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams!!! Airtime is at 10:30 p.m. EDT/9:30 p.m. CDT on the CBS Sports Network!!!)

Florida Atlantic (2-2) at Charlotte (2-2)

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

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

Houston (1-3) at North Texas (2-2)

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

Colorado State (1-3) at Utah State (2-1)

BYU (2-2) at Toledo (2-1)

New Mexico (2-1) at Liberty (2-2)

Central Michigan (2-2) at Western Michigan (2-2)

Louisiana (3-1) at Georgia Southern (1-2)

Buffalo (2-2) at Miami (Ohio)-(1-3)

South Alabama (1-3) at Louisiana-Monroe (1-2)

FCS

Thursday, September 26

Delaware State (1-2) at North Carolina A&T (2-1)

Friday, September 27

Brown (1-0) at Harvard (0-1)

Saturday, September 28

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

(Dukes hit the road to battle against the Phoenix in a critical early-season clash in the Colonial Athletic Association [CAA]!!!)

Maine (2-2) at Villanova (4-0)

(Wildcats do battle with the Black Bears in another key CAA contest!!!)

Montana (3-1) at UC Davis (2-2)

(Aggies look to bounce back from a tough loss to two-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State this week, as they play host to a solid Grizzlies squad in a key early-season Big Sky Conference clash!!!)

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

(Wildcats play host to the Panthers in one of the final games of the Big Sky/Missouri Valley Conference Challenge!!!)

Cornell (1-0) at Yale (1-0)

East Tennessee State (2-2) at Furman (2-2)

Wofford (1-2) at VMI (2-2)

Northern Arizona (2-2) at Montana State (3-1)

Jacksonville State (3-1) at Austin Peay (2-2)

The Citadel (2-2) at Samford (2-2)

Western Carolina (1-2) at Chattanooga (1-3)

North Dakota (2-1) at Eastern Washington (1-3)

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

Sam Houston State (2-2) at McNeese State (2-2)

Campbell (2-2) at Mercer (2-2)

NCAA Division II

Thursday, September 26

Frostburg State (2-1) at Fairmont State (1-2)

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

Saturday, September 28

Notre Dame (Ohio)-(3-0) at Urbana (3-0)

(Falcons hit the road hoping the soar against the Blue Knights in a battle of unbeaten teams in the Mountain East Conference!!!)

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

(In another showdown of undefeated teams, the Bulldogs will be on the road too, as they take on the Beavers in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference!!!)

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

(In yet another clash of unbeaten teams, the Mustangs match-up against the Rams in the Lone Star Conference!!!)

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

(Finally, the Timberwolves hope to bounce back from a tough upset loss to Colorado Mines to face a Lions squad in a contest that could later have an impact on the D-II playoff picture!!!)

Kutztown (3-0) at Shepherd (2-1)

Lenoir-Rhyne (3-0) at Mars Hill (2-1)

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

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

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

Tarleton State (3-0) at UT-Permian Basin (2-1)

Truman State (3-0) at Quincy (2-1)

Winston-Salem State (1-2) at Virginia Union (2-1)

Central Oklahoma (2-1) at Northwest Missouri State (3-0)

Ouachita Baptist (3-0) at Southwestern Oklahoma State (2-1)

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

Western Colorado (2-1) at Adams State (2-1)

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

Truman State (3-0) at Quincy (2-1)

Southwest Baptist (2-1) at Indianapolis (3-0)

Lane (2-1) at Miles (2-1)

West Georgia (2-1) at Florida Tech (2-1)

Western Oregon (1-2) at Central Washington (1-2)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, September 28

St. John Fisher (3-0) at Ithaca (2-0)

(The Bombers play host to the Cardinals in a clash of undefeated teams from Upstate New York!!!)

Plymouth State (3-0) at UMass-Dartmouth (3-0)

(Panthers square off vs. the Corsairs in an early battle for bragging rights in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference [MASCAC]!!!)

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

(Purple Raiders hit the road to do battle with the Blue Streaks in another battle of unbeaten teams in the Ohio Athletic Conference!!!)

Millsaps (3-0) at Berry (3-0)

(One team of Vikings will face-off against the Majors in an early battle for first place in the Southern Athletic Association!!!)

Becker (2-1) at Endicott (2-1)

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

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

Greenville (2-1) at Martin Luther (1-1)

Denison (2-0) at Wabash (1-1)

Western New England (2-1) at New England (2-1)

Heidelberg (3-0) at Baldwin Wallace (2-1)

Lawrence (1-1) at Cornell (Iowa)-(1-1)

Ripon (1-1) at Illinois College (1-1)

Montclair State (1-1) at Hobart (3-0)

Wittenberg (2-1) at DePauw (1-1)

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

Southern Virginia (2-0) at Bridgewater (Va.)-(3-0)

Buena Vista (2-1) at Simpson (2-1)

Bethel (Minn.)-(2-0) at Gustavus Adolphus (2-1)

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

Howard Payne (2-1) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (2-0)

Southwestern (Tex.)-(2-0) at Texas Lutheran (1-1)

Wheaton (2-0) at Millikin (2-0)

NAIA

Saturday, September 28

Evangel (4-0) at Grand View (4-0)

(Another squad of Vikings will be at home for another important battle between teams, this time against the Crusaders in the Heart of America Athletic Conference!!!)

Concordia (Mich.)-(3-0) at St. Xavier (1-1)

(Cougars play host to the Cardinals in an early-season clash in the Mid-States Football Association!!!)

Sterling (3-0) at Bethel (Kan.)-(3-0)

(The Threshers play host to the Warriors in yet another battle of unbeaten teams, this time in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference!!!)

Keiser (2-0) at Cumberland (Tenn.)-(3-0)

(The Phoenix play host to the upstart Seahawks in a key early-season Mid-South Conference contest!!!)

College of Idaho (3-0) at Rocky Mountain (2-2)

Wayland Baptist (1-2) at Ottawa (Ariz.)-(3-0)

Southwestern Assemblies of God (0-2) at Arizona Christian (1-2)

Kansas Wesleyan (4-0) at Ottawa (Kan.)-(1-1)

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