RFC Throwback Thursday: Kutztown vs. West Chester-2015

(Video courtesy of Kutztown University) 

With this Saturday's showdown looming between Kutztown and West Chester for a potential Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East Division championship, "RFC Throwback Thursday" turns the clock to 2015. That was when the Golden Rams played host to the Golden Bears in the last major contest between these two perennial powerhouse NCAA Division II teams from Eastern Pennsylvania.

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RFC Top Games: Week of November 2, 2019

Editor's Note: One game, Evangel at Benedictine (Kan.) was removed from last week's post (Week of October 26, 2019) due to a scheduling error. The game was played on October 19, 2019, with Evangel defeating Benedictine 35-21. RFC regrets the error.

Last Week: 50-33 (.602)

This Year: 454-208 (.686)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five

Thursday, October 31

Georgia Southern (4-3) at Appalachian State (7-0)

Saturday, November 2

SMU (8-0) at Memphis (7-1)

(The Mustangs will look to stay unbeaten against the once-beaten Tigers in another key American Athletic Conference contest!!! Airtime is at 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT on ESPN on ABC!!!)

Florida Atlantic (5-3) at Western Kentucky (5-3)

(But before that big showdown in Memphis, the Hilltoppers will play host to the Owls in a clash that could decide the Conference USA East Division crown!!! Airtime is at 4 p.m. EDT/3 p.m. CDT on ESPN+!!!)

Middle Tennessee State (3-5) at Charlotte (3-5)

Buffalo (4-4) at Eastern Michigan (4-4)

Army (3-5) at Air Force (6-2)

Northern Illinois (3-5) at Central Michigan (5-4)

Troy (3-4) at Coastal Carolina (3-4)

Arkansas State (4-4) at Louisiana-Monroe (3-4)

BYU (3-4) at Utah State (4-3)

Boise State (6-1) at San Jose State (4-4)

Fresno State (3-4) at Hawai'i (5-3)

FCS

Saturday, November 2

Holy Cross (4-4) at Lehigh (4-3)

(A big day of critical conference clashes starts in the Patriot League, as the 3-0 Mountain Hawks play host to the 2-0 Crusaders!!! Airtime is at 12:30 p.m. EDT on Stadium and the Patriot League Network!!!)

Dartmouth (6-0) at Harvard (4-2)

(The 3-0 Big Green will look to stay unbeaten against the 2-1 Crimson in another huge Ivy League match-up!!! Airtime is at 1 p.m. EDT on ESPN+!!!)

Northern Iowa (5-3) at Illinois State (6-2)

(The Redbirds play host to the Panthers in a battle of 3-1 teams in Missouri Valley Football Conference [MVFC] play!!! Airtime is at 1 p.m. EDT/noon CDT, also on ESPN+!!!)

Austin Peay (5-3) at Eastern Kentucky (5-3)

(The Colonels clash with the Governors in a game that could decide the Ohio Valley Conference championship, with both teams coming in at 3-1 in OVC action!!! Airtime is at 1 p.m. EDT/noon CDT, on ESPN+!!!)

North Carolina A&T (5-2) at South Carolina State (5-2)

(The Aggies head south into Orangeburg to do battle with the Bulldogs in a battle of one-loss teams in MEAC action!!! Airtime is at 1:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN3!!!)

Monmouth (N.J.)-(6-2) at Kennesaw State (7-1)

(The 2-0 Owls face off against the 3-0 Blue Hawks, with the winner earning the inside track to the Big South Conference championship!!! Airtime is at 2 p.m. EDT on ESPN3!!!)

Furman (5-3) at Chattanooga (4-4)

(In another 2 p.m. EDT kickoff on ESPN+, the 4-1 Purple Paladins pay a visit to Tennessee to take on the 3-1 Mocs!!!)

Jacksonville State (6-3) at UT-Martin (5-3)

(The 4-1 Skyhawks square off against the 3-2 Gamecocks in another game with OVC title implications!!! Airtime is at 3 p.m. EDT/2 p.m. CDT on ESPN+!!!)

Alabama A&M (5-3) at Southern (4-4)

(If that wasn't enough, here's a key game in the SWAC, as the 2-1 Bulldogs travel to Baton Rouge to face the Jaguars!!! Airtime is at 5 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. CDT on ESPN3!!!)

Drake (4-3) at San Diego (5-2)

(Get ready for another big conference battle, as the Toreros take on the Bulldogs from Iowa in a battle of 4-0 teams in Pioneer Football League [PFL] play!!!)

Weber State (6-2) at Sacramento State (6-2)

(No big day of conference battles is complete without a big game in the Big Sky Conference, as the Wildcats do battle with the Hornets in a battle of, you guessed it, undefeated conference teams at 4-0!!! Airtime is at 9 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. PDT on PLUTO TV!!!)

St. Francis (Pa.)-(4-4) at Duquesne (5-2)

Fordham (3-5) at Lafayette (1-7)

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

Stony Brook (5-3) at Richmond (4-4)

Central Arkansas (6-2) at Lamar (4-4)

Nicholls State (4-4) at Incarnate Word (5-3)

North Dakota State (8-0) at Youngstown State (5-3)

NCAA Division II

Saturday, November 2

Kutztown (8-0) at West Chester (7-1)

(The Golden Bears do battle with the Golden Rams, with the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference [PSAC] East Division title on the line!!! Airtime is at noon EDT on ESPN3!!!)

Notre Dame (Ohio)-(8-0) at Frostburg State (7-1)

(The Falcons will look to stay unbeaten against the upstart Bobcats in a battle for first place in the Mountain East Conference!!!)

Wingate (8-0) at Lenoir-Rhyne (8-0)

(The Bulldogs do battle with the Bears in a battle of unbeaten teams in the South Atlantic Conference!!! Airtime is at 2 p.m. EDT on ESPN3!!!)

Indianapolis (7-0) at Lindenwood (5-3)

(The undefeated 5-0 Greyhounds will look to stay that way against the 4-0 Lions in Great Lakes Valley Conference [GLVC] action!!!)

Fort Valley State (6-2) at Savannah State (5-3)

(The Wildcats will take on the Tigers in a battle of undefeated 4-0 teams in the SIAC!!! Airtime is at 2 p.m. EDT on ESPN3!!!)

Ouachita Baptist (8-0) at Southern Arkansas (7-1)

(The once-beaten Muleriders play host to the unbeaten in a Tigers in a clash that could decide the Great American Conference championship!!!)

Texas A&M-Commerce (5-2) at West Texas A&M (6-2)

(The Buffaloes play host to the Lions in a key Lone Star Conference contest!!! Airtime is at 5 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. CDT on ESPN3!!!)

Carson-Newman (5-2) at Mars Hill (5-3)

California (Pa.)-(6-2) at Slippery Rock (8-0)

Mississippi College (4-3) at West Georgia (5-3)

Missouri Western State (6-2) at Pittsburg State (Kan.)-(5-3)

Kentucky State (5-2) at Miles (6-1)

Henderson State (7-1) at Arkansas-Monticello (5-3)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, November 2

Union (N.Y.)-(7-0) at Ithaca (7-0)

(The Bombers do battle with the Dutchmen in a battle of the lone unbeaten teams in the Liberty League!!! Both teams enter this clash at 4-0 in league play!!!)

Endicott (6-1) at Western New England (6-1)

(The Golden Bears play host to the Gulls in a showdown of 4-0 teams for first place in the Commonwealth Coast Conference [CCC]!!!)

Hanover (6-1) at Mount St. Joseph (6-1)

(The Panthers travel to Cincinnati to clash with the Lions in a contest that could decide the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference [HCAC] championship!!!)

Wisconsin-Oshkosh (5-2) at Wisconsin-Platteville (6-1)

(The Pioneers play host to the Titans in a game with potential playoff implications in the WIAC!!!)

Benedictine (Ill.)-(5-2) at Aurora (6-1)

(The Spartans play host to the Eagles in a showdown of 4-0 teams in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference [NACC]!!)

Brockport (6-1) at Cortland (7-0)

(The Golden Eagles hit the road to face the Red Dragons in a huge Empire 8 Conference showdown!!!)

Alma (5-2) at Hope (6-1)

Johns Hopkins (5-2) at Muhlenberg (7-0)

Bridgewater (Va.)-(7-0) at Emory and Henry (5-2)

DePauw (4-3) at Denison (6-1)

Austin (4-3) at Birmingham-Southern (5-2)

Greenville (5-2) at MacMurray (4-3)

Monmouth (Ill.)-(4-2) at Chicago (4-2)

Trinity (Tex.)-(5-2) at Hendrix (5-2)

Plymouth State (6-2) at Bridgewater State (Mass.)-(4-3)

UMass-Dartmouth (5-2) at Western Connecticut State (6-1)

Chapman (6-0) at Pomona-Pitzer (4-2)

NAIA

Saturday, November 2

Siena Heights (7-1) at Indiana Wesleyan (5-2)

(The Saints hit the road to take on the upstart Wildcats in a key Mid-States Football Association [MSFA] showdown!!!)

MidAmerica Nazarene (5-3) at Benedictine (Kan.)-(6-2)

(The Ravens play host to the Pioneers in a critical Heart of America Athletic Conference clash!!!)

McPherson (5-3) at Kansas Wesleyan (8-0)

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RFC Scoreboard: Week of November 2, 2019

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 Featured Game Recaps: Week of October 26, 2019

Editor's Note: For the rest of the 2019 regular season and the entire postseason-a recap of some of our featured games will be available on the RFC blog. As the title implies, it will be a brief look back at some of the top games in college football at every level, except for the Power Five conferences (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac 12 and SEC), as always. 

FBS Group Of Five

Navy holds off Tulane 41-38 (Capital Gazette)

UCF trounces Temple (Game Summary/ESPN.com)
 
FCS

North Dakota State takes the Dakota Marker (InForum.com)

Princeton outlasts Harvard in Ivy League showdown (The Trentonian)

NCAA Division II

Bowie State blasts Virginia Union to remain unbeaten (bsubulldogs.com)

NCAA Division III

Framingham State stomps Western Connecticut State (fsurams.com)

Wilkes edges Misericordia 36-35 (gowilkesu.com)

Denison downs Wittenberg (denisonbigred.com)

Hope knocks off Olivet (Holland [Mich.] Sentinel)

Mount Union shuts out Heidelberg (Akron [Ohio] Beacon-Journal)

Huntingdon outlasts Averett (Box Score/huntingdonhawks.com)

St. John's stomps St. Olaf (gojohnnies.com)

UMHB wins with a field goal (Abilene [Tex.] Reporter-News)

NAIA

#18 Siena Heights upsets #6 St. Francis (Ind.) 24-14 (Victory Sports Network)

Valley City State upsets Dickinson State (vcsuvikings.com)

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RFC Throwback Thursday: Dakota Marker Game Part 2-South Dakota State at North Dakota State 2018

(Video courtesy of KVLY Fargo, N.D.)

In the conclusion of a two-part series leading up to Saturday's Dakota Marker game between the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits and the two-time defending FCS national champion North Dakota State University Bison, "RFC Throwback Thursday" takes a look back at the 2018 match-up between the two Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) rivals. As always, just simply sit back and enjoy. 

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RFC Throwback Thursday: Dakota Marker Game Part 1-South Dakota State at North Dakota State 2014 FCS Playoffs

(Video courtesy of ESPN3)

In the first of a two-part series leading up to this Saturday's Dakota Marker Game between the two-time defending national champion North Dakota State University Bison and the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits, "RFC Throwback Thursday" turns the clock back to 2014. That was when NDSU played host to SDSU in an FCS second-round playoff game.

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RFC Featured Game Recaps: Week of October 19, 2019 (DEBUT)

Editor's Note: For the rest of the 2019 regular season and the entire postseason-a recap of some of our featured games will be available on the RFC blog. As the title implies, it will be a brief of some of the top games in college football at every level, except for the Power Five conferences (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac 12 and SEC), as always. So, without any further interruptions, on to the debut post.

FBS Group Of Five

Louisiana Tech 45, Southern Mississippi 30 (latechsports.com)

Memphis 47, Tulane 17 (gotigersgo.com)

SMU 45, Temple 21 (smumustangs.com)

FCS

Florida A&M 34, North Carolina A&T 31 (HBCU Sports)

Sacramento State 49, Montana 22 (hornetsports.com)

NCAA Division II

Angelo State 17, West Texas A&M 14 (angelosports.com)

Lenoir-Rhyne 36, Carson-Newman 23 (lrbears.com)

Tarleton State 35, Texas A&M-Commerce 21 (tarletonsports.com)

NCAA Division III

Bethel (Minn.) 56, St. Olaf 10 (athletics.bethel.edu)

Cortland 31, Alfred 21 (cortlandreddragons.com)

Delaware Valley 42, Wilkes 0 (athletics.delval.edu)

Ithaca 34, Hobart 0 (athletics.ithaca.edu)

St. John's 38, St. Thomas 20 (startribune.com)

Wartburg 29, Simpson 15 (go-knights.net)

NAIA

Baker 49, MidAmerica Nazarene 20 (bakerwildcats.com)

College of Idaho 16, Montana Tech 14 (yoteathletics.com)

Evangel 35, Benedictine (Kan.) 21 (evangelathletics.com)

Marian 28, Concordia (Mich.) 13 (muknights.com)

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RFC Top Games: Week of October 26, 2019

Last Week: 54-38 (.587)

This Year: 404-175 (.698)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five

Thursday, October 24

SMU (7-0) at Houston (3-4)

Saturday, October 26

Tulane (5-2) at Navy (5-1)

(Midshipmen to do battle against the Green Wave in yet another key another American Athletic Conference contest!!! Airtime is at 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT on the CBS Sports Network!!!)

UCF (5-2) at Temple (5-2)

(In another critical clash in the American, the Owls will play host to the Knights!!! Airtime is at 7 p.m. EDT on ESPN2!!!)

South Florida (3-4) at East Carolina (3-4)

Western Kentucky (5-2) at Marshall (4-3)

San Jose State (3-4) at Army (3-4)

Bowling Green (2-5) at Western Michigan (4-4)

Ohio (3-4) at Ball State (4-3)

Central Michigan (5-3) at Buffalo (3-4)

Eastern Michigan (4-3) at Toledo (4-3)

Miami (Ohio)-(3-4) at Kent State (3-4)

Nevada (4-3) at Wyoming (5-2)

Utah State (4-2) at Air Force (4-2)

FCS

Thursday, October 24

Jackson State (2-5) at Prairie View A&M (3-4)

Friday, October 25

Columbia (2-3) at Dartmouth (5-0)

Saturday, October 26

North Dakota State (7-0) at South Dakota State (6-1)

(The two-time defending FCS national champions travel to Brookings, South Dakota to do battle with the Jackrabbits in the 110th all-time meeting between the two Missouri Valley Football Conference powers!!! Airtime is at 3 p.m. EDT/2 p.m. CDT on ESPN+!!!)

Harvard (4-1) at Princeton (5-0)

(But just two hours before the latest chapter in the "Dakota Marker" rivalry is written, the Tigers will clash with the Crimson in a battle of 2-0 teams in Ivy League action!!! Airtime is at 1 p.m. EDT, also on ESPN+!!!)

San Diego (4-2) at Dayton (4-2)

Georgetown (D.C.)-(5-2) at Lehigh (3-3)

Montana State (5-2) at North Dakota (4-3)

Richmond (3-4) at Delaware (4-3)

Campbell (5-1) at Gardner-Webb (3-4)

Chattanooga (4-3) at Wofford (4-2)

Eastern Washington (3-4) at Montana (5-2)

Mercer (3-4) at The Citadel (4-4)

UT-Martin (5-2) at Southeast Missouri State (4-3)

Austin Peay (4-3) at Tennessee Tech (4-3)

Southern (4-3) at Alcorn State (5-2)

Southeastern Louisiana (3-3) at Houston Baptist (4-4)

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

(Magic City Classic at Birmingham, Ala.)

Stony Brook (4-3) at Villanova (6-1)

Murray State (4-4) at Jacksonville State (5-3)

Abilene Christian (4-4) at Nicholls State (4-3)

Southern Illinois (3-4) at South Dakota (3-4)

Portland State (5-3) at Northern Arizona (3-4)

Sam Houston State (5-3) at Central Arkansas (5-2)

Weber State (5-2) at UC Davis (4-4)

NCAA Division II

Saturday, October 26

Virginia Union (6-1) at Bowie State (7-0)

(Fresh off a big win over Virginia State last week, the unbeaten Bulldogs now turn their focus to the Panthers in another critical CIAA contest!!!)

Findlay (5-2) at Notre Dame (Ohio)-(7-0)

East Stroudsburg (5-2) at West Chester (6-1)

Stonehill (4-2) at Assumption (5-2)

West Georgia (4-3) at West Alabama (4-3)

Pittsburg State (Kan.)-(5-2) at Central Missouri (7-0)

Bemidji State (5-2) at Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)-(4-3)

Albany State (Ga.)-(5-2) at Savannah State (4-3)

Missouri S&T (5-2) at Indianapolis (6-0)

Nebraska-Kearney (5-2) at Fort Hays State (5-2)

West Texas A&M (5-2) at Eastern New Mexico (5-2)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, October 26

Western Connecticut State (6-0) at Framingham State (4-2)

(In the first of multiple games that either have conference championship and/or postseason implications, the Rams play host to the undefeated Colonials in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference [MASCAC]!!! Both teams enter this contest at 4-0 in MASCAC action!!!)

Wilkes (5-1) at Misericordia (4-1)

(And that's just the beginning, as the visiting Colonels hit the road in hopes of trying to bounce back from their loss to Delaware Valley by taking on the Cougars in the Middle Atlantic Conference [MAC]!!!)

Denison (5-1) at Wittenberg (4-2)

(The Tigers are set to do battle with the Big Red in a big North Coast Athletic Conference [NCAC] clash!!!)

Hope (5-1) at Olivet (6-0)

(Here's another big game, this time from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association [MIAA], as the Flying Dutch do battle against the unbeaten Comets!!!)

Mount Union (6-0) at Heidelberg (5-1)

(The Purple Raiders will look to stay undefeated as well, as they square off against the Student Princes in the Ohio Athletic Conference [OAC]!!!)

Averett (5-1) at Huntingdon (4-2)

(The Hawks play host to the surprising, visiting Cougars from Virginia in a showdown of undefeated 3-0 teams in USA South Athletic Conference [USAC] action!!!) 

St. John's (Minn.)-(6-0) at St. Olaf (5-1)

(The undefeated Johnnies will look to stay that way against the one-loss Oles!!!)

Hardin-Simmons (5-1) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (6-0)

(Finally, a big weekend of small college football action, isn't complete without a good Texas showdown, as the defending national champion Crusaders clash with the Cowboys in American Southwest Conference [ASC] action!!!)

King's (4-2) at Stevenson (4-2)

Endicott (5-1) at Husson (2-4)

Massachusetts Maritime (5-1) at Plymouth State (5-2)

Birmingham-Southern (4-2) at Centre (4-3)

Westminster (Pa.)-(5-2) at Washington & Jefferson (5-2)

Montclair State (3-3) at Wesley (5-1)

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

Bridgewater (Va.)-(6-0) at Washington & Lee (4-2)

Emory & Henry (4-2) at Shenandoah (4-2)

Adrian (3-3) at Albion (4-2)

Wesleyan (5-1) at Amherst (4-2)

Williams (5-1) at Trinity (Conn.)-(4-2)

Wisconsin-Oshkosh (5-1) at Wisconsin-LaCrosse (4-2)

John Carroll (5-1) at Marietta (4-2)

Hendrix (4-2) at Austin (4-2)

Simpson (4-2) at Coe (5-2)

Washington (Mo.)-(4-2) at Illinois Wesleyan (4-2)

Augustana (Ill.)-(4-2) at Wheaton (6-0)

Mount St. Joseph (6-0) at Rose-Hulman (4-2)

Whitworth (4-1) at Puget Sound (4-2)

Pacific (2-4) at George Fox (2-4)

La Verne (3-3) at Redlands (5-1)

Cal Lutheran (3-3) at Chapman (5-1)

NAIA

Saturday, October 26

Evangel (6-1) at Benedictine (Kan.)-(5-2)

(Crusaders hit the road to do battle with the Ravens in the Heart of America Athletic Conference [HAAC]!!!]

Siena Heights (6-1) at St. Francis (Ind.)-(5-1)

(Cougars square off against the Saints in a critical Mid-States Football Association [MSFA] showdown!!!)

Dickinson State (6-1) at Valley City State (5-2)

(The Blue Hawks hope to stay in the driver's seat when they face the Vikings in a battle for first place in the North Star Athletic Association [NSAA]!!!_

Concordia (Neb.)-(3-4) at Dordt (4-3)

Ottawa (Ariz.)-(7-0) at Arizona Christian (3-3)

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