RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 29, 2025 Small College Football Playoff Predictions And Brackets

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

NOTE: All games are listed in bracket order. All games scheduled will be played on Saturday, November 29, 2025, unless otherwise indicated.

NCAA Division II First Round

Interactive Bracket

Assumption (9-2) at #1 Kutztown (12-0) 

Frostburg State (10-2) at California (Pa.)-(9-3)

Benedict (10-2) at #1 Albany State (Ga.)-(11-1)

#3 Newberry (10-1) at #2 West Florida (10-1)

#4 Ashland (9-2) at #1 Ferris State (11-0)

Minnesota State (9-3) at #3 Indianapolis (11-1)

#4 Pittsburg State (Kan.)-(10-2) at #1 Harding (12-0)

UT-Permian Basin (10-2) at Western Colorado (10-2)

NCAA Division III First Round

Interactive Bracket

Muhlenberg (9-2) at Mount Union (10-0)

Randolph-Macon (9-1) at John Carroll (9-1)

Hardin-Simmons (9-1) at Trinity (Texas)-(9-1)

LaGrange (10-1) at Berry (9-1)

Hanover (9-2) at North Central (10-0)

Wisconsin-LaCrosse (7-2) at Hope (9-1)

Alma (8-2) at Wisconsin-Platteville (8-2)

Coe (9-2) at Bethel (Minn.)-(10-0)

Wheaton (9-2) at Wartburg (10-0)

DePauw (9-1) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (8-2)

Monmouth (Ill.)-(9-1) at St. John's (Minn.)-(9-1)

Chapman (9-2) at Wisconsin-River Falls (9-1)

Susquehanna (9-2) at Christopher Newport (10-0)

Eastern (9-1) at Franklin & Marshall (9-1)

Endicott (9-1) at Salisbury (9-1)

Springfield (9-2) at Johns Hopkins (9-1)

NAIA First Round

Press Release (courtesy of the NAIA)

Top Seeds (In Order Of Appearance)

1. Grand View (10-0)

2. Keiser (10-0)

3. Montana Tech (11-0)

4. Friends (Kan.)-(11-0)

5. Benedictine (Kan.)-(10-1)

6. Marian (10-1)

7. Lindsey Wilson (9-1)

8. College of Idaho (9-1)

9. Morningside (9-2)

10. Dordt (9-1)

11. Indiana Wesleyan (9-2)

12. Campbellsville (8-2)

Second Round Games

#16 St. Francis (Ind.)-(10-2) at #1 Grand View (10-0)

#15 Southeastern (Fla.)-(9-2) at #2 Keiser (10-0)

#14 Carroll (Mont.)-(9-2) at #3 Montana Tech (11-0)

#13 William Penn (11-1) at #4 Friends (11-0)

#12 Campbellsville (8-2) at #5 Benedictine (Kan.)-(10-1)

#10 Dordt (9-1) at #6 Marian (10-1)

#11 Indiana Wesleyan (9-2) at #7 Lindsey Wilson (9-1)

#9 Morningside (9-2) at #8 College of Idaho (9-1)

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RFC Throwback Thursday: Harvard vs. Yale-1968

(Video courtesy of Harvard University Athletics.)

This week's post of "RFC Throwback Thursday" takes a look back at the 1968 contest between the Harvard University Crimson and the Yale University Bulldogs, in what has long been known as "The Game" that traditionally ended each football season in the Ivy League.

Both teams entered this clash undefeated at 8-0 overall. The game played on November 23, 1968, was best remembered for Harvard rallying from a 16-point deficit in the final 42 seconds to force a 29-29 tie, prompting the famous newspaper headline: "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29." 

Despite the misleading headline, both Harvard and Yale settled for a share of the Ivy League title, with both teams finishing the 1968 season with an overall record of 8-0-1 and a conference record of 6-0-1.

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 22, 2025 Small College Football Playoff Predictions And Brackets

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

NOTE: All games are listed in bracket order. All games scheduled will be played on Saturday, November 22, 2025, unless otherwise indicated.

NCAA Division II First Round

Interactive Bracket

Bentley (7-3) at #1 Kutztown (11-0)

Assumption (8-2) at #4 Indiana (Pa.)-(7-3)

Frostburg State (9-2) at #2 Johnson C. Smith (10-1)

California (Pa.)-(8-3) at #3 Virginia Union (9-2)

Valdosta State (6-4) at #1 Albany State (Ga.)-(10-1)

Benedict (9-2) at #4 Wingate (9-2)

North Greenville (6-4) at #2 West Florida (9-1)

Kentucky State (9-2) at #3 Newberry (9-1)

Northwood (9-2) at #1 Ferris State (11-0)

Minnesota-Duluth (10-1) at #4 Ashland (9-2)

Minnesota State (8-3) at #2 Findlay (10-1)

Truman State (8-3) at #3 Indianapolis (10-1)

Northwest Missouri State (9-2) at #1 Harding (11-0)

Chadron State (8-3) at #4 Pittsburg State (Kan.)-(9-2)

Western Colorado (9-2) at #2 Central Washington (10-1)

UT-Permian Basin (9-2) at #3 Colorado State-Pueblo (10-1)

NCAA Division III First Round

Interactive Bracket

Union (N.Y.)-(8-2) at Muhlenberg (8-2)

LaGrange (9-1) at Framingham State (7-3)

Grove City (8-2) at Hanover (8-2)

Coe (8-2) at Concordia (Wis.)-(9-1)

Crown (Minn.)-(7-3) at Wheaton (8-2)

Chapman (8-2) at Whitworth (8-2)

Washington & Jefferson (8-2) at Susquehanna (8-2)

Cortland (8-2) at Springfield (8-2)

NAIA First Round

Press Release (courtesy of the NAIA)

Top Seeds (In Order Of Appearance)

1. Grand View (10-0)

2. Keiser (10-0)

3. Montana Tech (11-0)

4. Friends (Kan.)-(11-0)

5. Benedictine (Kan.)-(10-1)

6. Marian (10-1)

7. Lindsey Wilson (9-1)

8. College of Idaho (9-1)

9. Morningside (9-2)

10. Dordt (9-1)

11. Indiana Wesleyan (9-2)

12. Campbellsville (8-2)

First Round Games

#20 Texas Wesleyan (7-4) at #13 William Penn (10-1)

#17 St. Thomas (Fla.)-(7-3) at #14 Carroll (Mont.)-(8-2)

#19 Reinhardt (7-3) at #15 Southeastern (Fla.)-(8-2)

#18 Evangel (Mo.)-(9-2) at #16 St. Francis (Ind.)-(9-2)

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 22, 2025 -FBS Group Of Five/FCS

Last Week: 47-24 (.662)

This Year: 605-276 (.687)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five 

Tuesday, November 18

Akron (4-7) at Bowling Green (3-7)

UMass (0-10) at Ohio (6-4)

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

Wednesday, November 19

Miami (Ohio)-(5-5) at Buffalo (5-5)

Central Michigan (6-4) at Kent State (4-6)

Thursday, November 20

Louisiana (4-6) at Arkansas State (5-5)

Friday, November 21

Hawai'i (7-3) at UNLV (8-2)

(The Rebels host  the Rainbows in a game with tremendous implications in the Mountain West Conference championship race!!!!!)

Saturday, November 22

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

(The Eagles face the already bowl-eligible Monarchs, needing just one more win to become bowl-eligible themselves!!!!!)

Missouri State (7-3) at Kennesaw State (7-3)

(The Owls battle the Bears in a Conference USA contest where both teams enter it at 5-1 in conference play!!!!!)

Ball State (4-6) at Toledo (6-4)

Marshall (5-5) at Appalachian State (4-6)

UConn (8-3) at Florida Atlantic (4-6)

Liberty (4-6) at Louisiana Tech (5-5)

Jacksonville State (7-3) at Florida International (5-5)

East Carolina (7-3) at UTSA (5-5)

Tulane (8-2) at Temple (5-5)

North Texas (9-1) at Rice (5-5)

Utah State (5-5) at Fresno State (7-3)

FCS

Thursday, November 20

Nicholls State (4-7) at Southeastern Louisiana (8-3)

Stephen F. Austin (9-2) at Northwestern State (1-10)

Saturday, November 22

Harvard (9-0) at Yale (7-2)

(The newly-crowned Ivy League champion Crimson will look to finish the regular season undefeated when they face the Bulldogs in the 141st meeting of "The Game"!!!!!)

Mercyhurst (5-6) at Central Connecticut State (7-4)

Wagner (5-6) at LIU (5-6)

(Both of these games could decide the automatic qualifier to the FCS playoffs out of the Northeast Conference!!!!!)

Lehigh (11-0) at Lafayette (8-3)

(Another undefeated team looks to stay that way going into postseason play when the Mountain Hawks take on the Leopards in the most-played "Rivalry" in all of college football, with the Patriot League title on the line!!!!!)

Tennessee-Martin (6-5) at Tennessee Tech (10-1)

(The Golden Eagles square off against the Skyhawks with the Big South-Ohio Valley Conference championship on the line!!!!!)

South Carolina State (8-3) at Delaware State (8-3)

(The Hornets battle the Bulldogs for the MEAC title, with both teams coming into this showdown unbeaten in league action at 4-0!!!!!)

Montana State (9-2) at Montana (11-0)

(Something needs to give when the undefeated Grizzlies take on a Bobcats team that has won nine straight games in their annual "Brawl of the Wild" battle for the Big Sky Conference title!!!!)

Maine (6-5) at New Hampshire (7-4)

Sacred Heart (8-3) at Villanova (8-2)

Richmond (6-5) at William & Mary (7-4)

Southern Illinois (6-5) at Illinois State (8-3)

Morehead State (6-5) at Drake (7-3)

South Dakota State (7-4) at North Dakota (7-4)

St. Thomas (Minn.)-(7-4) at North Dakota State (11-0)

Sacramento State (7-4) at UC Davis (7-3)

Austin Peay (7-4) at Tarleton State (10-1)

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