RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 23, 2024-Part 1

Last Week: 39-15 (.722)

This Year: 748-339 (.688)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured Games are marked in BOLD type.

Editor's Note: All games listed are only for FBS Group of Five and FCS regular season games.

FBS Group Of Five 

Tuesday, November 19

Akron (2-8) at Kent State (0-10)

Western Michigan (5-5) at Central Michigan (3-7)

Northern Illinois (6-4) at Miami (Ohio)-(6-4)

Wednesday, November 20

Ohio (7-3) at Toledo (7-3)

(The 4-2 Rockets host the 5-1 Bobcats in a critical Mid-American Conference contest, with the winner moving one step closer to clinching a berth in the MAC Championship Game!!!!!)

Buffalo (6-4) at Eastern Michigan (5-5)

Friday, November 22

Temple (3-7) at UTSA (5-5)

UNLV (8-2) at San Jose State (6-4)

Saturday, November 23

Sam Houston State (8-2) at Jacksonville State (7-3)

Western Kentucky (7-3) at Liberty (7-2)

(These two games listed above will determine which teams will play for the Conference USA championship, with the Gamecocks hosting the Bearkats, while Hilltoppers head into Lynchburg, Virginia to face the Flames!!!!!)

James Madison (8-2) at Appalachian State (4-5)

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

Georgia Southern (6-4) at Coastal Carolina (5-5)

East Carolina (6-4) at North Texas (5-5)

Washington State (8-2) at Oregon State (4-6)

Marshall (7-3) at Old Dominion (4-6)

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

FCS

Thursday, November 21

Southeastern Louisiana (6-5) at Nicholls State (4-7)

Saturday, November 23

Duquesne (8-2) at Central Connecticut State (6-5)

(The 5-0 Dukes clash with the 4-1 Blue Devils with the Northeast Conference championship and an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs on the line!!!!!)

Lafayette (6-5) at Lehigh (7-3)

(The Mountain Hawks hope to clinch the Patriot League and an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs with a win over the Leopards in the 160th meeting between these Eastern Pennsylvania rivals!!!!!)

Yale (6-3) at Harvard (8-1)

(The Crimson host the Bulldogs hoping to claim an outright Ivy League crown with a win!!!!!)

Montana (8-3) at Montana State (11-0)

(The Bobcats battle the Grizzlies in their annual "Brawl of the Wild" contest, needing one more win to clinch the outright Big Sky Conference title while finishing the regular season unbeaten!!!!!)

North Dakota State (10-1) at South Dakota (8-2)

(The Bison also hope to claim the Missouri Valley Football Conference crown with a road win over the Coyotes!!!!!)

Southeast Missouri State (9-2) at Tennessee State (8-3)

(The Redhawks hit the road to take on the Tigers with the Big South-Ohio Valley Conference title at stake!!!!!)

Delaware (9-1) at Villanova (8-3)

Monmouth (N.J.)-(5-6) at Stony Brook (8-3)

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

Abilene Christian (8-3) at Stephen F. Austin (6-5)

Central Arkansas (6-5) at Tarleton State (8-3)

South Dakota State (9-2) at Missouri State (8-3)

Lamar (6-5) at McNeese State (6-5)

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 16, 2024

Last Week: 60-23 (.722)

This Year: 709-324 (.686)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured Games are marked in BOLD type.

Editor's Note: All games listed will be played on Saturday, November 16, 2024.

FBS Group Of Five 

Tulane (8-2) at Navy (7-2)

(The 5-1 Midshipmen host the 6-0 Green Wave in a game that will go a long way toward deciding which team [s] will advance to the American Athletic Conference championship game on December 6!!!!!)

Coastal Carolina (5-4) at Marshall (6-3)

(The already bowl-eligible Thundering Herd will take on a Chanticleers squad that needs just one win to become bowl-eligible themselves!!!!!!)

Boise State (8-1) at San Jose State (6-3)

(The Broncos hit the road to square off against the Spartans in a key Mountain West Conference clash!!!!!)

Florida International (3-6) at Jacksonville State (6-3)

James Madison (7-2) at Old Dominion (4-5)

Louisiana Tech (3-6) at Western Kentucky (7-2)

South Alabama (4-5) at Louisiana (8-1)

South Florida (4-5) at Charlotte (3-6)

FCS

Bucknell (5-5) at Holy Cross (4-6)

(This big day will start in Worcester, Massachusetts!!!!! That's where the Crusaders will clash with the Bison in a battle of 3-1 teams in Patriot League play!!!!! The winner of that contest will put themselves in a position to win an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs with one more win!!!!!)

Missouri State (8-2) at North Dakota State (9-1)

(Another team of Bison will battle the playoff-ineligible Bears in a showdown of 6-0 squads for the Missouri Valley Football Conference championship!!!!!)

Abilene Christian (7-3) at Tarleton State (8-2)

(The Wildcats hit the road to take on the Texans in a contest to decide this season's United Athletic Conference champion!!!!!)

Montana State (10-0) at UC Davis (9-1)

(Finally, in the 6-0 squads showdown for the Big Sky Conference championship, it's the unbeaten Bobcats battling the one-loss Aggies!!!!!)

Illinois State (7-3) at Indiana State (4-6)

Incarnate Word (8-2) at Stephen F. Austin (6-4)

Robert Morris (5-5) at Central Connecticut State (4-6)

Sacred Heart (4-6) at Merrimack (4-5)

South Dakota (7-2) at North Dakota (5-5)

Stony Brook (8-2) at New Hampshire (4-6)

Tennessee Tech (5-5) at UT-Martin (5-1)

NCAA Division II

Kutztown (10-0) at California (Pa.)-(8-1)

(The Golden Bears will try to complete an unbeaten regular season when they face the Vulcans for the PSAC championship on the road!!!!!)

Ouachita Baptist (9-1) at Henderson State (8-2)

(The Tigers take on the Reddies in the annual "Battle of the Ravine" rivalry, with the winner still hoping to earn an NCAA Division II playoff berth from the Great American Conference!!!!!)

Carson-Newman (9-1) at Wingate (8-1)

(It's the Eagles battling the Bulldogs in a battle of one-loss teams for the South Atlantic Conference championship on the road!!!!!)

West Florida (7-2) at Valdosta State (9-0)

(The Blazers will try to finish the regular season unbeaten when they battle the Argonauts for the Gulf South Conference crown!!!!!)

West Virginia State (6-4) at Charleston (W. Va.)-(10-0)

Findlay (9-1) at Tiffin (7-3)

Clark Atlanta (7-2-1) at Miles (8-2)

(SIAC Championship Game at Fairfield, Ala.)

Davenport (7-3) at Ferris State (8-1)

Augustana (S.D.)-(8-2) at Bemidji State (7-3)

Bloomsburg (6-4) at Slippery Rock (8-1)

Pittsburg State (7-2) at Northwest Missouri State (6-4)

Western Colorado (9-1) at Colorado Mesa (7-3)

Virginia Union (7-3) vs. Virginia State (7-3)

(CIAA Championship Game at Salem, Va.)

Emporia State (7-3) at Central Oklahoma (9-1)

Western Oregon (6-4) at Central Washington (7-3)

NCAA Division III

Bethel (Minn.)-(8-1) at St. John's (Minn.)-(9-0)

(The undefeated Johnnies host the one-loss Royals for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title!!!!!)

Wabash (8-1) at DePauw (9-0)

(In a similar match-up, the Tigers take on the Little Giants for the "Monon Bell" trophy, and the North Coast Athletic Conference championship!!!!!)

Linfield (8-1) at Whitworth (9-0)

(In another contest like the previous two, the undefeated Pirates play host to the one-loss Wildcats for the Northwest Conference crown!!!!!)

Ithaca (6-3) at Cortland (9-0)

Springfield (9-0) at Maritime (N.Y.)-(7-2)

UMass-Dartmouth (9-0) at Plymouth State (5-3)

Rochester (6-3) at Hobart (8-1)

Grove City (8-1) at Westminster (Pa.)-(7-2)

Shenandoah (7-2) at Washington and Lee (6-3)

Carnegie Mellon (8-1) at Case Western Reserve (6-3)

Wisconsin-Platteville (8-1) at Wisconsin-Stout (6-3)

Wisconsin-Oshkosh (6-3) at Wisconsin-River Falls (6-3)

Chapman (7-2) vs. Pomona-Pitzer (7-2)

(SCIAC Championship Game at Claremont, California)

NAIA

Southern Oregon (8-2) at College of Idaho (6-4)

Graceland (7-3) at Grand View (9-0)

St. Francis (Ind.)-(8-2) at Olivet Nazarene (5-4)

Southwestern (Kan.)-(9-1) at McPherson (8-2)

Georgetown (Ky.)-(7-2) at Lindsey Wilson (5-3)

Carroll (Mont.)-(7-2) at Montana Tech (8-2)

(All of these games will decide outright conference champions, co-champions, playoff participants, or all of the above!!!!!)

St. Andrews (0-8) at Pikeville (4-5)

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RFC Weekly Predictions Week Of November 9, 2024-Part 2

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured Games are marked in BOLD type.

Editor's Note: All games listed will be played on Saturday, November 9, 2024.

NCAA Division II

Grand Valley State (8-1) at Michigan Tech (6-3)

(The Lakers hit the road to face the Huskies with a potential GLIAC title and a playoff berth on the line!!!!!)

Saginaw Valley State (7-2) at Ferris State (9-0) 

(In the other critical GLIAC clash, the unbeaten Bulldogs battle the two-loss Cardinals hoping to clinch an outright league title!!!!!)

New Haven (6-2) at St. Anselm (5-3)

(The Chargers travel to New Hampshire to take on the Hawks in a contest that could decide the Northeast 10 Conference championship, with both teams tied for first place in league play at 5-1!!!!!)

Sioux Falls (7-2) at Augustana (S.D.)-(7-2)

(The Vikings square off against the Cougars in a contest that will impact the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference race!!!!!)

Colorado School of Mines (7-2) at Colorado State-Pueblo (8-1)

(The one-loss Thunderwolves take on the two-loss Orediggers in a game that will impact the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship race!!!!!)

Angelo State (7-2) at Western Oregon (6-3)

(Finally, the Rams rumble into the Pacific Northwest to put their perfect 7-0 Lone Star Conference mark on the line against the Wolves in a game that will decide the champion in that league!!!!!)

Northwood (5-4) at Findlay (8-1)

Miles (7-2) at Tuskegee (5-4)

Virginia Union (7-2) at Virginia State (6-3)

Fort Valley State (6-3) vs. Albany State (Ga.)-(5-4)

Valdosta State (8-0) at Delta State (5-3)

North Greenville (4-4) at West Florida (6-2)

West Alabama (7-1) at Shorter (3-4)

Frostburg State (6-3) at UNC Pembroke (4-5)

Virginia-Wise (3-5) at Emory & Henry (7-2)

Central Missouri (6-3) at Emporia State (7-2)

NCAA Division III

Cortland (8-0) at Brockport (7-1)

Husson (6-2) at Endicott (7-1)

Wesleyan (7-1) at Trinity (Conn.)-(7-1)

Wisconsin-Whitewater (5-3) at Wisconsin-La Crosse (5-3)

Marietta (8-0) at Mount Union (8-0)

Mary Hardin-Baylor (4-2) at Hardin-Simmons (8-0)

Bethel (Minn.)-(7-1) at Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)-(6-2)

Case Western Reserve (6-2) at Grove City (7-1)

St. Olaf (6-2) at St. John's (Minn.)-(8-0)

Monmouth (Ill.)-(7-1) at Lake Forest (8-0)

Wisconsin-Stout (5-3) at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (6-2)

Pacific Lutheran (6-2) at Linfield (7-1)

(There are way too many games with potential conference championship and/or postseason implications to mention here, so all of these games listed above are grouped into one section!!!!!)

Adrian (6-2) at Trine (4-4)

Wabash (7-1) at Wittenberg (4-3)

LaGrange (5-3) at Belhaven (3-5)

Ohio Wesleyan (4-4) at Kenyon (4-5)

Ferrum (4-4) at Randolph-Macon (7-1)

Millsaps (4-3) at Berry (6-2)

Westminster (Pa.)-(6-2) at Geneva (4-4)

Ohio Northern (5-3) at Baldwin Wallace (5-3)

Wartburg (7-1) at Dubuque (4-4)

NAIA

Georgetown (Ky.)-(6-2) at Campbellsville (8-1)

Northwestern (Iowa)-(6-2) at Dordt (7-1)

Baker (7-1) at MidAmerica Nazarene (8-0)

Carroll (Mont.)-(7-1) at Montana Western (7-1)

Friends (8-1) at McPherson (8-1)

(These five games will also play a role in the NAIA playoff picture!!!!!)

Grand View (8-0) at Peru State (6-2)

Eastern Oregon (5-4) at Southern Oregon (7-2)

Southwestern (Kan.)-(8-1) at Evangel (7-1)

Langston (5-3) at Texas Wesleyan (8-0)

Olivet Nazarene (5-3) at St. Francis (Ill.)-(6-2)

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RFC Throwback Thursday: Furman at Appalachian State-1980

(Video courtesy of ABC Sports.)

This week's edition of "RFC Throwback Thursday" takes us back to October 25, 1980. That was when the Appalachian State University Mountaineers hosted the Furman University Paladins, back when both schools played in the Southern Conference.

Before a crowd of 14,200 spectators at Conrad Stadium, the Paladins edged the Mountaineers 21-20. Furman finished the 1980 season at 9-1-1 overall and unbeaten in Southern Conference play at 7-0, while Appalachian State's season ended at 6-4-1 overall and 4-2-1 in Southern Conference action. 

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 9, 2024-Part 1

Last Week: 52-28 (.650)

This Year: 649-301 (.683)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five 

Tuesday, November 5

Bowling Green (4-4) at Central Michigan (3-5)

Miami (Ohio)-(4-4) at Ball State (3-5)

Wednesday, November 6

Ohio (5-3) at Kent State (0-8)

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

Thursday, November 7

Appalachian State (4-4) at Coastal Carolina (4-4)

Florida Atlantic (2-6) at East Carolina (4-4)

Friday, November 8

Rice (3-6) at Memphis (7-2)

New Mexico (3-6) at San Diego State (3-5)

Saturday, November 9

Navy (6-2) at South Florida (4-4)

(The Midshipmen travel to Tampa to take on the Bulls in hopes of snapping a two-game losing streak!!!!!)

Army (8-0) at North Texas (5-3)

(The Black Knights battle the Mean Green in an American Athletic Conference contest where the visiting team hopes to stay unbeaten, while the home team hopes to clinch bowl eligibility with an upset win!!!!!)

Arkansas State (5-3) at Louisiana (7-1)

(The 4-0 Ragin' Cajuns hope to move one step closer to winning the West Division title when they host the 3-1 Red Wolves in a critical Sun Belt Conference clash!!!!!)

Liberty (5-2) at Middle Tennessee State (3-6)

San Jose State (5-3) at Oregon State (4-4)

Texas State (4-4) at Louisiana-Monroe (5-3)

Jacksonville State (5-3) at Louisiana Tech (3-5)

UNLV (6-2) at Hawai'i (4-5)

FCS

Friday, November 8

Dartmouth (6-1) at Princeton (2-5)

Saturday, November 9

Western Carolina (5-4) at East Tennessee State (5-4)

(The 3-2 Buccaneers host the 4-1 Catamounts in a contest with FCS playoff and Southern Conference championship implications!!!!!)

Robert Morris (6-3) at Duquesne (6-2)

(The Dukes play host to the Colonials in a clash of 4-0 teams for a potential Northeast Conference championship, and an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs!!!!!)

Columbia (5-2) at Harvard (6-1)

(In a critical contest that will impact the Ivy League championship picture, the Crimson will clash with the Lions in a battle of 3-1 teams in conference play!!!!!)

Lehigh (5-3) at Holy Cross (4-5)

(The 2-1 Mountain Hawks hit the road to face the 3-0 Crusaders in a showdown that will likely decide the Patriot League champion!!!!!)

Rhode Island (8-1) at Delaware (7-1)

(The postseason-ineligible Blue Hens host the playoff-eligible Rams in a CAA clash that features two one-loss teams!!!!!)

UC Davis (8-1) at Montana (7-2)

(Finally, in a contest that will impact the Big Sky Conference championship race, the Grizzlies play host to the surprising Aggies!!!!!)

San Diego (5-3) at Dayton (5-3)

Morehead State (6-3) at Davidson (5-4)

Central Arkansas (6-3) at Eastern Kentucky (5-4)

Southeast Missouri State (8-1) at Lindenwood (4-6)

Indiana State (4-5) at South Dakota (6-2)

South Dakota State (7-2) at North Dakota (5-4)

Butler (7-2) at Valparaiso (3-5)

Drake (6-1) at St. Thomas (Minn.)-(5-4)

Lamar (5-4) at Incarnate Word (7-2)

Alabama State (5-3) at Grambling State (4-5)

Florida A&M (5-3) at Prairie View A&M (4-5)

South Carolina State (6-2) at Howard (4-5)

Abilene Christian (6-3) at Austin Peay (4-5)

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