RFC Throwback Thursday: Small College Rivalries Across America

(Video #1 courtesy of CBS News.)

(Video #2 courtesy of SUNY Cortland Athletics.)

(Video #3 courtesy of Ithaca College.)

(Video #4 courtesy of Henderson State University.)

With the final weekend of regular-season action in small college football fast approaching, this week's special edition of "RFC Throwback Thursday" looks back at three of the game's greatest rivalries. 

The first video features a brief story on the Monon Bell Game between DePauw and Wabash in Indiana, as originally aired on CBS News Sunday Morning on November 18, 1979, followed by two videos on the "Cortaca Jug Game" between Cortland and Ithaca in Upstate New York from 1988. The final video features the "Battle of the Ravine Game" between Henderson State and Ouachita Baptist in Arkansas from 2011.

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 14, 2026 Part 3 (Top Small College Games This Weekend)

 KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games are in BOLD type.

Editor's Note: Unless otherwise noted, all games listed will be played on Saturday, November 14, 2026.

Editor's Note #2: With so many games carrying conference championship and playoff implications, it's hard to find one game that stands out. So, every game listed below is a "Featured Game." 

NCAA Division II

Friday, November 13

Fayetteville State (6-3) vs. Virginia State (7-3)

(CIAA Consolation Game at Durham, North Carolina)

Saturday, November 14

Kentucky State (8-2) at Benedict (9-1)

(SIAC Championship Game)

Grand Valley State (7-3) at Davenport (8-2)

(This game could determine which team could advance to postseason play!)

Assumption (7-2) at Pace (6-3)

(The Northeast 10 Conference championship will be decided here!)

West Virginia State (5-5) at Charleston (5-5)

West Liberty (7-3) at Wheeling (5-5)

(Both of these games could decide the Mountain East Conference crown!)

East Stroudsburg (9-1) at Slippery Rock (10-0)

(PSAC Championship Game)

Western Colorado (10-0) at CSU Pueblo (10-0)

(RMAC Championship Game)

Bloomsburg (7-3) at California (Pa.) (7-3)

Johnson C. Smith (8-2) vs. Virginia Union (9-1)

(CIAA Championship Game at Durham, North Carolina)

UNC Pembroke (8-2) at North Greenville (8-2)

(Conference Carolinas Championship Game)

West Alabama (6-4) at Northeastern State (6-3)

Wayne State (Nebraska) (8-2) at Augustana (S.D.) (8-2)

Indianapolis (6-4) at Upper Iowa (6-4)

Valdosta State (7-1) at Delta State (5-3)

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

(The "99th Battle Ravine" at Arkadelphia, Arkansas!)

Southeastern Oklahoma State (8-2) at East Central (Okla.) (6-4)

NCAA Division III

Ursinus (7-2) at Carnegie Mellon (5-4)

Brockport (7-2) at Utica (8-1)

Millsaps (7-2) at Maryville (4-5)

Bridgewater State (7-1) at Massachusetts Maritime (6-2)

Worcester State (5-4) at Framingham State (6-2)

Wesleyan (Conn.) (7-1) at Trinity (Conn.) (8-0)

Case Western Reserve (7-2) at Allegheny (8-1)

Illinois Wesleyan (7-2) at North Central (8-1)

Cortland (9-0) at Ithaca (7-2)

(Cortaca Jug Game at the Bronx, New York.)

Denison (6-3) at John Carroll (7-2)

Trine (7-2) at Hope (8-1)

Christopher Newport (9-0) at Salisbury (7-2)

Randolph-Macon (7-2) at Hampden-Sydney (8-1)

Hanover (7-2) at Franklin (5-4)

Marietta (6-3) at Mount St. Joseph (8-1)

Lake Forest (9-0) at Chicago (8-1)

Coe (7-2) at Wartburg (7-2)

(The Knights clash with the Kohawks in a battle of 6-0 teams for the American Rivers Conference championship!)

Hardin-Simmons (8-0) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (8-1)

(American Southwest Conference Championship Game)

Concordia (Wis.) (9-0) at Benedictine (Ill.) (9-0)

(These two unbeaten teams will battle each other for the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference championship!)

Claremont Mudd Scripps (7-2) at Chapman (8-1)

(Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference [SCIAC] Championship Game)

NAIA

Ave Maria (5-4) at Southeastern (Fla.) (7-2)

Carroll (Mont.) (7-2) at Eastern Oregon (7-2)

Cumberlands (Ky.) (6-3) at Lindsey Wilson (8-2)

Dordt (8-2) at Northwestern (Iowa) (8-2)

Louisiana Christian (9-1) at Ottawa (Ariz.) (8-1)

Pikeville (8-2) at Reinhardt (6-4)

St. Ambrose (6-3) at William Penn (7-3)

St. Francis (Ind.) (6-4) at Taylor (7-3)

Texas Wesleyan (5-5) at Wayland Baptist (6-3)

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 14, 2026 Part 2 (Weekend Games From The Group Of Six And FCS)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games are in BOLD type.

Editor's Note: Unless otherwise noted, all games listed will be played on Saturday, November 14, 2026.

FBS Group Of Six

North Texas (7-2) at UTSA (7-2)

(The 4-1 Roadrunners hope to bounce back from their upset loss at Florida Atlantic when they host the 5-0 Mean Green in a game that will decide which team advances to the American Conference championship game! Airtime is at 9 pm EST/8 pm CST on ESPNU!)

James Madison (8-2) at UConn (4-5)

Arkansas State (4-5) at Coastal Carolina (4-5)

New Mexico State (3-6) at Missouri State (3-6)

Florida International (4-5) at Delaware (4-5)

Florida Atlantic (6-3) at Tulsa (5-4)

Georgia Southern (5-4) at Georgia State (5-4)

Jacksonville State (7-2) at Western Kentucky (3-6)

Middle Tennessee State (5-4) at Liberty (8-1)

Fresno State (5-4) at Texas State (5-4)

Oregon State (5-4) at Boise State (8-1)

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

San Jose State (5-5) at Air Force (7-2)

Troy (4-5) at South Alabama (4-5)

UNLV (5-4) at New Mexico (8-1)

Utah State (4-5) at San Diego State (4-5)

FCS

Editor's Note: With so many games carrying conference championship and playoff implications, it's hard to find the one game that stands out. So, every game listed below is a "Featured Game." 

Illinois State (7-3) at Youngstown State (8-2)

Central Connecticut State (6-3) at LIU (3-7)

Stonehill (4-6) at Robert Morris (5-5)

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

Butler (8-2) at Marist (5-5)

North Carolina Central (5-5) at South Carolina State (8-2)

Northern Iowa (5-5) at South Dakota (7-3)

Lehigh (8-2) at Colgate (6-4)

Abilene Christian (5-5) at Austin Peay (8-2)

Mercer (8-2) at Tennessee Tech (9-1)

Lindenwood (5-4) at UT Martin (4-6)

Jackson State (7-2) at Alabama State (5-4)

Prairie View A&M (5-5) at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (6-3)

Alcorn State (6-4) at Southern (5-5)

UC Davis (6-4) at Idaho (5-5)

Weber State (6-4) at Northern Arizona (8-2)

Idaho State (6-4) at Montana (7-3)

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 14, 2026 Part 1 (Weeknight Games)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games are in BOLD type.

Editor's Note: "Weeknight Games" include games played on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday nights.

Last Week: 49-22 (.690) 

This Year: 339-154 (.688)

FBS Group Of Six

Tuesday, November 10

Western Michigan (6-3) at Akron (1-8)

Kent State (3-6) at Bowling Green (2-7)

Wednesday, November 11 (VETERANS' DAY)

Buffalo (6-3) at Ball State (3-6)

Sacramento State (2-8) at Central Michigan (4-5)

Massachusetts (5-4) at Toledo (7-2)

Thursday, November 12

Memphis (7-2) at South Florida (6-3)

(The Tigers travel to Tampa to take on a Bulls squad that hopes to bounce back after losing to East Carolina last weekend!)

Louisiana (6-3) at Louisiana-Monroe (2-7)

FCS

Friday, November 13

Southern Utah (4-6) at Portland State (2-8)

NCAA Division II

Thursday, November 12

Clark Atlanta (2-7) at Fort Valley State (2-7)

NCAA Division III

Montclair State (7-2) at Rowan (7-2)

(With Christopher Newport clinching the NJAC crown, the battle between the Profs and the Red Hawks will be for second place in the conference!)

Franklin and Marshall (8-1) at Johns Hopkins (4-5)

Kean (3-5) at TCNJ (3-6)

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