THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 2--PART 2

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED

Key games highlighted in BOLD type.

Showcase games highlighted in italics.

Saturday, September 8

NCAA DIVISION I FCS

New Hampshire (0-0) at James Madison (0-1)

(Dukes host the Wildcats in a critical CAA early-season showdown!)

Massachusetts (1-0) at Colgate (1-0)

Youngstown State (0-1) at South Dakota State (0-1)

Charleston Southern (0-1) at Wofford (1-0)

Hampton (0-0) at Howard (0-0)

Ilinois State (0-1) at Murray State (0-1)

UC Davis (0-1) at Portland State (0-1)

NCAA DIVISION II

Northwest Missouri State at Nebraska-Omaha (1-0)

(Bearcats play first official game of 2007--hopefully!)

(NWMSU's August 23 game against Arkansas Tech was declared a "no contest" because of lightning, with the Bearcats leading 21-0 in the first quarter.)

Winona State (1-0) at South Dakota (0-1)

(Coyotes in must-win situation against the Warriors!)

Missouri Western State (1-0) at Minnesota-Duluth (1-0)

Southwestern Oklahoma State (2-0) at Midwestern State (1-0)

California (Pa.)--(2-0) at Bloomsburg (1-0)

Grand Valley State (1-0) at Ashland (1-0)

Valdosta State (1-0) at Fort Valley State (1-0)

NCAA DIVISION III

Christopher Newport (1-0) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (0-0)

(The Crusaders clash with the Captains in this huge early non-conferenc contest!)

Augustana (Ill.)--(1-0) at Baldwin-Wallace (0-0)

(The Vikings head east to face the Yellow Jackets in a battle of the CCIW vs. the OAC!)

(Note: CCIW is the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, while the OAC stands for the Ohio Athletic Conference!)

Franklin (1-0) at Wabash (0-0)

Redlands at Whitworth

Springfield at Union (N.Y.)

NAIA

Bethel (Kans.) at Kansas Wesleyan

(Early-season showdown in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference!)

Montana State-Northern (1-0) at Montana Tech (1-0)

INTERDIVISIONAL GAMES

West Chester (1-0)--(D-II) at Delaware (FCS)--(1-0)

Lenoir-Rhyne (0-1)--(D-II) at Appalachian State (FCS)--(1-0)

Davidson (1-0)--(FCS) at Wingate (D-II)--(2-0)

Linfield (D-III) at Western Oregon (D-II)--(1-0)

Greensboro (D-III) at UNC Pembroke (D-II)--(0-1)

(UNCP lost to Davidson in its football debut 31-21)