THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 5

Last Week: 24-8 (.750)
Year-To-Date: 108-47 (.697)

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED

Game (s) of the week highlighted in italics.

Other games of interest highlighted in BOLD type.

Friday, September 28

NCAA DIVISION III

Montclair State (3-0) at New Jersey (2-1)

Saturday, September 29

North Dakota State (3-0) at Western Illinois (3-1)

(The Bison take on the Leathernecks in Top 25 grudge match!)

Appalachian State (3-1) at Elon (2-1)

(Can the Mountaineers bounce back against the Phoenix?)

Villanova (3-1) at James Madison (3-1)

Delaware State (2-1) at Hampton (4-0)

Yale (2-0) at Holy Cross (2-1)

Alabama State (4-0) vs. Southern (4-0)

(Gulf Coast Classic at Mobile, Ala.)

Prairie View A&M (2-1) vs. Grambling State (2-1)

(at Dallas)

Missouri State (3-1) at Youngstown State (3-0)

Stony Brook (3-1) at Hofstra (4-0)

San Diego (3-0) at Butler (4-0)

Dayton (4-0) at Morehead State (2-1)

Valparaiso (3-1) at Drake (3-1)

NCAA DIVISION II

Newberry (4-0) at Carson-Newman (4-0)

(South Atlantic Conference opener for both teams!)

Indiana (Pa.)--(3-0) at Slippery Rock (4-0)

(It's a "Showdown Saturday" in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division!)

New Mexico Highlands (3-1) at Chadron State (4-0)

Nebraska-Kearney (2-1) at Mesa State (4-0)

Minnesota State (3-1) at Nebraska-Omaha (4-0)

Pittsburg State (3-1) at Central Missouri (3-1)

Ashland (2-1) at Mercyhurst (4-1)

Ouachita Baptist (3-1) at Valdosta State (3-0)

North Alabama (3-0) at Arkansas Tech (3-1)

Emporia State (3-1) at Missouri Southern (3-1)

Central Washington (2-1) at St. Cloud State (3-1)

Eastern New Mexico (4-0) at Abilene Christian (3-1)

NCAA DIVISION III

Wisconsin-Whitewater (2-1) at Wisconsin-LaCrosse (2-0)

(The Eagles host the Warhawks in WIAC showdown!)

Gustavus Adolphus (3-0) at St. Olaf (4-0)

(Marquee match-up of unbeaten teams in the MIAC!)

Wartburg (3-0) at Dubuque (3-0)

(Battle of undefeated teams in Iowa!)

Carthage (3-0) at Elmhurst (3-0)

(How about another match-up of undefeated teams, this time in the CCIW!)

Dickinson (4-0) at Moravian (4-0)

(Undefeated upstarts battle for early supremacy in the Centennial Conference!)

Rowan (2-1) at Western Connecticut (2-1)

St. John's (4-0) at Carleton (2-1)

Millsaps (3-1) at DePauw (3-0)

Albright (2-1) at FDU-Florham (2-1)

Bridgewater (Va.)--(4-0) at Hampden-Sydney (3-1)

Washington & Lee (2-0) at Randolph-Macon (3-1)

Wisconsin-Eau Claire (3-1) at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3-0)

Baldwin-Wallace (3-0) at John Carroll (2-1)

NAIA

Saint Francis (Ind.)--(3-0) at Ohio Dominican (4-0)

(Cougars head east to face upstart Panthers in Mid-States Football Association clash of unbeatens!)

Virginia-Wise (4-0) at Bethel (Tenn.)--(3-1)

(The Wildcats host the Highland Cavaliers in a tremendous Mid-South Conference tilt!)

Bethel (Kans.)--(3-0) at Bethany (Kans.)--(3-0)

(Undefeated teams clash in Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference!)

St. Xavier (4-0) at Walsh (3-1)

Montana-Western (3-1) at Carroll (Mont.)--(4-0)

Mid-America Nazarene (3-1) at Evangel (3-1)

Northwestern (Iowa)--(3-1) at Hastings (4-0)

INTERDIVISIONAL GAMES

South Dakota (3-1) at McNeese State (3-0)

(It's the D-II Coyotes going south to clash with the FCS Cowboys!)

Iona (FCS)--(3-1) at Stonehill (3-0)--(D-II)