Playoff Roundup--Part 2

The home teams went 6-2 in the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs, while all four home teams stayed unbeaten en route to moving on in the NAIA playoffs.  Click on one of the links below to read summaries of all of the action.

NCAA Division III Second Round

Whitewater trips up Trine (uwwsports.com)

North Central outlasts Ohio Northern, 28-9 (Patch.com)

Mount Union downs Delaware Valley, 31-3 (Youngstown [Ohio] Vindicator)

Alfred stuns Cortland State (Syracuse.com)

St. Thomas wins in 2OTs (Portland [Ore.] Tribune)

All scores for Saturday, November 27 (d3football.com)

NAIA Quarterfinals

Sioux Falls cruises to semis (Rapid City [S.D.] Journal)

Mid America Nazarene stomps Morningside (Sioux City [Iowa] Journal)

St. Xavier gets by St. Francis (Ind.), 40-21 (sxucougars.com)

Carroll (Mont.) crushes Marian (KPAX)

Playoff Roundup--Part 1

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and unfortunately, so have the postseason dreams of the teams that lost Saturday.  Click one of the links below to find out who will move on, and who will be home for the holidays.

FCS First Round

Georgia Southern crushes South Carolina State, 41-16 (College Sporting News)

North Dakota State cruises in first-ever playoff game (gobison.com)

Lehigh ends Northern Iowa playoff dreams (Des Moines [Iowa] Register)

Click here for bonus coverage from the Lehigh-Northern Iowa contest

Western Illinois outlasts Coastal Carolina, 17-10 (Sports Network)

NCAA Division II Playoffs Second Round

Shepherd wins shootout over Kutztown  (journal-news.net)

Mercyhurst boots Bloomsburg (Mercyhurst College Sports Information)

Albany State (Ga.) holds off Wingate (Albany [Ga.] Herald)

Delta State drills North Alabama (gostatesmen.com)

Minnesota-Duluth wins in OT (Duluth [Minn.] News-Tribune)

Augustana stomps GVSU (Sioux Falls [S.D.] Argus-Leader)

Central Missouri upsets Abilene Christian (missourinet.com)

Northwest Missouri eliminates TAMUK (Corpus Christi [Tex] Caller-Times)

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 14--PART 2

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED.

Click on one of the highlighted links below to see the playoff brackets for each division.  All games will be played on Saturday, November 27.

NCAA Division III Playoffs--Second Round

Montclair State (10-1) at Wesley (10-0)

Thomas More (11-0) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (11-0)

Ohio Northern (10-1) at North Central (11-0)

Trine (11-0) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (11-0)

Delaware Valley (8-2) at Mount Union (11-0)

Alfred (9-2) at Cortland State (10-1)

Bethel (Minn.)--(10-1) at Wheaton (10-1)

NAIA Playoffs--Quarterfinals

McKendree (9-2) at Sioux Falls (11-0) 

Marian (10-2) at Carroll (Mont.)--(11-0)

St. Francis (Ind.)--(10-1) at St. Xavier (11-0)

Morningside (10-1) at Mid America Nazarene (11-0)

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THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 14--PART 1

Last Week: 32-16 (.667)
This Year: 507-242 (.677)

Note: The first round NAIA playoff game between Dickinson State (N.D.) and Morningside (Iowa) was inadvertently left off the predictions list for last week.  Also, apologies for the typos in Part 1 of TLR.  RFC regrets both errors.

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED.

Click on one of the highlighted links below to see the brackets for each division.

FCS Playoffs--First Round

Western Illinois (7-4) at Coastal Carolina (6-5)

Robert Morris (8-2) at North Dakota State (7-4)

Lehigh (9-2) at Northern Iowa (7-4)

South Carolina State (9-2) at Georgia Southern (7-4)

NCAA Division II Playoffs--Second Round

Shepherd (10-1) at Kutztown (10-1)

Bloomsburg (10-2) at Mercyhurst (9-2)

Wingate (9-2) at Albany State (Ga.)--(10-0)

North Alabama (9-3) at Delta State (9-3)

St. Cloud State (10-2) at Minnesota-Duluth (11-0)

Grand Valley State (11-1) at Augustana (S.D.)--(10-1)

Central Missouri (10-2) at Abilene Christian (11-0)

Northwest Missouri State (10-1) at Texas A&M-Kingsville (10-1)

Other Games

Tuskegee (D-II)--(8-2) at Alabama State (FCS)--(7-3)

(Turkey Day Classic at Montgomery, Ala.)

Grambling State (8-2) vs. Southern (2-8)

(Bayou Classic at New Orleans, La.)

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 13--PART 3

KEY: All games are marked in BOLD type.

Click on one of the highlighted links below to see the playoff brackets for each division.

NCAA Division III Playoffs--First Round

Muhlenberg (7-3) at Wesley (10-0)

Montclair State (9-1) at Hampden-Sydney (9-1)

Washington and Lee (8-2) at Thomas More (10-0)

Christopher Newport (6-4) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (10-0)

St. Norbert (7-3) at North Central (10-0)

Wittenberg (10-0) at Ohio Northern (9-1)

Trine (10-0) at DePauw (9-1)

Franklin (9-1) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (10-0)

St. Lawrence (5-5) at Mount Union (10-0)

Salisbury (7-2) at Delaware Valley (8-2)

Alfred (8-2) at SUNY-Maritime (10-0)

Endicott (9-2) at Cortland State (9-1)

Benedictine (Ill.)--(8-2) at St. Thomas (10-0)

Cal Lutheran (8-1) at Linfield (8-1)

Bethel (Minn.)--(9-1) at Wartburg (10-0)

Coe (9-1) at Wheaton (9-1)

ECAC Bowl Games

Saturday, November 20

Maine Maritime (8-2) at Western New England (8-2)

Franklin and Marshall (6-4) at Washington and Jefferson (8-2)

Framingham State (8-2) at Norwich (8-2)

Lebanon Valley (6-4) at Johns Hopkins (7-3)

RPI (6-3) at St. John Fisher (8-2)

Mount Ida (6-4) at Springfield (8-2)

NAIA Playoffs--First Round

Northwestern Oklahoma State (8-2) at Sioux Falls (10-0)

Azusa Pacific (6-3) at Carroll (Mont.)--(10-0)

Cumberlands (Ky.)--(7-3) at St. Xavier (11-0)

Georgetown (Ky.)--(8-2) at MidAmerica Nazarene (10-0)

St. Francis (Ind.)--(9-1) at Lindenwood (9-1)

McKendree (8-2) at McPherson (10-0)

Marian (9-2) at Ottawa (Kan.)--(9-1)

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THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 13--PART 2

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED.

Game (s) of the week highlighted in italics.

Other games of interest highlighted in BOLD type.

Click on the highlighted links below for the playoff brackets in each division.

NCAA Division II Playoffs--First Round

Bloomsburg (9-2) at California (Pa.)--(10-1)

Shaw (9-2) at Shepherd (9-1)

North Alabama (8-3) at Valdosta State (8-2)

Morehouse (8-2) at Wingate (8-2)

Colorado Mines (9-2) at Grand Valley State (10-1)

Hillsdale (9-2) at St. Cloud State (9-2)

Missouri Western State (8-3) at Northwest Missouri State (9-1)

West Texas A&M (8-3) at Central Missouri (9-2)

First Round Byes: Mercyhurst, Kutztown, Albany State (Ga.), Delta State, Augustana (S.D.), Minnesota-Duluth, Abilene Christian, Texas A&M-Kingsville.

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 13--PART 1

Last Week: 25-15 (.620)
This Year: 475-226 (.678)

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED.

Game (s) of the week highlighted in italics.

Other games of interest highlighted in BOLD type.

Click on one of the highlighted links below for a schedule of this week's games.

FCS REGULAR SEASON

Saturday, November 20

Villanova (6-4) at Delaware (9-1)

(Blue Hens look to defend top ranking against defending national champion Wildcats!)

Bethune-Cookman (10-0) at Florida A&M (7-3)Montana State (8-2) at Montana (7-3)


(Only their Sunshine State rivals, the Rattlers, stand between the Wildcats and an undefeated regular season!)

Richmond (6-4) at William & Mary (7-3)

(The Tribe take on the Spiders in a game that with possible playoff implications!)



(Grizzlies play host to the Bobcats with more than just bragging rights at stake!)

Yale (7-2) at Harvard (6-3)

Chattanooga (6-4) at Wofford (8-2)

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

Stony Brook (6-4) at Liberty (7-3)

Duquesne (6-4) at Bryant (7-3)

Jackson State (7-3) vs. Alcorn State (5-5)

(at Jackson, Miss.)

Sacramento State (6-4) at UC Davis (5-5)

Playoff Picture Roundup--Part 2

The final week of the regular season at the NCAA Division III and NAIA levels produced surprising, and not so surprising results.  Read on to find out what happened.

NCAA Division III

Wabash bashes DePauw (Wabash College Sports Information)

Widener upsets Delaware Valley (Widener University Sports Information)

Cortland State rallies to re-claim Cortaca Jug (cortlandreddragons.com)

Franklin captures HCAC crown (franklingrizzlies.com)

Louisiana College stuns Hardin-Simmons (lcwildcats.net)

All final scores for the week of November 13, 2010 (d3football.com)

NAIA

Marian mauls Walsh (muknights.com)

William Penn rolls past St. Francis (statesmenathletics.com)

Northwestern (Iowa) knocks off Midland (Midland University [Neb.] Sports Information)

All final scores for the week for the week of November 13, 2010 (NAIA)

Playoff Picture Roundup--Part 1

On this, the second weekend in November, there were big upsets, and more uncertainty, as the playoff picture started to clear somewhat.  Click on one of the following links below to find out what happened.

FCS

No. 1 goes down, again! (JMUSports.com)

Delaware drills UMass (masslive.com)

Appalachian State wallops Wofford (Winston-Salem Journal)

Jacksonville State wins shootout over SEMO (Southeast Missourian)

Villanova playoff hopes in doubt after loss (Philadelphia Inquirer)

All final scores for the week of November 13, 2010 (sportsnetwork.com)

NCAA Division II

Mercyhurst blasts Bloomsburg, wins PSAC crown (The Daily Item [Pa.])

Harding stuns North Alabama (Harding University Sports Information)

Colorado Mines wins in triple overtime (Denver Post)

All final scores for the week of November 13, 2010 (sportsnetwork.com)

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 12--PART 2

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED.

Game (s) of the week highlighted in italics.

Other games of interest highlighted in BOLD type.

Click on one of the highlighted links below to see the schedule for this week's games.

NCAA Division III

Saturday, November 13

Williams (7-0) at Amherst (6-1)

(Ephs, Lord Jeffs meet for the 125th time in the "Biggest Little Game In America"!)

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

(Tigers play host to the Yellow Jackets in the 116th edition of "The Game"!)

Ithaca (6-3) at Cortland State (8-1)

(Bombers, Red Dragons do battle in the 52nd renewal of the "Cortaca Jug" game!)

DePauw (9-0) at Wabash (7-2)

(Little Giants play host to the Tigers in the 117th "Monon Bell" game!)

Endicott (8-2) at Maine Maritime (8-1)

(New England Football Conference Championship Game)

Averett (5-4) at North Carolina Wesleyan (6-3)

Albion (5-4) at Trine (9-0)

Hanover (7-2) at Franklin (8-1)

Washington (Mo.)--(7-2) at Chicago (7-2)

Hardin-Simmons (8-1) at Louisiana College (6-3)

Willamette (7-2) at Pacific Lutheran (7-1)

NAIA

Saturday, November 13

Walsh (7-3) at Marian (8-2)

(Cavaliers, Knights square off in Mid States Football Association Mideast League game with playoff implications!)

St. Francis (Ill.)--(7-3) at William Penn (9-1)

(Statesmen play host to the Fighting Saints with at least a share of the MSFA Midwest League title at stake!)

Northwestern (Iowa)--(7-2) at Midland (Neb.)--(8-2)

(Red Raiders, Warriors do battle for bragging rights, outside chance at a playoff berth!)

Taylor (6-3) at St. Francis (Ind.)--(8-1)

Grand View (6-3) at McKendree (7-2)

Cumberland (Tenn.)--(8-2) at Cumberlands (Ky.)--(6-3)

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THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 12--PART 1

Last Week: 40-11 (.784)
This Year: 450-211 (.681)

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED.

Game (s) of the week highlighted in italics.

Other games of interest highlighted in BOLD type.

Click on the highlighted links to below to see the schedule for this week's games.

FCS

Thursday, November 11

Grambling State (8-1) at Texas Southern (6-3)

Saturday, November 13

Wofford (8-1) at Appalachian State (8-1)

(Terriers, Mountaineers square off for supremacy in the Southern Conference!)

Southeast Missouri State (9-1) at Jacksonville State (8-1)

(Gamecocks play host to the Redhawks for bragging rights in the Ohio Valley Conference!)

Delaware (8-1) at Massachusetts (6-3)

(Blue Hens travel north to match-up with the Minutemen in key CAA clash!)

New Hampshire (5-4) at Villanova (6-3)

(Defending national champs try to bounce back against Wildcats from Northern New England!)

Robert Morris (8-1) at Bryant (6-3)

Liberty (7-2) at Coastal Carolina (4-5)

Lehigh (7-2) at Georgetown (3-6)

Hampton (5-4) at Florida A&M (6-3)

Harvard (6-2) at Penn (7-1)

Jackson State (6-3) at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5-4)

South Dakota State (4-5) at North Dakota State (6-3)

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

UC Davis (4-5) at Cal Poly (7-3)

Missouri State (4-5) at Northern Iowa (6-3)

NCAA Division II

Thursday, November 11

Valdosta State (8-1) at West Alabama (6-4)

Saturday, November 13

Bloomsburg (9-1) at Mercyhurst (8-2)

(Huskies take on the Lakers for the PSAC crown!)

Nebraska-Kearney (9-1) at Colorado Mines (8-2)

(Orediggers play host to the Lopers for the RMAC title!)

Virginia State (8-2) vs. Shaw (8-2)

(CIAA Championship Game at Durham, N.C.)

Carson-Newman (6-4) at Tusculum (6-4)

Catawba (6-3) at Lenoir-Rhyne (6-4)

Northeastern State (6-4) at Midwestern State (7-3)

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

Playoff Picture Roundup--Part 2

Here are some NCAA Division II games that had playoff implications from Saturday.

Northwest Missouri wins on last second field goal (kansascity.com)

Nebraska-Kearney wins share of RMAC title (lopers.com)

North Alabama rallies to beat West Alabama (roarlions.com)

Shaw advances to CIAA title game (theciaa.com)

St. Anselm stuns New Haven (newhavenchargers.com)

West Virginia Wesleyan picks up key win (West Virginia Wesleyan College Sports Information)

Central Washington cruises, Humboldt State falls (Portland [Ore.] Tribune)

Playoff Picture Roundup

It was a wild day of small college football action, with upsets and uncertainity in the playoff picture more of the rule than the exception.  Here's how it turned out.

FCS

Georgia Southern upsets No. 1 Appalachian State in OT (georgiasoutherneagles.com)

No. 2 Jacksonville State falls too (ekusports.com)

Defending national champs fall at Rhode Island (Providence [R.I.] Journal)

No. 4 William & Mary topples No. 8 New Hampshire (Daily Press [Va.])

Robert Morris clinches inaugural NEC playoff bid (sportsnetwork.com)

All FCS scores for Saturday, November 6 (sportsnetwork.com)

NCAA Division II

Grand Valley bounces back (hollandsentinel.com)

Bloomsburg blasts Kutztown, 61-35 (buhuskies.com)

Albany State (Ga.) holds off Fort Valley State, 12-7 (Albany [Ga.] Herald)

Abilene Christian wins thriller over West Texas A&M (acusports.com)

Texas A&M-Kingsville rolls past Midwestern State (javelinaathletics.com)

All NCAA Division II scores for Saturday, November 6 (d2football.com)

NCAA Division III

Wisconsin-Whitewater owns longest NCAA win streak (d3football.com)

Mount Union mauls Baldwin-Wallace (University of Mount Union Sports Information)

North Central drills Wheaton (northcentralcardinals.com)

Wittenberg wallops Wabash (Wittenberg University Sports Information)

Wartburg wins share of Iowa Conference crown (Des Moines Register)

Who's in (so far)? (d3football.com)

All NCAA Division III scores for Saturday, November 6 (d3football.com)

NAIA

St. Xavier steamrolls St. Francis (Fort Wayne [Ind.] News-Sentinel)

Mid America Nazarene clinches HAAC title (mnusports.com)

All NAIA scores for Saturday, November 6 (naiasports.org)

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 11--PART 3

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED.

Game (s) of the week highlighted in italics.

Other games of interest highlighted in BOLD type.

Click on the highlighted links below to find the schedules for this week's games.

NCAA Division III

Saturday, November 6

North Central (8-0) at Wheaton (8-0)

(Thunder play host to the Cardinals in the battle for the "Little Brass Bell"!)

Wabash (7-1) at Wittenberg (8-0)

(Little Giants, Tigers square off for North Coast Athletic Conference crown!)

Wartburg (8-0) at Central (8-1)

(Knights do battle with the Dutch in Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference showdown!)

Mount Union (8-0) at Baldwin-Wallace (7-1)

(Purple Raiders hit the road to face the Yellow Jackets in Ohio Athletic Conference clash!)

Castleton State (5-3) at Norwich (7-2)

Amherst (6-0) at Trinity (Conn.)--(5-1)

Wesleyan (4-2) at Williams (6-0)

Delaware Valley (7-1) at Albright (5-3)

Ithaca (6-2) at Alfred (6-2)

Hobart (5-2) at RPI (4-3)

Ursinus (7-1) at Muhlenberg (6-2)

Johns Hopkins (5-3) at Franklin and Marshall (6-2)

Hampden-Sydney (8-0) at Washington and Lee (6-2)

Bridgewater (Va.)--(6-2) at Randolph-Macon (7-1)

Ferrum (3-5) at Averett (5-3)

North Carolina Wesleyan (5-3) at Shenandoah (3-5)

Thomas More (8-0) at Waynesburg (6-2)

Mount St. Joseph (5-3) at Hanover (6-2)

Wisconsin-Whitewater (8-0) at Wisconsin-Oskhosh (4-4)

Grinnell (6-3) at Carroll (Wis.)--(6-3)

Wisconsin Lutheran (6-2) at Aurora (6-2)

Louisiana College (5-3) at McMurry (5-3)

NAIA

Saturday, November 6

St. Francis (Ind.)--(8-0) at St. Xavier (10-0)

(It's a battle of "Cougars" for the Mid States Football Association Mideast Division crown, in Chicago!)

Missouri Valley (7-1) at MidAmerica Nazarene (9-0)

(Pioneers play host to the Vikings in a battle for supremacy in the Heart of America Athletic Conference!)

Kansas Wesleyan (5-3) at Friends (6-2)

Grand View (5-3) at St. Ambrose (4-4)

Union (Ky.)--(5-4) at Shorter (4-4)

Sunday, November 7

South Dakota Mines (7-2) vs. Minot State (5-4)

Dickinson State (8-1) vs. Black Hills State (6-3)

(Dacotah Bank Dakota Athletic Conference Bowl at Fargo, N.D.)

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 11--PART 2

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED.

Game (s) of the week highlighted in italics.

Other games of interest highlighted in BOLD type.

Click on the links below to see the schedules for this week's games.

NCAA Division II

Saturday, November 6

Kutztown (9-0) at Bloomsburg (8-1)

(Huskies play host to the upstart Golden Bears in battle for PSAC East Division title!)

Albany State (9-0) vs. Fort Valley State (8-1)--(at Columbus, GA)

(Unbeaten Golden Rams square off against once-beaten Wildcats for SIAC crown!)

Northwest Missouri State (7-1) at Central Missouri (9-1)

(Bearcats do battle with the Mules for the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association championship!)

Abilene Christian (9-0) at West Texas A&M (7-2)

(Wildcats hit the road to do battle with the Buffaloes in Lone Star Conference showdown!)

Midwestern State (7-2) at Texas A&M-Kingsville (8-1)

(Javelinas host the Mustangs in another LSC game with conference championship and playoff implications!)


Shaw (7-2) at St. Augustine's (8-1)

California (Pa.)--(8-1) at Edinboro (6-3)

West Alabama (6-3) at North Alabama (7-2)

Michigan Tech (7-2) at Ferris State (5-4)

Bemidji State (6-3) at St. Cloud State (7-2)

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

THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 11--PART 1

Note: Last week's game between NCAA Division III North Carolina Wesleyan and Methodist was inadvertently posted, when NCW and Shenandoah will actually meet this week (Saturday, November 6, 2010).  RFC regrets the error.

Last Week: 50-15 (.769)
This Year: 410-200 (.672)

KEY: Projected winners highlighted in RED.

Game (s) of the week highlighted in italics.

Click on one of the highlighed links below to see the schedules for this week's games.

FCS

Saturday, November 6

William & Mary (6-2) at New Hampshire (5-3)

(Wildcats play host to the Tribe in a showdown of Top 10 [sportsnetwork.com] teams! W&M No. 4, UNH No. 8!)

Central Connecticut State (6-2) at Robert Morris (7-1)

Yale (5-2) at Brown (4-3)

Drake (6-3) at Dayton (8-1)

Bethune-Cookman (8-0) at Hampton (5-3)

Weber State (5-3) at Montana State (7-2)

McNeese State (4-4) at Sam Houston State (4-4)

Central Arkansas (5-3) at Texas State (4-4)

Northern Iowa (5-3) at Indiana State (5-3)

James Madison (4-4) at Richmond (4-4)

Jackson State (6-2) at Alabama State (5-3)