THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 13

Last Week: 32-15 (.680)
This Year: 402-223 (.647)

Key: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type.

FCS Playoffs--First Round

Saturday, November 24

Bracket (courtesy of ncaa.com) 

Eastern Illinois (7-4) at South Dakota State (8-3)

Coastal Carolina (7-4) at Bethune-Cookman (9-2) 

Villanova (8-3) at Stony Brook (9-2) 

Colgate (8-3) at Wagner (8-3)

NCAA Division II Playoffs--Second Round

Saturday, November 24

Shippensburg (10-1) at Winston-Salem State (11-0)  

Indiana (Pa.)--(10-1) at New Haven (11-0) 

Indianapolis (10-2) at Colorado State-Pueblo (11-0) 

West Texas A&M (10-2) at Ashland (11-0) 

West Alabama (9-3) at Valdosta State (8-2) 

Lenoir-Rhyne (9-2) at Carson-Newman (8-2) 

Northwest Missouri State (10-2) at Minnesota State-Mankato (11-0) 

Missouri Western State (11-1) at Henderson State (10-0) 

NCAA Division III Playoffs--Second Round

Saturday, November 24

Bracket (courtesy of ncaa.com)  

North Central (9-2) at Linfield (10-0) 

Bethel (Minn.)--(9-2) at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (11-0) 

Wittenberg (10-1) at Hobart (11-0) 

Elmhurst (10-1) at St. Thomas (11-0) 

Franklin (9-2) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (11-0) 

Cortland State (9-1) at Wesley (9-1) 

Salisbury (9-2) at Widener (10-0) 

Johns Hopkins (10-1) at Mount Union (11-0)

NAIA Playoffs--Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 24

Link to pairings (courtesy of naia.org)  

Bethel (Tenn.)--(9-3) at Missouri Valley (11-0) 

Southern Oregon (9-2) at Morningside (11-0)

Cumberlands (Ky.)--(10-1) at St. Xavier (10-1) 

St. Francis (Ind.)--(9-2) at Marian (9-1) 

Other Games 

Thursday, November 22 (Thanksgiving Day) 

Tuskegee (D-II)--(9-1) vs. Alabama State (FCS)--(7-3)

(Turkey Day Classic at Montgomery, Ala.) 

Saturday, November 24

Grambling State (1-9) vs. Southern (3-7)  

(Bayou Classic at New Orleans [Mercedes-Benz Superdome])