RFC Top Games: Week Of September 16, 2017

Last Week: 24-5 (828)
This Year: 52-20 (.722)

Editor's Note: In yet another Hurricane Irma-related update, the Memphis-UCF game scheduled for Friday, September 8, 2017, was canceled due to the massive storm. On Monday, September 11, 2017, UCF announced that this weekend's game vs. Georgia Tech was also canceled due to the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Now, on this weekend's predictions.

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five

Thursday, September 14

New Mexico (1-1) at Boise State (1-1)

(The Lobos face the Broncos on the road to open Mountain West Conference play, in front of a national television audience on ESPN!!!)

Saturday, September 16

Cincinnati (1-1) at Miami (Ohio)-(1-1)

(Redhawks play host to the Bearcats in the 123rd meeting for the Victory Bell)

Louisiana Tech (1-1) at Western Kentucky (1-1)

(The Bulldogs do battle with the Hilltoppers in a key Conference USA opener for both teams!!!) 

Tulsa (1-1) at Toledo (2-0)

Rice (1-1) at Houston (1-0)

Kent State (1-1) at Marshall (1-1)

Idaho (1-1) at Western Michigan (0-2)

Coastal Carolina (1-0) at UAB (1-1)

Appalachian State (1-1) at Texas State (1-1)

Southern Mississippi (1-1) at Louisiana-Monroe (0-1)

Troy (1-1) at New Mexico State (1-1)

FCS

Saturday, September 16

North Dakota (1-1) at South Dakota (2-0)

(The Fighting Hawks take on the Coyotes in a battle of interstate rivals!!!)

Eastern Washington (0-2) at Fordham (1-1)

Howard (1-1) at Richmond (1-1)

Bucknell (1-1) at William & Mary (1-1)

Tennessee State (2-0) at Florida A&M (1-1)

Monmouth (N.J.)-(2-0) at Albany (N.Y.)-(1-1)

McNeese State (1-1) at Alcorn State (1-1)

Jackson State (0-2) at Grambling State (1-1)

Northern Iowa (1-1) at Southern Utah (1-1)

NCAA Division II

Thursday, September 14

West Virginia Wesleyan (2-0) at Fairmont State (1-1)

Friday, September 15

Assumption (2-0) at Southern Connecticut State (1-1)

Saturday, September 16

Carson-Newman (2-0) at Wingate (2-0)

(The Bulldogs play host to the Eagles in the South Atlantic Conference opener for both teams!!!)

West Georgia (2-0) at Delta State (2-0)

(The Wolves head west to Mississippi to take on the Statesmen in the Gulf South Conference opener for both teams!!!)

Eastern New Mexico (2-0) at Texas A&M-Commerce (2-0)

(The Greyhounds go east to take on the Lions in the Lone Star Conference opener for both teams!!!)

Southeastern Oklahoma State (2-0) at Ouachita Baptist (2-0)

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

Winston-Salem State (1-1) at Virginia Union (1-1)

Catawba (2-0) at UNC Pembroke (1-1)

Grand Valley State (1-1) at Michigan Tech (1-1)

Colorado State-Pueblo (1-1) at South Dakota Mines (2-0)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, September 16

Mary Hardin-Baylor (1-0) at Linfield (1-0)

(Defending national champions travel to the Pacific Northwest to face the Wildcats in an early-season non-conference clash!!!)

Frostburg State (2-0) at Christopher Newport (2-0)

(The Captains play host to the Bobcats in key early-season New Jersey Athletic Conference [NJAC] clash!!!)

Carthage (2-0) at Wheaton (2-0)

McDaniel (2-0) at Franklin & Marshall (2-0)

DePauw (1-0) at Hiram (1-0)

Westminster (Mo.)-(1-1) at St. Scholastica (1-1)

Hendrix (2-0) at Centre (2-0)

Heidelberg (1-0) at Ohio Northern (1-0)

La Verne (1-0) at Whitworth (2-0)

Plymouth State (2-0) at Western Connecticut State (1-0)

NAIA

Saturday, September 16

Dakota Wesleyan (2-1) at Doane (2-0)

(It's a "Battle Of The Tigers" in the GPAC, as the Tigers from Nebraska playing host to the Tigers from South Dakota!!!)

St. Francis (Ind.)-(2-0) at St. Ambrose (2-0)

(Defending national champion Cougars hit the road to battle with the Bees in a battle of undefeated teams!!!)

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