Editor's Note: A game between Worcester Polytechnic (WPI) and RPI was erroneously listed in the October 28, 2017, installment of RFC Top Games. RFC regrets the error. Otherwise, here are the recaps the games that both actually played this past weekend. WPI 24, MIT 21 (courtesy of d3football.com) RPI 21, St. Lawrence 17 (courtesy of rpiathletics.com) Now, on to this week's predictions.
Last Week: 34-20 (.630) This Year: 303-152 (.665) KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. Featured games in BOLD type. FBS Group Of Five Tuesday, October 31 Miami (Ohio)-(3-5) at Ohio (6-2) Wednesday, November 1 Central Michigan (4-4) at Western Michigan (5-3) Thursday, November 2 Northern Illinois (6-2) at Toledo (7-1)
(The Huskies head east to take on the Rockets in a battle for the Mid-American Conference West Division title, to air on ESPNU at 6:00 p.m. EDT!!!) Idaho (3-5) at Troy (6-2) Friday, November 3 Marshall (6-2) at Florida Atlantic (5-3) Saturday, November 4 UCF (7-0) at SMU (6-2) (The Knights look to remain undefeated, as they head west into Dallas to clash with the Mustangs!!! That game will air on ESPN2 at 7:15 p.m. EDT!!!) North Texas (5-3) at Louisiana Tech (4-4) Texas-San Antonio (5-2) at Florida International (5-2) Army (6-2) at Air Force (4-4) Colorado State (6-3) at Wyoming (5-3) Appalachian State (5-3) at Louisiana-Monroe (3-5) Louisiana (3-4) at South Alabama (3-5) FCS Saturday, November 4 North Dakota State (8-0) at South Dakota State (6-2) (The Bison look to avenge last year's upset loss to the Jackrabbits in a key MVFC clash that will be carried on ESPN3 starting at 3 p.m. EDT!!!) St. Francis (Pa.)-(5-3) at Central Connecticut State (5-3) North Carolina Central (6-2) at Hampton (5-2) Harvard (4-3) at Columbia (6-1) Western Illinois (5-3) at Illinois State (6-2) Cornell (3-4) at Dartmouth (5-2) Western Carolina (6-3) at The Citadel (5-3) South Dakota (7-1) at Northern Iowa (4-4) Alabama A&M (3-5) at Alcorn State (5-3) Weber State (6-2) at Eastern Washington (5-3) Northern Arizona (6-2) at Montana (5-3) Prairie View A&M (3-4) at Southern (5-3) Drake (5-3) at San Diego (6-2) Southeastern Louisiana (5-4) at McNeese State (6-2) NCAA Division II Saturday, November 4 Fort Hays State (9-0) at Northwest Missouri State (8-1) (The Bearcats hope to bounce back after their 38-game winning streak was snapped in an upset loss at Pittsburg State last week!!! They hope to start a new winning streak against the undefeated, upstart Tigers this week!!!) Grand Valley State (7-2) at Ashland (8-1) (The Golden Eagles play host to the Lakers in a game that could decide at least a share of the GLIAC title, to air on ESPN3 at 7:00 p.m. EDT!!!) California (Pa.)-(7-2) at Edinboro (6-3) Fayetteville State (5-4) at Winston-Salem State (6-3) Sioux Falls (8-1) at Upper Iowa (6-3) St. Cloud State (6-3) at Bemidji State (6-3) Bloomsburg (6-3) at Shippensburg (8-1) Virginia Union (6-3) at Virginia State (8-0)
Miles (6-3) at Tuskegee (7-2) Tarleton State (6-3) at Midwestern State (7-0) Southeastern Oklahoma State (6-3) at Arkansas Tech (7-2) Ouachita Baptist (7-2) at Southern Arkansas (6-3) Missouri S&T (6-3) at Indianapolis (9-0) NCAA Division III Saturday, November 4 Salisbury (7-1) at Wesley (7-1) (The Sea Gulls make the trip to Dover, Delaware to do battle with the Wolverines in a game that will decide the New Jersey Athletic Conference [NJAC] championship!!!) Trinity (Conn.)-(7-0) at Amherst (6-1) (The Bantams do battle with the Mammoths on the road in a contest that could determine the NESCAC crown!!!) Williams (5-2) at Wesleyan (5-2) Union (N.Y.)-(7-1) at Ithaca (5-3) Western New England (5-3) at Curry (7-1) Franklin & Marshall (7-1) at Ursinus (6-2) Westminster (Pa.)-(6-2) at Case Western Reserve (8-0) Shenandoah (6-2) at Hampden-Sydney (5-3) Carthage (6-2) at North Central (7-1) MacMurray (7-2) at St. Scholastica (7-2) Wisconsin-Stout (5-2) at Wisconsin-LaCrosse (6-2) Wisconsin-Platteville (6-2) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (5-3) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (4-3) at Chapman (5-2)
NAIA Saturday, November 4 Georgetown (Ky.)-(7-0) at Lindsey Wilson (8-0) (The Tigers take on the Blue Raiders to decide Mid-South Conference Bluegrass Division title!!!) Langston (8-0) at Southwestern Assemblies of God (7-1) (The Lions from Texas play host to the Lions from Oklahoma, in a battle to decide the Central States Football League championship!!!) Cumberland (Tenn.)-(6-3) at Campbellsville (6-1) Follow RFC on Twitter @realfootball.
This week's edition of "RFC Throwback Thursday" takes us back to 1994, when then-defending national champion Youngstown State did battle with soon-to-be NCAA Division I-A (now FBS) member Boise State in what was then known as the NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS) national championship game. This was, of course, before the Broncos became a perennial FBS Group of Five powerhouse program, while the Penguins were just beginning to establish themselves as one of the elite programs at the I-AA/FCS level. So, sit back and enjoy this classic look back at championship football at its finest!
Last Week: 38-18 (.679) This Year: 269-132 (.672) KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. Featured games in BOLD type. FBS Group Of Five Thursday, October 26 South Alabama (3-4) at Georgia State (3-3) Saturday, October 28 Florida International (4-2) at Marshall (6-1) (The Thundering Herd plays host to the upstart Panthers in one of two key games in the battle for first place in the Conference USA East Division, to air on Stadium on Facebook at 2:30 p.m. EDT!!!) Florida Atlantic (4-3) at Western Kentucky (5-2) (Meanwhile, in Bowling Green, Ky., the Hilltoppers are set to take on the surprising Owls in another critical C-USA East showdown, which also airs on Stadium on Facebook at 4:30 p.m. EDT!!!) UAB (4-3) at Southern Miss (5-2) Buffalo (3-5) at Akron (4-4) New Mexico (3-4) at Wyoming (4-3) FCS Saturday, October 28 McNeese State (6-1) at Central Arkansas (6-1) (The Bears play host to the Cowboys in a critical Southland Conference showdown that airs on ESPN3 at 7:00 p.m. EDT!!!) Columbia (6-0) at Yale (5-1) (The Lions look to stay undefeated on the road, as they do battle with the Bulldogs in another key Ivy League clash!!!) New Hampshire (5-2) at James Madison (7-0) Bucknell (4-3) at Colgate (4-4) Jacksonville (4-3) at Campbell (5-3) South Dakota State (5-2) at Western Illinois (5-2) Northern Iowa (4-3) at North Dakota State (7-0) Furman (5-3) at Western Carolina (6-2) Southern Illinois (4-3) at South Dakota (6-1) Monmouth (N.J.)-(6-1) at Charleston Southern (4-3) Sacramento State (4-3) at Northern Arizona (5-2) Sam Houston State (6-1) at Southeastern Louisiana (5-3) NCAA Division II Thursday, October 26 Clark Atlanta (4-4) at Miles (5-3) Minnesota-Duluth (6-2) at Bemidji State (6-2) Saturday, October 28 Winona State (8-0) at Minnesota State-Mankato (8-0) (The Mavericks will match-up with the Warriors in a battle of the unbeaten teams in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference!!!) Northwood (5-3) at Ferris State (6-1) Elizabeth City State (4-4) at Virginia Union (5-3) Benedict (5-2) at Albany State (Ga.)-(5-3) Arkansas-Monticello (5-3) at Ouachita Baptist (6-2) Harding (5-3) at Southeastern Oklahoma State (6-2) Azusa Pacific (5-3) at Central Washington (8-0) West Florida (5-2) at West Alabama (6-2) Shippensburg (7-1) at Kutztown (6-2) NCAA Division III Saturday, October 28 Wittenberg (7-0) at Wabash (6-1) (The Tigers hit the road to take on the Little Giants for another key clash in the North Coast Athletic Conference!!!) Worcester Polytechnic (5-2) at RPI (6-1) Washington & Lee (5-2) at Randolph-Macon (5-2) Trinity (Conn.)-(6-0) at Middlebury (5-1) Castleton State (4-3) at SUNY-Maritime (6-1) Salve Regina (5-1) at Western New England (4-3) Otterbein (5-2) at Mount Union (7-0) Mount St. Joseph (5-3) at Franklin (5-2) Amherst (5-1) at Tufts (4-2) St. Norbert (5-2) at Macalester (5-2) St. Scholastica (7-1) at Eureka (6-2) Monmouth (Ill.)-(6-1) at Lake Forest (7-0) Dubuque (5-2) at Wartburg (7-0) Millikin (6-1) at Carthage (5-2) Lakeland (5-2) at Aurora (4-3) Johns Hopkins (6-1) at Muhlenberg (5-2) Wisconsin-LaCrosse (5-2) at Wisconsin-Platteville (6-1) Southwestern (4-3) at Hardin-Simmons (6-1) Hendrix (5-2) at Trinity (Tex.)-(5-2) Whitworth (5-2) at Pacific Lutheran (3-2) Trine (7-0) at Adrian (3-4) Carnegie Mellon (7-1) at Westminster (Pa.)-(5-2) Cal Lutheran (5-1) at Chapman (4-2) NAIA Saturday, October 28 Georgetown (Ky.)-(6-0) at Campbellsville (6-0) (At least a share of first place in the Mid-South Conference Bluegrass Division will be at stake in this "Battle of the Tigers"!!!) Langston (8-0) at Oklahoma Panhandle State (5-2) Doane (4-3) at Hastings (5-3) Follow RFC on Twitter @realfootball.
FIT Upsets No. 18 West Alabama, 41-39 - University of West Alabama: MELBOURNE, Fla. – Down three points with under two minutes to play, Florida Tech senior quarterback Mark Cato drove his team 78 yards on six plays, scoring the game-winner himself on an 11-yard scramble with 51 seconds left as unranked FIT secured a 41-39 Gulf South Conference football upset over No. 18 West Alabama Saturday at Panther Stadium.
With Saturday's showdown between two undefeated teams in DePauw and Wittenberg looming large, let's turn the clock back to 1994, with a look at the history of DePauw football program.
(Video courtesy of Wittenberg University Athletics)
With Wittenberg playing host to DePauw this weekend in what's not only a "Battle of the Tigers", but also a showdown between the only two undefeated in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) at 6-0 overall, and 5-0 in NCAC action, here's a brief history of the Wittenberg program below.
The Wittenberg Tigers currently have the winningest program at the NCAA Division III level, bringing an all-time record of 756-358-31 (.673 winning percentage) into this week's game vs. DePauw. Wittenberg has also won 31 conference championships, including 14 NCAC crowns dating back to 1992, as well as five national championships, with the most recent crown coming in 1975.
Game Notes (courtesy of Wittenberg University Athletics)
Record Book (courtesy of Wittenberg University Athletics)
Last Week: 40-22 (.645) This Year: 269-132 (.670) KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. Featured games in BOLD type. FBS Group Of Five Thursday, October 19 Memphis (5-1) at Houston (4-2) Louisiana (3-3) at Arkansas State (3-2) Saturday, October 21 UCF (5-0) at Navy (5-1) (The Midshipmen play host to the undefeated Knights in a key American Athletic Conference game that will be nationally televised on the CBS Sports Network at 3:30 p.m. EDT!!!) Temple (3-4) at Army (5-2) South Florida (6-0) at Tulane (3-3) North Texas (4-2) at Florida Atlantic (3-3) Southern Mississippi (4-2) at Louisiana Tech (3-3) Akron (4-3) at Toledo (5-1) Wyoming (4-2) at Boise State (4-2) Fresno State (4-2) at San Diego State (6-1) Troy (4-2) at Georgia State (3-2) Louisiana-Monroe (3-3) at South Alabama (2-4) FCS Friday, October 20 Princeton (4-1) at Harvard (3-2) Saturday, October 21 Columbia (5-0) at Dartmouth (5-0) (The Big Green plays host to the Lions in the battle for first place in the Ivy League, to be shown on Eleven Sports at 12:30 p.m. EDT!!!) Jacksonville State (5-1) at Eastern Illinois (5-2) (The Gamecocks head north to play against the Panthers with first place in the Ohio Valley Conference at stake!!! Watch on ESPN3 at 3 p.m. EDT!!!) Western Illinois (5-1) at North Dakota State (6-0) (The Leathernecks hit the road to the face the Bison in a big Missouri Valley Football Conference clash, to be carried on ESPN3 at 3:30 p.m. EDT!!!) Bethune-Cookman (3-3) at North Carolina A&T (7-0) Liberty (3-3) at Monmouth (N.J.)-(5-1) Campbell (5-2) at Butler (4-3) Mercer (4-3) at Furman (4-3) Samford (4-2) at Wofford (6-0) Youngstown State (3-3) at Northern Iowa (3-3) Norfolk State (2-4) at North Carolina Central (5-1) South Dakota (6-0) at Illinois State (4-2) Alcorn State (5-2) at Grambling State (5-1) UC Davis (3-3) at Northern Arizona (4-2) Eastern Washington (5-2) at Southern Utah (4-2)
NCAA Division II Saturday, October 21 Grand Valley State (6-1) at Ferris State (5-1) (The Lakers do battle with the Bulldogs with first place in the GLIAC on the line, at 1 p.m. EDT on ESPN3!!!) New Haven (5-1) at Assumption (6-0) (The Greyhounds will look to stay undefeated against the Chargers in a key Northeast 10 Conference contest!!!) Ashland (6-1) at Tiffin (5-2) Virginia Union (5-2) at Bowie State (6-1) Central Missouri (5-2) at Washburn (5-2) Southeastern Oklahoma State (6-1) at Southern Arkansas (5-2) Black Hills State (4-3) at Colorado State-Pueblo (5-2) McKendree (4-3) at Missouri S&T (5-2) NCAA Division III Saturday, October 21 Wittenberg (6-0) at DePauw (6-0) (DePauw plays host to Wittenberg in an unbeaten "Battle of the Tigers" in the North Coast Athletic Conference!!!) Westminster (Pa.)-(5-1) at Washington & Jefferson (6-0) (The upstart Titans take on the Presidents in a showdown for first place in the Presidents Athletic Conference!!!) Hope (5-1) at Trine (6-0) (The Flying Dutch hit the road to take on the undefeated Thunder with the winner gaining the inside track to the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association title!!!) Washington & Lee (4-2) at Hampden-Sydney (4-2) Wesleyan (4-1) at Amherst (4-1) Hobart (5-2) at Union (N.Y.)-(6-1) Ursinus (5-1) at Susquehanna (4-2) RPI (4-2) at Alfred (5-1) Franklin (4-2) at Rose-Hulman (6-1) Tufts (3-2) at Williams (4-1) Lakeland (4-2) at Wisconsin Lutheran (2-4) Hardin-Simmons (5-1) at Texas Lutheran (4-2) Carthage (5-1) at Illinois Wesleyan (6-1) Wisconsin-Oshkosh (5-0) at Wisconsin-LaCrosse (5-1) George Fox (5-1) at Linfield (4-1) Baldwin-Wallace (4-2) at Otterbein (4-2) NAIA Saturday, October 21 Cumberland (Tenn.)-(6-2) at Lindsey Wilson (6-0) (The Blue Raiders play host to the Phoenix in a key Mid-South Conference contest!!!!)
Northwestern (Iowa)-(6-1) at Doane (4-2) Hastings (5-2) at Morningside (7-0) Marian (4-2) at Concordia (Mich.)-(6-1) Kansas Wesleyan (5-2) at Tabor (4-2) Follow RFC on Twitter @realfootball.
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