Tuesday, September 05, 2023

RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 9, 2023

Last Week: 68-19 (.782)

This Year: 90-30 (.750)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five vs. FBS Group Of Five

Saturday, September 9

Texas State (1-0) at UTSA (0-1)

(The Roadrunners host a Bobcats squad that's coming off of a stunning upset win over Baylor to open their 2023 season last weekend!!!)

UAB (1-0) at Georgia Southern (1-0)

(The Eagles play host to the Blazers in an early battle of unbeaten teams!!!)

New Mexico State (1-1) at Liberty (1-0)

(The Flames face the Aggies in the first-ever Conference USA contest for both teams!!!)

Jacksonville State (2-0) at Coastal Carolina (0-1)

Air Force (1-0) at Sam Houston State (0-1)

Marshall (1-0) at East Carolina (0-1)

Ohio (1-1) at Florida Atlantic (1-0)

North Texas (0-1) at FIU (1-1)

Miami (Ohio)-(0-1) at UMass (1-1)

UConn (0-1) at Georgia State (1-0)

Louisiana (1-0) at Old Dominion (0-1)

Memphis (1-0) at Arkansas State (0-1)


FBS Group Of Five vs. FCS


Saturday, September 9

Southern Illinois (1-0) at Northern Illinois (1-0)

(Fresh off an upset win over Boston College on the road, the Huskies hope to stay undefeated against the Salukis from the Missouri Valley Football Conference this weekend!!!)

Texas Southern (0-1) at Toledo (0-1)

(The Rockets take on the Tigers in a contest where both teams are coming off tough losses to open their season!!!)

Delaware State (0-1) at Army (0-1)

Wagner (0-1) at Navy (0-1)

New Hampshire (1-0) at Central Michigan (0-1)

Eastern Illinois (1-0) at Bowling Green (0-1)

Morgan State (1-0) at Akron (0-1)

Fordham (1-1) at Buffalo (0-1)

Cal Poly (1-0) at San Jose State (0-2)

Idaho (1-0) at Nevada (0-1)

Southeastern Louisiana (0-1) at South Alabama (0-1)


FCS vs. FCS


Saturday, September 9

Montana State (1-0) at South Dakota State (1-0)

(The defending national champion Jackrabbits will face their true test of the 2023 season when they play host to the Bobcats in a re-match of multiple regular-season as well as FCS playoff match-ups!!!)

Stonehill (0-1) at Central Connecticut State (1-0)

Sacred Heart (0-1) at Georgetown (D.C.)-(1-0)

St. Thomas (Minn.)-(1-0) at South Dakota (0-1)

Samford (1-0) at Western Carolina (0-1)

Campbell (0-1) at The Citadel (0-1)

Maine (0-1) at North Dakota State (1-0)

Lehigh (0-1) at Merrimack (0-1)

Illinois State (1-0) at Western Illinois (0-1)

Northern Arizona (0-1) at North Dakota (1-0)

Weber State (1-0) at Northern Iowa (0-1)

Kennesaw State (1-0) at Chattanooga (0-1)

Monmouth (N.J.)-(0-1) at Towson (0-1)

North Alabama (1-1) at Tarleton State (1-0)

Montana (1-0) at Utah Tech (0-1)

NCAA Division II

Thursday, September 7

Emporia State (1-0) at Northwest Missouri State (1-0)

(The Bearcats do battle with the Hornets in a key early-season clash in the MIAA!!!)

Southern Arkansas (0-1) at East Central (0-1)

Missouri Southern State (0-1) at Washburn (0-1)

Pittsburg State (1-0) at Fort Hays State (1-0)

Wingate (1-0) at Mars Hill

Fairmont State (1-0) at West Liberty (0-1)


Saturday, September 9

UT Permian Basin (1-0) at Western Colorado (1-0)

(The Mountaineers from the RMAC play host to the upstart Falcons from the Lone Star Conference in an early-afternoon, early-season showdown!!!)

Ferris State (1-0) at Ashland (0-1)

Colorado School of Mines (1-0) at Angelo State (1-0)

Colorado State-Pueblo (1-0) at Grand Valley State (0-1)

(In three 7 pm EDT/6 pm CDT/5 pm MDT kickoffs, the two-time defending national champion Bulldogs cross the state line into Ohio to do battle with the Eagles, while the Orediggers travel to Texas to take on the Rams in a quarterfinal playoff re-match from last season. and the Lakers hope to bounce back after losing to these said Orediggers when they host the Timberwolves!!!)

West Georgia (1-0) at Texas A&M-Kingsville (1-0)

(Finally, the Gulf South Conference Wolves head west into south Texas to take on the Lone Star Conference Javelinas in an 8 pm EDT/7 pm CDT kickoff!!!)

Bowie State (1-0) at Davenport (1-0)

West Alabama (0-1) at Limestone (0-1)

Southwestern Oklahoma State (0-1) at Arkansas-Monticello (1-0)

Missouri Western State (0-1) at Lincoln (Mo.)-(1-0)

Wayne State (Neb.)-(1-0) at Minnesota State (1-0)

Valdosta State (1-0) at Albany State (Ga.)-(0-1)

Walsh (1-0) at Johnson C. Smith (1-0)

South Dakota Mines (1-0) at Truman State (1-0)

Emory and Henry (1-0) at Bluefield State (1-0)

Frostburg State (1-0) at Wheeling (1-0)

Augustana (S.D.)-(1-0) at Chadron State (1-0)

West Chester (1-0) at Slippery Rock (1-0)

Bemidji State (1-0) at Southwest Minnesota State (1-0)


NCAA Division III

Thursday, September 7

Framingham State at Salve Regina (1-0)

Friday, September 8

Norwich (0-1) at St. Lawrence (0-1)

SUNY Maritime (1-0) at Massachusetts Maritime 

Western New England (0-1) at Westfield State (0-1)

WPI (1-0) at Bridgewater State (0-1)

College of New Jersey (1-0) at Franklin & Marshall (1-0)

Saturday, September 9

Salisbury (1-0) at Muhlenberg (1-0)

(The day starts off in Allentown, Pennsylvania!!! That's where the Mules will match-up against the Sea Gulls from Salisbury, Maryland in an early season battle of East Coast powerhouse squads!!!)

Brockport (1-0) at Susquehanna (1-0)

(Here's another game of interest within the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions, respectively, with the River Hawks from Pennsylvania hosting the Golden Eagles from Upstate New York!!!) 

St. John's (1-0) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (1-0)

(The next stop is in Whitewater, Wisconsin!!! That's where the Warhawks will play host to the Johnnies from Collegeville, Minnesota in a battle of unbeaten teams!!! Both teams started their seasons with close, dramatic wins this past weekend!!!)

Hardin-Simmons (1-0) at Wisconsin-La Crosse (1-0)

(Just across the way in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the Eagles will welcome the Cowboys, who are coming all the way from Abilene, Texas in a huge early-season, non-conference clash!!!)

Mary Hardin-Baylor (0-1) at Trinity (Texas)-(0-1)

(Finally, from San Antonio, the Tigers take on the Crusaders in a battle to find out which winless team from Texas gets win #1 for 2023!!!)

Hiram (0-1) at Mount St. Joseph (1-0)

Ithaca (0-1) at Endicott (1-0)

Catholic (1-0) at Randolph-Macon (1-0)

Sewanee (0-1) at Westminster (Mo.)-(0-1)

Pomona Pitzer at Carleton

Lake Forest (1-0) at Illinois College (1-0)

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

NAIA

Saturday, September 9

Benedictine (Kan.)-(1-1) at Graceland (2-0)

(The Ravens travel to Iowa to face a surprising Yellow Jackets squad that's undefeated after winning their first two contests of 2023!!!)

Kansas Wesleyan (1-1) at Southwestern (Kan.)-(2-0)

(Speaking of undefeated teams, the Moundbuilders hope to remain among those ranks when they clash with a Coyotes team that has split their first two games of the season!!!)

Keiser (0-1) at Lindsey Wilson (1-0)

(The Blue Raiders will do battle against a Seahawks squad that gave NCAA Division II Mississippi College all it could handle before losing 17-14 in their season opener on Thursday, August 31!!!)

Saint Xavier (1-0) at Marian (1-0)

(The Knights from Indianapolis play host to the Cougars from Chicago in a critical early-season clash from the Mid-States Football Association!!!)

Southeastern (0-1) at Reinhardt (1-0)

(The Eagles from Georgia face the visiting Fire from Florida in a key non-conference test!!!)

St. Thomas (Fla.)-(1-1) at Carroll (Mont.)-(1-0)

(Finally, the Saints welcome another squad from the Sunshine State in the form of the Bobcats from Miami Gardens, Florida!!!)

Campbellsville (0-2) at Kentucky Christian (0-2)

Cumberlands (Ky.)-(2-0) at Union (Ky.)-(1-1)

MidAmerica Nazarene (1-1) at Peru State (0-2)

Mount Marty (2-0) at Dordt (1-0)

BONUS PREDICTIONS

Saturday, September 9

Eastern Washington (FCS)-(0-1) at Fresno State (FBS Group Of Five)-(1-0)

Portland State (FCS)-(0-1) at Wyoming (FBS Group Of Five)-(1-0)

Belhaven (NCAA Division III) at Lyon (NCAA Division III)*

Eastern New Mexico (NCAA Division II)-(1-0) at Sul Ross State (NCAA Division III)-(0-1)**

Linfield (NCAA Division III) at Denison (NCAA Division III)

Montana Tech (NAIA) at Central Washington (NCAA Division II)

*-Lyon is in the process of transitioning from the NAIA to NCAA Division III.

**-Sul Ross State is in the process of transitioning from NCAA Division III to NCAA Division II.



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