RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 12, 2026

Last Week: 11-12 (.478)

This Year: 27-16 (.628)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Six vs. FBS Group Of Six

Memphis (2-0) at Boise State (0-1)

(The Broncos will try to bounce back from their season-opening loss to Oregon when they host the undefeated Tigers!)

North Dakota State (2-0) at Air Force (1-0)

(The Falcons face the FBS newbie Bison in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams!)

South Florida (1-0) at Army (1-0)

Jacksonville State (1-1) at Ohio (0-1)

Appalachian State (1-0) at East Carolina (1-0)

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

Saturday, September 12

FBS Group Of Five/FCS

Montana State (2-0) at Nevada (1-0)

(The defending FCS national champion Bobcats travel to face the Mountain West Conference Wolfpack in an unlikely battle of unbeaten teams! Airtime is at 10:30 pm EDT on the CW Television Network!)

Holy Cross (0-2) at Miami (Ohio) (0-1)

Monmouth (N.J.) (1-1) at Western Michigan (0-1)

Stony Brook (1-1) at Ball State (0-1)

Saturday, September 12

FCS vs. FCS

William & Mary (2-0) at Lehigh (2-0)

(It's an early-season showdown for first place in the Patriot League when the Mountain Hawks take on the Tribe in a battle of unbeaten teams!)

Furman (1-1) at Mercer (2-0)

(The unbeaten Bears battle the once-beaten Paladins in the Southern Conference opener for both squads!)

Eastern Washington (1-1) at South Dakota (2-0)

North Carolina A&T (0-2) at North Carolina Central (1-1)

Saturday, September 12

NCAA Division II

Indiana (Pa.) (1-0) at West Chester (1-0)

(The Crimson Hawks clash with the Golden Rams in the PSAC opener for both teams!)

Michigan Tech (2-0) at Emporia State (2-0)

Saginaw Valley State (2-0) at Northwood (1-0)

Lenoir-Rhyne (1-1) at Newberry (1-0)

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

Indianapolis (1-1) at Davenport (2-0)

Wingate (1-1) at Carson-Newman (2-0)

Minnesota-Duluth (1-1) at Wayne State (Nebraska) (2-0)

NCAA Division III

Grove City (0-1) at Mount Union (0-1)

(After seeing both an 85-game regular-season winning streak and a 38-game winning streak in season openers snapped in an upset loss at Wheaton this past weekend, the Purple Raiders hope to get back on track hosting the Presidents Athletic Conference Wolverines this weekend!)

Cortland (1-0) at Union (N.Y.) (0-1)

Wheaton (1-0) at Albion (0-1)

Brockport (1-0) at Hobart (1-0)

Johns Hopkins (1-0) at Randolph-Macon (0-1)

Grinnell (1-0) at Concordia-Chicago (1-0)

NAIA

Montana Tech (2-0) at Montana Western (1-0)

(The Orediggers hit the road for the first time this season when they battle the Bulldogs in a battle of unbeaten teams in the Frontier Conference!)

Southwestern (Kan.) (2-0) at Evangel (2-0)

(The Valor hosts the Moundbuilders in a battle of unbeaten squads from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference!)

William Penn (2-0) at Benedictine (Kan.) (1-1)

Keiser (0-1) at Bethel (Tenn.) (1-0)

Mount Marty (2-0) at Northwestern (Iowa) (1-1)

Southeastern (Fla.) (1-0) at Reinhardt (0-2)

St. Thomas (Fla.) (2-0) at Georgetown (Ky.) (1-1)

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