RFC Postseason Predictions: The Post-Thanksgiving Feast

Last Week: 23-9 (.719)
This Year: 162-70 (.698)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. 

Note: Wittenberg was erroneously written as Washington and Jefferson in last week's installment of the "RFC Postseason Predictions". RFC regrets the error.

FCS Playoffs--First Round

Bracket 

Furman (7-5) at South Carolina State (9-3) 

Bethune-Cookman (10-2) at Coastal Carolina (10-2) 

Lafayette (5-6) at New Hampshire (7-4) 

Southern Utah (8-4) at Sam Houston State (8-4) 

South Dakota State (8-4) at Northern Arizona (9-2) 

Samford (8-4) at Jacksonville State (9-3) 

Sacred Heart (10-2) at Fordham (11-1) 

Tennessee State (9-3) at Butler (9-3) 

NCAA Division II Playoffs--Second Round

Bracket

Winston-Salem State (10-1) at Shepherd (10-0) 

West Chester (11-1) at Bloomsburg (10-1) 

Carson-Newman (10-2) at Lenoir-Rhyne (10-1) 

North Alabama (9-2) at UNC Pembroke (9-1)

Minnesota-Duluth (10-1) at Northwest Missouri State (11-0) 

St. Cloud State (11-1) at Minnesota State-Mankato (11-0) 

Grand Valley State (10-2) at Colorado State-Pueblo (11-0) 

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

NCAA Division III Playoffs--Second Round

Bracket

Wittenberg (10-1) at Mount Union (11-0)  

Ithaca (9-2) at Wesley (9-2) 

Wisconsin-Platteville (10-1) at North Central (11-0) 

Wartburg (9-2) at Bethel (Minn.)--(11-0) 

Franklin (8-3) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (11-0) 

Hampden-Sydney (9-2) at Linfield (10-0) 

St. John Fisher (9-2) at Hobart (10-0) 

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

NAIA Playoffs--Quarterfinals

Schedule 

St. Francis (Ind.)--(9-2) at Cumberlands (Ky.)--(11-0)

Tabor (10-2) at Grand View (11-0) 

Missouri Valley (9-2) at Carroll (Mont.)--(11-1) 

Morningside (10-1) at Baker (11-1) 

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Postseason Round-Up: The Debut Edition

Round one of the NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA playoffs is in the books, and while there were many teams that advanced as expected, there were a few upsets.  Read below to find out more.

NCAA Division II First Round

St. Cloud State stuns Henderson State (scsuhuskies.com)

West Texas A&M knocks off Indianapolis (gobuffsgo.com)

North Alabama outlasts Tuskegee (NCAA.com)

Winston-Salem State slips past Slippery Rock (Winston-Salem Journal)


Updated Bracket (NCAA.com)

NCAA Division III First Round

St. John Fisher shocks John Carroll (Cleveland.com)

Wesley upsets Johns Hopkins (Baltimore Sun)

Wartburg wallops Illinois Wesleyan (go-knights.net)

Full Scoreboard (d3football.com) 

NAIA First Round

Full Scoreboard (NAIA.org)

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RFC Postseason Predictions--Round 1 of the D-II, D-III, and NAIA Playoffs

Final 2013 Regular Season Totals (RFC Random 20)

Week of November 8, 2013: 12-8 (.600)
Final Totals for 2013: 139-61 (.695)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

The regular season is over at the NCAA Division II, Division III, and NAIA levels.  The playoffs have arrived.  So, what we waiting for?  Let's get started with the initial installment of the "RFC Postseason Predictions."

NCAA Division II Playoffs--First Round

Bracket 

Slippery Rock (9-2) at Winston-Salem State (9-1) 

American International (9-2) at West Chester (10-1)

Newberry (9-2) at Carson-Newman (9-2)

Tuskegee (8-2) at North Alabama (8-2)

Emporia State (9-1) at Minnesota-Duluth (10-1)

St. Cloud State (10-1) at Henderson State (11-0)

Saginaw Valley State (9-2) at Grand Valley State (9-2)

West Texas A&M (9-2) at Indianapolis (10-1)

NCAA Division III Playoffs--First Round

Bracket

Washington & Jefferson (8-2) at Mount Union (10-0)

Lebanon Valley (8-2) at Washington and Jefferson (9-1)

Framingham State (9-1) at Ithaca (8-2)

Wesley (8-2) at Johns Hopkins (10-0)

Albion (8-2) at North Central (10-0)

Concordia (Wis.)--(8-2) at Wisconsin-Platteville (9-1)

Wartburg (8-2) at Illinois Wesleyan (9-1)

St. Scholastica (9-1) at Bethel (Minn.)--(10-0)

St. Norbert (8-2) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (10-0)

Washington (Mo.)--(8-2) at Franklin (7-3)

Maryville (8-2) at Hampden-Sydney (8-2)

Pacific Lutheran (8-1) at Linfield (9-0)

Gallaudet (9-1) at Hobart (9-0)

St John Fisher (8-2) at John Carroll (9-1)

Endicott (8-2) at Rowan (8-2)

Redlands (7-2) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (10-0)

NAIA Playoffs--First Round

Schedule 

St. Ambrose (7-3) at Cumberlands (Ky.)--(10-0)  

Ottawa (8-3) at Grand View (10-0)

Georgetown (Ky.)--(7-3) at Carroll (Mont.)--(10-1)  

Sterling (9-2) at Baker (10-1)

Rocky Mountain (8-3) at Morningside (10-1)  

Faulkner (9-2) at St. Francis (Ind.)--(8-2) 

Northwestern (Iowa)--(8-2) at Missouri Valley (8-2)

Tabor (9-2) at Benedictine (Kan.)--(10-1)  

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RFC Random 20: Week 10

Last Week: 17-3 (.850)
This Year: 127-53 (.706)
 
KEY:  Projected winners marked in RED.

With the regular season starting to wind down at the NCAA Division II, Division III, and NAIA levels, this installment of the "RFC Random 20" will focus on the key games with playoff implications at those levels. So sit back and enjoy!

NCAA Division II


1. Northwest Missouri State (9-0) at Emporia State (9-0) 

2. Newberry (8-1) at Carson-Newman (7-2) 

3. Missouri Western State (7-2) at Washburn (8-1) 

4. Bloomsburg (8-1) at West Chester (9-0) 

NCAA Division III 

5. North Central (8-0) at Wheaton (7-1) 

6. Heidelberg (7-1) at John Carroll (8-0) 

7. Wittenberg (7-1) at Wabash (8-0) 

8. Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)--(7-1) at St. Thomas (6-2) 

9. Baldwin-Wallace (6-2) at Mount Union (8-0) 

10. St. Lawrence (6-2) at Hobart (7-0) 

11. Centre (6-2) at Millsaps (8-0) 

12. Ithaca (7-1) at Salisbury (5-3) 

13. Albion (6-2) at Adrian (6-3) 

14. Washington and Lee (5-3) at Hampden-Sydney (6-2) 

15. Mississippi College (4-4) at Louisiana College (5-3) 

NAIA

16. Morningside (8-0) at Northwestern (Iowa)--(6-2) 

17. Benedictine (Kan.)--(9-0) at Missouri Valley (6-2) 

18. Rocky Mountain (7-2) at Carroll (Mont.)--(8-1) 

19. Ottawa (7-2) at Friends (7-2) 

20. St. Ambrose (6-2) at St. Francis (Ill.)--(6-3)

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RFC Random 20: Week 9

Last Week: 8-12 (.400)
This Year: 110-50 (.688)

FCS

1. Delaware (6-2) at Towson (8-1) 

2. Southeastern Louisiana (6-2) at McNeese State (7-1) 

NCAA Division II

3. Washburn (8-0) at Northwest Missouri State (8-0)

4. Emporia State (7-0) at Missouri Western State (7-1)

5. Carson-Newman (7-1) at Lenoir-Rhyne (7-1)

6. West Alabama (6-2) at North Alabama (5-2)

7. California (Pa.)--(6-2) at Slippery Rock (7-1)

8. St. Joseph's (6-2) at Indianapolis (7-1) 

NCAA Division III

9. Wisconsin-Platteville (7-0) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (7-0) 

10. North Central (7-0) at Illinois Wesleyan (7-0) 

11. Heidelberg (7-0) at Mount Union (7-0) 

12. Endicott (5-2) at MIT (4-2) 

13. Linfield (6-0) at Willamette (5-1) 

14. Olivet (6-1) at Albion (5-2)

15. Cortland State (4-3) at Rowan (5-2)

16. Hampden-Sydney (5-2) at Guilford (5-2) 

17.  Dubuque (4-3) at Simpson (5-2)

NAIA

18. Southern Oregon (6-2) at Carroll (Mont.)--(7-1) 

19. St. Xavier (5-3) at St. Ambrose (5-2) 

20. Morningside (7-0) at Concordia (Neb.)--(6-2)

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RFC Random 20: Week 8

Last Week: 13-7 (.650)
This Year: 102-38 (.728)

KEY:  Projected winners marked in RED.

Group of Five (FBS)

1. Toledo (4-3) at Bowling Green (5-2)  

FCS

2. Maine (6-1) at Villanova (4-3)  

3. Samford (5-2) at Wofford (5-2)

4. Northern Iowa (4-3) at South Dakota State (4-4) 

5. Eastern Washington (5-2) at Montana (6-1) 

6. Eastern Illinois (6-1) at Tennessee State (7-1) 

NCAA Division II

7. Pittsburg State (Kan.)--(6-1) at Missouri Western State (7-0)  

NCAA Division III

8. Wisconsin-Whitewater (6-0) at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (6-0)

9. Wheaton (6-0) at Illinois Wesleyan (6-0)   

10. Pacific Lutheran (5-1) at Willamette (5-0) 

11. Mary Hardin-Baylor (6-0) at Hardin-Simmons (3-3) 

12. Trinity (Conn.)--(5-0) at Middlebury (4-1) 

13. Olivet (5-1) at Adrian (6-1)

14. Franklin (4-2) at Rose-Hulman (4-2) 

15. Centre (5-1) at Rhodes (5-1) 

NAIA

16. Cumberlands (Ky.)--(6-0) at Reinhardt (5-2) 

17. St. Ambrose (5-1) at Grand View (7-0)  

18. Robert Morris (Ill.)--(5-3) at St. Francis (Ind.)--(5-1) 

19. Baker (6-1) at Missouri Valley (5-1) 

20. Carroll (Mont.)--(6-1) at Montana State-Northern (4-3)
 
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RFC Random 20: Week 7

Last Week: 13-7 (.650)
This Year: 89-31 (.742)


KEY:  Projected winners marked in RED.

The stakes couldn't be any higher for the teams who want to advance to postseason play of any kind, whether it be bowl games or playoffs, as we head into the third weekend in October.  Let's get started.

Group of Five (FBS)

1. UNLV (4-2) at Fresno State (5-0) 

FCS

2. Sam Houston State (5-1) at McNeese State (5-1) 

3. Princeton (3-1) at Brown (3-1) 

4. Tennessee State (6-1) at Tennessee-Martin (4-2) 

5. William & Mary (4-2) at Maine (5-1) 

6. Fordham (7-0) at Yale (3-1) 

7. Villanova (4-2) at New Hampshire (2-3) 

NCAA Division II

8. Northwest Missouri State (6-0) vs. Pittsburg State (Kan.)--(6-0) 

9. West Alabama (5-1) at Midwestern State (4-1) 

NCAA Division III

10. St. Thomas (4-1) at Bethel (Minn.)--(5-0) 

11. Wisconsin-Platteville (5-0) at Wisconsin-Stevens Point (4-1) 

12. Pacific (5-0) at Pacific Lutheran (4-1) 

NAIA

13. Georgetown (Ky.)--(3-2) at Cumberlands (Ky.)--(5-0)  

14. Trinity International (4-2) at Grand View (6-0) 

15. St. Francis (Ind.)--(4-1) at St. Francis (Ill.)--(4-2)

16. Carroll (Mont.)--(5-1) at Montana-Western (3-2)  

17. Ottawa (5-1) at Sterling (4-2) 

18. Central Methodist (4-2) at Baker (5-1) 

19. Tabor (5-1) at Friends (5-1) 

20. Faulkner (4-2) at Cumberland (Tenn.)--(4-2) 

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RFC Random 20: Week 6

Last Week: 17-3 (.850)
This Year: 76-24 (.760)

KEY:  Projected winners marked in RED.

We're approaching the second weekend of October, and already, there are games with conference championship and postseason implication. Here we go!

Group of Five (FBS)

1. East Carolina (4-1) at Tulane (4-2) 

FCS

2. Villanova (3-2) at Towson (6-0) 

3. Prairie View (4-2) at Alabama State (4-2) 

4. Tennessee State (5-1) at Jacksonville State (5-1) 

NCAA Division II

5. Valdosta State (4-0) at West Alabama (4-1) 

6. Stonehill (3-2) at Southern Connecticut State (3-2)

7. West Texas A&M (5-0) at Tarleton State (4-0)


8. Colorado State-Pueblo (5-0) at Chadron State (4-1)

NCAA Division III

9. Bethel (Minn.)--(4-0) at Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)--(4-0) 

10. Randolph-Macon (3-1) at Catholic (3-1) 

11. Thomas More (4-0) at Washington and Jefferson (3-2) 

12. Bates (2-1) at Wesleyan (3-0) 

13. Coast Guard (2-3) at Curry (1-3)

14. Mount St. Joseph (3-1) at Franklin (2-2)

15. St. John Fisher (4-0) at Hartwick (4-0)

NAIA

16. St. Xavier (3-2) at St. Francis (Ind.)--(3-1)  

17. Trinity International (4-1) at St. Ambrose (3-1) 

18. Campbellsville (3-2) at Georgetown (Ky.)--(2-2) 

19. Dakota Wesleyan (3-2) at Doane (3-2) 

20. Robert Morris (Ill.)--(4-2) at St. Francis (Ill.)--(3-2) 

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RFC Random 20: Week 5

Last Week: 15-5 (.750)
This Year: 59-21 (.738)

KEY:  Projected winners marked in RED.

Lots of top games this week, but only 20 to feature.  So, what are we waiting for? Let's go!

FCS

1. Northern Iowa (4-0) at North Dakota State (4-0) 

2. Delaware (4-1) at Maine (4-1)

3. Jacksonville State (4-1) at Tennessee-Martin (3-1) 

4. William & Mary (3-1) at Villanova (2-2) 

5. Northern Arizona (3-1) at Montana State (3-2) 

NCAA Division II

6. St. Cloud State (4-0) at Minnesota-Duluth (3-1) 

7. Bloomsburg (4-0) at Gannon (3-1)

8. Delta State (3-1) at West Alabama (3-1)

NCAA Division III

9. Pacific Lutheran (3-0) at Linfield (3-0)  

10. Huntingdon (3-0) at Wesley (3-1) 

11. Chicago (4-0) at Rhodes (3-1) 

12. Trinity (Tex.)--(3-1) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (4-0) 

NAIA

13. Lindsey Wilson (5-0) at Cumberlands (Ky.)--(4-0)  

14. Grand View (4-0) at St. Xavier (3-1) 

15. St. Francis (Ind.)--(2-1) at Siena Heights (3-1) 

16. St. Ambrose (2-1) at William Penn (2-2) 

17. Doane (3-1) at Nebraska Wesleyan (2-2) 

18. Central Methodist (3-1) at Missouri Valley (2-1) 

19. Ottawa (Kan.)--(3-1) at McPherson (3-1) 

20. Montana State-Northern (4-1) at Rocky Mountain (4-1) 

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