RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 11, 2023-The Midweek Edition (FBS Group Of Five/FCS)

Editor's Note: With all but one of the Group Of Five conferences choosing to play games on weeknights (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays) for the next few weeks, there will be special, flexible installments of the "RFC Weekly Predictions" that will be posted until at least mid-November. The second posting of the "Predictions" will (hopefully) be available by no later than Wednesday, November 8, 2023. With that said, on to the latest installment of this segment.

Last Week: 72-37 (.661)

This Year: 721-325 (.689)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five 

Tuesday, November 7

Ball State (2-7) at Northern Illinois (4-5)

Central Michigan (5-4) at Western Michigan (3-6)

Ohio (6-3) at Buffalo (3-6)

Wednesday, November 8

Bowling Green (5-4) at Kent State (2-7)

Akron (2-7) at Miami (Ohio)-(7-2)

Eastern Michigan (4-5) at Toledo (8-1)

Thursday, November 9

Southern Miss (2-7) at Louisiana (5-4)

Friday, November 10

Wyoming (6-3) at UNLV (7-2)

(The upstart Rebels play host to the Cowboys in a critical Mountain West Conference contest!!!)

North Texas (3-6) at SMU (7-2)

Saturday, November 11 (VETERAN'S DAY)

Appalachian State (5-4) at Georgia State (6-3)

(The Mountaineers hope to clinch bowl eligibility when they face the Panthers in a key Sun Belt Conference contest!!!)

Texas State (6-3) at Coastal Carolina (6-3)

(The Chanticleers clash with the Bobcats in a battle of bowl-eligible Sun Belt Conference squads!!!)

New Mexico State (7-3) at Western Kentucky (5-4)

(The Aggies will look to add yet another win when they face the Hilltoppers on the road this weekend!!!)

Georgia Southern (6-3) at Marshall (4-5)

Tulsa (3-6) at Tulane (8-1)

Temple (3-6) at South Florida (4-5)

Rice (4-5) at UTSA (6-3)

Old Dominion (4-5) at Liberty (9-0)

Memphis (7-2) at Charlotte (3-6)

Arkansas State (5-4) at South Alabama (4-5)

East Carolina (1-8) at Florida Atlantic (4-5)

UAB (3-6) at Navy (3-5)

New Mexico (3-6) at Boise State (4-5)

Fresno State (8-1) at San Jose State (4-5)

FCS

Saturday, November 11

Elon (5-4) at Richmond (6-3)

(The Spiders will square off against a Phoenix squad that's coming off a tremendous upset win over a then #5-ranked Delaware team last weekend!!!)

North Dakota (6-3) at South Dakota (7-2)

(The Coyotes face the Fighting Hawks in the other "Dakota Rivalry!!! This is a game with tremendous playoff implications within the Missouri Valley Football Conference!!!)

Penn (6-2) at Harvard (7-1)

(The Crimson clash with the Quakers in a contest that could decide at least a share of the Ivy League championship!!!)

Delaware (7-2) at Campbell (4-5)

Cornell (4-4) at Dartmouth (4-4)

Yale (5-3) at Princeton (4-4)

North Carolina Central (8-1) at Howard (4-5)

William & Mary (5-4) at Hampton (5-4)

Southeast Missouri State (4-5) at UT Martin (7-2)

Tennessee State (6-3) at Eastern Illinois (6-3)

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RFC Throwback Thursday: Millersville at East Stroudsburg-1983

(Video courtesy of CBS Sports.)

This week's installment of "RFC Throwback Thursday" turns the clock back to October 22, 1983. That was when the East Stroudsburg University Warriors played host to the Millersville University Marauders in an NCAA Division II/Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference game that aired regionally on the CBS Television Network. It was one of three games involving Division II teams aired on CBS that day, including Mansfield (which no longer has a football program) at Towson (State), as well as North Alabama (now FCS) at Troy (State)-(now in the FBS Group of Five Sun Belt Conference). 

In fact, throughout the course of that 1983 season, both ABC and CBS would air multiple games involving non-autonomous NCAA Division I-A (now FBS Group of Five), as well as NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS), NCAA Division II, and NCAA Division III teams, on a regional or local basis.

Now, sit back and enjoy another great moment in alternative and non-power conference college football history.

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 4, 2023-Weekender Edition

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

Note: For Part 1, please scroll down or click here.

FBS Group Of Five

Saturday, November 4

Navy (3-4) at Temple (2-6)

Florida Atlantic (4-4) at UAB (2-6)

UTSA (5-3) at North Texas (3-5)

Charlotte (2-6) at Tulsa (3-5)

SMU (6-2) at Rice (4-4)

UNLV (6-2) at New Mexico (3-5)

Boise State (4-4) at Fresno State (7-1)

FCS 

Saturday, November 4

Sacramento State (6-2) at Montana (7-1)

(The Grizzlies play host to the Hornets in a critical Big Sky Conference battle!!!)

Yale (4-3) at Brown (4-3)

Drake (5-3) at Marist (4-3)

Villanova (6-2) at New Hampshire (4-4)

Florida A&M (7-1) at Alabama A&M (4-4)

Bucknell (3-5) at Fordham (5-3)

Robert Morris (2-6) at Southeast Missouri State (4-4)

UT-Martin (6-2) at Tennessee Tech (3-5)

Southern (5-3) at Alcorn State (5-3)

Eastern Illinois (5-3) at Lindenwood (3-5)

Cal Poly (3-5) at Eastern Washington (3-5)

McNeese State (0-7) at Southeastern Louisiana (1-7)

Tennessee State (6-2) at Charleston Southern (3-5)

Grambling State (4-4) at Alabama State (4-3)

Austin Peay (6-2) at Eastern Kentucky (4-4)

Portland State (4-4) at UC Davis (4-4)

NCAA Division II

Saturday, November 4

East Stroudsburg (8-1) at Shepherd (7-2)

(The Warriors travel to the West Virginia Panhandle to face a Rams team that now finds itself in a must-win situation after being upset by Bloomsburg on the road last weekend!!!)

RFC Road Trip: East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania to Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Virginia State (8-1) at Virginia Union (8-1)

(The Northern Division title, as well as a trip to the CIAA title game, will be on the line when the Panthers play host to the Trojans!!!)

RFC Road Trip: Petersburg, Virginia to Richmond, Virginia

Ferris State (6-2) at Davenport (8-0)

(Another team of Panthers will be at home for this key contest as well, as they face the two-time, back-to-back defending national championship in the GLIAC!!!)

RFC Road Trip: Big Rapids, Michigan to Caledonia, Michigan

Fort Hays State (7-2) at Central Missouri (8-1)

Pittsburg State (9-0) at Missouri Western State (7-2)

(How about not one, but two critical games in the MIAA, as the one-loss Mules take on the two-loss Tigers, while the unbeaten Gorillas will go up against the two-loss Griffons on the road!!!)

RFC Road Trips: Hays, Kansas to Warrensburg, Missouri and Pittsburg, Kansas to St. Joseph, Missouri

Minnesota State-Moorhead (6-3) at Bemidji State (7-1)

(Finally, here's a critical clash in the NSIC and Super Region #4, as the Beavers do battle with the upset-minded Dragons!!)

RFC Road Trip: Moorhead, Minnesota to Bemidji, Minnesota 

Albany State (Ga.)-(5-4) vs. Fort Valley State (7-2)

(Fountain City Classic at Columbus, Georgia)

Allen (7-2) at Benedict (9-0)

Assumption (5-3) at Bentley (5-3)

Kutztown (7-2) at West Chester (5-4)

Mars Hill (7-1) at Tusculum (5-4)

Oklahoma Baptist (6-3) at Ouachita Baptist (8-1)

Tuskegee (7-2) at Miles (6-3)

Delta State (7-1) at West Georgia (6-2)

Limestone (6-3) at Barton (5-4)

Midwestern State (4-4) at Angelo State (5-3)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, November 4

Brockport (7-1) at Cortland (7-1)

(The Red Dragons play host to the Golden Eagles in a showdown that will decide the Empire 8 Conference title!!!)

Johns Hopkins (8-0) at Dickinson (6-2)

(The Blue Jays can clinch another outright Centennial Conference crown with a win over the Red Devils this weekend!!!)

Mount Union (8-0) at John Carroll (7-1)

(The Purple Raiders hope to win yet another Ohio Athletic Conference title when they face a Blue Streaks squad that has won seven straight games since losing to Wisconsin-Whitewater in their season opener on September 2.

Wisconsin-La Crosse (7-1) at Wisconsin-River Falls (7-1)

(The Eagles can move one step closer to clinching the WIAC championship with a win over the Falcons this weekend!!!)

Kings (6-2) at Stevenson (6-2)

RPI (7-1) at Hobart (6-2)

Franklin & Marshall (6-2) at Muhlenberg (7-1)

Montclair State (4-4) at Christopher Newport (6-2)

Huntingdon (6-2) at Brevard (5-3)

Trine (5-3) at Hope (7-2)

Wittenberg (5-3) at Ohio Wesleyan (5-3)

Shenandoah (5-3) at Hampden-Sydney (5-3)

Carnegie Mellon (7-1) at Westminster (Pa.)-(5-3)

Washington & Jefferson (6-2) at Geneva (4-4)

Rose-Hulman (6-2) at Defiance (4-4)

Wisconsin-Oshkosh (5-3) at Wisconsin-Platteville (4-4)

East Texas Baptist (5-3) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (4-4)

Washington-St. Louis (Mo.)-(6-2) at Wheaton (7-1)

Lake Forest (7-1) at Monmouth (Ill.)-(6-2)

Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)-(5-3) at Bethel (Minn.)-(6-2)

Bridgewater (Va.)-(6-2) at Washington & Lee (6-2)

SUNY Maritime (5-3) at Salve Regina (6-2)

Linfield (7-0) at Pacific Lutheran (4-4)

Redlands (5-3) at Pomona Pitzer (5-3)

NAIA

Saturday, November 4

Marian (8-0) at Indiana Wesleyan (8-0)

(It's a battle of unbeaten teams for the Mid-States Football Association Mideast Division championship, as the Wildcats play host to the Knights!!!)

Montana Western (7-1) at Carroll (Mont.)-(7-1)

(One of these teams will get win #8 when the Fighting Saints square off against the Bulldogs in a key Frontier Conference clash!!!)

Southeastern (Fla.)-(4-4) at St. Thomas (Fla.)-(6-3)

Olivet Nazarene (5-3) at St. Xavier (5-3)

Georgetown (Ky.)-(6-1) at Cumberlands (6-3)

Bethel (Tenn.)-(8-1) at Campbellsville (4-4)

MidAmerica Nazarene (7-2) at Missouri Valley (5-3)

Evangel (9-0) at Southwestern (Kan.)-(7-2)

Dordt (6-2) at Morningside (7-1)

Northwestern (Iowa)-(9-0) at Dakota Wesleyan (6-3)

Grand View (8-0) at William Penn (4-4)

Kansas Wesleyan (7-2) at Ottawa (Kan.)-(5-4)

Texas Wesleyan (7-1) at Langston (5-3)

Union (Ky.)-(3-5) at Bluefield (Va.)-(4-4)

Point (3-6) at Faulkner (1-7)

Ave Maria (4-4) at Warner (3-5)

Rocky Mountain (4-4) at Arizona Christian (2-6)

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