RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 20, 2025 Part 3

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

NAIA

Saturday, September 20

Keiser (2-0) at Cumberlands (Ky.)-(2-0)

(The Seahawks square off against the Patriots in an early-season battle of unbeaten teams!!!!!)

Georgetown (Ky.)-(3-0) at St. Thomas (Fla.)-(1-1)

(In another Mid-South Conference vs. Sun Conference contest, the Tigers travel south to battle the Bobcats in an NAIA playoff re-match from last season!!!!!)

Montana Tech (3-0) at Southern Oregon (1-1)

(In one of two key games from the Frontier Conference, the Orediggers will go west to face the Raiders in hopes of remaining undefeated!!!!!)

Carroll (Mont.)-(1-1) at Dickinson State (2-0)

(In another critical Frontier Conference clash, the Blue Hawks play host to the Fighting Saints, also looking to stay unbeaten!!!!!)

MidAmerica Nazarene (3-0) at William Penn (3-0)

(The Pioneers hit the road to square off against the Statesmen in early-season showdown of unbeaten teams from the Heart of America Athletic Conference!!!!!)

McPherson (3-0) at Evangel (3-0)

(The Bulldogs from Kansas travel to Springfield, Missouri to face the Valor in yet another showdown between unbeaten teams in the KCAC!!!!!)

Dakota State (1-1) at Arizona Christian (0-1)

BONUS PREDICTIONS

Saturday, September 20

Roosevelt (NCAA Division II)-(1-1) at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (NCAA Division III)-(1-1)

Wayne State (Mich.)-(NCAA Division II)-(0-2) at Wisconsin-LaCrosse (NCAA Division III)-(1-0)

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 20, 2025 Part 2

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

NCAA Division II

Thursday, September 18

Tuskegee (2-1) at Benedict (2-0)

(The Golden Tigers from Alabama travel to South Carolina to square off against another team of Tigers in a tilt that could decide who wins the SIAC title this season!!!!!)

Friday, September 19

St. Anselm (1-1) at Assumption (1-1)

Saturday, September 20

Minnesota-Duluth (3-0) at Sioux Falls (3-0)

(Fresh off a huge upset win over Minnesota State, the Bulldogs will look to keep the momentum going when they travel to South Dakota to square off against the Cougars in a key NSIC clash!!!!!)

Harding (2-0) at Southern Arkansas (2-0)

(The Bisons hit the road to battle the Muleriders in an early-season showdown of unbeaten squads in the Great American Conference!!!!!)

Virginia State (1-1) at Winston-Salem State (2-1)

Johnson C. Smith (3-0) at Virginia Union (1-1)

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

Northwest Missouri State (2-1) at Missouri Southern State (2-0)

Upper Iowa (1-1) at Michigan Tech (3-0)

West Florida (3-0) at North Greenville (1-1)

Catawba (2-1) at Newberry (2-0)

Colorado State Pueblo (2-1) at Colorado Mesa (1-1)

Arkansas Tech (2-0) at Ouachita Baptist (1-1)

West Texas A&M (1-2) at Central Washington (1-1)

NCAA Division III

Saturday, September 20

Wisconsin-Whitewater (2-0) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (1-0)

(The Crusaders play host to the Warhawks in an early-season measuring stick game for both squads!!!!!)

St. John Fisher (2-0) at Rochester (2-0)

(The Cardinals hit the road to clash with the Yellow Jackets in another battle of unbeaten teams in Upstate New York!!!!!)

Johns Hopkins (2-0) at Susquehanna (2-0)

(The River Hawks host the Blue Jays in yet another showdown between undefeated squads in Pennsylvania!!!!!)

Shenandoah (2-0) at Hampden-Sydney (2-0)

Baldwin-Wallace (2-0) at Capital (1-0)

Brockport (2-0) at RPI (1-1)

Colby (1-0) at Williams (1-0)

Mount St. Joseph (1-1) at Hope (2-0)

Wartburg (2-0) at Simpson (1-1)

Benedictine (Ill.)-(2-0) at Aurora (1-1)

Chapman (1-1) at Linfield (1-1)

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 20, 2025 Part 1

Last Week: 57-21 (.731)

This Year: 144-63 (.696)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five vs. FBS Group Of Five

Thursday, September 18

Rice (2-1) at Charlotte (1-2)

Saturday, September 20

North Texas (3-0) at Army (1-1)

(The defending American Conference champion Black Knights play host to the unbeaten Mean Green in the league opener for both teams!!!!!)

James Madison (1-1) at Liberty (1-2)

(The Dukes travel down the road to Lynchburg, Virginia, to face a Flames team that has lost back-to-back games since their season-opening win over Maine on August 30th!!!!!)

Boise State (1-1) at Air Force (1-1)

(The Broncos hit the road to face the Falcons in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams!!!!!)

Southern Mississippi (2-1) at Louisiana Tech (2-1)

(The Sun Belt Conference Golden Eagles battle the Bulldogs from Conference USA in an early-season non-conference clash of upstart squads!!!!!)

Fresno State (3-1) at Hawai'i (3-1)

(Finally, another team of Bulldogs will face the Rainbows in another Mountain West Conference opener!!!!!)

Delaware (2-1) at Florida International (2-1)

Ball State (1-2) at UConn (1-2)

Arkansas State (1-2) at Kennesaw State (1-2)

Marshall (1-2) at Middle Tennessee State (1-2)

Nevada (1-2) at Western Kentucky (2-1)

Coastal Carolina (1-2) at South Alabama (1-2)

Louisiana (1-2) at Eastern Michigan (0-3)

Louisiana-Monroe (1-1) at UTEP (1-2)

Troy (1-2) at Buffalo (2-1)

UTSA (1-2) at Colorado State (1-1)

FBS Group Of Five/FCS

Saturday, September 20

Gardner-Webb (2-1) at Ohio (1-2)

(The Bobcats from the Mid-American Conference play host to an opponent that has beaten two FCS opponents in the Runnin' Bulldogs from the Big South-Ohio Valley Conference Football Association!!!!!)

South Carolina State (2-1) at South Florida (2-1)

Wagner (0-3) at Central Michigan (1-2)

Idaho (2-1) at San Jose State (0-2)

Duquesne (1-2) at Akron (0-3)

Murray State (0-3) at Jacksonville State (1-2)

UT Martin (0-3) at Missouri State (1-2)

Maine (0-3) at Georgia Southern (1-2)

McNeese State (1-2) at Utah State (2-1)

Nicholls State (1-2) at Texas State (2-1)

FCS vs. FCS

Friday, September 19

Columbia at Lafayette (2-1)

Saturday, September 20

Villanova (1-1) at Monmouth (N.J.)-(2-1)

(The Wildcats hit the road to battle the Blue Hawks in the CAA opener for both teams!!!!!)

Mercer (1-1) at The Citadel (1-2)

Samford (0-3) at Western Carolina (0-3)

(Both of these games will have a huge impact on which team (s) win the Southern Conference championship!!!!!)

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

(The undefeated Grizzlies will look to stay that way when they square off against the Sycamores!!!!!)

Lehigh (3-0) at Bucknell (2-1)

(The unbeaten Mountain Hawks hope to strengthen their grip on the Patriot League when they battle the Bison on the road!!!!!)

New Hampshire (2-1) at Dartmouth 

Fordham (0-3) at Colgate (0-3)

Drake (1-1) at South Dakota (1-2)

Mercyhurst (1-2) at Montana State (1-2)

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

Valparaiso (1-2) at North Dakota (1-2)

Incarnate Word (1-2) at Northern Arizona (2-1)

Elon (2-1) at East Tennessee State (1-2)

Youngstown State (2-1) at Towson (2-1)

Cornell at Albany (N.Y.)-(0-3)

Austin Peay (2-1) at Abilene Christian (1-2)

Central Arkansas (1-2) at Sacramento State (1-2)

Southern Utah (1-2) at UC Davis (1-1)

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RFC Throwback Thursday: Washington State upsets #1 UCLA-1988

(Video courtesy of ABC Sports)

This week's edition of Throwback Thursday takes us back to October 29, 1988. That was when the Washington State University Cougars traveled to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, to face the #1-ranked UCLA Bruins in a Pacific-10 Conference contest. 

In an outcome that helped to shake up the national championship picture at the NCAA Division I-A (now FBS) level, the Cougars upset the Bruins, 34-30. The win over UCLA sparked a season-ending five-game winning streak for Washington State, which culminated in a 24-22 victory over Houston in the Aloha Bowl on Christmas Day (December 25).

The Cougars finished the 1988 season with a 9-3 overall record and a 5-3 mark in Pac-10 play, which was good enough for a third-place finish in the conference and a final national ranking of #16.

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of September 13, 2025 Part 3

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

NAIA

Saturday, September 13

St. Thomas (Fla.)-(1-0) at Lindsey Wilson (2-0)

(With convincing back-to-back wins to start their season, the Blue Raiders hope to continue their winning ways against the Bobcats in an early-season battle of unbeaten teams this weekend!!!!!)

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

(The Fire from Florida face off against the Eagles from Georgia in another critical non-conference contest!!!!!)

Pikeville (0-1) at Campbellsville (2-0)

(The unbeaten Tigers take on the winless Bears in another early-season non-conference clash!!!!!)

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

(The Seahawks square off against the Wildcats in yet another huge non-conference showdown!!!!!)

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

(The Moundbuilders play host to the Valor in another battle of unbeaten squads in America's Heartland!!!!!)

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

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

William Penn (2-0) at Baker (0-1)

BONUS PREDICTIONS

Saturday, September 13

Morehouse (NCAA Division II)-(1-0) at Howard (FCS)-(1-1)

Tuskegee (NCAA Division II)-(2-0) at Jackson State (FCS)-(1-1)

Virginia Union (NCAA Division II)-(1-0) at Edward Waters (2-0)

West Liberty (NCAA Division II)-(0-2) at Robert Morris (FCS)-(0-2)

Williams (NCAA Division III) at Hamilton (NCAA Division III)

Butler (FCS)-(1-1) at Hanover (NCAA Division III)-(0-1)

Whitworth (NCAA Division III)-(1-0) at Eastern Oregon (NAIA)-(0-1)

Oklahoma Panhandle State (NAIA)-(1-0) at East Texas Baptist (NCAA Division III)-(1-0)

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