RFC Top Games: Week 12

Editor's Note: This is the final week of the regular season for the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, as well as the next to last full week for teams in the so-called "Group Of Five" in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The "Group Of Five" consists of the American Athletic Conference and Conference USA, as well as the Mid-American, Mountain West, and Sun Belt Conferences.

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. 

FBS Group Of Five

Friday, November 21

UTEP (6-4) at Rice (6-4)

Air Force (8-2) at San Diego State (5-5)


Saturday, November 22

South Florida (4-6) at Memphis (7-3) 

Marshall (10-0) at UAB (5-5) 

Louisiana Tech (7-3) at Old Dominion (4-6) 

Western Michigan (7-3) at Central Michigan (7-4) 

Fresno State (4-6) at Nevada (6-4)

Boise State (8-2) at Wyoming (4-6) 

Appalachian State (5-5) at Louisiana-Lafayette (7-3) 

FCS

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Yale (8-1) at Harvard (9-0)  

Villanova (9-2) at Delaware (6-5) 

Youngstown State (7-4) at North Dakota State (10-1) 

Dartmouth (7-2) at Princeton (5-4) 

Liberty (7-4) at Coastal Carolina (11-0) 

New Hampshire (9-1) at Maine (5-5) 

Central Arkansas (6-5) at Sam Houston State (7-4) 

Montana State (8-3) at Montana (7-4)

Richmond (7-4) at William & Mary (7-4) 

Cal Poly (6-5) at San Diego (9-1) 

UT-Martin (5-6) at Eastern Illinois (5-6)

Southern Illinois (6-5) at Illinois State (9-1) 

Campbell (5-6) at Dayton (7-3) 

North Carolina A&T (9-2) at North Carolina Central (6-5) 

Northwestern State (6-5) at Stephen F. Austin (7-4) 

Lamar (7-4) at McNeese State (6-4) 

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RFC Postseason Predictions: 2014 Debut

Editor's Note: This is the first of what (hopefully) will be many installments of the "RFC Postseason Predictions."  This week, it's opening round action of the NCAA Division II, Division III, and NAIA playoffs. All games featured will count towards the regular standings, just like the "RFC Top Games." So, without further ado, let's get started.

Last Week: 38-20 (.655)
This Year: 362-168 (.683)

NOTE: Interactive brackets are courtesy of ncaa.com. 

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED.

NCAA Division II Playoffs--First Round

Interactive Bracket 

Slippery Rock (9-2) at West Chester (10-1) 

Virginia State (9-2) at LIU Post (8-3)

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

Harding (9-1) at Pittsburg State (10-1)

Valdosta State (8-2) at North Alabama (9-1)

West Georgia (9-2) at Tuskegee (9-2)

Ohio Dominican (9-1) at Colorado Mines (10-1)

Angelo State (8-2) at Michigan Tech (9-1)

NCAA Division III Playoffs--First Round

Interactive Bracket

Macalester (9-1) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (10-0)

Franklin (8-2) at Wabash (9-1)

St. Scholastica (10-0) at St. John's (9-1)

St. Thomas (8-2) at Wartburg (10-0)

Muhlenberg (9-1) at Widener (10-0)

Christopher Newport (7-3) at Delaware Valley (9-1)

Chapman (8-1) at Linfield (8-1)

Texas Lutheran (9-1) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (10-0)

Hampden-Sydney (7-3) at Wesley (9-1)

MIT (9-0) at Husson (8-1)

Rowan (7-3) at Johns Hopkins (10-0)

Ithaca (7-3) at Hobart (10-0)

Benedictine (Ill.)--(6-4) at Wheaton (10-0)

Centre (10-0) at John Carroll (9-1)

Washington & Jefferson (9-1) at Wittenberg (9-1)

Adrian (8-2) at Mount Union (10-0)

Bonus Predictions--ECAC Championships

Western Connecticut State (7-3) at St. John Fisher (8-2)

RPI (6-4) at Framingham State (9-1)

Albright (6-4) at Salisbury (6-4)

Utica (7-3) at Morrisville State (8-2)

Bethany (W. Va.)--(6-4) at Stevenson (7-3)

NAIA Playoffs--First Round

Valley City State (9-1) at Carroll (Mont.)--(9-1)

Langston (7-3) at Grand View (9-1)

Campbellsville (7-3) at St. Xavier (8-2)

Ottawa (Kan.)--(9-2) at Morningside (9-1)

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

Faulkner (9-2) at Lindsey Wilson (9-2)

Georgetown (Ky.)--(8-2) at Marian (8-2)

MidAmerica Nazarene (9-1) at Southern Oregon (9-2)

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D-II/D-III/NAIA Playoff Fields Set

The selection committees have spoken in NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and the NAIA. Find out who's in by clicking the following links below.

NCAA Division II

NCAA Division III

NAIA


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RFC Recap: D-II/D-III/NAIA Bracketology Round-Up

The NCAA Division II/NCAA Division III/NAIA regular season wrapped up on Saturday.  Here's a quick recap on who punched their ticket to the playoffs, who hurt their chances, and more below.

NCAA Division II

Slippery Rock stuns Bloomsburg for PSAC title (Slippery Rock University) 

Concord downs Shepherd in OT, win MEC crown (cumountainlions.com)

William Jewell upsets Indianapolis (William Jewell College)

Virginia State wins CIAA championship (Richmond Times-Dispatch/Winston-Salem Journal)

All Saturday final scores (d2football.com)

NCAA Division III

Mount Union, Whitewater win nailbiters (d3football.com)

Other playoff clinchers (d3football.com)

Complete scoreboard (d3football.com)

NAIA

Doane upsets No. 1 Morningside (kwbe.com)

More on Doane's win from naia.org.

Full scoreboard (naiasports.org)

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Live Scoreboards--NCAA Division II/NCAA Division III/NAIA

The regular season for college football teams at the NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA levels ends today (Saturday, November 15, 2014). Follow the action of key games at the following links listed below:

d2football.com

d3football.com

NAIA

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RFC Top Games: Week 11

Last Week: 58-20 (.744)
This Year: 324-148 (.686)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. 

FBS Group Of Five

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Army (3-6) at Western Kentucky (4-5)  

Rice (6-3) at Marshall (9-0) 

Georgia Southern (8-2) at Navy (4-5) 

Nevada (6-3) at Air Force (7-2) 

San Diego State (5-4) at Boise State (7-2) 

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

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

FCS

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Bryant (8-1) at Sacred Heart (8-2)

James Madison (7-3) at Richmond (7-3) 

Delaware (6-4) at New Hampshire (8-1) 

Indiana State (6-4) at Youngstown State (7-3) 

Monmouth (N.J.)--(5-4) at Coastal Carolina (10-0) 

Idaho State (7-3) at Montana State (7-3) 

McNeese State (6-3) at Southeastern Louisiana (7-3) 

Eastern Illinois (5-5) at Jacksonville State (8-1) 

Albany (N.Y.)--(6-4) at Villanova (8-2) 

NCAA Division II/III

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Ouachita Baptist (9-0) at Henderson State (9-1)

Concord (10-0) at Shepherd (9-1) 

John Carroll (9-0) at Mount Union (9-0) 

Delaware Valley (9-0) at Widener (9-0) 

Bloomsburg (10-0) at Slippery Rock (8-2)

(PSAC Championship Game) 

Albany State (Ga.)--(7-2) vs. Tuskegee (8-2)

(SIAC Championship Game at Montgomery, Ala.) 

Pacific (6-2) at Linfield (7-1)

DePauw (7-2) at Wabash (8-1) 

(Monon Bell Game) 

Angelo State (7-2) at Texas A&M-Commerce (8-2)

(Lone Star Conference Playoff Championship Game) 

Macalester (8-1) at Illinois College (7-2)

(Midwest Conference Championship Game)

Pittsburg State (8-1) at Central Oklahoma (8-2) 

Husson (7-1) at Mount Ida (5-4) 

Rochester (5-3) at Hobart (9-0)

Worcester State (7-2) at Framingham State (8-1) 

Endicott (5-4) at Salve Regina (5-4) 

West Liberty (6-4) at Notre Dame College (6-4) 

East Stroudsburg (6-4) at Gannon (7-2) 

Catawba (6-4) at Lenoir-Rhyne (10-0)

Shippensburg (6-4) at Mercyhurst (6-4)

Maryville (6-3) at Methodist (6-3) 

Huntingdon (6-3) at North Carolina Wesleyan (5-4)

Wingate (6-4) at Carson-Newman (6-3) 

West Chester (9-1) at Indiana (Pa.)--(6-4) 

Guilford (7-2) at Emory and Henry (8-1) 


Adrian (7-2) at Trine (6-3) 

St. John Fisher (7-2) at Alfred (5-4) 

Buffalo State (6-3) at Brockport State (5-4) 

Truman State (6-3) at St. Joseph's (7-3) 

Castleton State (6-3) at Norwich (7-2) 

Baldwin-Wallace (5-4) at Heidelberg (7-2) 

Ohio Northern (6-3) at Otterbein (5-4) 

Washington and Jefferson (9-0) at Waynesburg (7-2) 

Hardin-Simmons (6-2) at Louisiana College (5-4) 

Upper Iowa (6-4) at Minnesota State (10-0) 

West Texas A&M (6-4) at Eastern New Mexico (6-4) 

Gustavus Adolphus (6-3) at St. Thomas (7-2) 

Fort Hays State (6-4) at Central Missouri (7-2) 

Southeastern Oklahoma State (6-4) at East Central (6-3)

Occidental (5-3) at Redlands (5-3)

Valdosta State (7-2) at Florida Tech (6-4)

NAIA

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Morningside (10-0) at Doane (6-3)

Campbellsville (6-3) at Reinhardt (6-3)

St. Francis (Ind.)--(6-4) at Marian (7-2)

Culver-Stockton (5-5) at Benedictine (Kan.)--(6-4) 

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1979 Stagg Bowl Wittenberg University vs Ithaca College

Like the old saying goes, "you have to start somewhere." For Verne Lundquist and John Dockery, one of the places where they got their "start" was in Phenix City, Alabama, as Ithaca did battle with Wittenberg in the 1979 Stagg Bowl. Click on the link below to watch this classic duel between two perennial NCAA Division III powerhouses.



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FBS Group Of Five Bowl Eligible Teams List Through Week Ending November 8, 2014

Editor's Note: For the remainder of the regular season, RFC will have a list of teams that are "bowl-eligible", within the so-called "Group Of Five" conferences of the Football Bowl Subdivsion (FBS). Those conferences are the American Athletic, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, and Sun Belt. Teams must win at least six games against NCAA Division I opponents--FBS or FCS--in order to be considered for bowl eligibility. FBS Independents such as Army, BYU, or Navy are ineligible for the automatic bid to one of the "New Year's Six Bowls."

American: East Carolina and Memphis
 
Conference USA: Louisiana Tech, Marshall, and Rice
 
Mid-American: Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, and Western Michigan
 
Mountain West: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Nevada, and Utah State
 
Sun Belt: Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, and Louisiana-Lafayette

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RFC Recap: Marshall wins, NDSU falls

Marshall stays unbeaten (Associated Press/Fresno Bee)

Northern Iowa snaps North Dakota State's win streak (Waterloo-Cedar Falls [Iowa] Courier)

Michigan Tech knocks off Ashland (Mansfield [Ohio] News-Journal)

National Top 25 Round-Up (d3football.com)

Campbellsville stuns Faulkner (naia.org)

Morningside downs Northwestern (Iowa)--(naia.org)

Scoreboards For Week Ending November 8, 2014

NOTE: All final scores are courtesy of ESPN.com, unless otherwise noted.

 
FBS Group Of Five

American 

Conference USA 

MAC 

Mountain West 

Sun Belt

FCS

Click here for all final scores. 

NCAA Division II/III

Click here for all final scores.

NAIA

Click here for all final scores, courtesy of naiasports.org.

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Mountain East Conference - Week 10 MEC Football Roundup

Mountain East Conference - Week 10 MEC Football Roundup

MIT, CNU wrap up bookending automatic bids - D3football

MIT, CNU wrap up bookending automatic bids - D3football

Wittenberg Punches Postseason Ticket With 21-15 Win Over Wabash - D3football

Wittenberg Punches Postseason Ticket With 21-15 Win Over Wabash - D3football

RFC Top Games: Week 10

Last Week: 41-11 (.788)
This Year: 266-128 (.675)

KEY: Projected winners marked in RED. 

FBS Group Of Five

Friday, November 7, 2014

Memphis (5-3) at Temple (5-3)

Utah State (6-3) at Wyoming (4-5)

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Connecticut (2-6) at Army (2-6) 

Louisiana Tech (6-3) at UAB (5-4)

Louisiana-Monroe (3-5) at Appalachian State (3-5)

South Alabama (5-3) at Arkansas State (5-3) 

Georgia Southern (7-2) at Texas State (5-3)

FCS

Thursday, November 6

Bethune-Cookman (7-2) at Norfolk State (4-5) 

Friday, November 7, 2014

Fordham (8-1) at Bucknell (7-1)

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Yale (6-1) at Brown (4-3)

Morgan State (5-4) at North Carolina A&T (7-2)

Drake (5-4) at Dayton (6-2) 

Jacksonville State (7-1) at Eastern Kentucky (8-1) 

Wofford (5-3) at Chattanooga (6-3) 

James Madison (6-3) at Stony Brook (4-5) 

South Dakota State (5-4) at Indiana State (6-3) 

Youngstown State (7-2) at Illinois State (7-1) 

Montana (6-3) at Eastern Washington (8-2) 

Monmouth (N.J.)--(5-3) at Liberty (6-3) 

Lamar (6-3) at Central Arkansas (5-5) 

Cal Poly (6-3) at Idaho State (6-3) 

North Dakota State (9-0) at Northern Iowa (5-4) 

Texas Southern (5-4) at Southern (6-3) 

Stephen F. Austin (6-3) at McNeese State (6-2) 
  
NCAA Division II/III

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Ashland (8-1) at Michigan Tech (7-1) 

Wittenberg (7-1) at Wabash (8-0) 

Bethel (Minn.)--(7-1) at St. John's (Minn.)--(7-1) 

Hobart (8-0) at St. Lawrence (7-1)

John's Hopkins (8-0) at Franklin and Marshall (5-3) 

Trinity (Conn.)--(5-2) at Wesleyan (6-1) 

Indiana (Pa.)--(6-3) at Gannon (6-2) 

Lenoir-Rhyne (9-0) at Alderson-Broaddus (6-3) 

St. Anselm (5-4) at New Haven (6-3) 

Tufts (4-3) at Middlebury (5-2) 

Endicott (5-3) at Western New England (6-2) 

Trine (6-2) at Hope (4-3) 

Alfred (5-3) at Utica (5-3) 

Ithaca (6-2) at St. John Fisher (7-1) 

Morrisville State (7-2) at Montclair State (7-1) 

Notre Dame College (6-3) at Concord (9-0) 

Ursinus (6-2) at Muhlenberg (7-1) 

Upper Iowa (6-3) at Sioux Falls (8-1)

Guilford (7-1) at Hampden-Sydney (6-2) 

West Chester (8-1) at East Stroudsburg (6-3)

Christopher Newport (6-3) at Maryville (6-2) 

Winston-Salem State (8-1) at Fayetteville State (5-4) 

Rose-Hulman (6-2) at Mount St. Joseph (7-2) 

Mount Union (8-0) at Baldwin-Wallace (5-3) 

Otterbein (5-3) at John Carroll (8-0) 

Virginia State (7-2) at Virginia Union (7-2) 

Texas Lutheran (7-1) at Austin (5-3) 

Macalester (7-1) at St. Norbert (5-3) 

Cornell (Iowa)--(5-2) at Illinois College (6-2) 

Albany State (Ga.)--(6-2) vs. Fort Valley State (6-3) 

(Game played at Columbus, Ga.)

Wisconsin-Stevens Point (6-2) at Wisconsin-Whitewater (8-0) 

East Texas Baptist (4-4) at Hardin-Simmons (5-2) 

Gustavus Adolphus (6-2) at Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.)--(7-2) 

Florida Tech (6-3) at West Georgia (7-2) 

Greenville (7-2) at St. Scholastica (9-0) 

Quincy (6-3) at Truman State (5-3) 

St. Joseph's (6-3) at William Jewell (4-5) 

Central (6-2) at Buena Vista (5-3) 

Hendrix (5-3) at Rhodes (6-2) 

Harding (7-1) at East Central (6-2) 

Central Missouri (7-2) at Pittsburg State (8-1) 

Humboldt State (7-1) at Western Oregon (4-5) 

Willamette (5-2) at Pacific (5-2) 

Whitworth (6-3) at Pacific Lutheran (5-2) 

Tuskegee (7-2) at Miles (6-3) 

Midwestern State (6-2) at Angelo State (6-2) 

Chapman (6-1) at Redlands (5-2) 

NAIA

Grand View (7-1) at William Penn (6-3)  

Rocky Mountain (5-4) at Carroll (Mont.)--(7-1) 

Northwestern (Iowa)--(7-1) at Morningside (8-0) 

Benedictine (Kan.)--(6-3) at Mid-America Nazarene (7-1) 

Friends (7-2) at Ottawa (Kan.)--(7-2)

SAGU (3-4) at Langston (5-3) 

Valley City State (8-1) at Presentation (6-3)

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