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Looks like ESPN is denoting ASUN/WAC games this season as AWC....

Week 1

FCS #1 Sam Houston @ Northern Arizona, 42-16
UAB @ FCS #10 Jacksonville State (Wed, 9/1 on ESPN) .....good look at future opponent...31-0
FCS #14 UCA @ Arkansas State (on ESPN3), 21-40
Eastern Kentucky @ Western Carolina, 31-28
Abilene Christian @ SMU, 9-56
Tarleton State @ Stephen F Austin, 10-20
Lamar vs Northern American, 47-3
Sacramento State @ Dixie State, 19-7
Lane (D2) @ UAPB, 16-34
Missouri State @ Oklahoma State (on B12 and ESPN+), 16-23...OSU starting QB did not play due to injury.....MSU stacked the run and gummed up OSU running game with new RBs...
South Dakota @ Kansas, 14-17...first JHawks win since 2019
Austin Peay @ Chattanooga, 30-20
North Alabama @ Southeastern La, 28-49
#9 Notre Dame @ Florida State (on Sunday, ABC), 41-38 in OT....ND led by 18 after Q3 and FSU rallied back to tie at 38...
La Tech @ Mississippi State (ESPNU), 34-35

Nebraska fell by 30-22 to Illinois at Champaign...2nd year in a row Illini beat Huskers....probably no happiness in Lincoln....

ULM led in a game for the first time since 2019 when they took a 7-0 lead at Kentucky....Wildcats then outscored Warhawks 45-3 the rest of the game....Terry Bowden's first game a head coach at ULM....

McNeese lost to D-2 West Florida by 42-36...missed twp FGs but was 8/8 on 4th down attempts....

Of those games I'm interested in (besides UCA)

UAB @ FCS #10 Jacksonville State- For obvious reasons. Love to see how they compare against the team we played to 10 last year.

Tarleton State @ Stephen F Austin- Tarleton played McNeese pretty well last year. SFA has a ton of FBS transfers. SFA may win but HOW they win will be interesting.

North Alabama @ Southeastern La- SLU is good. UNA typically recruits well. This will be a good game to catch.

FCS wins vs FBS in Week 1....

Montana over #20 Washington, 13-7
East Tennessee State over Vanderbilt, 23-3
UC-Davis over Tulsa, 19-17
Eastern Washington over UNLV, 35-33
South Dakota State @ Colorado State, 42-23
Holy Cross @ UConn, 38-28


Near Misses:

South Dakota @ Kansas, 14-17
Northern Iowa @ Iowa State, 10-16
Montana State @ Wyoming, 16-19
Gardner-Webb @ Georgia Southern, 25-30
Missouri State @ Oklahoma State, 16-23

Close Games:

Western Illinois @ Ball State, 21-31
Houston Baptist @ New Mexico, 17-27

Norvell's Noles Nearly Nockoff No 9 Notre Dame

ND was clearly the smoother team but could not match FSU speed in Q4 on a hot humid night ...Irish TE #87 Mike Mayer looks like a budding KC Chiefs Travis Kelce.....he had 9 recepts for 121 and 1 TD...looked to me that FSU could not match up with him .... but Irish ran out of gas in Q4 and FSU was picking up steam...ND also lost their starting left tackle in H2 and the backup was no match for FSU edge speed and that no doubt impacted their play calling...Noles QB had to go out of game late in Q4 when helmet came off and backup came in a promptly moved down the field to lead a TD score...this is the fellow who QBed UCF but went down a couple years ago with a "career-ending" knee injury....FSU tied game very late on a 43 yd FG but then missed a 37 yarder in OT.....ND hit their FG for the win...

Norvell's team looked to have quite a bit of progress over 2020..they are fast, aggressive and play crazy hard.....if they get their QB play at a little higher level, they might just compete for ACC although it is pretty crowded given they are in same division as Clemson and Louisville....

#52 for Florida State is Big Robert Scott, former Conway High Left Tackle...

The kid that replaced him at left tackle, Jayden Williams, is now playing football at Ole Miss.

You oughta see the left tackle for Conway High now....
Kid was 15 just 3 months ago and getting contacts from schools like Murray State and dozens of small schools.
He's 6'6" and 240 now....wait til his body matures...

Conway seems to be the annual first round playoff opponent for Rogers and Wampus Cats push the Mounties around at will...no wonder....

FCS Top 25 - 9/6/21

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/stats-perform-fcs-top-25

1 Sam Houston (32) 1-0 1,212 1
2 South Dakota State (11) 1-0 1,185 3
3 James Madison (2) 1-0 1,150 2
4 Montana (5) 1-0 1,087 9
5 North Dakota State 1-0 1,050 4
6 Delaware 1-0 965 5
7 Eastern Washington 1-0 880 11
8 Southern Illinois 1-0 873 7
9 North Dakota 1-0 858 8
10 Weber State 0-1 764 6
11 Montana State 0-1 598 12
12 Villanova 1-0 585 16
13 Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 584 15
14 UC Davis 1-0 576 23
15 ETSU 1-0 442 NR
16 Jacksonville State 0-1 427 10
17 Austin Peay 1-0 417 20
18 VMI 1-0 415 17
19 Central Arkansas 0-1 407 14
20 Monmouth 0-1 290 13
21 Northern Iowa 0-1 287 21
22 Kennesaw State 1-0 208 19
23 Missouri State 0-1 187 24
24 Holy Cross 1-0 160 NR....may not have been ranked but got UConn coach relieved
25 Richmond 1-0 135 NR
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Murray State 125, Chattanooga 72, Nicholls 61, Sacramento State 40, Samford 40, New Hampshire 36, Alabama A&M 34, Furman 20, Sacred Heart 17, Jackson State 14, Illinois State 10, Rhode Island 8, Stephen F. Austin 8, North Carolina Central 7

Week 2

AWC:
#19 UCA @ #23 Missouri State, 34-43
#1 Sam Houston State vs SE Missouri....seems like SEMO could have found a closer place to get beat...14-52
#16 Jacksonville State @ Florida State....best is hope Noles are down after loss to ND....20-17
Lamar @ UTSA (who beat Illinois at Champaign this past weekend), 0-54
Eastern Kentucky @ Louisville...in-state game...might be interesting if Cards do not execute better than tonight vs Ole Miss, 3-30
Stephen F Austin @ Texas Tech, 22-28
Tarleton vs Ft Lewis (D2-Rocky Mountain AC), 54-7
Abilene Christian vs Louisiana College (NAIA-Sooner AC), 7-62
Dixie State vs #10 Weber State

Other FCS:
#22 Kennesaw State @ Georgia Tech....basically a home game for KSU....only about 10 miles down I85 to Bobby Dodd Stadium...GT better play better than vs NIU last Saturday....17-45
Mercer @ Alabama....how long will starters play? 14-48
Nicholls State @ UL-Lafayette, 24-27
#13 Southeastern Louisiana @ La Tech...long time rivalry here....42-45
#8 Southern Illinois @ Kansas State...could be interesting....23-31
#17 Austin Peay @ Ole Miss, 17-54
McNeese State @ LSU.....Tigers better pour it on or Coach O will be available... QB Orgeron vs Head Coach Orgeron!! 7-34
#9 North Dakota @ Utah State, 24-48

FBS vs FBS:
#11 Oregon @ #4 Ohio State, 35-28
Tulsa @ Ok State..big rivalry game....both need to win badly even this early....23-28....either TU and MSU about same level or OSU played better and beat a team with some weapons.....I think the latter as Pokes had QB back and he did some good things but not at his best plus best WR out...
Memphis @ Arkansas State, 55-50

FCS wins vs FBS in Week 1....

Jacksonville State downs Florida State, 20-17
Duquesne beat Ohio, 28-26

Near Misses:

Southeastern Louisiana loses to La Tech in Ruston by 42-45
SFA loses to Texas Tech by 22-28
Nicholls falls to ULL by 24-27

Close Games:

Southern Illinois falls to Kansas State by 23-31

Week 3

AWC:
#25 UCA vs UAPB, 45-23
Lamar @ Northern Colorado...chance for a win over Big Sky...17-10
Eastern Kentucky vs Indiana State...be good for AWC to get a win over MVC,21-23
#10 Jacksonville State vs North Alabama...we could use a NA win,27-24
Tarleton vs Southern Utah......good to get a win over Big Sky,40-35
#34 SFA vs Mississippi Valley State, 58-12
Abilene Christian vs UT-Permian Basin (D2, Lone Star Conference),34-9
Dixie State @ #14 UC-Davis.....low chance to get a road win over good Big Sky team, 27-60


Other FCS:
#21 Richmond @ #12 Villanova, 27-34..big CAA win for Nova
#3 James Madison @ #9 Weber State, 37-24..big OOC win for JMU
#5 North Dakota State @ Towson, 35-7..and the beat goes on.....
#7 Eastern Washington @ Western Illinois, 62-56....wow..Leathernecks stayed with EWU
#15 Southeastern La @ Central Connecticut, 56-10...Lions roll on


FCS vs FBS:

SEMO @ Mizzou, 28-59....SEMO scores 21 in Q4 against MU 3s and 4s
FCS #6 Delaware @ Rutgers, 12-45
Grambling @ Houston 0-45
Incarnate Word @ Texas State, 42-34..nice win over FBS Bobcats for Cards
Jackson State @ UL-Monroe, 7-12

FBS vs FBS:
Arkansas State @ Washington....3-52..ouch...Coach Jones not happy with effort
UCF @ Louisville...should be worth some attention...down to the wire...35-42
Nebraska @ #3 OU....another long day for Huskers....23-16...Sooners had to scramble
Tulsa @ #9 Ohio State...2nd OSU in a row....20-41
SMU @ La Tech...Will they tally >100 combined?, 39-37....

FCS Top 25 - 9/13/21
https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2021-09-13/jacksonville-state-missouri-state-jump-six-spots-latest-stats-perform-fcs-top-25

1 Sam Houston (33) 2-0 1,214 1
2 South Dakota State (9) 2-0 1,190 2
3 James Madison (5) 2-0 1,158 3
4 Montana (3) 2-0 1,110 4
5 North Dakota State 2-0 1,066 5
6 Delaware 2-0 949 6
7 Eastern Washington 2-0 889 7
8 Southern Illinois 1-1 814 8
9 Weber State 1-1 771 10
10 Jacksonville State 1-1 751 16
11 North Dakota 1-1 710 9
12 Villanova 2-0 674 12
13 Montana State 1-1 664 11
14 UC Davis 2-0 661 14
15 Southeastern Louisiana 1-1 511 13
16 ETSU 2-0 497 15
17 Missouri State 1-1 377 23
18 Northern Iowa 1-1 364 21
19 Austin Peay 1-1 336 17
20 Monmouth 1-1 297 20
21 Richmond 2-0 261 25
22 VMI 1-1 146 18
23 New Hampshire 2-0 127 NR
24 Kennesaw State 1-1 121 22
25 Central Arkansas 0-2 105 19

Dropped Out: Holy Cross (24)

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Furman 90, Chattanooga 74, Rhode Island 67, Murray State 58, Alabama A&M 56, Jackson State 48, Duquesne 32, Nicholls 29, Stephen F. Austin 11, Samford 7, Merrimack 4, Sacramento State 3, Holy Cross 2

Week 4
(For what it's worth, Sagarin predicted winning margin shown)
18/28

AWC:

#24 UCA vs #1 Sam Houston State (10), 35-45
Eastern Kentucky vs #20 Austin Peay (8), 35-27
#9 Jacksonville State (8) vs UT-Martin, 31-34
Abilene Christian @ Lamar (1), 56-0
Tarleton vs New Mexico Highlands...D2-Rocky Mountain AC, 40-21
Stephen F Austin vs Lincoln (CA)...Lincoln in Oakland ...1st year for football....D2, 61-13

Other FCS:

#18 Missouri State (2) vs South Dakota, 31-23
Illinois State @ #8 Southern Illinois (16), 35-17
McNeese State @ Incarnate Word (11), 0-31
North Alabama @ Nicholls State (12), 14-31
#17 East Tennessee State @ Samford (8), 55-48
UAPB vs Alcorn State (7), 38-39

FCS vs FBS:

#7 FCS Villanova @ #6 FBS Penn State (34), 17-38
#22 FCS New Hampshire @ Pitt (29), 7-77
#21 FCS Richmond @ Va Tech (35), 10-21
Wagner @ Temple (31), 7-41
Maine @ Northern Illinois (30), 14-41
Central Connecticut @ Miami (36), 0-69
Charleston Southern @ East Carolina (27), 28-31

FBS vs FBS:

Arkansas State @ Tulsa (8), 34-41
Southern Mississippi @ #1 Alabama (42), 14-63
LSU (1) @ Mississippi State, 28-25
Texas Tech @ Texas (9), 35-70
UTSA @ Memphis (4), 31-28
Louisiana @ Georgia Southern (22), 28-20
#25 Kansas State (1) @ Oklahoma State, 20-31
North Texas @ La Tech (16), 17-24
UAB @ Tulane (1), 28-21
Western Kentucky vs Indiana (4), 31-33
Troy @ UL-Monroe (18), 16-29

Week 4
(For what it's worth, Sagarin predicted winning margin shown)
17/24; 35/52

AWC:

UCA @ Abilene Christian (3), 42-21
Tarleton @ EKU (14), 3-20
FCS #17 Jacksonville State @ FCS #20 Kennesaw State (6), 6-31
FCS #1 Sam Houston State (11) @ SF Austin, 21-20
Dixie State @ FCS #3 South Dakota State (43), 7-55

Other FCS:

FCS #2 James Madison (20) @ New Hampshire, 23-21
FCS #4 Montana (7) @ FCS #6 Eastern Washington, 28-34
FCS #5 North Dakota State (8) @ FCS #11 North Dakota, 16-10
FCS #7 Southern Illinois (14) @ Western Illinois, 31-30 OT
FCS #8 UC-Davis (21) vs Idaho, 27-20
FCS #10 Delaware (16) vs Albany, 20-15
FCS #16 Missouri State (5) @ Illinois State, 41-20
UAPB @ Prairie View A&M (9), 17-27
Southeastern La (12) @ McNeese State, 38-35


FBS vs FBS:

Arkansas State (3) @ Georgia Southern, 33-59
Tulsa (4) vs Houston, 10-45
La Tech @ #23 NC State (17), 27-34..nice game by Tech
Western Kentucky @ #17 Michigan State (12), 31-48
South Alabama vs La-Lafayette (10), 18-20
#7 Cincinnati @ #9 Notre Dame (7), 24-13
#19 Oklahoma State (7) vs #21 Baylor, 24-14
#12 Ole Miss @ #1 Alabama (13), 21-42
Memphis (14) @ Temple, 31-35
UAB (2) vs Liberty, 12-36

Week 6
(For what it's worth, Sagarin predicted winning margin shown)
16/25; 51/77

AWC:

Dixie State @ FCS #6 Montana (30),, 14-31
Lamar @ FCS #1 Sam Houston State (34), 7-41
SF Austin (4) @ FCS #22 Jacksonville State...ratings predict upset, 24-28...Jacks came from down 21-7 at half but could not hold off JSU late Q4
Abilene Christian @ Eastern Kentucky (5), 15-30...EKU led 27-7 at half...


Other FCS:

FCS #7 Southern Illinois @ FCS #3 South Dakota State (15), 42-35 OT
FCS #12 Northern Iowa @ FCS #5 North Dakota State (5), 20-34
FCS #15 North Dakota @ South Dakota (4)...ratings predict upset, 13-20
FCS #16 Missouri State (8) @ Youngstown State, 33-41...Bears outscore YSU 23-21 in Q4
FCS #9 Villanova @ FCS #2 James Madison (15), 28-27..Nova holds JMU scoreless in H2 for come from behind upset win
FCS #10 Delaware @ FCS #20 Rhode Island (1)...ratings predict upset, 15-22
FCS #4 Eastern Washington (21) @ Northern Colorado, 63-17
FCS #8 UC-Davis (19) @ Idaho State, 17-27
Cal Poly @ FCS #11 Montana State (28), 7-45
The Citadel @ FCS #13 ETSU (16), 21-48
FCS #14 Southeastern La (2) @ Nicholls State, 58-48
UAPB @ Alabama State (3), 15-35
Southeast Missouri @ Austin Peay (9), 30-14

FBS vs FBS:

A-State vs #15 Coastal Carolina (18), 20-52
#6 OU (4) @ #21 UT, 55-48
#2 Georgia (11) @ #18 Auburn, 34-10
UAB (2) vs Florida Atlantic, 31-14
#4 Penn State @ #5 Iowa (6)...might be a preview of B10 championship game, 20-23
South Alabama (8) @ Texas State, 31-33, 4OT
Tulsa vs Memphis (2), 35-29
Florida State @ North Carolina (16), 35-25

Week 7
(For what it's worth, Sagarin predicted winning margin shown)
17/26; 68/103

AWC:

UCA (7) vs EKU, 35-38
Lamar @ Abilene Christian (13), 17-24
Tarleton @ Dixie State (1), 41-20

Other FCS:

FCS #2 Eastern Washington (22) vs Idaho, 71-21
FCS #3 North Dakota State (21) @ Illinois State, 20-0
FCS #4 Southern Illinois (11) vs FCS #22 North Dakota, 31-28
FCS #5 Montana (9) vs Sacramento State, 21-28
FCS #6 Villanova (15) @ Albany, 17-10
FCS #7 South Dakota State (28) @ Western Illinois, 41-17
FCS #8 James Madison (16) @ Richmond, 19-3
FCS #9 Montana State (1) @ FCS #19 Weber State...upset potential, 13-7
FCS #10 East Tennessee State (2) @ Chattanooga...upset potential, 16-21
FCS #11 Southeastern La (32) vs Houston Baptist, 61-24
FCS #12 Rhode Island (3) @ Towson...upset potential, 7-28
FCS #13 UC-Davis (20) vs Northern Colorado, 32-3
FCS #14 Delaware (8) @ Stony Brook, 17-34
FCS #15 Kennesaw State (14) vs NC A&T, 14-0
FCS #16 Northern Iowa (10) vs FCS #21 South Dakota, 21-34
FCS #20 Missouri State (15) vs Indiana State, 37-7
UAPB vs Southern (2), 7-34


FBS vs FBS:

#12 Oklahoma State @ #25 Texas (4), 32-24
#1 Georgia (19) vs #11 Kentucky, 30-13
South Alabama (2) vs Georgia Southern, 41-14
Tulsa (2) @ South Florida, 32-31
UAB (19) @ Southern Miss, 34-0
La Tech (7) @ UTEP, 3-19