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Jackson State won its third SWAC title in the last three seasons with a 41-13 win at home over Southern. The Tigers (11-2) broke away from a 10-10 halftime lead, outscoring the Jaguars 31-3 in the second half, and will move on to face South Carolina State (9-2) next Saturday, December 14 in the HBCU National Championship Game in the Cricket Bowl. The MEAC Champion Bulldogs haven't played a game since November 23.
All eight of the second round games in the FCS playoffs took place on Saturday and all of the top 8 seeds advanced to the quarterfinals.
1-seed Montana State had no trouble with unseeded UT-Martin as the Bobcats rolled to a 49-17 win and into the quarterfinals.
Second-half turnovers by 15-seed ACU helped 2-seed North Dakota State pull away for a 51-31 in at the Fargodome. Abilene Christian led 17-3 in the 2nd quarter before the Bison closed out the half on a 17-0 run and then extended the 20-17 halftime advantage to 34-17 with the first two touchdowns of the 3rd quarter.
3-seed South Dakota State repelled 14-seed Montana 35-18
4-seed South Dakota rallied at home to a 42-31 win over 13-seed Tarleton. The Coyotes took their first lead at 35-31 with 9:36 left in the game and an interception lede to another TD and the final 42-31 margin.
5-seed UC Davis spotted 12-seed Illinois a 7-0 early lead, then scored 28 unanswered points and strolled to a 42-10 home win.
6-seed Incarnate Word was a 13-6 winner over 11-seed Villanova,
7-seed Mercer got past 10-seed Rode Island 17-10.
8-seed Idaho was a 34-13 home winner over Lehigh.
All games December 7
Home Team in CAPS
Winner in BOLD
(14) Montana (9-5) 18, (3) SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (11-2) 35
(11) Villanova (10-4) 6, (6) UIW (11-2) 13
(10) Rhode Island (11-3) 10, (7) MERCER (11-2) 17
UT Martin (9-5) 17, (1) MONTANA STATE (13-0) 49
(13) Tarleton (10-4) 31, (4) SOUTH DAKOTA (10-2) 42
(15) Abilene Christian (9-5) 31, (2) NORTH DAKOTA STATE (11-2) 51
(12) Illinois State (10-3), (5) UC DAVIS (11-2) 42
Lehigh (9-4) 13, (8) IDAHO (10-3) 34
All games November 30
Home Team in CAPS
Winner in BOLD
UT Martin (9-4) 41, (16) NEW HAMPSHIRE (8-5) 10
Lehigh (9-3) 20, (9) RICHMOND (10-3) 16
(12) Illinois State (10-3) 35, SEMO (9-4), 27
Drake (8-3) 29, (13) TARLETON (10-3) 43
Tennessee State (9-4) 27, (14) MONTANA (9-4) 41
Eastern Kentucky (8-5) 17, (11) VILLANOVA (10-3) 22
CCSU (7-6) 17, (10) RHODE ISLAND (11-2) 21
Northern Arizona (8-5) 0, (15) ABILENE CHRISTIAN (9-4) 24
SEE: Odds, Computer picks, Scores
Home team on bottom
| 12/7 | 12/14 | 12/21 | C'ship (Frisco) (1/6, 7 PM) |
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| UT-Martin 17 1 Montana St. 49 |
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| 8 Idaho 1 Montana St. |
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| Lehigh 13 8 Idaho 34 |
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| 12 Illinois St. 10 5 UC Davis 42 |
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| 5 UC Davis 4 So. Dakota |
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| 13 Tarleton 31 4 So. Dakota 42 |
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| 14 Montana 18 3 SDSU 35 |
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| 6 UIW 3 SDSU |
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| 11 Villanova 6 6 UIW 13 |
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| 10 URI 10 7 Mercer 17 |
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| 7 Mercer 2 NDSU |
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| 15 ACU 31 2 NDSU 51 |
MONTANA STATE - Won 13 straight overall. Won 6 straight road games. Won 8 straight conference games (tied with UIW, Richmond, and Jackson State).
Last: No.1 over-all seed won 49-17 at home over unseeded UT-Martin on Saturday, December 7.
Next: Will host winner of Lehigh at Idaho on Saturday, December 14
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - 28-game home winning streak.
Last: No. 3 seed overall won 35-18 at home over 14-seed Montana on Saturday, December 7.
Next: Will host 6-seed Incarnate Word on Saturday, December 14.
NW STATE - Lost 20 straight over-all. Lost 10 straight home games (tied with Northern Colorado)
Last: Lost 62-24 at Houston Christian on Saturday, November 23.
Next: Season complete.
NORTHERN COLORADO - Lost 10 straight at home (tied with NW State, LA).
Last: Lost 45-13 at Portland State on Saturday, November 23.
Next: Season complete.
NORTH CAROLINA A&T - Lost 16 straight conference games.
Last: Lost 31-21 at home to Elon on Saturday, November 23.
Next: Season complete.
MURRAY STATE - Lost 18 straight road games. Lost 15 straight conference games (second to NC A&T).
Last: Lost 62-0 at Southern Illinois on Saturday, November 23.
Next: Season complete.
FBS schools were 115-6 in FBS-FCS games this season, and are a cumulative 1,915-158 (.924) since we began tracking this in 2003.
In 2024, there were 121 matchups scheduled between FBS and FCS schools with 119 playing one such game, while Hawaii and UMass each play two.
15 schools were not scheduled to play a FCS opponent. Of those fifteen schools, 5 are in the B1G (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, USC and UCLA). Texas is the only school in the SEC that will not play a FCS program. The same is true for Virginia Tech in the ACC. In fact, Texas and Virginia Tech, along with Michigan and Houston, were repeats from the list of schools in 2023 that played all FBS programs.
2024 FCS wins vs. FBS:
August 24: Montana State 35, New Mexico 31
September 7: St. Francis (PA) 23, Kent State 17
September 7: Idaho 17, Wyoming 13
September 7: Southern Utah 27, UTEP 24 (OT)
September 21: Monmouth 45, FIU 42
September 28: UT-Martin 24, Kennesaw 13
In 2023, FBS schools were 114-4. These were the FCS wins last year:
September 9: Idaho 33, Nevada 6
September 9: Southern Illinois 14, Northern Illinois 12
September 9: Fordham 40, Buffalo 37
September 16: Sacramento State 30, Stanford 23