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Despite being one of only two remaining undefeated teams, No. 10 Dartmouth (6-0, 3-0 Ivy) is a narrow 1.30-point computer underdog at home against No. 11 Harvard (5-1, 2-1). The Big Green are coming off a 24-21 win at Columbia where they were 3.12-point computer dogs and 3.5-point underdogs at the sportsbooks. Meanwhile, Harvard had a convincing 45-13 win at home over Princeton
Schools among the 11 teams with bye weeks include 4 which are ranked in the computer's Top 25 -- (4) South Dakota, (5) Delaware, (12) SEMO, and (20) Idaho.
Check out the ranking of all 129 teams, and the Computer's Picks of every game. You will also conveniently find the most recent odds from a variety of sportsbooks.
Among the computer's top 3 schools, No. 1 Montana State (-12.83) has a potentially tricky game at Eastern Washington, No. 2 North Dakota State (-25.44) has an apparent walkover game at Northern Iowa, and No. 3 South Dakota State (-38.73) is a huge home favorite against a Murray State squad that NDSU just destroyed 59-6 on the road.
No. 6 UC Davis is a 25.45-point home favorite vs. Northern Colorado, while No.7 Montana goes to Cal Poly to tackle the Mustangs as a 14.25-point pick, and No. 8 Tarleton entertains Eastern Kentucky with a 10.83-point edge. Those first two are Big Sky games while the latter is UAC game.
Down the list, No. 19 Villanova (6-2, 3-1, CAA) heads to conference counterpart Hampton (5-3, 2-2) with a mere 3.80-point advantage.
No. 21 Mercer (7-1 , 4-1) welcomes ETSU o Macon for a SoCon clash. The Bears are only getting a 1.94-point edge from the computer over the Bucs (4-3, 2-1).
No. 23 North Dakota (5-3, 2-2 MVFC) goes to Indiana State (3-5, 2-2 MWFCS) to face the Sycamores, and even though the Fighting Hawks are favored by a cush 15.49 points, Indiana State is coming off a 20-17 upset of Southern Illinois while North Dakota was a 41-40 upset victim at Youngstown in overtime.
No. 25 UT-Martin (5-3, 3-1) also has a tough draw with Tennessee State (6-2, 3-1) coming to town as the Skyhawks have a 6.79 edge over the Tigers. Both schools are on 4-game winng streaks and both are chasing SEMO (8-1, 5-0) for the conference title. UT-Martin lost 45-42 in overtime at SEMO in week three of the season, while Tennessee State will host the Redhawks in the season final.
One FCS-FBS game took place last week with Wagner falling 35-7 at UMass. Only one such game is on the docket this week, as well, with Maine visiting Oklahoma as a 39/17-poiint computer underdog. The Black Bears opened as 31.5-point dogs at the FanDuel sportsbook.
FBS schools are 109-6 in such games this season, and a collective 1,908-158 (.924) since we began tracking this in 2003.
In 2024, there are 121 scheduled scheduled matchups between FBS and FCS schools with 119 schools playing one such game, while Hawaii and UMass each play two.
This year, 15 schools do not play a FCS opponent and 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, are repeats from last year's list of schools 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
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - 25-game home winning streak (last week's loss to NDSU ended streaks of 33 straight wins vs FCS teams, 9 straight conference wins, and 10 straight wins in FCS road games.
Last: Won 20-17 in OT at home over South Dakota on Saturday, October 26.
Next: Hosts Murray State on Saturday, November 2.
DARTMOUTH - Won 9 straight overall, breaking tie with Montana State which as idle. Won 4 straight road games, tied with Montana State, North Dakota State and Tarleton State.
Last: Won 24-21 at Columbia on Saturday, October 26.
Next: Hosts Harvard on Saturday, November 2.
MONTANA STATE - Won 8 straight overall. Won 4 straight road games, tied with Dartmouth, North Dakota State and Tarleton State.
Last: Won 44-14 at Portland State on Saturday, October 19.
Next: After a bye week this past weekend, the Bobcats will host Eastern Washington on Saturday, November 2.
DRAKE - Won 15 straight conference games.
Last: Won 19-16 (OT) at Presbyterian on Saturday, October 19.
Next: After a bye week, the Bulldogs host Marist on Saturday, November 2.
FLORIDA A&M - 21-game home winning streak (2nd longest). (The loss at Jackson State ended the Rattler's streaks of 14 straight FCS wins and 17 conference wins (was 2nd longest)
Last: Won 24-6 at home over Southern U. on Saturday, October 26.
Next: Hosts Texas Southern on Saturday, November 2.
NW STATE - Lost 17 straight over-all. Lost 9 straight home games
Last: Lost 42-10 at home to Lamar on Saturday, October 26.
Next: After a bye week, visits SE Louisiana on Saturday, November 9.
NORTHERN COLORADO - Lost 8 straight at home (trails NW State, La. by 1).
Last: Lost 24-0 at home to Montana on Saturday, October 26.
Next: Visits UC Davis on Saturday, November 2.
NORTH CAROLINA A&T - Lost 12 straight conference games (tied with Murray State).
Last: Lost 21-7 at Campbell on Saturday, October 26.
Next: Hosts William & Mary on Saturday, November 2.
MURRAY STATE - Lost 12 straight conference games (tied with NC A&T).
Last: Lost 59-6 at home to NDSU on Saturday, October 26.
Next: Visits South Dakota State on Saturday, November 2.
MVSU - 17 straight road losses.
Last: Lost 35-21 at UAPB on Saturday, October 26.
Next:Hosts Prairie View A&M on Saturday, November 2.