FCS Week 11 Recap - NC Central, Idaho Hit By Upset Bug

November 12, 2023 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff

Top-ranked South Dakota State rolled 34-0 at Youngstown State, while 2nd-ranked Montana State cruised 57-14 over Eastern Washington in Bozeman. Those two schools will likely continue to be ranked 1-2 in the FCS Congrove Computer Rankings at CollegeFootballPoll.com when they are released Sunday night. They had to be delayed by the movement of the Alcorn State at Texas Southern game to Sunday, due to the Dynamo soccer playoff home game.

Meanwhile, 3rd-ranked Montana romped 34-10 at Portland State, and No. 4 Furman trounced VMI 37-3 in Greenville.

No. 5 Austin Peay and No. 6 Delaware were also winners with the Governors knocking off Utah Tech 30-17 in Clarksville, Tennessee and the Blue Hens doing a 45-7 number on Campbell at Buies Creek, North Carolina.

However, trouble in the form of Howard University, snuck up and bit 7th-ranked North Carolina Central in the nation's capital as the Bison surprisingly soared over the visiting Eagles 50-20. Combined with Morgan State's 20-17 win at South Carolina State, the MEAC now has Howard and those two latter mentioned teams tied at 3-1.

No. 8 Idaho took a 31-29 setback at Weber State, leaving the Big Sky title to be determined by state rivals Montana and Montana State when they clash in Missoula on Saturday at the home of the Griz.

We'll explore all of the FCS conference situations in another article.

FBS vs. FCS

This season has 117 of the 133 FBS schools facing one FCS opponent, and Army playing two such games for a total of 118 FBS-FCS matchups.

Of the 16 FBS schools that do NOT play a FCS program, 7 are in the B1G (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue, Wisconsin). 6 more are evenly split between the Big 12 (Houston, Oklahoma, Texas) and Pac-12 (Colorado, USC, Washington). The other three are Liberty (CUSA) , UTSA (American), and Virginia Tech (ACC).

One FBC-FCS game took place this week, with the remaining 4 on November 18. This week's game saw Holy Cross falling 17-14 at Army.

The FBS programs are 110-4 this year against the FCS schools. Over-all, the FBS is a collective 1,796-152 (.922) since we began tracking this in 2003.

Here are the FCS wins in 2023, so far:
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

Streaks - Current FCS Longest

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - Won 24 straight over-all, 17 straight conference games, 8 straight road games.
Last: 34-0 win at Youngstown State on Saturday, November 11.
Next: Hosts Missouri State in regular season finale on Saturday, November 18.

MONTANA STATE - Won 26 straight home games.
Last: 57-14 home win over Eastern Washington on Saturday, November 11.
Next: Hosts Montana in regular season finale on Saturday, November 18.

WESTERN ILLINOIS - Lost 23 straight over-all, 17 straight conference games, and 10 straight home games.
Last: 27-6 loss at Indiana State on Saturday, November 11.
Next: Hosts South Dakota in season finale on Saturday, November 18.

WOFFORD - Had lost 16 straight road games, but won at The Citadel on Saturday.
Last: 11-3 win at The Citadel on Saturday, November 11.
Next: Hosts Furman in season finale on Saturday, November 18.

CAL POLY - Lost 16 straight true road games.
Last: Lost 41-30 at Sacramento State on Saturday, November 11.
Next: Hosts Weber State in season finale on Saturday, November 18.