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It looked like it was going to be a weekend of upsets when Saturday began with 8 favored teams losing in the first 14 games that went final, and Friday night's Yale win at Penn had started it all off. But normalcy prevailed afterward and the computer went 42-17 on outright winners while turning in a sterling 36-22 mark against the spread.
The computer is, of course, the Congrove Computer Rankings which began serving up a FCS formula during the Covid season after presenting FBS rankings and picks since 1993. An NFL version was started this year. All versions are hosted at CollegeFootallPoll.com
The big game this week involved South Dakota State for the second consecutive week. Last week, the Jackrabbits went to the Fargodome and fell 13-9. This week, they returned home as the No. 4 team to face No. 2 South Dakota and righted the ship with a 20-17 win over overtime. A late touchdown by South Dakota on a scoop-and-score, and a missed by the Coyotes with 26 seconds left in regulation, lead to this game going to overtime. In the extra period, South Dakota had to settle for a field goal and SDSU answered by converting a 4th-and-1 at the 16, and later scoring on 2nd-and-goal from the 3 on a run by Amar Johnson.
Yale jump started the weekend with a 31-0 upset at Penn where the Bulldogs were 3.5-point underdogs.
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No. 1 Montana State and No. 11 Dartmouth entered the weekend as the remaining undefeated teams in the FCS. The Bobcats were idle, while the Big Green were 24-21 upset winners at Columbia as 3.5-point dogs.
No. 3 North Dakota State welcomed the break of playing at No. 117 Murray State and stomped the Racers, 59-6.
No. 5 Delaware rebounded from last week's 28-9 loss at Richmond with a 28-14 win at home over Albany.
6th-ranked UC Davis joined Montana State on the list of teams with a bye week.
Meanwhile, No. 7 Montana was a 24-0 winner at Northern Colorado, while 8th-ranked Missouri State won 49-41 at Northern Iowa, 9th-ranked Tarleton scored a 27-17 win at Austin Peay and SE Missouri edged visiting Gardner-Webb 30-24.
Perhaps the most surprising upset of the day was No. 12 North Dakota falling 41-40 in overtime at Youngstown State, though that outcome could be rivaled by No. 20 Williams & Mary's 35-17 loss at Stony Brook.
No FBS-FCS games were scheduled last week for the fourth straight week. One such game took place this week when Wagner visited UMass and the Minutemen prevailed 35-7.
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.