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Top-ranked South Dakota State avoided the carnage as the two-time defending champions and 20 other schools had a bye week. Six more programs had an unexpected bye week, due to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
The storm caused the postponement of Alabama A&M at Florida A&M until the backend of the season on November 29. The Davidson at Presbyterian game was moved to today at 5 p.m. and the Wildcats will now host, instead of the Blue Hose. Samford at Furman was postponed with no info on a makeup date.
The carnage we referred to were the upset losses strewn across the spectrum of the 129 FCS teams.
The No. 4 team in the AFCA Coaches' Poll, Idaho, fell 28-26 at No. 11 UC Davis. The Vandals tried to rally late, but missed on a two-point conversion and could not recover the ensuing onside kick.
Meanwhile, No. 2 North Dakota State was a 42-10 winner at No. 15 Illinois State, and No. 5 South Dakota took care of business in its ranked vs. ranked matchup with No. 17 Southern Illinois as the Coyotes were 42-13 victors at home.
No. 7 Central Arkansas prevailed 34-14 at home over No. 25 Lamar.
No. 9 Montana survived its trip to Eastern Washington as the Griz eked-out a 52-49 win, but No. 10 Sacramento State lost 34-16 at 6.5-point underdog Northern Arizona.
Albany, tied at No. 23 with Richmond, lost 34-20 at home to Maine as a 10-point favorite. (The Spiders won 27-17 at Elon).
Brown entered the game at home against Harvard as a 6.5-point underdog, but pulled out a 31-28 win to snap a 12-game series losing streak.
Southern Utah was a 1.5-point underdog at Austin Peay, but prevailed 28-17.
Bucknell was a 38-35 winner in double-overtime at Lehigh where the home team was favored by 6.5 points.
Georgetown, a 5.5-point dog, sent Columbia home with a 20-17 loss.
Cornell was a 10-point underdog at home against Yale, but won by 24 points, 47-23, in the Ivy League opener for both schools.
Drake won 30-28 at home over 2.5-point favorite San Diego.
Lindenwood won 28-25 on the road at 4.5-point favorite Eastern Illinois.
Tennessee Tech put a 52-21 hurtin' on Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs to take down the 4.5-point favorite Runnin' Bulldogs.
Prairie View A&M outlasted Grambling 36-34 in 5 overtimes. The Tigers were favored 7.5 points.
Houston Christian was a 27-24 winner at Indiana State as a 10.5-point underdog.
McNeese was a 13.5-point dog at Weber State, but left with a 28-26 victory.
Kennesaw, which just began playing in the FBS this season, fell 24-13 at home to UT-Martin. The Skyhawks were actually favored by 1.5 points.
In a game with no spread, D2 Frostburg State won 25-24 at Mercyhurst.
Only 3 FBS-FCS games were played over the weekend with the FBS schools going 2-1. The winner was UT-Martin which, as mentioned earlier, was actually a slight favorite over brand new FBS member Kennesaw and prevailed 24-13.
FBS schools are 108-6 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 - Won 31 straight vs FCS teams, 23 straight at home, 17 straight conference games, and 9 straight FCS road games.
Last: Idle this past weekend. Won 41-0 at SE Louisiana on Saturday, September 21.
Next: Visits Northern Iowa (after a bye week) on Saturday, October 5.
FLORIDA A&M - 13 straight FCS wins, 21 home wins, and 16 conference wins (2nd longest)
Last: Game vs Alabama A&M was postponed to November 29, due to Hurricane Helene. The Rattlers lost 34-12 to FBS member Troy in their last outing on Saturday, September 21.
Next: Visits Alabama State on Saturday, October 5.
WESTERN ILLINOIS - Snapped a 27-game losing streak, but has still lost 27 straight to FCS teams, 18 straight conference games, 11 straight home games to FCS schools, and 18 road games.
Last: Won 49-32 at home over D2 member McKendree on Saturday, September 28.
Next: Visits Charleston Southern on Saturday, October 5.
CAL POLY - Had lost 18 straight true road games, but won this past weekend at Northern Colorado..
Last: Won 28-7 at Northern Colorado on Saturday, September 28
Next: Hosts Idaho State on Saturday, October 5.
NORTHERN COLORADO - Lost 17 straight games overall.
Last: Lost 28-7 at home to Cal Poly on Saturday, September 28.
Next: Visits Montana State on Saturday, October 5.