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We started the week with 6 undefeated teams in the FCS and exited with 5 still standing after No. 3 Weber State was the only one that has its record tarnished when the Wildcats fell 43-38 at No. 6 Montana State.
No. 2 Sacramento State and No. 8 Montana played a classic thriller to wrap up the weekend in style with the home Hornets prevailing in overtime, 31-24. Sacramento State is 7-0 for the first time in its history.
Meanwhile, top-ranked Jackson State methodically put down Campbell 22-14 and the Tigers are 7-0 for the first time since 1983.
No. 4 Holy Cross scored a 24-21 escape at Lafayette, despite being out-gained 329-181. Matthew Sluka's 16-yard TD pass to Justin Shorter with 4 minutes remaining provided the final score as Lafayette's final two drives ended in an interception and a turnover on downs. The Crusaders are 7-0 for the first time since 1991 when they ran the table (11-0) and finished the season on a 20-game winning streak that would end at the start of the following season after head coach Mark Duffner left to coach Maryland.
No. 9 Princeton easily passed its test on Friday, expelling Harvard 37-10 in Cambridge and improving to 6-0. They need one more win to tie the 7-0 starts of 2021 and 2019 when they subsequently lost each time to Dartmouth in their bid to get to 8-0. The loss to the Big Green in 2019 came at Yankee Stadium and ended a 17-game winning streak after the 2018 team was a perfect 10-0. Princeton hosts Cornell next week, and Dartmouth on November 5.
Penn, ranked 14th, was a 20-13 winner at home over Yale. The Quakers are 6-0 for the first time since the undefeated season of 2003 (10-0). Penn ran off 17 straight wins from the middle of the 2002 season through the opening game of 2004.
With 124th-ranked LIU coming to town, No. 126 Wagner had a great opportunity to exorcise some demons from its football program, and the Seahawks did just that with a 37-26 win over the Sharks. The victory ended current FCS-longest losing streaks of 26 games over-all, 16 conference games, and 12 home games. Wagner will now look to its next game to halt the current FCS longest road losing streak at 17 when the Seahawks visits winless Central Connecticut State.
A week after a huge 23-21 win at North Dakota State, No. 6 South Dakota State traveled to to North Dakota for a 49-35 victory. It didn't come easy as the Fighting Hawks scored TD's on their first two drives for a 14-0 lead, and despite giving up a pick-6 on their next possession, they still led 21-14 at halftime. The Jackrabitts came out on fire in the second half with TD's on their first 3 possessions for a 35-21 and kept the home team at bay for the rest of the contest.
No. 13 Chattanooga took down 7th-ranked Mercer in a key SoCon battle at home, while Samford outscored ETSU 55-45 in Johnson City. The Mocs, Bears and Bulldogs entered the weekend as the only teams with unblemished conference marks.
In games involving other highly-ranked teams, No. 10 Incarnate Word treated NAIA Faulkner to a 70-0 baptism, while 11th-ranked North Dakota State was among 14 idle FCS teams.
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There will be 118 FBS vs. FCS matchups this season with App State, Army and Marshall each playing two such games, and 115 other FBS schools playing one apiece.
One of this season's final 6 FBS-FCS matchups took place on Saturday with UT-Martin losing 65-24 at Tennessee.
The FBS is 105-8 this year, and 1,679-148 (.919) since we began tracking this in 2003.
Here are the FCS wins in 2022:
September 2: William & Mary 41, Charlotte 24
September 3: Delaware14, Navy 7
September 10: Weber State 35, Utah State 7
September 10: Incarnate Word 55, Nevada 41
September 10: Holy Cross 37, Buffalo 31
September 10: Eastern Kentucky 59, Bowling Green 57 (7 OT's)
September 17: Southern Illinois 31, Northwestern 24
September 24: Sacramento State 41, Colorado State 10
WEBER STATE - Ended FCS current longest winning streaks of 8 games over-all and 8 games on the road with a 43-38 loss at Montana State.
PRINCETON - Inherits FCS current longest winning streak at 8 games.
Last: Won 37-10 at Harvard on Friday, October 21.
Next: Hosts Cornell on Saturday, October 29.
MONTANA STATE - Won 17 straight home games (FCS longest).
Last: 43-38 home win over then-No. 3 Weber State on Saturday, October 22.
Next: Visits Northern Arizona on Saturday, November 5.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE - Won 13 straight conference games (FCS longest).
Last: 26-24 home win over North Carolina Central on Saturday, October 22.
Next: Visits Morgan State on Saturday, October 29.
WAGNER - Lost 17 straight road games (tied FCS longest with Morgan State).
Last: Won 37-26 at home over LIU on Friday, October 21 to end losing streaks of 26 over-all, 16 conference, and 12 at home (all were FCS longest).
Next: Visits Central Connecticut State on Saturday, October 29.
LAMAR - Lost 15 straight over-all (FCS longest)
Last: Lost 54-21 at home to Prairie View A&M on Saturday, October 22.
Next: Hosts Nicholls State on Saturday, October 29.
MORGAN STATE- Lost 17 straight road games (tied FCS longest with Wagner).
Last: Lost 38-7 at Delaware on Saturday, October 22.
Next: Hosts South Carolina State on Saturday, October 29.
PRESBYTERIAN - Lost 13 straight conference games (FCS longest).
Last: Lost 46-17 at home to St. Thomas (MN).
Next: Visits Marist on Saturday, October 29.
LONGEST HOME LOSING STREAK = 8 - Now shared by Georgetown and Houston Christian (formerly Houston Baptist)