October 31, 2016 – The FCS Wedge

Big Sky Review and Power Rankings: Week 9

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 Brad Reed

TweetThe Big Sky week nine schedule is complete and two teams are left standing among the undefeated in the conference. Both North Dakota and Eastern Washington held off both of their opponents and will go into November at the top of the conference with three left to play. North Dakota held off a pesky Weber State team at home after... Read More

SLC: Week 10 preview

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 Dustin Helton

TweetWeek 9 is in the books in the Southland, and the stage is set for an exciting final three weeks of the regular season. Central Arkansas caged the Lions of Southeastern Louisiana, winning 45-10. Houston Baptist notches another conference win, beating Lamar 24-17. Stephen F Austin gets back in the win column with a strong second half performance, taking down... Read More

AGS GOTW: Week 9 | Montana at Eastern Washington

October 31, 2016 Rob

TweetFor the second week in a row the AGS Game of the Week didn’t go the full 10 rounds. Montana and Eastern Washington stood toe-to-toe for the first quarter before the Eagles took advantage of a missed field goal, turnover on downs and interception to pull out to a 21-10 halftime lead. For the Eagles, Gage Gubrud threw for 327... Read More

BIG SOUTH: Week 9 Review

October 31, 2016 David Zazofsky

Tweet(5-2) Charleston Southern 49, (3-5) Bucknell 28 Ninth-ranked CSU got the day started off early with an 11:45am kickoff in a late non-conference date with visiting Bucknell out of the Patriot League. On paper, this looked like an extreme mismatch but that’s not the way it started off. Bucknell has struggled on offense this season but their first drive of... Read More

AGS Poll: Top 25 Week 9 Results

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 Tim

TweetWith week 9 in the books the AGS Poll is starting to stabilize as there wasn’t much movement up this week but several teams did take some tumbles creating a bit of movement. The top 5 remained the same for the 3rd straight week with Eastern Washington claiming the top spot followed by Jacksonville State, North Dakota State, Sam Houston... Read More

Patriot League: Week 9 Review and Power Rankings

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 Kevin Hottle

TweetWeek 9 in the Patriot League was highlighted by Lehigh’s impressive win over Fordham. The Mountain Hawks used a dominating rushing attack to move one step closer to their first league title since 2011. Lehigh needs to beat either Bucknell or Lafayette to secure the automatic bid into the FCS playoffs. Defending league champion Colgate kept their hopes of at... Read More

SOCON: Week 9 Review and Power Rankings

October 31, 2016 Marc Goold

TweetThere were not very many surprises this week in the Southern Conference games. The Citadel handled ETSU fairly easily to remain unbeaten. Chattanooga beat WCU in Cullowhee. Furman got another win, this time over VMI on the road. Wofford bounced back nicely and won at home against Mercer. Probably the biggest surprise was the shootout between Samford and Mississippi State... Read More