Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Two Top 25 matchups highlight the FCS
schedule on Saturday.
Few games during the regular season will be bigger than the Missouri Valley
Football Conference showdown of No. 3 Youngstown State (4-0, 1-0) at No. 1
North Dakota State (4-0, 1-0), the reigning national champion.
In CAA Football, defending champion and No. 12 Towson (2-2, 1-0) heads to No.
5 James Madison (3-1, 1-0). JMU coach Mickey Matthews is seeking his 100th
career win.
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Friday, Oct. 5
No. 20 Cal Poly (5-0, 3-0 Big Sky) 45, Weber State (0-6, 0-3) 23
Cal Poly improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2004 as three of quarterback
Andre Broadous's six completions went for touchdowns and slotback Kristaan
Ivory scored two touchdowns.
The Mustangs took the lead for good when Ivory scored on a 5-yard run to make
it 21-20 with 5:52 to play in the third quarter.
Two and a half minutes later, defensive tackle Barrett Wangara returned an
interception 58 yards for a touchdown, extending Cal Poly's lead to 28-20.
Saturday, Oct. 6
No. 3 Youngstown State (4-0, 1-0 MVFC) at No. 1 North Dakota State (4-0,
1-0), 2 p.m.
No. 2 Montana State (5-0, 2-0 Big Sky) at UC Davis (2-3, 1-1), 7 p.m.
No. 4 Old Dominion (5-0, 2-0 CAA)
ODU's Oct. 13 home game against Villanova looks a little harder than it first
appeared on the schedule.
No. 12 Towson (2-2, 1-0 CAA) at No. 5 James Madison (3-1, 1-0), 1 p.m.
Furman (2-3, 1-1 SoCon) at No. 6 Wofford (4-0, 2-0), 1:30 p.m.
North Dakota (3-2, 2-1 Big Sky) at No. 7 Eastern Washington (3-1, 2-0), 8:05
p.m.
No. 8 Georgia Southern (3-1, 2-1 SoCon) at Western Carolina (1-4, 0-3), 3:30
p.m.
Southern Illinois (2-3, 1-1 MVFC) at No. 9-tie Illinois State (5-0, 2-0), 2
p.m.
Stephen F. Austin (2-3, 1-0 Southland) vs. No. 9-tie Sam Houston State (2-2,
0-1) in Houston, 4 p.m.
Columbia (1-2) at No. 11 Lehigh (5-0), 12:30 p.m.
Charleston Southern (1-3, 0-0 Big South) at No. 13 Stony Brook (4-1, 0-0), 6
p.m.
No. 14 New Hampshire (3-2, 1-1 CAA) at Georgia State (0-5), 3:30 p.m.
Elon (2-3, 0-2 SoCon) at No. 15 Appalachian State (3-2, 1-1), 3:30 p.m.
Maine (1-3, 0-1 CAA) at No. 16 Delaware (4-1, 1-1), 3:30 p.m.
No. 17 Eastern Kentucky (4-1, 2-0 OVC) at Tennessee State (5-0, 1-0), 2 p.m.
No. 18 Northern Arizona (4-1, 2-0 Big Sky), Idle
The Lumberjacks next take a four-game winning streak to North Dakota on Oct.
13.
No. 19 The Citadel (3-2, 2-1 SoCon) at Samford (4-1, 2-1), 3 p.m.
No. 21 McNeese State (4-1, 1-1 Southland), Idle
The Cowboys' mettle will be tested in their next three games: Oct. 13 versus
Central Arkansas, Oct. 20 at Sam Houston State and Oct. 27 versus Stephen F.
Austin.
No. 22 Northern Iowa (1-4, 0-2 Missouri Valley), Idle
Having left the FCS' most brutal September schedule behind, the Panthers hope
to get hot in the coming weeks, starting with an Oct. 13 visit to Southern
Illinois.
No. 23 South Dakota State (4-1, 2-0 Missouri Valley), Idle
Zach Zenner, the FCS' leading rusher, gets to rest his legs. The Jackrabbits
next host Western Illinois on Oct. 13
Nicholls (1-2, 0-0 Southland) at No. 24 Central Arkansas (3-2, 1-1), 7 p.m.
Cornell (2-1, 1-0 Ivy) at No. 25 Harvard (3-0, 1-0), 1 p.m.
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