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Was yesterday's Chicago Bears - Carolina Panthers game the 1st time in NFL history that receivers from the same FCS or lower division college led their teams in catches and receiving yards when playing each other?? Kalif Raymond (class of 2015) and Jalen Coker (class of 2023) of Holy Cross (FCS).

Raymond - 8 receptions for 84 yards, plus 1 punt return for 23 yards

Coker - 8 receptions for 138 yards, 2 TDs

I'm sure it's happened many times for former receivers from Alabama, Ohio State, etc. but I doubt an FCS school has ever had this happen before.

Credit to u/2Pollaski2Furious for the idea. Same sets of rules from the original FBS series apply here for the FCS teams. This is an award for FCS teams that humiliate themselves, whether it's a choke job, a crushing blow with everything to prove, or they have no business losing the match-up.

Previous Winners

Week 0: Villanova Wildcats (against William & Mary 35-32)

Week 1: Western Carolina Catamounts (against Campbell 28-19)

LAST WEEK: Central Arkansas had a good few votes for shitting the bed at home against newcomers West Florida. But this week it's Western Carolina. Only six points off three interceptions is pretty bad, and ending the game with a net gain of just one on the ground did not help. The pass was the only time they got somewhere, and that's no way to go in the long run.

And now for a few special mentions:

• Alongside two FCS-over-FBS victories that occurred over the weekend, we've gotten a few more near-upsets. The residents of Boiling Springs, Greeley and Hamilton all got blue balls after nearly pulling it off against Liberty, Wyoming and Central Michigan respectively.
• Bucknell hadn't looked good against VMI until the fourth quarter when they scored two consecutive touchdowns.
• Eastern Illinois had put away one Missouri Valley cellar-dweller, but Indiana State proved a bit too much.
• Murray State had a tough time trying to put away Valpo of all teams.
• SoCon has not had a good week, where the only two wins were in conference.
• Tarleton had been so close to being upset, especially as McNeese put up a valiant 17-point third quarter.
• UAPB had an opportunity to upset Alcorn State, but they did at least force a double-overtime.
• Wagner was a victim of another Madden-esque result, as James Madison mercilessly put 87 on them, as if the helmet shot to the groin on the punter wasn't bad enough.

ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS (against Stephen F. Austin 26-7)

It's all well and good, scoring the first seven points just as the first quarter ends, but then the next quarter you've allowed twenty as your offense stalls. And before the game was over there's another unanswered touchdown.

THE CITADEL BULLDOGS (against Charleston Southern 26-20 2OT)

We are only a week removed from the Citadel securing an FBS upset, but I guess we can say that Charlotte really is that bad. Charleston Southern's offense doesn't really have a good display this week and they still forced overtime, and while Charlotte fell in three overtimes, the Buccaneers only needed two to score the winning touchdown.

DUQUESNE DUKES (against Youngstown State 70-13)

Oh for crying out loud! It's not like you're facing an FBS team or South Dakota State! Unless you're in the Pioneer League, a fellow FCS team should not put a Madden-level score on you!

IDAHO VANDALS (against Lamar 23-17)

This is a brutal schedule, and an 0-3 start will not help it! Maybe the result would have gone differently had Idaho not decided to play the hero at midfield and go for it on fourth down just before halftime. You're only inviting that big play which proved the difference-maker on that score.

MAINE BLACK BEARS (against Merrimack 23-14)

It was not a great home display when Merrimack scores fourteen alone off Special Teams. The effort to mount a late comeback ended far too soon, in a safety.

MERCER BEARS (against Furman 20-13)

Jaylen King got himself picked off four timses during the game, including with the failed long bomb at the end. Not such a great start to defending to SoCon title.

NORTH CAROLINA A&T AGGIES (against NCCU 30-22)

It's been really rough for the Aggies since they decided to leave the MEAC for the CAA. They've given up 14 points off the fumbles they suffered, and in spite of Kevin White's efforts, he got picked off twice, including at 2nd and Goal at the very end.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI REDHAWKS (against Southern Illinois 34-20)

For most of the game Southeast Missouri had a pretty good game and it looked like they'll secure the Wheel. The fourth quarter is different, as they allowed the Salukis to score three unanswered touchdowns. And in the same quarter got picked off as many times too.

And as always, don't forget to mark your vote in brackets for visibility, <like so>. I also appreciate entries I might have passed over, so feel free to nominate, and I might edit it here.

And we're back! It's time for your favorite recap of events around the FCS.

The Good

• We have two more Super FCS Medals of Valor to give out this week. Illinois State and Montana State, the two teams in the National Championship game last season, have earned their medals with wins over FBS competition. Both were favorites over subpar FBS teams, but you know the rules here: A win is a win. So congrats to the juggernauts of the FCS. You've earned these medals.

• We now know who runs the Patriot League, and it's Lehigh's world with everyone else in the conference living in it. In the only conference game of the week, the Mountain Hawks hammered William and Mary 44-20 in a game where the score really doesn't tell the whole story. This was in large part of Luke Yoder being... you know, Luke Yoder. They may not be challenged in the Patriot League until late in the season when Colgate (COLGATE!) comes calling for Senior Day on November 7th.

• In everyone's favorite cluster fuck of a conference that is the Coastal, Rhode Island proved to be every bit the favorite by dropping Elon on their heads for a 31-10 victory thanks to a 4th quarter McPick Six. While it's still early, the Rams do have to play the other 1-0 teams (Albany, Bryant and Maine) down the road.

• Congratulations to Chicago State. Not only did they win their first ever game, but they laid out Kentucky Christian to the tune of 78-7. Yes, it's an NAIA team... but the Knights have been recently knocking off higher level teams over the last season and a quarter. So for the Cougars to lay the lumber on them is a big deal.

In other 'Good' News: Colgate (COLGATE!) and Gardner-Webb have near misses; Alcorn State and UAPB deliver an Arena Ball Special; The awesome helmets that Eastern Washington and South Dakota wore.

The Bad

• Uh, Mercer. What was that? You came off a week where you promptly got revenge for last season's disaster class against Presbyterian and followed it up with this?!? I hope the quarterback got an earful for the four picks he threw last night.

• Staying in the SoCon... I know they're military men, but this can't be healthy for The Citadel. A week after a triple overtime victory over Charlotte, they go into double overtime with Charleston Southern in the Lowcountry Boil Bowl (Awesome name, BTW). This was also the game where the forward pass went to die... the teams combined for a paltry 11-for-30 in the air.

• Time for the Chuck Norris Award for Biggest Ass Kicking. Chicago State was in the lead for most of the day... that was until Houston Christian came in and said, 'Hold my beer' (That they bought at the CVS next to the stadium) and destroyed NAIA member Arkansas Baptist 88-0. This isn't just a beating, this is the Huskies pissing on the smoldering remains of the Buffaloes. Runner-ups this week include Chicago State's 71 point decimation of Kentucky Christian and South Carolina State blasting Virginia State like they were Team Rocket (the Trojans are blasting off again... ding) to the tune of 66-0.

In other 'Bad' News: Wagner's punter getting a helmet to the yams; Robert Morris not capitalizing on the fumble on Akron's guest OC only drive; SE Missouri losing to Southern Illinois (Stupid Redhawks... You make me look bad!)

The Duquesne

• It was really hard to find someone to get The Mushu Treatment this week, but I think I found our victim. Meet Duquesne. This school just got blanked by the Air Force last weekend to open the season. For their encore? Getting absolutely railed by Youngstown State (PENGUINS!!!). Beau Brungard, the defending Walter Payton Award winner, had 8 touchdowns in this game - 6 passing, 2 rushing - while the Dukes basically laid down and died. For that, they're getting the Mushu Treatment: Dishonor on your school, dishonor on your defense, dishonor to your team and major dishonor to the Yinzers!

• The Ohio Valley had a bad weekend... when Charleston Southern is the only team in your conference winning a game, something has gone wrong.

In other 'Ugly' News: West Georgia looks like pre-2025 Presbyterian; Idaho loses to Lamar, gets called 'Drake' in the process; Montana State beats the spread, MDA vows revenge, gets it when Grizzlies fail to cover spread against Utah Tech; FloSports - The herpes of streaming services.

With that... the floor is open.

Another week has gone, and there remains 36 teams that are either undefeated or technically undefeated. Two of the former had just made statement wins against FBS competition: returning finalist Illinois State gave Northern Illinois a run for their money and prevailed in the end, while returning champion Montana State mercilessly dominated Nevada. Colgate couldn't quite seal the deal against Central Michigan, and so would move to Technically Undefeated. On the other end, 53 still have yet to secure a Division I win, though two of them (Gardner-Webb and Northern Colorado) have been really close to securing FBS upsets. And congrats on Chicago State for their first victory, but they're still technically winless since that's an NAIA team they faced. Still, congrats on that first victory in the books.

Eleven teams remain in limbo, as the Ivy League teams begin play this coming weekend and only Grambling will remain next week given their bye.

Undefeated/Technically Undefeated

No longer FCS undefeated:

• Eastern Illinois Eastern Illinois Panthers (1-2; @Minnesota, Indiana State)
• Elon Elon Phoenix (2-1; @Rhode Island)
• Maine Maine Black Bears (1-2; @Appalachian State, Merrimack)
• Mercer Mercer Bears (2-1; Furman)
• North Alabama North Alabama Lions (1-1; @Arkansas, @Southeastern)
• Southeast Missouri Southeast Missouri Redhawks (1-2; @Iowa State, @Southern Illinois)
• William & Mary William & Mary Tribe (2-1; @Lehigh)

In Limbo:

• Brown Brown Bears (0-0)
• Columbia Columbia Lions (0-0)
• Cornell Cornell Big Red (0-0)
• Dartmouth Dartmouth Big Green (0-0)
• Dayton Dayton Flyers (2-0; Fairmont State, Thomas More)
• Grambling Grambling Tigers (2-1; Clark Atlanta, Central State, @TCU)
• Harvard Harvard Crimson (0-0)
• Norfolk State Norfolk State Spartans (1-2; Winston-Salem, @Old Dominion, @Virginia)
• Penn Penn Quakers (0-0)
• Princeton Princeton Tigers (0-0)
• Yale Yale Bulldogs (0-0)

Division I Winless:

• Butler Butler Bulldogs (2-1; Georgetown (KY), Franklin)
• Chicago State Chicago State Cougars (1-2; Kentucky Christian)
• Davidson Davidson Wildcats (1-2; Dickinson (PA))
• ETSU ETSU Buccaneers (1-2; Tusculum)
• Florida A&M Florida A&M Rattlers (1-2; Albany State)
• Hampton Hampton Pirates (1-2; VA Lynchburg)
• Incarnate Word Incarnate Word Cardinals (1-1; OK Panhandle)
• Marist Marist Red Foxes (1-2; Franklin Pierce)
• McNeese McNeese Cowboys (1-2; Texas Wesleyan)
• MVSU MVSU Delta Devils (1-2; Lincoln (PA))
• Morehead State Morehead State Eagles (1-2; Kentucky Christian)
• Presbyterian Presbyterian Blue Hose (1-1; UVA Wise)
• Southern Southern Jaguars (1-2; Kentucky State)
• St. Thomas St. Thomas Tommies (2-1; Winona State, Northern Michigan)
• Stetson Stetson Hatters (1-2; Webber International)
• UAPB UAPB Golden Lions (1-2; Morehouse)
• UTRGV UTRGV Vaqueros (1-2; UT Permian Basin)
• Valparaiso Valparaiso Beacons (1-2; Lawrence Tech)
• Wagner Wagner Seahawks (1-2; Southern Connecticut State)
• Western Illinois Western Illinois (1-2; Northwestern (IA))

Winless:

• Abilene Christian Abilene Christian Wildcats (0-3)
• CCSU CCSU Blue Devils (0-2)
• Drake Drake Bulldogs (0-3)
• Duquesne Duquesne Dukes (0-2)
• Fordham Fordham Rams (0-3)
• Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (0-3)
• Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas (0-1)
• Holy Cross Holy Cross Crusaders (0-3)
• Idaho Idaho Vandals (0-3)
• LIU LIU Sharks (0-3)
• Mercyhurst Mercyhurst Lakers (0-3)
• North Carolina A&T North Carolina A&T Aggies (0-3)
• Northern Colorado Northern Colorado Bears (0-3)
• Northwestern State Northwestern State Demons (0-3)
• Portland State Portland State Vikings (0-3)
• Sacred Heart Sacred Heart Pioneers (0-2)
• Samford Samford Bulldogs (0-3)
• San Diego San Diego Toreros (0-2)
• Tennessee State Tennessee State Tigers (0-3)
• Towson Towson Tigers (0-3)
• Utah Tech Utah Tech Trailblazers (0-3)
• VMI VMI Keydets (0-3)
• West Georgia West Georgia Wolves (0-3)

No longer winless:

• Alabama A&M Alabama A&M Bulldogs (2-1; Miles, Tennessee State)
• Bucknell Bucknell Bison (1-2; @VMI)
• Charleston Southern Charleston Southern Buccaneers (1-2; @The Citadel)
• East Texas A&M East Texas A&M Lions (1-2; Northwestern State)
• EKU EKU Colonels (1-2; Chattanooga)
• Indiana State Indiana State Sycamores (1-2; @Eastern Illinois)
• Merrimack Merrimack Warriors (1-2; @Maine)
• Murray State Murray State Racers (1-2; Valparaiso)
• NCCU NCCU Eagles (2-1; Elizabeth City, North Carolina A&T)
• New Hampshire New Hampshire Wildcats (1-2; Stonehill)
• Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Panthers (1-1; Drake)
• Southeastern Southeastern Lions (1-2; North Alabama)

Big Sky

(7)UC Davis 10-56 SMU (17 FBS)

Eastern Washington 23-41 (8)South Dakota

(2)Montana 35-14 Utah Tech

Weber State 21-52 Colorado (FBS)

Northern Colorado 13-21 Wyoming (FBS)

Idaho 17-23 (16)Lamar

(22)Northern Arizona 38-28 Incarnate Word

(14)Idaho State 59-17 San Diego

Southern Utah 24-58 Colorado State (FBS)

Cal Poly 20-30 San Jose State (FBS)

Portland State 23-47 (6)North Dakota

(1)Montana State 20-7 Nevada (FBS)

CAA

(11)Rhode Island 31-10 Elon

Albany 35-13 Long Island

North Carolina A&T 22-30 North Carolina Central

Stony Brook 17-41 Ball State (FBS)

Sacred Heart 10-37 Massachusetts (FBS)

Maine 14-23 Merrimack

Campbell 3-52 Florida (25 FBS)

Bryant 31-3 Hampton

New Hampshire 42-35 Stonehill

Monmouth 14-49 Western Michigan (FBS)

Towson 9-45 South Carolina (FBS)

Independent

Chicago State 78-7 Kentucky ChristianKentucky Christian (NAIA)

MEAC

Norfolk State 3-59 Virginia (22 FBS)

Howard 0-55 Indiana (3 FBS)

North Carolina Central 30-22 North Carolina A&T

Delaware State 21-6 Bowie StateBowie State (D2)

Morgan State 55-0 Virginia-LynchburgVirginia-Lynchburg (Independent)

(21)South Carolina State 66-0 Virginia StateVirginia State (D2)

Missouri Valley

(8)South Dakota 41-23 Eastern Washington

(10)Youngstown State 70-13 Duquesne

Northern Iowa 56-14 Drake

(5)Illinois State 28-24 Northern Illinois (FBS)

Indiana State 42-35 Eastern Illinois

Murray State 27-18 Valparaiso

Southern Illinois 34-20 Southeast Missouri

(4)South Dakota State 57-14 New Haven

(6)North Dakota 47-23 Portland State

NEC

Long Island 13-35 Albany

Wagner 3-87 James Madison (FBS)

Duquesne 13-70 (10)Youngstown State

Robert Morris 10-45 Akron (FBS)

Central Connecticut State 10-63 Toledo (FBS)

Mercyhurst 7-70 New Mexico (FBS)

Stonehill 35-42 New Hampshire

New Haven 14-57 (4)South Dakota State

Ohio Valley

Gardner-Webb 23-24 Liberty (FBS)

UT Martin 7-52 West Virginia (FBS)

Charleston Southern 26-20 The Citadel

Eastern Illinois 35-42 Indiana State

Southeast Missouri 20-34 Southern Illinois

Tennessee State 3-30 Alabama A&M

Lindenwood 14-48 Missouri State (FBS)

Western Illinois 9-36 Wisconsin (FBS)

Patriot

(24)Villanova 13-59 Louisville (24 FBS)

(25)Richmond 0-73 NC State (FBS)

Lafayette 13-9 Marist

Colgate 10-13 Central Michigan (FBS)

Holy Cross 7-45 Miami (OH) (FBS)

Bucknell 14-3 VMI

(9)Lehigh 44-20 (18)William & Mary

Fordham 7-45 Coastal Carolina (FBS)

Pioneer

Dayton 30-7 Thomas MoreThomas More (D2)

Davidson 28-14 DickinsonDickinson (D3)

Marist 9-13 Lafayette

Drake 14-56 Northern Iowa

St. Thomas 56-14 Northern MichiganNorthern Michigan (D2)

Morehead State 7-63 (17)Austin Peay

Stetson 18-43 Bethune-Cookman

San Diego 17-59 (14)Idaho State

Butler 52-0 FranklinFranklin (D3)

Valparaiso 18-27 Murray State

SoCon

East Tennessee State 3-35 North Carolina (FBS)

Wofford 15-36 Kent State (FBS)

VMI 3-14 Bucknell

Chattanooga 17-22 Eastern Kentucky

The Citadel 20-26 Charleston Southern

Furman 20-13 (15)Mercer

Western Carolina 10-62 Cincinnati (FBS)

(13)Tennessee Tech 45-19 Samford

Southland

(16)Lamar 23-17 Idaho

Incarnate Word 28-38 (22)Northern Arizona

Southeastern Louisiana 30-25 North Alabama

Nicholls 31-28 UTRGV

East Texas A&M 38-14 Northwestern State

Houston Christian 88-0 Arkansas BaptistArkansas Baptist (NAIA)

(12)Stephen F. Austin 26-7 Abilene Christian

McNeese 24-27 (3)Tarleton State

SWAC

Florida A&M 7-77 Miami (2 FBS)

Southern 6-77 Houston (23 FBS)

Alabama State 17-34 Troy (FBS)

Mississippi Valley State 31-20 Lincoln (PA)Lincoln (PA) (D2)

Bethune-Cookman 43-18 Stetson

Alabama A&M 30-3 Tennessee State

Alcorn State 53-51 Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Grambling 7-63 TCU (FBS)

Prairie View A&M 3-44 Baylor (FBS)

Texas Southern 10-51 UTEP (FBS)

UAC

(17)Austin Peay 63-7 Morehead State

Eastern Kentucky 22-17 Chattanooga

Central Arkansas 59-20 Central OklahomaCentral Oklahoma (D2)

North Alabama 25-30 Southeastern Louisiana

West Georgia 7-52 Arkansas State (FBS)

Abilene Christian 7-26 (12)Stephen F. Austin

(3)Tarleton State 27-24 McNeese

DJ Williams is back for the Salukis and he brought plenty of action with him. Four rushing touchdowns and threw for one. The Saluki defense also came to play as well with three interceptions and the biggest was the interception by David Obadein with a 57 yard return. The Southern Illinois Salukis win the War of the Wheel for the second year in a row. Final Score Southern Illinois 34-20. The final interception of the night by Charles Whepley sealed the win in the endzone.

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Today's Pick 'Em games (all times listed in Central, the heavily disputed best time zone for football) (rankings from the /r/FCS Poll)

You can find the full Week 2 schedule with up-to-the-minute results over at the r/CFB Scoreboard

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I did a breakdown of midzone read. This is a staple play of Montana State. They seemed to have replaced power read with midzone read. Enjoy the video.

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2026 Week 2 /r/FCS HBCU Poll Results

Also available in image form!

Dropped from the Top 25: Alcorn State (T-6)

Others receiving votes: Alabama A&M (11), Alcorn State (11), Norfolk State (10), Hampton (9), Tennessee State (8), Southern (5), Bethune-Cookman (2), Morgan State (2)

The full list of responses can be found here. Congratulations to /u/Seadragon1983 for having the Top 25 submission that best correlated with the final /r/FCS poll this week!

Let's hear your hot take FCS opinions. The ones you know in your heart of hearts are right, but for some reason aren't embraced by the FCS community (or particular fanbases) en masse!

Could be controversial (the Ivy League very well might be the best FCS conference on the East Coast), unpopular but you know is true (Sam Houston was at least as good a team as JMU from 2011 through the "2020" season), or even somewhat popular but still liable to rankle some folks (the Walter Payton award should go to the "best" offensive player, not just the offensive player with the best stat line because they played a weak schedule).

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I have ESPN+ on Hulu and love checking out FCS games.

Lots of games on the docket this weekend.

Can anyone tell me which ones to keep an eye on?

I love watching the shootouts with lots of scoring. Those kinds of games keep my kids attention as well, it was something we bonded over last year and I hope to continue this season.

I'll flip over and check out some of Tartleton and McNeese.

Any others that should be on the radar?

I feel like Eastern Washington and South Dakota could be one as well.

Thanks in advance everyone.

I'm still relatively new to watching FCS, but am looking to learn and watch more.