Defateds & Undefeateds – Week 9

Eleven more undefeated teams fell from the ranks last week sending us into Week 9 with 43 unbeaten squads. Meanwhile, a full one-third of the 48 previously winless teams earned their first victory, leaving 32 “defeateds”.

Teams in red have completed their regular season.

Undefeated (43 – 54 last week)

FBS (11; 12 last week)

Alabama, Florida, Kansas State, Louisville, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Ohio, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon State, Rutgers

FCS (2; 4 last week)

Cal Poly, Lehigh

D-II (10; 11 last week)

Ashland, Bloomsburg, CSU-Pueblo, Emporia State, Henderson State, Minnesota State, New Haven, Shippensburg, Tuskegee, Winston-Salem

D-III (15; 19 last week)

Coe, Concordia (IL), Heidelberg, Hobart, Johns Hopkins, Linfield, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Middlebury, Mount Union, Ohio Wesleyan, St. Thomas (MN), Trinity (CT), Waynesburg, Widener, Wisconsin-Oshkosh

NAIA (4; 6 last week)

Georgetown (KY), Marian, Missouri Valley, Morningside

CIS (1; 2 last week)

McMaster

 

Winless (32 – 48 last week)

FBS (2; 3 last week)

Massachusetts, Southern Miss

FCS (3; 7 last week)

Austin Peay, Rhode Island, Valparaiso

D-II (4; 9 last week)

Fort Lewis, Lock Haven, Pace, Seton Hill

D-III (17; 21 last week)

Anderson (IN), Beloit, Claremont-Mudd-Scrips, Hiram, Luther, Maine Maritime, Maranatha, Marietta, McDaniel, Misericordia, Olivet, Pomona-Pitzer, Puget Sound, St. Lawrence, St. Vincent, Tufts, Western Connecticut

NAIA (5; 7 last week)

Bethel (KS), Bluefield (VA), Concordia (MI), Haskell, Point

CIS (1; 1 last week)

Alberta

 

Battle of Undefeateds (Record, Point Differential) – [4]

FBS (1)

Mississippi State (7-0, 22.29) @ Alabama (7-0, 32.71)

D-II (1)

Bloomsburg (8-0, 16.50) @ Shippensburg (8-0, 30.25)

D-III (2)

Heidelberg (7-0, 33.86) @ Mount Union (7-0, 54.29)

Middlebury (5-0, 21.20) @ Trinity (CT) (5-0, 22.80)

 

Miscellaneous Notes

  • 1o worst point differentials for winless teams:
    • Misericorda (D-III) – 49.29
    • Haskell (NAIA) – 41.29
    • Pace (D-II) – 40.71
    • Concordia (MI) (NAIA) – 37.57
    • Bethel (KS) (NAIA) – 37.17
    • Anderson (IN) (D-III) – 34.00
    • Austin Peay (FCS) – 34.00
    • Fort Lewis (D-II) – 33.29
    • Bluefield (NAIA) – 33.00
    • Western Connecticut (D-III) – 32.14
  • 1o best point differentials for undefeated teams:

    • Mount Union (D-III) – 54.29
    • Widener (D-III) – 40.29
    • Henderson State (D-II) – 37.00
    • Morningside (NAIA) – 35.14
    • Heidelberg (D-III) – 33.86
    • Alabama (FBS) – 32.71
    • Oregon (FBS) – 30.86
    • Coe (D-III) – 30.29
    • Shippensburg (D-II) – 30.25
    • Winston0Salem (D-II) – 30.13
  • 1o best point differentials for winless teams:
    • St. Vincent (D-III) – 13.57
    • Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (D-III) – 14.17
    • St. Lawrence (D-III) – 17.14
    • Tufts (D-III) – 17.40
    • Seton Hill (D-II) – 18.00
    • Beloit (D-III) – 18.38
    • Pomona-Pitzer (D-III) – 19.17
    • Southern Miss (FBS) – 19.43
    • Luther (D-III) – 19.43
    • Olivet (D-III) – 20.71
  • 1o worst point differentials for undefeated teams:
    • Waynesburg (D-III) – 7.63
    • Oregon State (FBS) – 9.67
    • Ohio Wesleyan (D-III) – 10.43
    • Louisville (FBS) – 10.57
    • Lehigh (FCS) – 10.75
    • Concordia (IL) (D-III) – 11.71
    • Ohio (FBS) – 12.86
    • Ohio State (FBS) – 14.75
    • Rutgers (FBS) – 15.14
    • Notre Dame (FBS) – 16.43
  • Previously unbeaten Harvard led Princeton 34-10 two minutes into the 4th quarter, but the Tigers scored the game’s final 29 points to win 39-34. Princeton scored with 13 seconds left to cap the furious rally.
  • Previously winless Davidson defeated our Campbell Fighting Camels 28-21 at Campbell. Davidson scored twice in the 1st and 3rd quarter to build a 28-0 lead. Campbell scored 3 TDs in the 4th quarter but the rally fell short and Davidson picked up their first win of the season.
  • Unbeaten Mount Union (D-III) recorded its NCAA-record tying 6th consecutive shutout with a 51-0 whitewashing of Otterbein, who was #25 two weeks ago.
  • Pittsburg State (D-II) was ranked #1 two weeks ago before a 31-21 loss to then-#8 Northwest Missouri State. This week the Gorillas lost 63-14 at home to #13 Missouri Western.
  • West Virginia (FBS) was ranked #5 two weeks ago before being demolished in back-to-back weeks: 49-14 by then-unranked Texas Tech and 55-14 at home to #5 Kansas State. 

Last Week’s Battle of Undefeateds (Record, Point Differential) – [1]

NAIA (1)

Morningside (6-0, 36.00) @ Hastings (6-0, 13.33)

Last Week’s Battles of Defeateds (Record, Point Differential) – [2]

D-III (2)

Marietta (0-6, -30.33) @ Wilmington (OH) (0-6, -44.00)

Anderson (IN) (0-6, -39.33) @ Earlham (0-6, -27.50)

 

Last Week’s Mismatch – Undefeated vs. Winless (Record, Point Differential) – [1]

NAIA (1)

Concordia (MI)  (0-6, -35.17) @ Marian (IN) (6-0, 22.17)