Undefeateds & Defeateds – Week 5

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There are 30 fewer undefeated and 28 fewer winless teams than last week. How many of the mighty will fall in Week 5? How many of the meek will rise? As a great band sings, only time will tell.

Undefeated (125 – 155 last week without CIS)

FBS (27; 31 last week)

Alabama, Baylor, Cincinnati, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Iowa State, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, Louisville, LSU, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon State, Rutgers, South Carolina, Stanford, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, Texas-San Antonio, West Virginia

FCS (15; 20 last week)

Alabama A&M, Cal Poly, Dartmouth, Delaware, Harvard, Illinois State, Lafayette, Lehigh, Montana State, North Dakota State, Old Dominion, Samford, Tennessee State, Wofford, Youngstown State

D-II (25; 38 last week)

Ashland, Bentley, Bloomsburg, California (PA), CSU-Pueblo, Emporia State, Grand Valley State, Harding, Henderson State, Humboldt State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota State, Minnesota-Duluth, Missouri S&T, Missouri Western, New Haven, Newberry, Northwood, Ouachita Baptist, Pittsburg State, Shippensburg, Sioux Falls, Southern Arkansas, Tuskegee, Winston-Salem

D-III (43; 52 last week)

Amherst, Ausburg, Baldwin-Wallace, Bethel (MN), Birmingham-Southern, Bridgewater (VA), Carnegie Mellon, Coe, Concordia (IL), Concordia (Moorhead, MN), Elmhurst, Emory & Henry, Gettysburg, Heidelberg, Hobart, Illinois College, Illinois Wesleyan, Ithaca, Johns Hopkins, Lewis & Clark, Linfield, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Middlebury, Millikin, Millsaps, Mount Union, Norwich, Ohio Wesleyan, Otterbein, RPI, Salve Regina, St. John Fisher, St. Thomas (MN), Trinity (CT), Waynesburg, Wesleyan, Whitworth, Widener, Willamette, Williams, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Platteville, Wittenberg

NAIA (11; 14 last week)

Benedictine (KS), Cumberlands (KY), Dakota Wesleyan, Georgetown (KY), Hastings, Marian, Missouri Valley, Morningside, St. Ambrose, St. Xavier, William Penn

CIS (4; not listed last week)

Calgary, Laval, McMaster, Montreal

 

Winless (122 – 150 last week without CIS)

FBS (9; 13 last week)

Army, Eastern Michigan, Houston, Idaho, Massachusetts, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB

FCS (21; 28 last week)

Austin Peay, Bryant, Central Connecticut State, Davidson, Gardner-Webb, Georgia State, Grambling State, Hampton, Holy Cross, Liberty, Missouri State, Penn, Prairie View A&M, Princeton, Rhode Island, Robert Morris (PA), Sacred Heart, Savannah State, Valparaiso, Weber State, William & Mary

D-II (27; 38 last week)

Azusa Pacific, Benedict, Black Hills State, Brevard, Fort Hays State, Fort Lewis, Lake Erie, Lincoln (MO), Lincoln (PA), Lock Haven, Malone, McKendree, Minnesota State-Moorhead, Minot State, Nebraska-Kearney, North Greenville, Northeastern State, NW Oklahoma State, Pace, Quincy, Saint Anselm, Seton Hill, South Dakota Mines, Southern Connecticut, Southern Nazarene, Texas A&M-Commerce, Western State

D-III (45; 51 last week)

Alma, Anderson (IN), Averett, Bates, Beloit, Bethany (WV), Bowdoin, Buena Vista, Claremont-Mudd-Scrips, Colby, DePauw, Earlham, Geneva, Hamilton, Hiram, Howard Payne, Knox, La Verne, LaGrange, Lakeland, Luther, MacMurray, Maine Maritime, Manchester, Maranatha, Marietta, McDaniel, Misericordia, Morrisville State, Muskingum, Nichols College, Occidental, Olivet, Pomona-Pitzer, Puget Sound, Redlands, Ripon, St. Lawrence, St. Vincent, Stevenson, Tufts, Western Connecticut, Wilmington, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin-River Falls

NAIA (16; 20 last week)

Avila, Bethel (KS), Bluefield (VA), Briar Cliff, Campbellsville (KY), Concordia (MI), Culver-Stockton, Dakota State, Dordt, Haskell, Olivet Nazarene, Point, Saint Mary (KS), Sterling, Texas College, Webber International

CIS (4; not listed last week)

Alberta, Ottawa (ON), Saint Mary’s (NS), UBC

 

Battles of Undefeateds (Record, Point Differential) – [8]

FBS (2)

Texas Tech (3-0, 40.33) @ Iowa State (3-0, 17.33)

Baylor (3-0, 21.67) @ West Virginia (3-0, 25.00)

D-II (1)

Grand Valley State (4-0, 24.50) @ Michigan Tech (3-0, 28.00)

D-III (4)

Bethel (MN) (3-0, 36.00) @ Augsburg (3-0, 15.67)

Trinity (CT) (1-0, 21.00) @ Williams (1-0, 34.00)

Millikin (3-0, 28.67) @ Illinois Wesleyan (3-0, 30.67)

Otterbein (3-0, 24.33) @ Baldwin-Wallace (3-0, 14.33)

NAIA (1)

Dakota Wesleyan (3-0, 13.33) @ Hastings (3-0, 10.33)

 

Battles of Defeateds (Record, Point Differential) – [14]

FCS (2)

Georgia State (0-4, -27.50) @ William & Mary (0-4, -9.25)

Central Connecticut (0-4, -26.00) @ Sacred Heart (0-3, -12.33)

D-II (2)

Saint Anselm (0-4, -35.50) @ Southern Connecticut (0-4, -14.75)

Black Hills State (0-3, -19.33) @ Western State (0-4, -33.00)

D-III (7)

Stevenson (0-4, -11.00) @ Misericordia (0-4, -53.75)

Wilmington (0-3, -40.33) @ Muskingum (0-3, -25.00)

Alma (0-4, -38.75) @ Olivet (0-4, -27.25)

La Verne (0-2, -35.50) @ Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (0-2, -3.50)

Occidental (0-2, -35.50) @ Redlands (0-2, -20.00)

Bates (0-1, -21.00) @ Tufts (0-1, -21.00)

Knox (0-4, -20.25) @ Ripon (0-4, -16.50)

NAIA (2)

Briar Cliff (0-4, -10.25) @ Dordt (0-4, -27.00)

Saint Mary (KS) (0-4, -10.00) @ Sterling (0-4, -21.25)

CIS (1)

UBC (0-4, -24.00) @ Alberta (0-4, -29.50)

 

Mismatches – Undefeated vs. Winless (Record, Point Differential) – [21]

FBS (2)

Ohio (4-0, 18.50) @ Massachusetts (0-4, -34.25)

Louisville (4-0, 14.50) @ Southern Miss (0-3, -21.33)

FCS (4)

Lafayette (3-0, 5.33) @ R0bert Morris (PA) (0-3, -27.67)

Grambling State (0-3, -19.33) @ Alabama A&M (4-0, 11.50)

Penn (0-2, 11.50) @ Dartmouth (2-0, 15.50)

Holy Cross (0-3, 9.00) @ Harvard (2-0, 14.50)

D-II (4)

Shippensburg (4-0, 31.75) @ Lock Haven (0-4, -36.00)

CSU-Pueblo (4-0, 16.25) @ Fort Lewis (0-3, -42.00)

Lincoln (MO) (0-4, -25.00) @ Emporia State (4-0, 21,00)

Lake Erie (0-4, -15.50) @ Ashland (4-0, 18.50)

D-III (9)

Marietta (0-3, -20.33) @ Heidelberg (3-0, 45.00)

McDaniel (0-4, -20.75) @ Gettyburg (4-0, 35.75)

Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3-0, 29.67) @ Wisconsin-River Falls (0-3, -18.00)

Amherst (1-0, 24.00) @ Bowdoin (0-1, -24.00)

Middlebury (1-0, 24.00) @ Colby (0-1, -34.00)

Hamilton (0-1, -24.00) @ Wesleyan (CT) (1-0, 21.00)

Buena Vista (0-3, -38.67) @ Coe (3-0, 18.67)

Lewis & Clark (3-0, 15.00) @ Puget Sound (0-3, -24.67)

Hiram (0-4, -27.00) @ Ohio Wesleyan (3-0, 6.00)

NAIA (2)

Olivet Nazarene (0-4, -18.75) @ William Penn (4-0, 33.75)

Culver-Stockton (0-4, -21.25) @ Missouri Valley (4-0, 27.75)

 

Miscellaneous Notes

  • All 3 teams who were scoreless after Week 3 (FCS Savannah State, D-II Fort Lewis & D-II Lock Haven) put up their first points of the season. All three lost to remain winless, but are no longer pointless.
  • Teams getting outscored by more than 40 points per game:
    • Misericorda (D-III) – 53.75
    • Savannah State (FCS) – 50.33
    • Pace (D-II) – 47.00
    • Haskell (NAIA) – 45.50
    • Fort Lewis (D-II) – 42.00
    • South Dakota Mines (D-II) – 41.50
    • NW Oklahoma State (D-II) – 41.00
    • Wilmington (D-III) – 40.33
  • Teams outscoring their opponents by more than 40 points per game:
    • Widener (D-III) – 59.50
    • Mount Union (D-III) – 49.00
    • Florida State (FBS) – 46.25
    • Wofford (FCS) – 46.00
    • Heidelberg (D-III) – 45.00
    • North Dakota State (FCS) – 42.00
    • Texas Tech (FBS) – 40.33
  • Winless teams losing by less than 10 points per game:
    • Princeton (FCS) – 2.00
    • Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (D-III) – 3.50
    • Saint Mary’s (NS) (CIS) – 7.33
    • Liberty (FCS) – 8.00
    • Manchester (D-III) – 8.75
    • Holy Cross (FCS) – 9.00
    • William & Mary (FCS) – 9.25
  • Undefeated teams winning by less than 10 points per game:
    • Oregon State (FBS) – 5.00
    • Lafayette (FCS) – 5.33
    • California (PA) (D-II) – 5.75
    • Ohio Wesleyan (D-III) – 6.00
    • Concordia (IL) (D-III) – 8.33
    • Lehigh (FCS) – 9.00
  • The highest combined point differential in an undefeated matchup this week is 59.33 between D-III Millikin (28.67) @ Illinois Wesleyan (30.67)
  • The lowest combined point differential in a winless matchup is 66.00 between D-III Alma (-38.75) @ Olivet (-27.25)
  • The largest mismatch in point differential is 67.75 between D-II Shippensberg (31.75) @ Lock Haven (-36.00)

 

Last Week’s Battles of Undefeateds (18)

FBS (4)

Clemson @ Florida State

Kansas State @ Oklahoma

Arizona @ Oregon

Oregon State @ UCLA

FCS (1)

Harvard @ Brown

D-II (5)

Indiana (PA) @ California (PA)

Findlay @ Michigan Tech

Adams State @ CSU-Pueblo

Bloomsburg @ LIU-C.W. Post

Carson-Newman @ Newberry

D-III (6)

Carleton (MN) @ Bethel (MN)

Macalester @ Lewis & Clark

Johns Hopkins @ Muhlenberg

Hartwick @ St. John Fisher

Birmingham-Southern @ Rhodes

Chapman @ Whitworth

NAIA (2)

Missouri Valley @ Baker

Midland @ Morningside

 

Last Week’s Battles of Defeateds (14)

FBS (1)

Wyoming @ Idaho

FCS (1)

Wagner @ Central Connecticut State

D-II (4)

Edinboro @ Lock Haven

Lincoln (PA) @ Livingstone

Seton Hill @ West Virginia Wesleyan

Mesa State @ Black Hills State

D-III (6)

King’s (PA) @ Misericordia

Anderson (IN) @ Defiance

North Park @ Olivet

Denison @ Hiram

Union (NY) @ St. Lawrence

Whittier @ Puget Sound

NAIA (2)

Dordt @ Concordia (NE)

Campbellsville @ Belhaven

 

Last Week’s Mismatches (Undefeated vs. Winless) (22)

* – Winless

FBS (2)

UAB* @ Ohio State

NW Oklahoma State* (D-II) @ Texas-San Antonio

FCS (6)

Prairie View A&M* @ North Dakota State

Dartmouth @ Holy Cross*

McNeese State @ SE Louisiana*

Delaware @ William & Mary*

Lehigh @ Liberty*

Yale @ Cornell (NY)*

D-II (8)

Harding @ Southern Nazarene*

Missouri Western @ Fort Hays State*

Lincoln (PA)* @ Pittsburg State

Minnesota State-Moorhead* @ Minnesota State-Mankato

St. Anselm* @ New Haven

Washburn @ Central Oklahoma*

Southwest Baptist* @ Missouri Southern

NW Oklahoma State* @ Texas-San Antonio (FBS)

D-III (6)

Mount Union @ Marietta*

Heidelberg @ Wilmington*

Ripon* @ Illinois College

Baldwin-Wallace @ Muskingum*

DePauw* @ Carnegie Mellon

Wisconsin-Oshkosh @ Alma*

NAIA (1)

Hastings @ Briar Cliff*