Undefeateds & Defeateds – Week 7

A full quarter of the 96 unbeaten teams from last week suffered their first loss leaving 72 remaining undefeated teams.  On the other side of the ledger 18 teams notched their first win of the season, leaving 70 squads victory-free.

Undefeated (72 – 96 last week)

FBS (16; 23 last week)

Alabama, Cincinnati, Florida, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, Louisville, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Ohio, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon State, Rutgers, South Carolina, Texas-San Antonio, West Virginia

FCS (9; 11 last week)

Alabama A&M, Cal Poly, Harvard, Lehigh, Montana State, North Dakota State, Old Dominion, Tennessee State, Wofford

D-II (15; 18 last week)

Ashland, Bentley, Bloomsburg, CSU-Pueblo, Emporia State, Harding, Henderson State, Minnesota State, Missouri Western, New Haven, Ouachita Baptist, Pittsburg State, Shippensburg, Tuskegee, Winston-Salem

D-III (22; 33 last week)

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

NAIA (7; 7 last week)

Cumberlands (KY), Georgetown (KY), Hastings, Marian, Missouri Valley, Morningside, William Penn

CIS (3; 4 last week)

Calgary, Laval, McMaster

 

Winless (70 – 88 last week)

FBS (4; 8 last week)

Eastern Michigan, Massachusetts, Southern Miss, Tulane

FCS (13; 16 last week)

Austin Peay, Bryant, Central Connecticut State, Davidson, Gardner-Webb, Georgia State, Grambling State, Hampton, Missouri State, Rhode Island, Savannah State, Valparaiso, Weber State

D-II (16; 18 last week)

Azusa Pacific, Benedict, Brevard, Fort Lewis, Lincoln (MO), Lock Haven, Minnesota State-Moorhead, Nebraska-Kearney, Northeastern State, NW Oklahoma State, Pace, Quincy, Saint Anselm, Seton Hill, Southern Nazarene, Western State

D-III (27; 33 last week)

Anderson (IN), Beloit, Buena Vista, Claremont-Mudd-Scrips, Colby, Earlham,  Hamilton, Hiram, Howard Payne, Luther, MacMurray, Maine Maritime, Maranatha, Marietta, McDaniel, Misericordia, Morrisville State, Nichols College, Olivet, Pomona-Pitzer, Puget Sound, St. Lawrence, St. Vincent, Tufts, Western Connecticut, Wilmington, Wisconsin-River Falls

NAIA (9; 11 last week)

Bethel (KS), Bluefield (VA), Concordia (MI), Culver-Stockton, Dakota State, Dordt, Haskell, Point, Sterling

CIS (1; 2 last week)

Alberta

 

Battles of Undefeateds (Record, Point Differential) – [5]

D-II (2)

Henderson State (6-0, 39.83) @ Harding (5-0, 23.60)

  • This is the 2nd straight week Harding has hosted a fellow unbeaten team – they defeated Southern Arkansas last week

New Haven (5-0, 33.40) @ Bentley (5-0, 16.00)

D-III (2)

Otterbein (5-0, 20.80) @ Heidelberg (5-0, 40.40)

Bethel (5-0, 22.00) @ St. Thomas (5-0, 19.20)

NAIA (1)

Cumberlands (6-0, 27.50) @ Georgetown (KY) (6-0, 33.33)

 

Battles of Defeateds (Record, Point Differential) – [5]

FCS (1)

Georgia State (0-6, -27.50) @ Rhode Island (0-5, -26.20)

D-II (2)

Pace (0-6, -43.00) @ Saint Anselm (0-6, -27.17)

Nebraska-Kearney (0-6, -18.50) @ Lincoln (MO) 0-6, -24.00)

D-III (1)

Morrisville State (0-5, -20.60) @ Western Connecticut (0-5, -37.80)

NAIA (1)

Sterling (KS) (0-5, -17.20) @ Bethel (KS) (0-5, -34.80)

 

Mismatches – Undefeated vs. Winless (Record, Point Differential) – [2]

D-III (1)

Tufts (0-3, -12.00) @ Trinity (CT) (3-0, 21.33)

CIS (1)

Calgary (5-0, 38.40) @ Alberta (0-5, -27.40)

 

Miscellaneous Notes

  • 1o worst point differentials for winless teams:
    • Savannah State (FCS) – 47.40
    • Wilmington (D-III) – 46.40
    • Misericorda (D-III) – 45.83
    • Pace (D-II) – 43.00
    • Haskell (NAIA) – 41.33
    • Fort Lewis (D-II) – 39.40
    • Western Connecticut (D-III) – 37.80
    • Buena Vista (D-III) – 37.60
    • Northwest Oklahoma State (D-II) – 37.17
    • Concordia (MI) – 36.80
  • 1o best point differentials for undefeated teams:

    • Mount Union (D-III) – 53.40
    • Widener (D-III) – 46.17
    • Heidelberg (D-III) – 40.40
    • Henderson State (D-II) – 39.83
    • Calgary (CIS) – 38.40
    • North Dakota State (FCS) – 35.80
    • Gettysburg (D-III) – 35.00
    • Coe (D-III) – 33.80
    • New Haven (D-II) – 33.40
    • Georgetown (KY) (NAIA) – 33.33
  • 1o best point differentials for winless teams:
    • Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (D-III) – 9.00
    • Tufts (D-III) – 12.00
    • St. Vincent (D-III) – 12.20
    • Beloit (D-III) – 17.17
    • Sterling (KS) (NAIA) – 17.20
    • Missouri State (FCS) – 17.83
    • St. Lawrence (D-III) – 17.83
    • Nebraska-Kearney (D-II) – 18.50
    • Southern Miss (FBS) – 18.80
    • Northeastern State (D-II) – 19.17
  • 1o worst point differentials for undefeated teams:
    • Oregon State (FBS) – 6.50
    • Ohio Wesleyan (D-III) – 9.20
    • Waynesburg (D-III) – 9.67
    • Lehigh (FCS) – 10.00
    • Linfield (D-III) – 11.25
    • Louisville (FBS) – 12.40
    • Ohio (FBS) – 14.00
    • Montana State (FCS) – 14.00
    • Tennessee State (FCS) – 14.33
    • Rutgers (FBS) – 14.60
  • The highest combined point differential in an undefeated matchup this week is 63.43 between D-II Henderson State (39.83) & Harding (23.60)
  • The lowest combined point differential in a winless matchup is -70.17 between D-III Pace (-43.00) & Saint Anselm (-27.17)
  • The largest mismatch in point differential is 65.80 between CIS Calgary (38.40) & Alberta (-27.40)

 

Last Week’s Battles of Undefeateds (Record, Point Differential) – [8]

FBS (3)

LSU (5-0, 26.40) @ Florida (4-0, 17.75)

West Virginia (4-0, 20.50) @ Texas (4-0, 26.25)

Georgia (5-0, 26.20) @ South Carolina (5-0, 25.40)

FBS (1)

Youngstown State (4-0, 21.75) @ North Dakota State (4-0, 34.50)

D-II (1)

Southern Arkansas (4-0, 20.00) @ Harding (4-0, 28.75)

D-III (3)

Concordia (Moorhead) (4-0, 16.00) @ Bethel (MN) (4-0, 27.25)

Amherst (2-0, 18.00) @ Middlebury (2-0, 26.50)

Willamette (4-0, 19.00) @ Whitworth (5-0, 10.20)

CIS (1)

Montreal (5-0, 27.80) @ Laval (5-0, 31.00)

 

Last Week’s Battles of Defeateds (Record, Point Differential) – [5]

FCS (2)

Gardner-Webb (0-4, -31.50) @ Liberty (0-4, -8.00)

Grambling State (0-4, -19.75) vs. Prairie View A&M (0-5, -25.20)

D-III (3)

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (0-3, -7.67) @ Occidental (0-3, -37.67)

Knox (0-5, -21.20) @ Beloit (0-5, -20.20)

Tufts (0-2, -14.50) @ Bowdoin (0-2, -18.00)

 

Last Week’s Mismatches – Undefeated vs. Winless (Record, Point Differential) – [9]

FCS (1)

Cal Poly (4-0, 13.75) @ Weber State (0-5, -20.60)

D-II (4)

Bentley (4-0, 17.50) @ St. Anslem (0-5, -30.60)

Missouri Western (5-0, 26.40) @ Northeastern State (0-5, -20.20)

D-III (3)

Mount Union (4-0, 50.25) @ Wilmington (0-4, -41.50)

Wesleyan (2-0, 20.50) @ Colby (0-2, -31.50)

Trinity (CT) (2-0, 12.50) @ Hamilton (0-2, -22.00)

NAIA (1)

Hastings (4-0, 10.25) @ Dakota State (0-6, -20.17)