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Dartmouth defensive end Niko Lalos was named the Ivy League defensive player of the week for the second time in three weeks. (LINK)
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Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens is one of STATS 15 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award as the FCS Coach of the Year and corner Isiah Swann is one of 26 finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award as the FCS defensive player of the year. Find a Dartmouth release HERE.Other Ivy Leaguers up for STATS awards are Yale quarterback Kurt Rawlings, one of 26 finalists for the Walter Payton Award as the FCS offensive player of the year, and Cornell linebacker Jake Stebbins, one of 20 players up for the Jerry Rice Award as the outstanding freshman. Find the full list of STATS finalists HERE.
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Craig Haley, who heads up the STATS coverage of the FCS, also posts the his FCS Power Poll for Athlon and here's how that looks:1. North Dakota State
2. James Madison
3. Weber State
4. Sacramento State
5. Montana State
6. Montana
7. Northern Iowa
8. Central Arkansas
9. Villanova
10. South Dakota State
11. Austin Peay
12. Wofford
13. Southeast Missouri
14. Nicholls
15. Monmouth
16. Furman
17. DARTMOUTH
18. Kennesaw State
19. Illinois State
20. North Dakota
21. Albany
22. Towson
23. Southeastern Louisiana
24. Central Connecticut
25. Florida A&M
Just Missing: North Carolina A&T (8-3, 6-2 MEAC); Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley); YALE (9-1, 5-1 Ivy)
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FCS COACHES POLL:
1
| North Dakota St. (26) |
650
|
1
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2 | James Madison |
624
|
2
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3 | Sacramento St. |
596
|
4
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4 | Weber St. |
567
|
7
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5 | Montana St |
545
|
8
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6 | Northern Iowa |
451
|
10
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7 | Central Arkansas |
448
|
11
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8 | Montana |
441
|
3
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9 | Kennesaw St |
421
|
9
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10 | Villanova |
401
|
14
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11 | Monmouth (N.J.) |
391
|
12
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12 | South Dakota St. |
356
|
5
|
13 | Southeast Missouri St. |
327
|
16
|
14 | Illinois St. |
322
|
6
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15 | Wofford |
317
|
17
|
16 | Furman |
281
|
15
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17 | Austin Peay |
248
|
19
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18 | Central Connecticut St. |
246
|
18
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19 | Nicholls |
172
|
23
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20 | DARTMOUTH |
139
|
21
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21 | Florida A&M |
117
|
13
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22 | North Carolina A&T |
94
|
24
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23 | YALE |
72
|
25t
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24 | Southeastern Louisiana |
47
|
22
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25 | Southern Illinois |
38
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25t
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Others Receiving Votes: North Dakota, 37; Albany, 30; Towson, 23; San Diego, 10; Alcorn St., 9; Eastern Washington, 9; PRINCETON, 7; South Carolina St., 6; UT Martin, 5; Holy Cross, 3.
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And if there wasn't enough excitement in Providence Saturday, check out highlights from The Game (and no, nothing about the protest made it):