Monday, Monday

What They Did & What They Said went up on BGA Overtime last night HERE. Come back tonight for Your Mileage May Vary.

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The Daily Pennsylvanian has a story about the Dartmouth-Penn football game HERE. The Dartmouth has a story that was listed as being posted HERE, but as of this writing it is not available.

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Paul Justafan Covers the Ivies has its usual insightful insights about the week's results HERE.

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Green Alert Take: For those of you new around here who are unhappy about Dartmouth being listed at fourth while it is tied for the Ivy League lead, the second determinant in the standings is overall record. Then current streak.

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Leah Lowe has a very nice piece headlined Before Yale Chose Tony Reno, His Players Did that she introduces this way (LINK):

Tony Reno won five Ivy League championships and more games than all but one coach in Yale history. The better measure of what he built may be found in the people who kept choosing him — including his own son.

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The Brown Daily has a column headlined Brown should rethink its rivalry with Harvard — Dartmouth is the obvious place to start. From the column (LINK):

Harvard and Yale make each other a clear choice by calling their matchup “The Game.” In New York, Cornell and Columbia have an existing rivalry known as the “Empire State Bowl,” making good use of their geographic proximity. South of New York, Penn and Princeton have not only proximity but also the letter “P” to battle over in the mid-Atlantic . . . 

And this:

Brown and Dartmouth are similar in many ways, such as their small student bodies, undergraduate focus and similarly sized endowments.  

Tongue in cheek, the writer includes this:

Brown and Dartmouth are the only Ivies fighting for the earth-toned colors. Our woodsy mascots could even inspire a fun name for this rivalry.  

Green Alert Take: Once more with feeling: Brown-Dartmouth should be The Tussle. Why? Click HERE to learn about Tuss McLaughry's importance at both schools and on the national scene.

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You read in this space last week about former Dartmouth edge rusher Marques White '23 continuing his football career at SMU. In Saturday's 25-16 win over Boston College he posted three sacks, a forced fumble and seven tackles overall. From a Dallas Morning News story (LINK):

"I thought defensively, start to finish, it was our most complete game," (SMU coach Rhett) Lashlee said. "Marques was awesome. We affected the quarterback."

And . . .

The graduate student is in his eighth season of college football, beginning his career at Dartmouth in 2019 and transferring to McNeese State and UMass before arriving at SMU.

Medical redshirts and COVID-19 extended his career.

"It's been a journey to say the least," White said. "I'm just grateful for the opportunity of finally having a shot at the Power Four level."

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Yankee standout Ben Rice is the subject of a story in The Athletic by former Dartmouth teammate Clark Gilmore, who now pitches in the Savannah Bananas organization. Find the story HERE.

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EXTRA POINT
Whether our Vermont hillside home is in the Northeast Kingdom depends on who you ask. While most probably put us just outside the NEK, we've discovered not everyone agrees. Click HERE if you dare to learn a little more about our uninvited and incredibly annoying house guests.

Here And There

The direct link to the BGA Overtime story about Dartmouth's first win of the season can be found HERE. Check the site tonight and tomorrow for follows.

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WMUR-TV has a recap of Dartmouth's win over Penn with video HERE. The Philadelphia Inquirer covered the game remotely and if you haven't used up your free clicks to the site, you can read their story HERE.

The local Valley News has a Dartmouth-Penn story HERE, and PHL Sports Now has a capsule HERE.

Here's your Saturday roundup:

Yale 41, Merrimack 24
Playing for the first time after the passing of his father, Tony, Yale quarterback Dante Reno threw for four touchdowns and 298 yards to lead his dad's old team. Merrimack ran out to an early 21-7 lead, but the Bulldogs outscored the Warriors, 31-4, the rest of the way. Jaxton Santiago had two touchdowns among his five catches for 100 yards, while teammate Lucius Anderson grabbed seven balls for 116 yards. The dormant Yale (2-1, 0-1) ground game came to life with Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni piercing the Merrimack (2-4) defense for 132 yards and one touchdown on 30 carries. The game drew 4,022 to Yale Bowl.

Princeton 35, Columbia 7
Junior Kai Honda had touchdown runs of 70, 53, 40 and seven yards as he exploded for 219 yards on 14 carries, an average of 15.6 yards to lead the Tigers (2-1, 1-0). Honda's rushing total was five yards more than he had all of last season. Columbia (2-1, 0-1) got 35-of-51 passing for 331 yards from quarterback Chase Goodwin but was kept off the scoreboard after a first-quarter touchdown as the Tigers ran off the game's final 28 points in front of 3,676 in New York City. With Honda becoming just the second FCS player to record 200-plus yards and four touchdowns this fall, two Princeton quarterbacks needed to complete just seven passes in 16 attempts to secure the win.

Harvard 20, Colgate 17
Colgate took a 17-14 lead on a touchdown with 27 seconds left, and Harvard (3-0, 1-0) responded with a dramatic catch-and-pitch Hail Mary to earn the win. Teigan Pelletier caught Charlie Smith's pass from just behind midfield at the six, and while Colgate was trying to pull him down, he pitched the ball to freshman Nathan Bailey, who ran left and dove over the pylon for the winning score. Bailey finished with 16 catches for 197 yards, helping Smith complete 31-of-45 throws for 369 yards and two TDs.

Rhode Island 13, Brown 10
Taking advantage of a fumble recovery at the Rhode Island 13, the Bears (1-2, 0-1) forged a 10-3 lead on a one-yard Qwentin Brown run early in the fourth quarter. Rhode Island (3-3, 1-2) answered right back with an 82-yard march to tie the score at 10. Taking over at the Brown 46 after forcing a punt from the 14 with 32 seconds remaining, the Rams pushed the ball to the Bears' 26 and then kicked the winning 43-yard field goal with 11 seconds left. Brown's Max Malo was credited with 19 tackles and teammate Stefano Montella with 18. The Governor's Cup game drew 5,368 to Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket.

Cornell 35, Georgetown 14
Garrett Bass-Sulpizio completed 20-of-27 passes for 279 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for two touchdowns to lead Cornell (2-1, 1-0) over the Hoyas (0-4, 0-2). Samuel Musungu had two touchdowns among his six catches for 91 yards. The Big Red piled up 493 yards of total offense, and the defense registered five sacks in front of an announced crowd of 2,500 at Georgetown's Cooper Field.

Lehigh 34, Fordham 0
Luke Yoder carried 20 times for 171 yards and one touchdown, and Derek Morgan tossed three scoring passes as Lehigh (6-0, 4-0) won its 23rd consecutive regular-season game. The winners registered three interceptions, two fumble recoveries, and six sacks in front of 5,033 in Bethlehem. The Mountain Hawks scored 31 points in the second quarter, including 24 in the final 2:50 before the half, to stun the Rams (1-5, 1-2).

Monmouth 41, Towson 40
The Hawks (4-2, 3-0) avoided a possible overtime against winless Towson when an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty led to a missed extra point after the Tigers (0-6, 0-2) scored a touchdown with 1:41 remaining to pull within one. Monmouth managed two first downs on the subsequent drive to run out the clock in front of 3,894 in West Long Branch. Frankie Weaver completed 18-of-27 passes for 218 yards and three touchdowns to lead Monmouth.

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EXTRA POINT
While I was shooting a picture of the foliage out our window, Mrs. BGA shared a pic she just took at our friend's lake house just a little north of here. It's a banner "leaf peeping" season around here and sorry, my picture can't compare.

It's Homecoming

The Dartmouth-Penn preview went up last night on BGA Overtime HERE. Check in tonight for the game story and Sunday and Monday for follow stories.

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Find Dartmouth's game notes HERE. And if you can't watch the game on ESPN+ you can listen to it HERE.

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Dartmouth is favored by eight points in today's 1:30 p.m. Homecoming game at Buddy Teevens Stadium. The game is available on ESPN+.

Elsewhere:

• Columbia is favored by one point over Princeton

• Yale is favored by 12.5 points over Merrimack

• Cornell is favored by 8.5 points over Georgetown

• Harvard is favored by 4.5 points over Colgate

• Rhode Island is favored by 3.5 points over Brown

• Lehigh is favored by 21.5 points over Fordham

• Monmouth is favored by 11.5 points over Towson

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Central to a story headlined From Andre the Giant to Tacko Fall: The case for using a 7-footer to block field goals is former walk-on running back Ryan Paganetti '14, who proposes the idea. Paganetti is described in the story as an "economics major-turned-football analytics savant." Find the story HERE.

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EXTRA POINT
The good news if you are going to the Dartmouth game is that it should be sunny and in the mid-60s in Hanover today. The good news here at our Vermont hillside home is that sun yesterday and warm temperatures tomorrow mean we can stain the new cedar shingles that the construction crew installed a couple of weeks ago. Joy, joy.

Tony Reno

Tony Reno, who enjoyed tremendous success as head coach at Yale and last fall led the Buddogs to the first FCS playoff victory in Ivy League history, has died at age 52 after battling an undisclosed illness that forced him to step down after last season. The Yale football site remembers Reno HERE, and Yahoo Sports has a piece HERE.

'Life Is Good Today'

Be sure to stop by BGA Overtime tonight for a preview of Dartmouth-Penn.

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In Wednesday night's BGA Overtime Q&A with Sammy McCorkle, the Big Green coach responded to this question: "The current senior class is the last one to be recruited under Buddy Teevens. Even as you put your own stamp on the Dartmouth Way, how do you keep alive the most meaningful messages and lessons that were at the heart of BT as a coach?"

I find myself thinking about that this morning and smiling.

First, an admission. Dartmouth, probably like most football programs, plays loud music throughout practice. It's fair to say it's not music from my play list, and so I pretty much filter it out.

Yesterday, however, I found myself tapping my toes and singing along while the boom box at the 50-yard line blasted Jimmy Buffet singing about cheeseburgers, and Zac Brown telling us he has, "not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand. Life is good today. Life is good today."

It wasn't until practice was over and I was talking with Sammy McCorkle that he reminded me. The music choice was a subtle homage to Buddy Teevens on what would have been his 70th birthday.

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The Dartmouth never did have a story about last week's game against Monmouth, but it has a photo essay HERE.

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Dartmouth usually plays it down the middle with its uniform choice with the old guard in town for Homecoming. ;-)

🟢⚪️ For Homecoming#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/KBH1TQqaBq

— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) October 1, 2026

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Podcaster Jake Novak follows not just Columbia football but the entire Ivy League and here's a transcript of what he has to say about tomorrow's Dartmouth-Penn game (LINK):

Dartmouth, as you know, is my pick to be the number one team right now at this point in the Ivy League season. They are a 7.5-point favorite against Penn, and I like Dartmouth to cover that. I don't know if they're going to wallop Penn. I'm not looking for them to win by 21 points, but I do think they can win by two scores. ... Compared to Lehigh and Monmouth,the first two opponents Dartmouth's played, Penn's going to seem like a slower team. They're going to seem like a team with fewer weapons. Penn's defense is maybe better than what they faced against Monmouth, that's for sure. But I don't think that Dartmouth's going to be overwhelmed by Penn in this game.

I just don't see Penn with the overall weapons right now. I think that their defense has improved, but I'm just not seeing it on the wide receiver and the running back corps right now. I don't know if they have enough to keep up with Dartmouth and they have a scoring machine there.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer has a piece about Penn coach Ricky Santos starting freshman quarterback Miles Teodecki in his first season with the Quakers. Santos, who is returning to the state where he led the University of New Hampshire to great heights as a player and coach, said of his young QB's rough outing last week against Lehigh (LINK):

"The game moved fast for him. And the quickest way for you to get sped up is to get hit in the mouth and get sacked a couple times, and the ball's going to come out of your hand a lot quicker than the next time, I promise you that."

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Not much new in it, but the Ivy League web page has a few sentences about Week Three of the Ivy League season HERE. 

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Back to the grad transfer thing. After yesterday's post, a friend of BGA reminded me that Marques White is still playing. I then added this to yesterday's roundup. In case you missed it:

• Edge rusher Marques White '23, has nine tackles, with three for a loss, 1.5 sacks, three quarterback hurries and one breakup for SMU. He's seventh on the team in tackles. Hampered by injuries at Dartmouth, he spent five years in Hanover, then one at McNeese State and one at UMass before landing at SMU for his eighth season of college football.

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Running back DJ Crowther '26 is the subject of a piece on the South Florida website HERE, and not surprisingly, he's featured prominently in a piece CBS Sports piece headlined College football's hidden gems: 10 FCS transfers who are shining in the FBS spotlight, led by Iowa's Tony Diaz HERE. From the CBS story:

Crowther nearly hit 1,000 yards last season as a breakout star at Dartmouth and has quickly emerged as a playmaker at the FBS level. 

The senior is averaging 6.4 yards per carry for the Bulls, including 143 yards in a 14-6 win over Bowling Green. Crowther also caught three passes for 51 yards over the past two games, unlocking yet another piece of Brian Hartline's offense.

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In a podcast interview Jackson Proctor '25, now the wildcat quarterback at South Dakota, offered this about landing at Dartmouth out of high school (LINK):

COVID hit Washington State pretty hard and I didn't really get a senior season and honestly it kind of opened up my perspective to just the next 40 years of my life. A lot of people talk about their 40-year plan, but just being able to go somewhere that is as prestigious as as Dartmouth is and being able to get a degree from there was really important to me . Not to mention they have a really good football program, the most championships in the Ivy League. I thought I could really grow as a person and a football player there and eventually won three Ivy League championships, which was pretty cool.

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EXTRA POINT
It was on this day in 1950 that these guys came into the world (LINK).

Questions And Answers

Dartmouth coach Sammy McCorkle took time last night to answer questions you submitted to BGA Overtime. Among other things, he discussed whether he thinks opening with a couple of teams that were 21-2 in the regular season last year helps or hurts. He explained why he thinks more potential group of five recruits could end up in the Ivy League in coming years, why he's in favor of next year's schedule change, and what it means to have a record number of freshmen on the travel team. All that and more in last night's BGA Overtime Questions for Coach post.

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Penn's game notes for Saturday afternoon have gone up. Find them HERE.

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It's been a minute since we've checked in on the Massey Ratings. As Dartmouth begins its Ivy League season, here's what Massey predicts for the rest of the Big Green's season (LINK):

Dartmouth 28, Penn 24 (63 percent confidence in prediction)
Yale 31, Dartmouth 24 (71 percent)
Dartmouth 31, Merrimack 17 (87 percent)
Dartmouth 28, Columbia 24 (63 percent)
Harvard 27, Dartmouth 24 (60 percent)
Dartmouth 24, Princeton 23 (50 percent)
Dartmouth 27, Cornell 24 (58 percent)
Dartmouth 28, Brown 20 (74 percent)

Massey has Yale and Harvard finishing tied for the Ivy League title at 6-1 with the Bulldogs grabbing a share with a 28-27 win over the Crimson in the finale at Fenway Park.

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The Daily Republic out of Mitchell, S.D., has a story under the headline Jackson Proctor turns backup quarterback role into offensive spark for Coyotes that explains how the former Big Green standout has found a way to help a top-25 South Dakota team despite not winning the starting nod. From the story (LINK):

"Obviously, my role is a little bit different than I kind of anticipated, but being able to just bring juice for the guys and show my electric ability on the field has been great," Proctor said. "There's a lot of different things that I can do really well, and defenses have had a hard time kind of figuring out what we're doing when I'm in the game. So, I am just going to continue to make it hard on them, and give our team the best opportunity to win the football game."

And . . .

"Jackson is a guy that sacrificed a lot and left the place where he had a ton of success, and they were winning a bunch of football games and he was all-conference, but he made a decision to come here," (USD first-year coach Matt Vitzthum) said. "And obviously, when Austyn won the starting job, he easily could have pointed fingers and complained. Instead, he has embraced his role from the jump, and we are going to continue to use Jackson in a lot of different ways. He has been extremely important to our football team." 

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Speaking of Dartmouth grad transfers . . .

• Tailback DJ Crowther '26 leads undefeated South Florida in rushing with 325 yards (81.3 yards per game), a 6.4-yard average carry, and a team-high five touchdowns. 

• Through five games wide receiver Daniel Haughton '26 leads Furman with 21 receptions for a team-high 234 yards, with one touchdown.He's also rushed four times for 20 yards.

• Linebacker Zyion Brown '16 tops The Citadel in tackles with 36, including two sacks, 3.5 stops for a loss, one interception and one breakup.

• Linebacker Micah Green '25 is second on the Merrimack tackle list with 25 stops including two tackles for loss and two quarterback hurries.

ª Tight end Chris Corbo '26 has five catches for 42 yards through four games at Georgia Tech.

• Wide receiver Grayson O'Bara '26 has two catches for 52 yards at 2-2 North Texas.

• Corner Patrick Campbell '26 has appeared in three of four games at Virginia and has three tackles.

• Dakota Quiñonez '26 has three tackles as a defensive lineman at Duke.

• Edge rusher Teddy Gianaris '26 has one tackle in four games at Wyoming.

• Blocking tight end Sean Ward '26, has appeared in three of four games at Ball State.

• Center Max Wentz '26 has not seen action at Ball State and offensive lineman Vasean Washington '26 hasn't yet appeared with Ohio State. Safety Sean Williams '25 hasn't played yet for Arkansas.

Green Alert Take: Who did I forget? Let me know in the contact box off to the right.

UPDATE

I knew I forgot someone and thanks to a loyal reader for the reminder.

• Edge rusher Marques White '23, has nine tackles, with three for a loss, 1.5 sacks, three quarterback hurries and one breakup for SMU. He's seventh on the team in tackles. Hampered by injuries at Dartmouth, he spent five years in Hanover, then one at McNeese State and one at UMass before landing at SMU for his eighth season of college football.

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EXTRA POINT
Our hummingbird feeder hasn't had a visitor for a couple of weeks now and won't until next spring. Honestly, until we put the feeder up I never gave thought to hummers heading south. I knew robins disappeared for the winter, but not hummingbirds.

An interactive map headlined Thousands of Backyards, One Journey;  Follow the hummingbirds' path, backyard by backyard reveals that our hummingbirds left right on time. If you are curious when you might spot them for the last time, check out the map HERE.  

Last Chance For Questions

Thanks to everyone who sent along questions for Dartmouth coach Sammy McCorkle!

I'm still sorting through your emails to find the most interesting questions, so if you have a one you'd like me to ask, it's not too late. Click HERE to send it along.

The only thing I ask is that your questions do not pertain to playing time for individual players.

The BGA Overtime Q&A with coach McCorkle will go up tonight.

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The Optimist and The Pessimist went up on the Overtime site last night HERE (and I have to admit I'm a little disappointed they took a shot at me).

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Following up on a recent discussion of Dartmouth football scheduling, the Future Schedules site posted yesterday that Dartmouth will host Central Connecticut in 2030.

With that game set, here's everything we know about Dartmouth's nonconference scheduling between now and 2030:

2027 – Sept. 25 at New Hampshire; Oct. 16 at Central Connecticut 

2028 – Sept. 23 New Hampshire

2029 – Sept. 15 at Towson

2030 – TBA Central Connecticut 

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Jake Novak, whose Roar Lions Columbia blog has morphed into part of Jake's Takes podcast, has posted his weekly power rankings and, perhaps to the surprise of many, he has 0-2 Dartmouth atop the pile. Here's how he sees the Ivy League entering week three of the season:

1. Dartmouth
2. Harvard
3. Columbia
4. Princeton
5. Cornell
6. Yale
7. Penn
8. Brown

Jake's reasoning:

I know I've got a controversial choice to put at number one. All week I was thinking, or at least three days since the games ended on Saturday, I've been thinking, well, I'll put Dartmouth at number two and tell everyone that I could easily put them at number one, but why bother? I'm going to put them at number one because despite the fact that they're 0-2, the Big Green have played two excellent, excellent opponents. And could have won both of those games.

And . . .

I think that they're going to very much make a statement on Saturday against Penn. And speaking of Penn, this Dartmouth team could be very reminiscent of some Penn teams over the years that used to also have trouble in their early non-conference schedule. 

I can remember especially the 2012 Penn team not being able to win early on in the season in the non-conference schedule, but then doing just enough to win a championship that year. They did that a couple of other times during Al Bagnoli's tenure. And I just think that we could be looking at that again. 

To me, Dartmouth looks like a more complete team than any of the other teams in the league right now, at least after two weeks. 

Check out Jake Novak's full Ivy League power ranking podcast HERE. 

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As long as the subject is rankings/ratings, here's how Sagarin sees the Ivy League among all DI teams (FBS and FCS) after two weeks (LINK)

140 Harvard
159 Dartmouth
160 Princeton
161 Yale
183 Penn
187 Cornell
198 Brown
208 Columbia

Sagarin has Dartmouth as a six-point favorite at home against Penn ,and Princeton a four-point favorite at Columbia in conference games this week.

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Another sign of the Apocalypse in college football from an ESPN story:

A former Auburn football staff member has been accused of stealing trade secrets from the Tigers and sending them to their competitors, according to court records.

David Rudolph Jenrath, 24, turned himself into authorities Monday and was charged with theft of trade secrets and computer tampering, which are both felony charges.

Read the full story HERE. 

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Watched this last night and loved every minute of it. ;-)

RICE IN HIS VEINS.

It was a night to remember for @BigGreenBSB’s Ben Rice, who went 4-for-5 with two homers, including a grand slam, and six RBI for the @Yankees in Tuesday night’s AL Wild Card opener. 🌿⚾️ pic.twitter.com/oxLy6fcT9t

— Ivy League (@IvyLeague) September 30, 2026

Green Alert Take: Still feel a little cheated that the pandemic cost us the chance to see Ben Rice '22 really blossom as a Dartmouth catcher.

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EXTRA POINT
The low temperature here at our Vermont hillside home yesterday was 57.1 degrees and the overnight low was 52.9. I know this because our new indoor-outdoor thermometer arrived at our PO box yesterday morning and I hooked it up yesterday afternoon. As you may recall if you made it to the extra point last Thursday (LINK) our old thermometer did not survive the little construction crew we had here for a week or so.

The new thermometer is called a "weather station" but that's a little hyperbole. It does add barometric pressure and humidity, but really, it's all about the temperature. It does have a color screen and big numbers you can see from across the room, so there's that.

Now I just have to figure out how to get it to receive the digital time code radioed out from Fort Collins, Colo., because I know it's no 10 p.m. as I write this. ;-)

Got Questions?

This is a last-minute idea but with the Ivy League season opening up for the Big Green this week, I thought I'd see if you have any interest in a Questions For Coach post on BGA Overtime. If I get enough good questions, I'll ask them of Sammy McCorkle after Wednesday's practice and post the Q&A Wednesday night. Again, this is short notice so if you have questions, email them this way today!

Click HERE to send along a question and I'll ask it for you. The only restriction would be that you not ask about playing time for individual players.

A reminder that the Q&A will only go up if enough interesting questions are submitted.

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I don't often cannibalize BGA Overtime for this page but I thought those of you who don't visit the other site regularly might find these numbers interesting.

Here is what two data-driven services found when ranking the strength of schedule for Ivy League teams based only on their first two opponents:

Massey (link)
26. Dartmouth
31. Cornell
83. Yale
84. Penn
93. Harvard
95. Brown
97. Princeton
106. Columbia

Warren Nolan (link)
12. Dartmouth
37. Penn
46. Cornell
88. Brown
102. Princeton
103. Yale
117. Harvard
127. Columbia

Green Alert Take: There are 128 FCS schools in those rankings. Here's what I wrote last night over on Overtime."Debate the merits of each system if you must, they certainly agree that 0-2 Dartmouth has had the toughest schedule and 2-0 Columbia the easiest."

Oh yeah, the schedule musing was part of last night's Your Mileage May Vary After Monmouth posting on BGA Overtime. Tonight the two curmudgeons will visit the site again with their weekly conversation.

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The ONNJ site has a story headlined Unpacking Monmouth University’s 31-28 Comeback Win At Dartmouth HERE.

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Myles Craddock’s First Career 100 Yard Game!#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/x0mEWgUM2K

— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) September 28, 2026

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Still no story in The Dartmouth, but The Daily Pennsylvanian is already looking ahead to this week's matchup with predictions for the game HERE.

Spoiler alert: The four pickers are split down the middle with Penn winning by 17-13 and 20-16, and Dartmouth winning by 24-10 and 21-13.

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Good news. The bonfire is returning Friday night after a year's hiatus because of drought. The college news service has a story HERE.

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This week's polls:

	FCS Coaches	W-L*	Pts	Prev*
1	Montana St. (25)	5-0	625	1
2	South Dakota St.	4-1	590	2
3	Tarleton St.	4-0	568	3
4	Montana	4-1	550	4T
5	Stephen F. Austin	5-0	521	6
6	LEHIGH	5-0	484	7
7	North Dakota	4-1	467	8
8	Tennessee Tech	4-0	429	10
9	Austin Peay	4-1	420	11
10	Youngstown St.	3-2	386	13
11	Illinois St.	4-1	370	4T
12	South Carolina St.	5-0	329	14
13	Lamar	3-1	322	15
14	Idaho St.	4-0	311	16
15	UC Davis	3-2	236	9
16	South Dakota	3-2	223	12
17	Richmond	4-1	196	19
18	West Florida	3-1	193	20
19	Northern Arizona	3-2	175	17
20	Colgate	4-1	155	23T
21	Mercer	3-2	117	23T
22	HARVARD	2-0	82	25
23	Jackson St.	4-0	72	NR
24	Campbell	4-1	71	NR
25	Southern Illinois	3-2	57	NR
	Dropped Out: Yale (18), Rhode Island (21), Villanova (22)
	Others Receiving Votes:  Elon, 55; YALE, 22; Alabama St., 19; Prairie View A&M, 17; Southeastern Louisiana, 14; UT Rio Grande Valley, 7; Furman, 6; MONMOUTH, 6; Chattanooga, 5; Stony Brook, 5; Cal Poly, 4; DARTMOUTH, 4; St. Thomas (Minn.), 4; Cal Poly, 4; Delaware St., 3; Villanova, 2; Bryant, 1; Northern Iowa, 1; UIW, 1

	STATS	W-L*	Pts	Prev*
1	Montana State (49)	5-0	1417	1
2	South Dakota State (8)	4-1	1365	2
3	Montana	4-1	1284	5
4	Tarleton State	4-0	1273	4
5	North Dakota	4-1	1105	7
6	LEHIGH	5-0	1093	6
7	Stephen F. Austin	5-0	1078	9
8	Youngstown State	3-2	1035	11
9	Tennessee Tech	4-0	950	12
10	Illinois State	4-1	905	3
11	Austin Peay	4-1	876	13
12	Idaho State	4-0	777	14
13	South Dakota	3-2	756	8
14	Lamar	3-1	702	15
15	South Carolina State	5-0	637	16
16	UC Davis	3-2	558	10
17	West Florida	3-1	409	20
18	Campbell	4-1	385	22
19	Northern Arizona	3-2	371	18
20	HARVARD	2-0	305	21
21	Southern Illinois	3-2	249	24
22	Colgate	4-1	222	NR
23	Mercer	3-2	147	25
24	Richmond	4-1	134	NR
25	Jackson State	4-0	103	NR
	Dropped Out: Yale (17), Rhode Island (19), Villanova (23)
	Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Alabama State (3-1, 1-0 SWAC): 88; Elon (4-1, 2-1 CAA): 78; Stony Brook (3-2, 1-0 CAA): 45; YALE (1-1, 0-1 Ivy): 42; Southeastern Louisiana (3-2, 1-1 Southland): 38; Northern Iowa (2-2, 1-0 MVFC): 29; MONMOUTH(3-2, 2-0 CAA): 24; Rhode Island (2-3, 1-2 CAA) 10; Villanova (2-3, 1-2 Patriot): 6; Morgan State (3-1): 5; William & Mary (2-3, 1-2 Patriot): 5; CORNELL (1-1, 1-0 Ivy): 2

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The Analyst has a piece headlined The Longest Winning Streaks in FCS History that includes this (LINK):

Additional 20-Game Unbeaten Streaks
Dartmouth (1995-97) – 22 Games
21 Wins, 1 Tie
Start: Lafayette 14-7 (1995); Tie: Princeton 10-10 (1995); End: Lehigh 46-26 (1997)

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Per a story on HogSports, former Dartmouth safety Sean Williams '26 (right in photo above) hasn't yet played for Arkansas as a grad transfer as the case regarding his eligibility and that of teammate Caleb Wooden – who has played – proceeds through the courts. Find a story HERE.

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EXTRA POINT
When I got to the top of the mountain yesterday on my daily hike I found a fellow who had pitched a small tent and was trying to get a campfire started while his Siberian husky-pitbull mix looked on. I asked him (the man, not the dog) about spending the night on the mountain and he said he'd just bought the tent and wanted to see how it did in the rain.

When I walked over for a closer look at the tent he told me it was nothing fancy and he bought it "at Walmart for like $60." I asked if he had a ground cover under the tent, and while he said he did, my sense is he wasn't sure what I was asking about and the tent was on bare ground. His hope, he said, was to watch Monday Night Football on his phone while in the tent.

Because I have spent more than enough time on that mountain to know where water puddles up when it rains, I gently suggested he might want to move his tent to higher ground. He didn't seem to in any hurry to move it.

As I said, I've spent a lot of time on top of that mountain and I'm here to tell you if he wanted to see how the new tent did in the rain, he certainly found out.