• Sean Williams is third in the Ivies in punt return average at 14.3.
• Nick Howard is fourth in the Ivy League in rushing with 277 yards.
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Mullen, Zalc and receiver Paxton Scott were named to the Ivy League honor roll for their play against Yale. Find the Ivy League release about the weekly honors HERE.
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The weekly polls . . .
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Stats Perform |
W-L |
Pts |
Prev |
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1 |
South Dakota State (56) |
5-0 |
1,400 |
1 |
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2 |
Montana State |
4-1 |
1,333 |
2 |
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3 |
Idaho |
5-1 |
1,296 |
3 |
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4 |
Sacramento State |
4-1 |
1,181 |
4 |
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5 |
Furman |
4-1 |
1,138 |
5 |
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6 |
North Dakota State |
4-1 |
1,110 |
7 |
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7 |
UIW |
4-1 |
1,010 |
8 |
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8 |
Delaware |
4-1 |
947 |
9 |
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9 |
Western Carolina |
5-1 |
906 |
11 |
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10 |
South Dakota |
4-1 |
771 |
15 |
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11 |
William & Mary |
4-2 |
759 |
10 |
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12 |
Holy Cross |
4-2 |
744 |
12 |
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13 |
Southern Illinois |
4-1 |
721 |
6 |
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14 |
North Carolina Central |
5-1 |
681 |
14 |
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15 |
North Dakota |
3-2 |
567 |
16 |
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16 |
Montana |
5-1 |
564 |
17 |
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17 |
UT Martin |
5-1 |
492 |
18 |
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18 |
Florida A&M |
5-1 |
410 |
19 |
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19 |
HARVARD |
4-0 |
367 |
21 |
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20 |
Central Arkansas |
4-2 |
318 |
23 |
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21 |
Eastern Washington |
2-3 |
205 |
22 |
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22 |
Weber State |
3-3 |
201 |
13 |
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23 |
Youngstown State |
3-2 |
197 |
NR |
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24 |
Albany |
4-2 |
182 |
NR |
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25 |
Chattanooga |
4-2 |
107 |
24 |
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Others Receiving Votes (on two or more ballots): Northern Iowa 95; Villanova 94; UC Davis 75; Rhode Island 73; Austin Peay 56; Mercer 52; New Hampshire 49; Eastern Illinois 32; Elon 19; Samford 18; Fordham 16; Tarleton State 5; Lafayette 4; No. Arizona 3 |
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FCS Coaches |
W-L |
Pts |
Prev |
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1 |
South Dakota State (26) |
5-0 |
650 |
1 |
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2 |
Montana State |
4-1 |
621 |
2 |
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3 |
Idaho |
5-1 |
600 |
3 |
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4 |
Furman |
4-1 |
554 |
4 |
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5 |
Sacramento State |
4-1 |
519 |
7 |
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6 |
UIW |
4-1 |
488 |
6 |
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7 |
North Dakota State |
4-1 |
486 |
8 |
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8 |
Delaware |
4-1 |
435 |
10 |
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9 |
North Carolina Central |
5-1 |
394 |
11 |
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10 |
Montana |
5-1 |
375 |
13 |
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11 |
Holy Cross |
4-2 |
358 |
12 |
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12 |
William & Mary |
4-2 |
352 |
9 |
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13 |
Southern Illinois |
4-1 |
325 |
5 |
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14 |
Western Carolina |
5-1 |
317 |
17 |
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15 |
North Dakota |
3-2 |
312 |
15 |
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16 |
Florida A&M |
5-1 |
248 |
16 |
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17 |
South Dakota |
4-1 |
246 |
21 |
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18 |
HARVARD |
4-0 |
208 |
19 |
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19 |
UT Martin |
5-1 |
177 |
23 |
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T-20 |
Chattanooga |
4-2 |
90 |
20 |
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T-20 |
Youngstown State |
3-2 |
90 |
NR |
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22 |
Rhode Island |
4-2 |
83 |
T-25 |
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23 |
Weber State |
3-3 |
67 |
14 |
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24 |
New Hampshire |
2-3 |
54 |
24 |
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25 |
Central Arkansas |
4-2 |
52 |
NR |
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Others Receiving Votes: Northern Iowa, 51; UC Davis, 49; Illinois State, 43; Fordham, 37; Austin Peay, 34; Mercer, 31; Albany, 25; Eastern Washington, 19; Lafayette, 19; Villanova, 12; Eastern Illinois, 10; Northern Arizona, 8; Eastern Kentucky, 6; Hampton, 4; Jackson State, 1. |
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Massey Ratings, which had Yale beating Dartmouth last week, 26-24, sees the Big Green winning at Colgate Saturday, 28-20, with 75 percent confidence.
Elsewhere, the service sees:
Harvard 37, Howard 21 (82 percent)
Yale 38, Sacred Heart 14 (96 percent)
Penn 21, Columbia 20 (52 percent)
Princeton 27, Brown 21 (66 percent)
Cornell 33, Bucknell 21 (78 percent)
UNH 30, Albany 27 (58 percent)
Lehigh 26, Georgetown 24 (53 percent)
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Each year the New England Football Writers ask me to be the Gold Helmet selector for the outstanding performance in the region in Division I and Division II-III one week. It's a responsibility I take seriously, and almost always a headache. There are usually at least a half dozen DII-III players who put up mind-boggling numbers while it's a struggle to find someone in DI.
Last week, maybe for the first time in all the year's I've been the selector, it was the opposite. There really wasn't much to choose from in DII-III and there were a good number of DI candidates. The latter included Yale defensive back Sean Guyton, who had two interceptions including a 70-yard "pick six" against Dartmouth as well as a tackle for loss among his three stops.
I agonized over my DI choice because the obvious choice had won the Gold Helmet just two weeks earlier and all other things being equal it's a good thing to share the wealth. But I finally decided they weren't equal and picked Harvard quarterback Charles DePrima. He had run nine times for 152 yards with three touchdowns (one of 58 and one of 42 yards) and completed 12-of-19 passes for 209 yards with touchdown passes of 36, 19 and 17 yards, and without an interception.
I was still a little uncomfortable picking someone who earned the award just two weeks before until I read this morning that he was the national offensive player of the week. Seeing that I'm sure I would have felt like I'd made a mistake if I hadn't picked him.
And in case you were wondering, I had to pore over more box scores than you could imagine to zero in on the DII-III choice. I finally went with a DII linebacker who had 20 tackles (14 unassisted), two sacks, three tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry.
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EXTRA POINT
Mrs. BGA sometimes calls me Monk after the TV detective with OCD. It's true I've been known to straighten the occasional picture frame from time to time among other things, and I will admit I do like symmetry.
This is one Mrs. BGA won't know about until she reads it here.
Someone sent me an email yesterday with a typo in it. The typo, of course, reappeared in the blue sender's text above my response. I couldn't help myself. I fixed it.
I always debate doing that but almost always end up fixing the typo. Pretty ridiculous, I guess. But I make so many typos that I can't help myslef.
