After helping Dartmouth earn a dramatic come-from-behind Homecoming win over Yale Saturday afternoon three Big Green players have been honored by the Ivy League.
• Owen Zalc was named the Ivy special teams player of the week for his 51-yard field goal that won the game on the final play of the game.
• Safety Sean Williams was chosen Ivy defensive player of the week for his fourth-quarter interception in Dartmouth territory, five tackles and one pass breakup.
And . . .
• Quarterback Grayson Saunier was named to the Ivy League honor roll after passing for 158 yards, running for 95 yards and two touchdowns, and engineering the 37-second, 42-yard drive that set up Zalc's kick.
Find a Dartmouth release HERE and the Ivy League listing of various athletes of the week HERE.
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This week's FCS polls:
FCS Coaches | W-L | Pts | Prev | |
1 | North Dakota State (26) | 6-0 | 650 | 1 |
2 | South Dakota State | 6-0 | 621 | 2 |
3 | Tarleton State | 7-0 | 598 | 3 |
4 | Montana | 6-0 | 567 | 4 |
5 | Montana State | 5-2 | 525 | 5 |
6 | UC Davis | 5-1 | 504 | 6 |
7 | Lehigh | 7-0 | 470 | 8 |
8 | Tennessee Tech | 6-0 | 465 | 7 |
9 | Illinois State | 4-2 | 431 | 10 |
10 | Monmouth | 5-1 | 410 | 11 |
11 | North Dakota | 4-2 | 391 | 12 |
12 | Southern Illinois | 4-2 | 323 | 9 |
13 | Jackson State | 5-1 | 318 | 14 |
14 | Villanova | 4-2 | 289 | 17 |
15 | Rhode Island | 5-2 | 267 | 18 |
16 | Mercer | 5-1 | 249 | 19 |
17 | Abilene Christian | 4-3 | 228 | T21 |
18 | Lamar | 5-1 | 203 | 24 |
19 | Presbyterian | 6-0 | 176 | 23 |
20 | HARVARD | 4-0 | 145 | 25 |
21 | Northern Arizona | 4-3 | 100 | 16 |
22 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4-2 | 98 | NR |
23 | West Georgia | 5-2 | 70 | T21 |
24 | Austin Peay | 4-3 | 64 | 15 |
25 | Youngstown State | 3-3 | 53 | 20 |
Dropped Out: Idaho (13) | ||||
Others Receiving Votes: Gardner-Webb, 37; South Dakota, 34; Stephen F. Austin, 34; Lafayette, 28; Western Carolina, 19; North Carolina Central, 14; Idaho, 10; Sacramento State, 10; UT Rio Grande Valley, 10; BROWN, 8; DARTMOUTH, 7; PENN, 7; Alabama State, 5; Central Arkansas, 4; Elon, 3; Furman, 3; ETSU, 1; Eastern Kentucky, 1. |
Stats Perform | W-L | Pts | Prev | |
1 | North Dakota State | 6-0 | 1,399 | 1 |
2 | South Dakota State | 6-0 | 1,340 | 2 |
3 | Tarleton State | 7-0 | 1,265 | 3 |
4 | Montana | 6-0 | 1,222 | 4 |
5 | Montana State | 5-2 | 1,206 | 5 |
6 | UC Davis | 5-1 | 1,086 | 6 |
7 | Lehigh | 7-0 | 1,023 | 7 |
8 | Tennessee Tech | 6-0 | 954 | 10 |
9 | North Dakota | 4-2 | 869 | 13 |
10 | Illinois State | 4-2 | 866 | 9 |
11 | Monmouth | 5-1 | 846 | 12 |
12 | Southern Illinois | 4-2 | 812 | 8 |
13 | Abilene Christian | 4-3 | 560 | 19 |
14 | Jackson State | 5-1 | 557 | 15 |
15 | Villanova | 4-2 | 521 | 18 |
16 | Rhode Island | 5-2 | 512 | 17 |
17 | Lamar | 5-1 | 454 | 20 |
18 | HARVARD | 4-0 | 435 | 22 |
19 | Northern Arizona | 4-3 | 376 | 14 |
20 | Mercer | 5-1 | 359 | 25 |
21 | Presbyterian | 6-0 | 299 | 24 |
22 | South Dakota | 4-3 | 257 | 23 |
23 | Austin Peay | 4-3 | 224 | 16 |
24 | Idaho | 2-4 | 183 | 11 |
25 | Stephen F. Austin | 4-2 | 152 | NR |
Dropped Out of Top 25: West Georgia (21) | ||||
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): West Georgia (5-2, 2-2 UAC): 126; Southeastern Louisiana (4-2, 2-0 Southland): 96; Gardner-Webb (4-2, 2-0 OVC-Big South): 54; Sacramento State (3-3, 1-1 Big Sky): 28; BROWN (3-1, 1-0 Ivy): 25; Youngstown State (3-3, 0-2 MVFC): 23; Western Carolina (4-3, 3-0 SoCon): 23; North Carolina Central (5-2, 0-0 MEAC): 18; Northern Colorado (3-3, 1-1 Big Sky): 9; Eastern Kentucky (3-3, 1-1 UAC): 5; Lafayette (5-2, 3-0 Patriot): 5 |
#FCS career record watch:
— Sam Herder (@SamHerderFCS) October 13, 2025
Fordham LB James Conway had 436 career tackles entering this season, 114 away from the FCS record set by Illinois State’s Boomer Grigsby (550).
Conway already has 86 tackles in 6 games this fall, putting his career total at 522. pic.twitter.com/hbFGKoURBZ
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Saturday's game will be Homecoming for Fordham at Joe Moglia Stadium. Moglia, in case you didn't know, is a Fordham graduate who served as a defensive coach under Joe Yukica at Dartmouth from 1981-83 before embarking on a career in finance that saw him rise to the role of CEO and chairman at TD Ameritrade. He eventually returned to football and went on to coach Coastal Carolina for seven seasons.
The onetime Dartmouth assistant was set to be grand marshal of New York City's Columbus Day parade Monday before it was canceled because of the Nor'easter. Check out a story detailing that honor as well as the native New Yorker's unique career trajectory HERE.
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And finally, I believe The Optimist and The Pessimist are having their weekly breakfast as we speak. Read what they have to say on BGA Overtime tonight.
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EXTRA POINT
Golden retrievers are bird dogs and if I had been thinking I would have grabbed a picture of Griff the Wonder Dog standing on the couch gazing out the window at the 16 turkeys that were just pecking and grazing in our field on a somewhat rainy morning. Unfortunately I wasn't thinking, so this pic will have to do:
