Week 9 Preview

Big games this week has to start with VMI vs. Army. This is an FCS versus as FBS school, and two military academies going head to head. Army actually has a winning record right now, but it should still be fun and has to be listed as another possible FCS win over the FBS.

Control of the Ivy League is up for grabs win two undefeated teams in conference face off. Penn will host Brown. Penn is ranked and ought to win, but that is why they play the games. If Brown wins, it will throw the Ivy League into utter chaos.

Wofford gets the Citadel at home. Citadel has yet to win a Southern Conference game, but these two in state rivals really don’t get along. Add in all the close games and losses in the Top 10 last week, and Wofford is vulnerable. They cannot look ahead to their final two big games against Chattanooga and Appy State.

Elsewhere in the Southern Conference, Appy State takes on Furman. Furman had Chattanooga beat, but blew it. Now they travel to Appy. Number 1’s have not been safe and this ought to be a decent test for Appy. Let us see if they look ahead.

Speaking of in state rivals, I have to add Alabama State at Alabama A&M. These two teams are not in the playoff picture, but are playing in the Magic City Classic. Slight edge to Alabama State, but who knows.

William and Mary comes off of their comeback win to play at UNC, yep the University of North Carolina. Now William and Mary took down Virginia last year. Let us see if they can sneak up on UNC. My upset of the week is right here. I will take William and Mary.

Other than that there are not a lot of earth shattering games. This week is basically seeing if the late season match ups that we think are going to be huge (Wofford v. Appy State; Montana v. Montana St.; Delaware v. Villanova) continue to shape up. The Top 25 has to continue on and not look ahead.

The week starts tonight as Bethune-Cookman tries to stay undefeated by hosting South Carolina A&T. It should be a walk through game for Bethune-Cookman. The MEAC is their’s to lose.