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Here’s what’s up among D1A teams this week.
Top 5 ActionWhen we talk about rankings we’re talking about the full D1A poll. See the graphic at left.
Top-ranked Cal won 54-21 over #15 UCLA.
Lindenwood defeated Arkansas State 17-5 Saturday night in a defensive-minded Mid-South clash.
With the win Lindenwood improves to 4-0 in the conference.
Dominance from the Lions in the scrum, as well as consistent execution in the kicking game allowed, Lindenwood to win what turned out to be a game decided by stingy defense and consistent field territory.
West Point held off a pretty tenacious Queens University Charlotte Saturday in a game Army is using to gear up for the D1A playoffs.
Queens put a bit of a scare into Army and tested the Black Knights with their speed into the breakdown and their kicking game. But a strong early part of the second half saw Army pull away, and then hold on.
In yet another exceedingly close game between top-ranked D1A teams, Saint Mary’s came back from 19 points down to edge Central Washington 30-27 in Ellensburg, Wash. on Saturday.
While we talk about some of these games in our latest video, there are some other matchups to discuss.
But before we get into that let's look at the rankings (see graphic at left). There's a bit of movement with the Red River teams getting a bit of love and BYU getting a bump after a last-second loss to Cal.