re: FCS Weekly Thread

Team National Leaders


Total Offense
1 Princeton (Ivy League) 596.8
2 Jacksonville St. (OVC) 552.5
3 Samford (SoCon) 537.0
4 South Dakota St. (MVFC) 529.6
5 Idaho St. (Big Sky) 529.0

Rushing Offense
1 Kennesaw St. (Big South) 377.0
2 Davidson (Pioneer) 371.0
3 Wofford (SoCon) 365.2
4 Cal Poly (Big Sky) 323.7
5 Princeton (Ivy League) 301.6

Passing Offense
1 Samford (SoCon) 387.3
2 UC Davis (Big Sky) 354.3
3 San Diego (Pioneer) 345.7
4 Eastern Ill. (OVC) 343.3
5 Howard (MEAC) 336.6


Team Passing Efficiency
1 South Dakota St. (MVFC) 208.76
2 Princeton (Ivy League) 181.30
3 Kennesaw St. (Big South) 181.05
4 Dartmouth (Ivy League) 177.23
5 Davidson (Pioneer) 170.80

Scoring Offense
1 Princeton (Ivy League) 52.0
2 South Dakota St. (MVFC) 48.4
3 Jacksonville St. (OVC) 48.2
4 Kennesaw St. (Big South) 48.1
5 Davidson (Pioneer) 43.9

Total Defense
1 Dartmouth (Ivy League) 233.0
2 Jacksonville St. (OVC) 245.5
3 Colgate (Patriot) 248.8
4 Alcorn (SWAC) 251.0
5 James Madison (CAA) 252.6


Rushing Defense
1 Jacksonville St. (OVC) 58.2
2 Maine (CAA) 66.5
3 Dartmouth (Ivy League) 70.2
4 McNeese (Southland) 83.0
5 N.C. A&T (MEAC) 84.0

Passing Yards Allowed
1 Charleston So. (Big South) 127.6
2 Presbyterian (Big South) 146.0
3 Jacksonville (Pioneer) 149.0
4 Kennesaw St. (Big South) 151.0
5 Alabama St. (SWAC) 151.3

Team Passing Efficiency Defense
1 Colgate (Patriot) 92.31
2 Alcorn (SWAC) 93.11
3 Illinois St. (MVFC) 94.10
4 Dartmouth (Ivy League) 95.29
5 Northern Ariz. (Big Sky) 95.82


Scoring Defense
1 Colgate (Patriot) 3.8
2 Princeton (Ivy League) 8.6
3 Dartmouth (Ivy League) 9.2
4 James Madison (CAA) 9.7
5 Illinois St. (MVFC) 12.0

Turnover Margin
1 Dartmouth (Ivy League) 1.80
2 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 1.67
- Colgate (Patriot) 1.67
- Weber St. (Big Sky) 1.67
5 South Dakota St. (MVFC) 1.60

3rd Down Conversion Pct
1 Yale (Ivy League) 0.558
2 Davidson (Pioneer) 0.543
3 Princeton (Ivy League) 0.533
4 Dayton (Pioneer) 0.506
- Kennesaw St. (Big South) 0.506


4th Down Conversion Pct
1 Dartmouth (Ivy League) 1.000
- Mercer (SoCon) 1.000
- Jacksonville St. (OVC) 1.000
- North Dakota St. (MVFC) 1.000
5 3 teams tied 0.833

3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense
1 Colgate (Patriot) 0.238
2 Jacksonville St. (OVC) 0.242
3 Alcorn (SWAC) 0.257
4 Morgan St. (MEAC) 0.260
5 James Madison (CAA) 0.268

4th Down Conversion Pct Defense
1 Abilene Christian (Southland) 0.000
2 Campbell (Big South) 0.125
3 Harvard (Ivy League) 0.143
4 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 0.154
5 Cornell (Ivy League) 0.167


Red Zone Offense
1 Elon (CAA) 1.000
- Davidson (Pioneer) 1.000
- Fordham (Patriot) 1.000
- UNI (MVFC) 1.000
5 Jacksonville St. (OVC) 0.962

Red Zone Defense
1 Colgate (Patriot) 0.364
2 Jackson St. (SWAC) 0.529
3 Dartmouth (Ivy League) 0.556
4 Stony Brook (CAA) 0.600
5 Chattanooga (SoCon) 0.615

Net Punting
1 Mercer (SoCon) 42.65
2 Kennesaw St. (Big South) 42.08
3 Charleston So. (Big South) 41.83
4 South Dakota St. (MVFC) 41.00
5 Missouri St. (MVFC) 40.54


Punt Returns
1 James Madison (CAA) 28.29
2 Savannah St. (MEAC) 24.20
3 Norfolk St. (MEAC) 22.00
4 Cal Poly (Big Sky) 19.75
5 Saint Francis (PA) (NEC) 19.64

Kickoff Returns
1 Kennesaw St. (Big South) 45.70
2 Weber St. (Big Sky) 36.60
3 N.C. A&T (MEAC) 30.53
4 Richmond (CAA) 28.83
5 Bethune-Cookman (MEAC) 27.64

First Downs Offense
1 Samford (SoCon) 194
2 Eastern Ill. (OVC) 182
3 Prairie View (SWAC) 169
4 Southern Utah (Big Sky) 165
5 2 teams tied 164


First Downs Defense
1 Dartmouth (Ivy League) 63
2 Norfolk St. (MEAC) 71
3 Harvard (Ivy League) 75
- Princeton (Ivy League) 75
5 2 teams tied 79

Fewest Penalties Per Game
1 Princeton (Ivy League) 2.80
2 Butler (Pioneer) 3.33
- North Dakota St. (MVFC) 3.33
4 Lafayette (Patriot) 3.50
5 Furman (SoCon) 3.60

Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game
1 Princeton (Ivy League) 22.40
2 Fordham (Patriot) 27.17
3 Furman (SoCon) 31.00
4 Butler (Pioneer) 32.83
5 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 34.50


Time of Possession
1 Dartmouth (Ivy League) 34:48
2 Yale (Ivy League) 34:45
3 North Dakota (FCS Independent) 34:30
4 Cal Poly (Big Sky) 34:24
5 Columbia (Ivy League) 33:39