THURSDAY, OCT. 30
West Liberty (5-3, 5-2) at Charleston (5-3, 4-3), 7 p.m.
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Last Year: Charleston won 26-9
Notes: UC led only 7-6 at the half in last year’s game ... the Golden Eagles had just 98 yards passing but rushed for 229 ... the Hilltoppers are ranked 10th in the first edition of the NCAA Super Region 1 rankings ... WLU is looking for its first four-game winning streak since 2009 ... UC has lost three of its last four, including a narrow 24-20 decision to #19 Concord last week.

SATURDAY, NOV. 1
West Virginia State (2-6, 1-6) at Notre Dame (5-3, 5-2), Noon
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Last Year: Note Dame won 42-16
Notes: NDC rushed for 269 yards in last year’s win ... Ray Russ only threw 19 passes for 139 yards ... the Falcons bring in one of the most potent passing offense this year averaging 359.1 yards per game through the air ... the Yellow Jackets are fourth in the league in total defense.

Glenville State at #20/22 Shepherd, Noon
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Last Year: Shepherd won 45-19
Notes: The Rams scored a defensive TD and on a kickoff return in last year’s win ... GSC’s Rahmann Lee rushed for 148 yards in the game ... the Rams possessed the ball for 38 minutes ... Shepherd’s defense is ranked first against the run this year allowing 40.3 yards per game ... the Pioneers are third in the MEC in total offense (470.5).

Fairmont State (3-4, 3-4) at West Virginia Wesleyan (3-5, 3-5), Noon
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Last Year: West Virginia Wesleyan won 40-37 in overtime
Notes: Michael Anderson rushed for 224 yards as the Bobcats edged the Falcons in last year’s game ... FSU actually out-gained WVWC on the ground, though, 267-237 ... since an 0-2 start, FSU has won three of its last five ... WVWC QB Jeremy Musselman returned to the lineup and threw for 300 yards last week in a loss at West Liberty.

#15/16 Concord (8-0, 7-0) at UVa-Wise (1-7, 1-6), 1 p.m.
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Last Year: Concord won 44-6
Notes: The Mountain Lions had three interceptions and nearly doubled UVa-Wise in total offense in last year’s matchup ...CU is ranked second in the initial NCAA Super Region 1 rankings ... two of CU’s wins have come by four points or less ... UVa-Wise is coming off its first win of the season ... the Cavs had their first defensive touchdown of the season last week.

Malone (1-7) at Urbana (1-7, 1-7), 1 p.m.
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Last Year: Did not meet
Notes: The two teams met for 16-straight seasons when both were members of NAIA ... they have not played since 2008 ... Malone won that game 22-6 ... UU has out-gained its opponent in five of eight games ... the Blue Knights were penalized for 215 yards in last week’s game against FSU ... Malone is coming off a 55-34 loss to Lake Erie ... the Pioneers are allowing 40.6 points per game on the year. 

Team News & Notes
 CHARLESTON  
The Golden Eagles held the nation’s highest-scoring offense to its lowest output last week limiting Concord to 24 points ... UC is second in scoring defense in the league ... two of UC’s three losses this year have been by four points ... Jermaine Kelly rushed for 125 and threw for 121 in last week’s game ... Torie Wagner is the only player in the MEC to have two punt returns for a touchdown this season ... RB Marvin Elam has not found the end zone in the last four games ... Justin Avery is sixth in the league in total tackles with 8.5 per game.

 CONCORD  
The Mountain Lions are ranked 15th by d2football.com and 16th by the AFCA ... it’s the fourth-straight week they’ve been ranked in both polls ... CU is also ranked second in the initial NCAA Super Region 1 rankings ... RB Calvinaugh Jones has eight 100-yard games this season, one more than Rahmann Lee (GSC) and Pedro Powell (NDC) last year ... Jones surpassed the 1,000 yard mark for the season ... QB Brian Novak is second in the country in passing efficiency with a rating of 177.2 ... Concord is the only team in the league to average over 500 yards of total offense (518.9) ... the team does not have an individual ranked in the MEC’s top 25 in total tackles.

 FAIRMONT STATE  
The Fighting Falcons were idle last week ... FSU overcame a 21-point deficit in its win last week ... QB Cooper Hibbs is vying to become just the eighth quarterback in school history to throw for 2,000 yards in a season ... he currently has 1,769 passing yards ... DB Emanuel Ivey recorded a game-high five pass breakups last week, including two on the final drive ... Ivey is also the team’s top tackler averaging 7.4 per game.

 GLENVILLE STATE  
After an 0-3 start, the Pioneers have won four of their last five ... RB Rahmann Lee has gone over 1,000 yards rushing in each of his first three seasons ... he is 188 yards shy of 4,000 for his career ... QB Sean Steele turned in one of his top performances last week completing 20-of-26 for 392 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions ... Steele has more than three times as many touchdowns (18) as interceptions ... the Pioneers are +2 in turnover margin on the year.

 NOTRE DAME  
Notre Dame was handed its first road loss of the season last week at Glenville ... in the last three games, QB Ray Russ has thrown for 1,445 yards and 14 touchdowns ... he’s the first MEC quarterback to have three consecutive passing games of 400 yards or more ... he ranks in the top five in most NCAA passing categories ... WR Mitchel Shegos established a new conference record with 23 catches last week vs. Glenville State ... NDC is 0-3 in games it commits more turnovers than its opponent.

 SHEPHERD  
The Rams are ranked 20th in the AFCA poll and 22nd in the D2Football.com poll ... SU is also ranked seventh in the initial NCAA Super Region 1 rankings ... the Rams were idle last week.

 URBANA  
The Blue Knights scored 28 points in the first half of last week’s game, but managed just three in the second ... Cale Burdyshaw had a season-high 338 yards last week ... his previous best was 143 yards in week one ... it was the first 300-yard game by a UU quarterback this season ... D’Gary Wallace leads the league in total tackles with 9.9 ... he filled the box score last week with six solo tackles, three of which went for a loss, and a forced fumble.

 UVa-WISE  
The Cavs snapped an eight-game losing streak that dated back to last season with the win last week ... the vicory was also the first for UVa-Wise on the road in the MEC ... Nehemiah Jones interception return for a touchdown provided the only score for the Cavs in the second half ... UVa-Wise held WVSU to just 210 yards of total offense ... LB Zack Blair continues to lead the league in tackles for a loss with 20.5 (2.56 per game) ... that average would lead the NCAA, but UVa-Wise is not eligible to be ranked in the statistics.

 WEST LIBERTY  
The Hilltoppers are on a three-game winning streak ... West Liberty is ranked 10th in the initial NCAA Super Region 1 rankings ... WLU is +7 in turnover margin in the last three games ... the ‘Toppers forced two turnovers in the red zone last week against WVWC ...  WLU held the Bobcats to -4 yards rushing.

 WEST VIRGINIA STATE  
The Yellow Jackets are fourth in the league in total defense ... WVSU has moved the ball as well, but has struggled in the red zone converting just 16 of its 28 chances into scores (57.1 percent) ... QB Matt Kinnick has thrown four interceptions and no touchdowns in the last two games ... WVSU is out-scoring opponents 39-30 in the fourth quarter of games this year.

 WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN  
QB Jeremy Musselman was back in the WVWC lineup last week after missing the previous two weeks ... the Bobcats have not had more than 100 yards rushing in any of the last three games ... six different players have interceptions this season, led by Denzel Butler’s three ... Desmond Holley has a team-best 9.0 tackles for a loss.