2023 - Around College Football - Week 11

[ST_Lawson]

MVFC Games (all on ESPN+)
11 AM - Murray State (2-7) at Illinois State (5-4)
11 AM - South Dakota State (9-0) at Youngstown State (6-3)
12 PM - WIU (0-9) at Indiana State (0-9)
12 PM - North Dakota (6-3) at South Dakota (7-2)
2 PM - Northern Iowa (6-3) at Missouri State (3-6)
2:30 PM - Southern Illinois (6-3) at North Dakota State (6-3)

OVC/Big South Games (all on ESPN+)
11 AM - Charleston Southern (4-5) at Robert Morris (3-6)
12 PM - Tennessee State (6-3) at Eastern Illinois (6-3)
1 PM - Bryant (4-5) at Lindenwood (3-6)
1:30 PM - Gardner-Webb (5-4) at Tennessee Tech (3-6)
2 PM - Southeast Missouri State (4-5) at UT Martin (7-2)

FBS Teams in our Region
11 AM - Indiana (3-6) at Illinois (4-5), BTN
2:30 PM - Rutgers (6-3) at #22 Iowa (7-2), BTN
2:30 PM - Minnesota (5-4) at Purdue (2-7), NBC
2:30 PM - Northwestern (4-5) at Wisconsin (5-4), FS1
2:30 PM - #13 Tennessee (7-2) at #14 Missouri (7-2), CBS
9:15 PM - Iowa State (5-4) at BYU (5-4), ESPN

MAC Games for teams in our region
11/7 - Ball State beat Northern Illinois, 20-17
11/14 - Western Michigan (4-6) at Northern Illinois (4-6), ESPNU

[wiu712]

The Murray State at Illinois State game will also be on Marquee Sports Network.  Game time is 11:00 AM.

Many of these "MACtion" games are not drawing big crowds.  NIU had 6,282 for their home game on Tuesday.
 

[ST_Lawson]

Many of these "MACtion" games are not drawing big crowds.  NIU had 6,282 for their home game on Tuesday.
 

Yeah, in-person attendance was never really the point of these games. They knew they'd get way more for a Saturday afternoon game, but playing some of their in-conference games on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings allows them to get a number of games on "linear" channels...ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU...the ones you get on a regular cable/satellite subscription (as opposed to ESPN+, which is where most of their games would be normally). They know that outside of an early-season OOC game against a Big 10 school, they're not going to get any of their Saturday games on national TV.

[ST_Lawson]

South Dakota State beats Youngstown State, 34-0
Illinois State defeats Murray State, 44-7
South Dakota beats North Dakota, 14-10
Missouri State rolls Northern Iowa, 35-16
North Dakota State wins over Southern Illinois, 34-10

Robert Morris narrowly takes down Charleston Southern, 14-12
Eastern Illinois wins over Tennessee State, 30-17
Bryant rolls over Lindenwood, 38-3
Gardner-Webb shuts down Tennessee Tech, 35-0
UT Martin defeats Southeast Missouri State, 41-14

Illinois beats Indiana, 48-45 on a 21-yard TD pass in OT
#22 Iowa beat Rutgers, 22-0
Purdue took down Minnesota, 49-30
Northwestern defeated Wisconsin, 24-10
#14 Missouri won over #13 Tennessee, 36-7
Currently, Iowa State leads BYU, 45-13, at the start of the 4th