2025 - Around the OVC - Week 3

[ST_Lawson]

Forgot to list last week's OVC games, so here's what happened with those:

Indiana State beat Eastern Illinois, 38-14
Tennesee Tech beat Chattanooga, 45-17
North Dakota State beat Tennessee State, 59-3
FBS Georgia Tech beat Gardner-Webb, 59-12
FBS App State squeaked out a win over Lindenwood, 20-13
Southeast Missouri State beat North Alabama, 30-21
FBS Coastal Carolina won a close one over Charleston Southern, 13-0 (CCU was up only 3-0 until about 7 minutes left in the game)
FBS UTEP beat UT Martin, 42-17

Up this week (all games on ESPN+)...

12 PM - Davidson (0-2, Pioneer League) at #15 Tennessee Tech (0-2) - TTU favored by 31
2 PM - #7 Illinois State (1-1, MVFC) at Eastern Illinois (1-1) - ILSU favored by 14
2:30 PM - ORV Southeast Missouri State (1-1) at #1 North Dakota State (2-0, MVFC) - NDSU favored by 29
3 PM - Lindenwood (0-2) at Charleston Southern (0-2), CSU favored by 2
3:30 PM - Alabama A&M (1-1, SWAC) at ORV Tennessee State (1-1) - TSU favored by 7
6 PM - The Citadel (1-1, SoCon) at ORV Gardner-Webb (1-1) - GWU favored by 7
6 PM - #17 Southern Illinois (1-1, MVFC) at ORV UT Martin (1-1) - SIU favored by 2
 
 

[ST_Lawson]

Some interesting scores out there...

Indiana State lost 73-0 to #22 Indiana
Indiana State last week beat EIU by 24
Compare that to us losing to then #12 Illinois, 52-3...means I like our chances against EIU
Also, regarding Illinois, they followed up the win over us with a 26-point win at Duke, then a 38-point shutout of Western Michigan this weekend.

A not-great (for the MVFC) UNI beat Eastern Washington by a FG
We play EWU next weekend.

Also, we beat Pioneer League Valpo by 21 (shouldn't have been that close, but our second string allowed an interception and score)
One of the best teams in the FCS, SDSU only beat Pioneer League Drake by 16.
On the other hand, OVC Tennessee Tech beat Pioneer League Davidson by 58.

Following up on the other OVC teams this weekend:
Illinois State beat Eastern Illinois, 42-30
North Dakota State beat SEMO, 41-14
In the only conference matchup, Lindenwood beat Charleston Southern 35-28
Alabama A&M beat Tennessee State, 23-21
Gardner-Webb beat The Citadel, 23-13
Southern Illinois beat UT Martin, 37-10