2026 Around the (mostly) FCS - Week 4

[ST_Lawson]

All games on Saturday, September 26th and on ESPN+ unless otherwise stated. I'll also include predicted margin by Massey Ratings to give you an idea of how close the games are expected to be. I've added rankings in each team's respective subdivision (RV = received votes but are outside the top 25).

OVC Games
12 PM - Lindenwood (1-2) at FBS Eastern Michigan (1-3) - EMU by 20
1 PM - UT Martin (1-3) at #13 Austin Peay (3-1) - APU by 13
2:30 PM - Gardner-Webb (1-3) at Marshall (2-1) - Marshall by 26
6 PM - Eastern Illinois (1-3) at #2 South Dakota State (3-1) - SDSU by 33
6 PM - #20 West Florida (2-1) at RV Southeast Missouri State (2-2) - SEMO by 12

MVFC Games
12 PM - #7 North Dakota (3-1) at Indiana State (2-2) - UND by 18
1 PM - #8 South Dakota (3-1) at #11 Youngstown State (2-2) - USD by 2
4 PM - #3 Illinois State (4-0) at Northern Iowa (1-2) - ISU by 9
6 PM - #24 Southern Illinois (2-2) at Murray State (1-3) - SIU by 21

Other Games of Interest
2:30 PM - #17 Iowa (3-0) vs #18 Michigan (3*-0), CBS - UM by 3
4 PM - Wisconsin (2-1) at #13 Penn State (3-0), Peacock - PSU by 16
Morehead State is off this weekend
 

[wiu712]

So far this year, Illinois State has:
Beat Western 41-10 on September 5
Beat Northern 28-24 on September 12
Beat Eastern 49-13 on September 19

Illinois State can complete the 4-point compass sweep on October 17 when they play at SIU-Carbondale.
 

[wiu712]

Northern Iowa beat Illinois State 28-21.  Attendance at Northern Iowa = 9,016
 

[ST_Lawson]

In the OVC, 
FBS Eastern Michigan beat Lindenwood, 29-3
Austin Peay beat UT Martin, 35-12
FBS Marshall needed a last-second FG to beat Gardner-Webb, 36-35
South Dakota State defeated Eastern Illinois, 42-7
First-year FCS program West Florida beat Southeast Missouri State, 20-17