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(STATS) - Last year's senior class at Lehigh was the first in over 20 years to graduate without winning a Patriot League championship.
This year's seniors will end the season in the FCS playoffs after the No. 24 Mountain Hawks beat Bucknell 20-13 on Saturday, clinching at least a share of their first league title since 2011 and becoming the first team in the nation to secure an automatic bid to the postseason.
On Senior Day at Goodman Stadium, quarterback Nick Shafnisky had a touchdown pass and run to spark Lehigh (8-2, 5-0) to its eighth straight win. Ed Mish kicked a pair of the field goals and the Mountain Hawks kept Bucknell (3-6, 2-2) scoreless in the second half after the Bison lead 13-7 at halftime.
Lehigh have a bye next weekend before ending the regular season on Nov. 19 at rival Lafayette. A Lehigh win or one more loss by Fordham (6-3, 3-1) would give the Mountain Hawks an outright league title. They won the head-to-head meeting against Fordham last weekend, thus the Mountain Hawks secured the playoff bid on Saturday. ---=
STATS FCS TOP 25=
Saturday, Nov. 5
All Times ET
Gardner-Webb 17, No. 8 Charleston Southern 10
Tyrell Maxwell's 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Mike Estes with 27 seconds remaining provided the winning margin as Gardner-Webb (4-6, 2-2) upset defending Big South Conference champion Charleston Southern (5-3, 2-1).
Maxwell passed for 195 yards and carried the ball 23 times for 165 yards, including a 52-yard touchdown.
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No. 10 Villanova 26, Maine 7
Quarterback Zach Bednarczyk completed 23 of 31 passes for a career-high 326 yards and three touchdowns. Tight end Ryan Bell caught two of the touchdowns.
The Wildcats (7-2, 5-1 CAA Football) intercepted Maine quarterback Dan Collins four times, with Rob Rolle recording two picks, to end the Black Bears' five-game winning streak.
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No. 11 North Carolina A&T 30, South Carolina State 20
With All-America running back Tarik Cohen held to 47 rushing yards and one touchdown, A&T quarterback Lamar Raynard delivered two scoring passes and Marquis Willis clinched the win with a 29-yard interception return for a touchdown.
The Aggies are 8-1 overall and 6-0 in the MEAC, tied for first place with North Carolina Central.
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Illinois State 31, No. 12 Western Illinois 26
Redshirt sophomore Jake Kolbe passed for 265 yards and four touchdowns to lift Illinois State (5-5, 3-4 Missouri Valley) back to .500. Anthony Warrum caught seven passes for 152 yards and two touchdowns.
The Redbirds overcame WIU quarterback Sean McGuire's 312 yards and two touchdowns through the air.
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No. 18 Coastal Carolina 38, Monmouth 17
Kenneth Daniels (133 yards) and Ryan Lee (121 yards, two touchdowns) led Coastal Carolina's 333-yard rushing attack. The Chanticleers are 7-2.
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No. 23 Harvard 28, Columbia 21
Harvard (7-1, 5-0) grabbed sole possession of first place in the Ivy League as quarterback Joe Viviano III threw for three touchdowns. Adam Scott caught seven passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns.
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William & Mary 14, No. 25 Stony Brook 9
William & Mary (4-5, 2-4 CAA) scored on a Kendell Anderson 1-yard run and a Steve Cluley 4-yard pass to Daniel Kuzjak in the second quarter and the Tribe defense made the lead stand up, handing Stony Brook (5-4, 4-2) its second straight defeat.
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No. 2 Jacksonville State (7-1, 4-0 OVC) at Southeast Missouri State (3-5, 3-2), 2 p.m.
No. 20 Samford (6-2, 4-1 Southern) at No. 5 The Citadel (8-0, 6-0), 2 p.m.
No. 16 North Dakota (7-2, 6-0 Big Sky) at Northern Colorado (5-3, 3-2), 2:05 p.m.
No. 21 Grambling State (5-1, 5-0 SWAC) at Alabama A&M (3-5, 2-5), 3 p.m.
Missouri State (4-4, 2-3 Missouri Valley) at No. 13 South Dakota State (5-3, 4-1), 3 p.m.
No. 15 Youngstown State (6-2, 4-1 Missouri Valley) at No. 4 North Dakota State (7-1, 4-1), 3:30 p.m.
No. 7 James Madison (7-1, 5-0 CAA) at No. 6 Richmond (7-1, 4-1), 3:30 p.m.
No. 17 Central Arkansas (7-1, 6-0 Southland) at Stephen F. Austin (4-4, 3-3), 3:30 p.m.
Idaho State (2-6, 1-4 Big Sky) at No. 19 Montana (5-3, 2-3), 7 p.m.
McNeese (5-4, 4-3 Southland) at No. 1 Sam Houston State (8-0, 6-0), 7 p.m.
No. 3 Eastern Washington (7-1, 5-0 Big Sky) at No. 14 Cal Poly (6-2, 4-1), 9:05 p.m.
IDLE
No. 9 Chattanooga (8-1, 6-1 Southern)
No. 22 New Hampshire (6-3, 5-1 CAA)
