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(STATS) -- A number of teams were left to wait and hope for FCS at-large playoff bids, but 10 teams were going to have automatic bids in hand by the end of Saturdays big day of college football action.Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley), Charleston Southern (Big South), top-ranked Sam Houston State (Southland) and South Dakota State (Missouri Valley) clinched their respective conferences bid on Saturday, joining six teams that already had qualified for the 24-team field.The playoff field, which includes 14 at-large teams, will be announced on an ESPNU selection show at 11 a.m. ET Sunday.Eastern Washington (Big Sky), James Madison (CAA Football), Lehigh (Patriot), Saint Francis (Northeast), San Diego (Pioneer) and The Citadel (Southern) had clinched automatic bids prior to Saturdays action.The Ivy League (co-champs Penn and Princeton), MEAC (North Carolina Central) and SWAC dont send their champions to the playoffs.---=STATS FCS TOP 25=---=Saturday, Nov. 19=---=No. 6 James Madison 63, Elon 14=James Madison (10-1, 8-0) finished off a perfect season in CAA Football by gaining 699 yards of offense. Quarterback Cole Johnson, in his first start, was 12 of 13 for 274 yards and two touchdowns to Domo Taylor, while Khalid Abdullah rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown.---=William & Mary 34, No. 7 Richmond 13=Kendell Anderson carried the ball 42 times for 219 yards and two touchdowns as William & Mary (5-6, 3-5) ended a five-game losing streak to rival Richmond (8-3, 5-3), which might have blown a seed and first-round bye in the playoffs. The Spiders also lost quarterback Kyle Lauletta to a possible season-ending knee injury.---=No. 14 Charleston Southern 28, Kennesaw State 7=Darius Hammond carried the ball 17 times for 153 yards and two touchdowns as Charleston Southern (7-3, 4-1) earned a share of the Big South title with Liberty and claimed the automatic playoff bid.---=No. 19 Lehigh 45, Lafayette 21=In the 152nd meeting of college footballs most-played series, Lehigh (9-2, 6-0) completed a perfect season in the Patriot League. Nick Shafnisky passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns, including two to Troy Pelletier.---=No. 20 Wofford 17, VMI 0=With its third shutout of the season, Wofford (8-3, 6-2 Southern) likely locked down its first playoff bid since 2012. Lorenzo Long rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown.---=Wagner 31, No. 25 Saint Francis 24=Wagner built a 31-7 lead after three quarters to prevent playoff-bound Saint Francis from winning an outright Northeast Conference title. Duquesne gained a share with the Red Flash (7-4, 5-1). Seahawks quarterback Alex Thomson passed for 263 yards and three touchdowns while the defense had three interceptions against Saint Francis Zack Drayer.---=No. 2 Jacksonville State 33, UT Martin 7=Jacksonville State (10-1, 7-0) finished unbeaten in the Ohio Valley Conference for the third straight season. Quarterback Eli Jenkins rushed for four touchdowns and the Gamecocks intercepted four passes (Jaylen Hill with two) in the first half.---=Montana State 24, No. 22 Montana 17=Montanas collapse from playoff contention -- four losses in its final five games to finish 6-5 -- was finalized by archrival Montana State. Quarterback Chris Murray sparked the Bobcats upset by rushing for 142 yards and two touchdowns.---=No. 4 North Dakota State 28, South Dakota 21=The five-time reigning FCS champion Bison (10-1, 7-1) followed Easton Sticks three touchdown passes and a 369-yard ground assault to a road victory and a share of their sixth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference title. Lance Dunn had a game-high 145 yards on 14 carries and the Bison held the ball for 37 minutes, 10 seconds.---=No. 24 North Carolina Central 42, No. 9 North Carolina A&T 21=North Carolina Central (9-2, 8-0) won the MEAC title to power into the Celebration Bowl, where it will face the SWAC champion Dec. 17 in Atlanta. Quarterback Malcolm Bell had 315 yards of total offense (184 passing, 131 rushing) and accounted for three touchdowns. A&T (9-2, 7-1) hopes to secure an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs. All-America running back Tarik Cohen gained 82 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries.---=No. 15 Youngstown State 65, Missouri State 20=With an unstoppable run game, Youngstown State (8-3, 6-2 Missouri Valley) likely sewed up its first playoff bid since 2006. Joe Alessi (seven carries, 190 yards, two touchdowns), Martin Ruiz (19-183-3) and Jody Webb (15-166-2) helped the Penguins average 10.6 yards per carry while rushing for 572 yards.---=North Carolina 41, No. 5 The Citadel 7=The Citadel (10-1), the Southern Conference champion, lost for the first time despite outgaining its ACC opponent 371-356 in offensive yards and holding the ball for 42:25. Grant Drakeford scored on a 28-yard run in the fourth quarter.---=No. 13 Villanova 41, Delaware 10=Villanova (8-3, 6-2 CAA) won the 50th renewal of the Battle of the Blue as quarterback Zach Bednarczk had 273 yards of total offense and four touchdown passes and running back Matt Gudzak gained 175 yards from scrimmage and scored twice.---=No. 17 Grambling State 47, Texas Southern 28=DeVante Kincade threw for three touchdowns and Jestin Kelly (133 yards, one touchdown) and Martez Carter (122 yards, two touchdowns) led the run game as Grambling State (8-1, 8-0) remained unbeaten in the SWAC.---=East Tennessee State 15, No. 18 Samford 14=Samfords bid for a playoff berth took a serious hit in the Southern Conference. ETSUs J.J. Jerman kicked three field goals, including a 28-yarder as time expired, and the Buccaneers (5-6, 2-6) held Bulldogs quarterback Devlin Hodges to a season-low 122 passing yards and no touchdowns. The Bulldogs are 7-4, including one win over a sub-Division I team.---=Southern Illinois 44, No. 23 Western Illinois 34=Western Illinois (6-5, 3-5 Missouri Valley) likely worked its way out of the playoff picture by allowing 20 unanswered points in the final seven minutes of its third straight loss. SIUs Sam Straub won a quarterback duel with WIUs Sean McGuire, throwing for 450 yards and four touchdowns with three interceptions.---=No. 1 Sam Houston State 59, No. 11 Central Arkansas 23=Junior Jeremiah Briscoe completed 27 of 42 pass attempts for 431 yards and seven touchdowns, leading Sam Houston (11-0, 9-0) -- the only unbeaten team in the FCS -- to the Southland Conference title. He has thrown a conference-record 52 touchdown passes, just four off the FCS season mark. Central Arkansas (9-2, 8-1) entered the game allowing only 16.8 points per game.---=No. 8 South Dakota State 45, Northern Iowa 24South Dakota State (8-3, 7-1) gained a share of the Missouri Valley title with North Dakota State and secured the automatic playoff bid as the result of a win over the Bison last month. Jake Wieneke (seven receptions, 136 yards) caught two touchdowns from Taryn Christion and threw one to the Jackrabbits quarterback.---=Alabama 31, No. 12 Chattanooga 3Chattanooga (8-3) held a 3-0 lead after one quarter against the nations top-ranked team. Quarterback Alejandro Bennifield was 16 of 21 for 106 yards.---=No. 21 Cal Poly 55, Northern Colorado 48Cal Poly (7-4, 5-3 Big Sky) hopes it clinched a playoff bid after quarterback Dano Graves dazzled with 338 yards of total offense and three total touchdowns. 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Their experience showed Tuesday as the No. 10 Badgers blunted a Saint Louis surge to win 63-57 and advance to face West Virginia in Wednesdays finals of the Cancun Challenge.In the end, it may be that fielding makes the difference.Whereas, in Visakhapatnam, the tough but crucial chance offered by Virat Kohli went to ground, here Chris Woakes clung on to an even tougher chance to end Cheteshwar Pujaras dangerous innings and precipitate a decline in which India lost three wickets for eight runs.The third of those, the run-out of the unfortunate Karun Nair (it would have been a brave man to send back Kohli on debut) was, again, the result of some outstanding fielding from Jos Buttler. From a position in which India appeared to have weathered the storm and were set to take control of the game, England had conjured wickets from nowhere. They were back in the match and the series.The ball that dismissed Pujara didnt really deserve a wicket. It was a filthy long-hop. And though it wasnt the only one Adil Rashid bowled - he had been pulled for boundaries by Pujara and Kohli in his previous couple of overs - his consistently improved form has been a feature of this series.He has already taken more wickets (16 so far) than Shane Warne managed in a series in India (14) and only two visiting legspinners (Danish Kaneria, who took 19 wickets in 2004-05) and Richie Benaud (who took 29 in 1959-60 and 23 in 1956-57) have taken more in a series in India. No England legspinner has taken more wickets in a series since Roly Jenkins claimed 16 in South Africa in 1948-49. The record by an England legspinner (22 by Tich Freeman) is within reach. While being rated the best English legspinner is a bit like being rated the tallest dwarf, these are impressive statistics.There have been several occasions when it seemed Rashid wasnt cut out for this level. He was told he was going to make his Test debut at Lords during the 2015 Ashes but pulled out of the game with a finger injury that provoked consternation among some in the team management who questioned whether he had withered in the spotlight. It was interesting to note that, despite the injury, he bowled for Yorkshire while the Test was in progress.He eventually made his debut in the UAE. While it took him 265 deliveries to claim his first wicket (he claimed 0 for 163 in his first innings), he finished with a five-for to help England within an ace of a memorable victory in Abu Dhabi (the first five-for by an England legspinner since Tommy Greenhoughs against India at Lords in 1959).But, by the end of the series, only three of the eight wickets he had claimed were of batsmen in the top six and one of those was with a delivery similar to the one that dismissed Pujara here. He didnt make the tour party to South Africa (the selectors reasoned that he would benefit more from gaining experience in the BBL) and Moeen Ali retained his role as first choice spinner throughout the English summer. Even after the Bangladesh portion of this tour, when Rashids figures (seven wickets at 29.85) looked perfectly respectable, there were doubts. Those figures had been given a flattering sheen by some tail-end wickets as Bangladesh set up the game in Dhaka and it was noticeable that his captain had been reluctant to risk him at key moments. And while some suggested Alastair Cook should have shown more faith in his bowler, others would point out that Rashid had done quite a lot to earn the lack of faith.But he has bowled far better in India. Maybe because of the faith shown in him by Saqlain Mushtaq - while previous England coaches have focused on what Rashid cannot do (notably, they believed he bowled too slowly), Saqlain has focused on what he can (notably bowl a big leg-break) - he has bowled with more confidence and consistency.The wickets are obviously vital, but he has also conceded a relatively respectable 3.51 runs per over (it was 3.81 on surfaces that should have helped him more and against a less able baatting line-up in Bangladesh) and, as a result, been entrusted with more overs than any of his team-mates.dddddddddddd Trevor Bayliss called him Englands best spinner after Visakhapatnam and he has a better strike-rate in the series (48) than Ravi Ashwin (73.60). Cook now trusts him. He isnt a luxury player; he is a key bowler.Perhaps Rashids development gives England new options? Perhaps, as the need for a third spinner - an insurance bowler, really - diminishes, England can consider changing the balance of their side.Certainly Gareth Batty, who was only introduced into the attack in the 47th over, looked an unnecessary extravagance here. While he could yet prove to be a match-winner in the fourth innings, he has only bowled five overs so far and leaked three boundaries in his first 14 deliveries.His presence reduced the opportunities for Moeen Ali, too. By the time Batty came on, Moeen had only bowled four overs. He wasnt tired and he hadnt been expensive. Indeed, he had conceded nine runs and had a catch dropped. He has been under-bowled of late.Increasingly, there is little evidence England require three spinners and even less that they require two offspinners.One option would be to add another seamer to the side. And its true, there were moments when Stuart Broad would have been a better bet to maintain the pressure established by Anderson and Woakes. It is a realistic option for the next Test in Mumbai.But do England really need six bowlers? In these conditions, with the temperature relatively cool, might they not be better served by strengthening the batting that continues to let them down?There may be options here. Haseeb Hameed is to have an X-ray on the little finger of his left hand in the next few days after sustaining a blow to it during his innings on Saturday. He did not field on Sunday and must be considered an injury doubt ahead of the fourth Test. Especially if he takes another blow when batting in Englands second innings, when he is sure to be tested by more short balls.England do have reinforcements within the current squad. But such have been the struggles of Ben Duckett and Gary Ballance, the management may be reluctant to rely upon them in the final two Tests of the series.That means England may be wise to call up at least one top-order player from the Lions squad or beyond. The three obvious candidates are Nick Gubbins, who looked a terrific player in the Championship season but is still learning to play spin bowling; Keaton Jennings, the County Championship player of the season in 2016, and Daniel Bell-Drummond, who has looked a fine prospect for a few years but may (rightly or wrongly) be disadvantaged by the fact that he plays his cricket in Division Two of the Championship. Ducketts experience has reiterated the suspicion that a chasm exists between that level and Test cricket.Or, there is another more familiar option. If the England team management decide that parachuting any of those young players into such a demanding environment could damage their long-term development, they might be tempted to think about Nick Compton. Compton, who opened the batting on the 2012 tour when England beat India and played Test cricket as recently as June, is currently in Mumbai (working for Espncricinfo) and training each day. A recall remains unlikely, but stranger things have happened.Such dilemmas can wait a day or two. But Rashids improvement does offer a potential solution to the fragility of the batting as much as it improves the bowling. They are back in this series, but they will have to bat better - both in the second innings here and in the final two Tests - if they are to sustain that improvement.Cheap Jerseys China NFL Jerseys [url=http://www.ns Wholesale Baseball Jerseys ' ' '