FAU was already undefeated in conference play coming into Saturday, and maybe Marshall should’ve been more nervous than they were, after seeing FAU drop 69 on North Texas two weeks ago. But on Saturday, this was a changing of the guard— a division dominated by Marshall and WKU since the last round of realignment, for the most part, slipped away to the Lane Train as FAU defeated Marshall, 30-25.
In the West, a similar changing of the guard took place, as usual western champs Louisiana Tech fell to North Texas, 24-23 after a controversial call by Skip Holtz to kick a field goal on 4th and 3 late in the game, when he was only up by three points.