THE FREE WORLD, USA. — The people have spoken and the results are in. Here are the Top Ten FCS Games from Season 3, with a few honorable mentions.

Honorable Mention:

Week 2: Austin Peay 28, #1 Northern Iowa 24

The curse of #1 reared its ugly head in the early weeks of Season 3 and Northern Iowa suffered their first defeat as the top seed in the land. More to come on this later…

Week 5: #25 Delaware State 38, Kennesaw State 34

The first ever official “Dad Bowl” featured a now-retired coach and the Owls from Georgia. Don’t worry, the Plank Gang will make another appearance later on in this list.

Week 5: Marist 45, #5 Stony Brook 43

Marist squeaked out this win in Week 5 as everyone thought that would be the end of the Seawolves.

Playoffs Round 1: #15 Texas Southern 63, #18 Kennesaw State 56

Little known fact: Texas Southern actually won their first round playoff game before the infamous series of events that took place in Stony Brook, New York.

Now for the main event!

10. Week 8: #2 Montana State 28, #6 Maine 21

This game was tied with 3:22 left and the Black Bears had the ball on the Montana State 28 but a Bobcat scoop-n-score put the home team up for good.

9. Week 3: #21 Mississippi Valley State 26, #10 Austin Peay 25

An 11-point barrage from Austin Peay gave the Governors a six point lead in the fourth quarter but a 60-yard touchdown pass from the Delta Devils and the following PAT put the home team ahead with less than a minute to go.

8. Week 1: Northern Arizona 67, #21 Central Arkansas 63

A Spread/3-4 battle dor the ages, these two came out throwing darts and never stopped as Lumberjacks topped the Bears under the direction of a substitute coach.

7. CCG: North Carolina Central 75, Charleston Southern 58

The Carolina Football Conference offered up all the fireworks they could muster during conference championship week as the Eagles were flying high on their way to an explosive win.

6. Week 10: #2 Montana State 12, Idaho State 7

Normally games that make the Top Ten list are exciting and this one was no exception. The defenses came to play that day until the very end when the Bengals scored with 0:26 left to take a one point lead. The Bobcats answered on their very next offensive play from to deny the visitors the victory.

5. Championship Game: #2 Stony Brook 34, #1 Northern Iowa 28

Northern Iowa makes their second appearance on our list and sadly it is their second loss as number one. Its crazy that they lost as the top-ranked team in Week 2 AND in the Championship Game but Fake College Football is a cruel mistress and those who fall for her are doomed to be heart-broken for most of their life.

4. Playoffs Round 1: #22 Montana 31, #11 Bethune-Cookman 28

As many faithful readers know, Montana had only dreamed of being in the playoffs during their roller coaster of a season. Despite winning the Big Sky Conference Championship Game, it appeared the dream was over with 1 quarter left to play and a 28-17 lead for the Wildcats. However the Grizzlies rallied their offense and scored twice in the final period to advance to the second round.

3. Playoffs Round 2: #8 Villanova 42, #24 Princeton 41

What is it with the Ivy League and insanely close playoff games? The Tigers put up a valiant effort in this one, scoring 20 points in the final quarter, but it was the Wildcats that would win this cat fight as they stepped up and stuffed the two-point attempt to advance to the quarter finals.

2. Quarterfinals: #3 Cal Poly 28, #6 Montana State 27

These two teams came to play in this one as two heavy-weight FCS coaches went toe-to-toe and traded blows all the way to the final bell. A deep kick gave the Bobcats 90 yards for the win but the Mustangs forced a fumble on 2nd-and-10 to take home the victory and secure a highly anticipated game against Stony Brook.

1. Week 9: #22 Florida A&M 56, #2 Bethune-Cookman 52 2OT

The people have chosen Week 9’s Atlantic Sun Game of the Week Presented by Cookout as the FCS Season 3 Game of the Year! Bethune-Cookman came in undefeated, the first team to win 8 games in a row in the FCS, but the Rattlers were not intimidated. The defenses stayed home as the teams combined for 890 yards and 108 points. Florida A&M tied it with 0:24 left in the fourth and then scored two more times to seal the deal in double OT.

For FCFB Overtime this has been Joshua Average, reminding you to have a good night, and keep those ranges tight.