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I think only two teams will make the playoffs. I think LU can afford to lose one more game (except to MW State) and they make the playoffs at 10-2. SLU and SFA have to win out. A 9-3 record probably won't be good enough for a third team to make it.

Looking at how Massey rates teams against FCS opponents only: SFA (5 games): Schedule 42, Offense 32, Defense 6 SLU (5 games): Schedule 47, Offense 24, Defense 18 LU (6 games): Schedule 56, Offense 75, Defense 36 UIW (6 games): Schedule 23, Offense 26, Defense 32 UIW's defense is rated better than Lamar's yet they lost in a high scoring shootout at home to East Texas A&M. SLU has two shutout games in a row. Lamar better be 8-1 heading into that game or the season could end up on a very sour note.

Good questions. I have no clue to what the answer is to either one of them.

East Texas A&M beat UiW on the road in a shootout.

Another lucky win. 23-21

Here's the 1985 schedule according to chatGPT... Date Opponent Location Score Sep 7 Texas Southern Beaumont, TX (home) W 32-20 Sep 14 Prairie View A&M Beaumont, TX (home) W 30-7 Sep 21 at Texas State San Marcos, TX W 24-21 Sep 28 at Rice Houston, TX L 28-29 Oct 12 vs Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) Beaumont, TX L 14-37 Oct 19 at UT Arlington Arlington, TX L 17-37 Oct 26 vs Sam Houston State Beaumont, TX L 22-34 Nov 2 at Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA L 22-23 Nov 9 at North Texas Denton, TX L 0-20 Nov 16 vs Arkansas State Beaumont, TX L 0-21 Nov 23 vs McNeese Beaumont, TX L 7-28