Benedictine IL's unbeaten mark headlines trip to Concordia IL

The biggest gap here is the record column. Benedictine IL arrives at 6-0, a mark Versus has the Eagles owning as the best record in college football, and the best start through six games in the program's history in Versus records dating to 2007. Concordia IL, at 4-2, is a solid team by comparison but nowhere near that company, and the two sides carry similar strength of schedule ranks, meaning the Eagles have earned their standing against comparable competition rather than a soft slate.

Versus grades Benedictine IL's defense and offense each a C, modest marks for a team this unbeaten, while Concordia IL grades out lower across the board, including a D+ defense that ranks 181st in D3. The Cougars do have a notable home scoring boost this season, which helps explain why the projection still has them within single digits.

This one counts in the NACC standings, and history leans hard toward the visitors. Benedictine IL leads the all-time series 16-3 and has won nine of the last ten meetings, including three straight. Versus projects a 31-23 Benedictine IL win, giving the Eagles a 66 percent chance to stay unbeaten on the road against a Concordia IL team that has shown it can score in bunches at home but has struggled to keep pace defensively against ranked competition.