The SCIAC won four head-to-head matchups against the Northwest Conference on Saturday afternoon. But the prime-time battle, the matchup of ranked teams, was a different story.

No. 14 Linfield came to life in the second half and rolled its way past No. 22 Occidental 31-27. Photo gallery.

The Wildcats stifled the Tigers' offense early on in the second half and took a 31-21 lead. Oxy answered with a quick touchdown but the PAT was blocked and the Tigers were offside on its onside kick. Linfield ran the clock out to win.

Earlier, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps beat Puget Sound Photo gallery, Pomona-Pitzer defeated Lewis and Clark Photo gallery, Cal Lutheran blew out Pacific Lutheran Photo gallery and Redlands won at Whitworth as the SCIAC built up a 4-0 advantage.

No. 1 Mount Union held No. 7 Ohio Northern to 80 yards of total offense and got enough of its own to pull away for a 30-10 victory. Ohio Northern went into the half tied at 10 with the Purple Raiders, thanks to an interception to set up a field goal and a kickoff returned for a touchdown. But that was all the Polar Bears scored. Mount Union allowed Ohio Northern's running game just 24 yards on 29 carries. Photo gallery.

No. 9 Cortland State opened NJAC play with a 24-14 win over Rowan, keeping the Profs scoreless in the second half. Brian Wiley tallied 15 tackles, three for loss, and Dan Pitcher threw two touchdowns for the Red Dragons. No. 15 Hardin-Simmons couldn't get its offense started without quarterback Justin Feaster and even though he came off the bench in the third quarter, he was ineffective as Louisiana College won 28-7.

There's plenty more so check out Saturday's scoreboard. In other finals No. 5 Wesley avoided another upset at Delaware Valley, easing past the Aggies 31-13. Delaware Valley outgained Wesley 341 yards to 338 but the Wolverines caused five turnovers. No. 25 Ithaca bounced back from last week's loss to Union in a big way, rolling past Widener 41-17. No. 22 Union couldn't build off that win and fell to Muhlenberg, 17-7. St. John Fisher turned the ball over three times in the fourth quarter but still held on to beat Rochester 35-33.

No. 6 St. John's survived its trip to Moorhead, beating No. 23 Concordia 31-17. No. 16 Central survived an early scare, beating Dubuque 41-27. No. 18 St. Thomas avenged last year's six-overtime loss, beating St. Olaf 27-16. Photo gallery. Thomas More held quarterback Brad Dawson to 206 yards passing in a 47-24 win against Waynesburg. In a game both teams needed badly, Christopher Newport gutted out a 27-21 win over Salisbury in triple overtime. Centre took a 34-7 lead on No. 20 DePauw and held on to win 34-20, while Millsaps survived an upset bid to beat Austin College 31-30. Ferrum held off Bridgewater (Va.) 37-34 in overtime in a USAC-ODAC matchup, while Greensboro did the same to Washington and Lee, 26-20.

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Lycoming defeated U.S. 15 rival Susquehanna 37-23 in what could be their last meeting for a while. Susquehanna moves to the Centennial Conference next season and will only have one non-conference game. Joe Albano blocked a Utica field goal attempt with 16 seconds left to preserve RPI's victory over the Pioneers, 17-14.