No. 3 Abilene Christian and No. 4 West Texas A&M each put up 51 points to roll to victory last week and remain unbeaten setting up a Top Five showdown this week in Canyon, Texas.  The Wildcats and Buffaloes go head-to-head at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 6 p.m. with the winner gaining the upper hand in the South Division and conference races.

      The last time that two Lone Star Conference teams were both ranked in the top five was Oct. 28, 2003, when Texas A&M-Kingsville was ranked No. 4 and Central Oklahoma was ranked No. 5 but they did not play each other at that point. However, Saturday's game will be the third time that two LSC members, both ranked in the top-five, have played each other. In 1987, No. 2 TAMUK defeated No. 5 Eastern New Mexico, 30-7, and in 1989, No. 1 TAMUK defeated No. 5 Angelo State, 42-3.

      This also marks just the third time since 1967 that two undefeated teams with records of 6-0 or better have met in league history.  The most recent was in 2006 as ACU and WTAMU battled and prior to that it was in 1967 as TAMUK and Texas State met in the last game of the year with 8-0 and 9-0 records, respectively.

      In the North, Central Oklahoma improved to 2-0 with a win over Southeastern Oklahoma, while Southwestern Oklahoma edged Northeastern State and East Central claimed a non-conference overtime victory over Southern Nazarene.

      Tarleton State topped Midwestern State in South Division play, while Texas A&M-Kingsville blanked Texas A&M-Commerce in crossover action.

      This week's schedule includes five divisional games, one crossover contest and one non-conference match-up.

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Players of the Week
North Offensive
Brandon Noohi, Central Oklahoma, Jr., Quarterback, Oklahoma City, Okla./Mount St. Mary
Noohi led UCO to its third straight win with a masterful performance, accounting for five of UCO's touchdowns in a 41-7 LSC North rout of Southeastern Oklahoma.  The junior quarterback completed 26-of-36 passes for 346 yards -- the seventh-best passing game in school history -- with TD passes of 19 and 47 yards.  He added scoring runs of one, nine and 10 yards to finish with 388 total yards against SOSU, the fifth-best game in school history, while leading the Bronchos to a 477-yard day.  Noohi was 19-of-24 for 245 yards passing in the first half as UCO took a 28-7 halftime lead.

North Defensive
Jermelle Cudjo, Central Oklahoma, Jr., Tackle, Lawton, Okla./MacArthur
Cudjo spearheaded a defensive effort that limited Southeastern Oklahoma to 136 total yards in UCO's 41-7 LSC North win.  The junior tackle made nine total tackles (five solo) and had 4.5 for loss, including 1.5 sacks, while also batting down a pass.  The Bronchos allowed just 22 rushing yards in 33 attempts and held the Savage Storm to 76 yards in 50 plays after their first two possessions of the game.

North Special Teams
Jared Homer, Northeastern State, Jr., Kicker, Mustang, Okla./Mustang
Homer went 3-3 with field goals from 46, 56 and 51 yards in a one point loss at Southwestern Oklahoma.  Homer broke his own school record that he set earlier this season with the 56 yard FG.  He pulled the RiverHawks to with 17-16 in the fourth quarter with a 51 yard FG into a stiff 25 mph wind in Weatherford.

South Offensive
Johnny Knox, Abilene Christian, Sr., Wide Receiver, Houston, Texas/Channelview
Knox had a record-setting night in the third-ranked Wildcats' 51-7 rout of Angelo State.  Knox set the ACU single-game record for receiving yards with 232 on six catches, and he tied the LSC and ACU single-game record for touchdown receptions with four.  Knox got his big night started on the third play of the game when he caught a 59-yard touchdown pass from Billy Malone.  Later in the first quarter he caught a 60-yard touchdown pass from Malone to give the Wildcats a 14-0 lead.  He added a pair of third-quarter touchdown catches from 47 and 29 yards to put ACU up 51-7.  He is only the ninth player in LSC history to catch four touchdown passes in a game, and he is the second Wildcat to do so, joining Scooter Phillips, who had four TD catches against Northern Colorado in 1985.  Knox's 232 yards receiving broke the ACU single-game record of 228 yards set in 1985 by Reggie McGowan against Stephen F. Austin.

South Defensive
Mike Martinez, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Sr., Linebacker, Corpus Christi, Texas/Calallen
Martinez spearheaded a Javelina unit that picked up their first shutout since in over three years.    He led the team with nine tackles and contributed of the team's season high five sacks.  He helped limit Texas A&M-Commerce to just 173 total yards of offense and seven three-and-outs.  The Lions never cracked the Kingsville 20-yard line in the game.

South Special Teams
Garrett Lindholm, Tarleton State, Jr., K, Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville
Lindholm scored 13 of Tarleton's 37 points in the victory at Midwestern State.  The junior kicker was three-for-three in field goal attempts, hitting from 35-, 20- and 38-yards.  His first two field goals drew the Texans with in four points while his first point after attempt gave the Texans a 13-10 victory, and Tarleton never looked back.  He also had eight kickoffs for 489 yards, an average of 61.1 yards per kick.