FCS Playoffs Round 2: #9 Rhode Island (11-2) @ #8 UC Davis (8-3) Akem’s Analysis, Hero Sports, and Sports Illustrated previews don’t think much of Davis' defense, because they all look at statistics for the whole season, which include the Washington game.
A better measure is how Davis did in conference, which happens to be games without the Connors brothers, where Davis was second in scoring defense, third in total yardage defense. If we look at pass defense Davis was second best in percentage of completions and yards per attempt. And only for the last three games have we had both of our top cornerbacks available.