WALTHAM, Mass. – With postseason hopes on the line, the Bentley football team enters the final stretch of its Northeast 10 season. The Falcons head up to Manchester to kickoff at Saint Anselm Saturday, Nov. 1, at 12 p.m.
 
Title up for grabs
Assumption sits atop the NE10 standings with a 5-0 conference record. Bentley is 4-1 in the NE10, and Southern Connecticut is 3-1 in conference games. Saint Anselm has a 4-2 NE10 record. Assumption's final two NE10 games are against Southern Connecticut and Bentley. Southern Connecticut also has yet to play Franklin Pierce and Post. Saint Anselm plays Post next week. This season marks the first time that conference champions throughout NCAA DII receive an automatic bid for the NCAA DII Football Championship.
 
Schout out to Hank
Senior linebacker Henry Schouten leads the NE10 in tackles with 83, and his average of 11.9 tackles per game ranks fourth in NCAA DII. Schouten recently recorded 17 tackles in Bentley's 42-13 win over Pace (Oct. 25).
 
In Luke we trust
Luke Warnock is the first sophomore to start at quarterback for Bentley since 2018, and the Falcon coaching staff hasn't been shy about putting their faith in him. Warnock ranks second in the NE10 for pass attempts (206) and completion percentage (60.7-percent). Through his last four games, Warnock has 11 passing touchdowns, three rushing touchdowns, and only three interceptions. He is also completing 64.5-percent of his passes during that stretch.
 
Take your pick
Of the conference's top 12 leaders in total receptions, four of them are Falcons. Rashon Bradford (34) ranks third, Pat Damon (27) is fifth, Isaiah Decias (25), ranks eighth, and Nayvon Reid (21) is 11^th. Decias ranks fifth in the NE10 despite missing the first three games of the season due to an injury. Damon and Decias are both third in the NE10 for touchdown receptions, with four apiece.
 
Brown to the house
In the fourth quarter against Pace (Oct. 25), David Brown, Jr. returned an interception 71 yards for a touchdown. It was his second interception of the season. Brown's first interception of 2025 was against American International (Sept. 27).
 
Personal best, no Compoh-rison
Joshua Compoh had a career-high 86 rushing yards against Pace (Oct. 25), and he needed just 12 caries to do it. Compoh scored his second rushing touchdown of the season in the game. Overall this season, Compoh has 284 rushing yards – just one yard behind Telly Edouard for the team lead.
 
Scouting Saint Anselm (5-3, 3-0 NE10)
The Hawks had a four-game winning streak before losing at Southern Connecticut, 37-13, last week (Oct. 25). Saint Anselm's scoring offense is sixth in the NE10, averaging 21.3 points per game. However, its scoring defense allows 21.8 points per game – the second-best mark in the NE10. The passing defense leads the NE10 by allowing 164.0 yards per game. Drew Forkner leads the NE10 in passing yards (1,496), and he has 13 passing touchdowns to one interception. Jake Croce is the conference's fifth-leading rusher, having totaled 505 yards on the ground this season.