It's a spectacular day to be outdoors, isn't it? I figure most of you are at the Linc, Villanova Stadium or here with me at Franklin Field.

If I had the choice, I think I'd most like to be at the Temple game. But I'm covering Cornell-Penn for the Inquirer, so at least I get to hear the bands play.

I'll be chatting for a few hours this afternoon. We can talk about today's football, yesterday's hoops action - how about St. Joe's beating Boston College? - or whatever else is on your mind.

WILMINGTON, Del. - I'm on a train back to Philadelphia, and am doing a bit of work in a cafe car full of Yale alums en route to New Haven for The Game tomorrow.

(You think I'm kidding. I'm not. One of them is a former player. I'm trying to decide whether to tell the rest how bad their team is this year.)

As we head into the weekend, I have an interesting interview to share with you. I mentioned on Monday that two AP football voters ranked Temple at No. 20 on their ballots this week. We've already heard from Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News, and now we can hear from Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

We chatted by email, and here's what Fittipaldo had to say about the Owls:

I believe I put the Owls in my top 25 for the first time two weeks ago. I thought about it a week or two before that, but the Villanova loss made me think twice. Finally, two weeks ago, with a few of the bottom-end teams losing, I decided to put the Owls in. This week I moved them a few more slots. I'm of the opinion that the ACC stinks and some of those middle of the road SEC teams that usually get ranked aren't doing as well. Therefore, a team like Temple from the MAC gets in.

I asked how hard it is to get his ballot all the way to 25 teams. He touched on it above, and here's more:

Increasingly, it's been difficult to find worthy teams to put at the tail end of my top 25. For instance, I've had Miami lower in my poll than most other pollsters all year, about four to five spots lower most weeks. So when Miami lost to North Carolina beat the Hurricanes this week I wanted to drop Miami from my poll. But as I searched for teams to put in their place I could not find any.

Fittipaldo did drop Miami out of his rankings, but you get the idea.

As he's from Pittsburgh, I couldn't help asking Fittipaldo a few questions about the high-flying Panthers. The first was about the big showdown between Cincinnati and Pitt at Heinz Field on Dec. 5, which will be for the Big East title and a BCS berth:

Pitt is the home team, so it will be a really good game. Cincinnati seems to do whatever it takes to win, but with a BCS berth on the line and Pitt's front four playing as well as they have, I have to think the Panthers find a way to win a close game.

And I couldn't help asking whether he thinks Pitt and Penn State will renew their old and famous rivalry.

Pitt and Penn State will not play again until Joe Paterno steps down or passes away. I do think it will happen after that if someone like Tom Bradley has a say at that point. But who knows? Bradley might be gone by then, too.

Some good stuff there. What do you make of it?

Updated after the La Salle-South Carolina game. See below.

WASHINGTON - Let me start by saying that I missed both the Villanova and Penn State games this afternoon. I had the nerve to step away from sports for a few hours. Apologies for that.

But I followed the Wildcats' 69-68 win on Twitter, and most of the talk from people here in D.C. was about how George Mason blew it. It seems to me that Isaiah Armwood deserves quite a bit of credit for that three-pointer, but the Patriots missed four of eight free throws in the final 1:16. They were also playing zone when Armwood scored.

Looking at the box score, it's clear that the Wildcats did not have it together on offense today the way they did against Penn. Scottie Reynolds was 6-14 from the field, Corey Fisher was 1-12 and Maalik Wayns was 3-10.

As a team, 'Nova only made seven of 23 field goal attempts in the first half, and would have trailed by more than nine points at halftime had Corey Fisher not made 10 of 12 free throws.

The second half wasn't much better, but George Mason was even worse. The Patriots were 7-19 from the field and 1-6 from beyond the arc after halftime, and then came those late missed free throws.

Reynolds finished with 18 and Fisher with 16, and Antonio Pena tallied 10 points and 12 rebounds. Ryan Pearson led George Mason with 14 points and 8 boards.

But you know what? Let's give Armwood the Line of the Game. His game-winning three was his first basket as a college player, and he even added a blocked shot in four minutes on the floor.

I also watched part of the La Salle-South Carolina game, which was part of the same Charleston tournament as Penn State vs. UNC-Wilmington. Specifically, I watched the part of the second half where the Gamecocks pushed their lead from four points to 20 en route to a 78-68 win.

If you didn't see it, we have a nice play-by-play summary right here on Philly.com.

The Explorers led by as many as seven points with 3:16 left in the first half, but only got one Rodney Green layup between that point and halftime.

The score was 40-36 South Carolina at halftime, and La Salle stayed stuck on 36 points until a Rodney Green layup with 17:31 left in the half. Yves Mekono-Mbala's jumper made it 46-40 to the Gamecocks with 16:06 left. But by the time the Explorers got to 51 with 8:59 remaning, South Carolina had 64. That was pretty well it.

For the game, La Salle shot 48.1 percent from the field and South Carolina shot 50.8 percent. So the Explorers' defense still appears to not be there yet.

Consider the splits by half as well. La Salle shot 51.9 percent from the field in the first half and 44.4 percent in the second. But consider this too: the Explorers attempted 27 shots in each half, making 14 in the first and 12 in the second. Not much of a difference.

South Carolina also made 14 field goals in the first half, on 31 attempts (45.2%). The Gamecocks were 17-30 in the seccond half, though (56.7%), and there's the margin.

Rodney Green scored 23 points for the Explorers and Jerrell Williams added 11, but Aaric Murray scored only four points and picked up four fouls. But he did have seven rebounds and four blocks.

Line of the game goes to South Carolina's Dominique Archie, who was his team's leading scorer and one of four Gamecocks in double figures:

We turn now to football and another weekend full of dud games. But there are a few good rivalries to consider, so we have a decent Spectacle of the Week poll. You already saw it, so go ahead and vote.

The weekly Top 10 chart is below. I find it interesting that Jeff Sagarin has TCU at No. 3 and Oregon above Boise State.

Do you think the Broncos will make it into the BCS?

Poll: What's the Spectacle of the Week? (38 votes)

WASHINGTON - I have definitely noticed an increase in traffic on the blog on days when I've written about Temple football. Were I not going to be at Franklin Field this Saturday to cover Cornell-Penn for the Inquirer, I would be at the Linc for the Owls' last home game of the season against Kent State.

Temple athletic director Bill Bradshaw told me yesterday that he expects around 20,000 fans to be in attendance. I'll be interested to see what the final number is, because it's a pretty big deal for Bradshaw's program.

But since I won't be there, I'll make it up to you with two more interviews with AP football poll voters: Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News and Barker Davis of the Washington Times.

Wolf has the Owls ranked 20th in his latest ballot. He told me by email that he thinks "they deserve respect after winning eight straight games and for the fact they have come so far as a program. They also beat Navy, a team that almost beat Ohio State, and Notre Dame."

While Wolf said that "the MAC receives little or no coverage in Southern California," he added that he has no problem "ranking a MAC team with an 8-2 record."

Davis does not have the Owls on his ballot, but as he was at yesterday's Temple-Georgetown game (he also covers the Hoyas), I was able to get his view.

He showed me the raw form of the ballot he sent in, which included a "Next 5" with his Top 15. The Owls were fourth in that "Next 5."

Davis had plenty of praise for the Owls' success this season, noting that "they had never even been on my radar before." But his main reason for not ranking them is the loss to Villanova.

"The 'Nova loss is a bad one," he said, because the Wildcats are in I-AA. "A loss to 'Nova is equivalent to two [I-A] losses."

Davis is certainly aware of the Wildcats' success this season. But he noted that he would have also held Michigan accountable for their famous loss to Appalachian State a few years back.

Like Wolf, Davis also gave Temple full credit for the win over Navy, even though the Midshipmen's starting quarterback, Ricky Dobbs, wasn't playing. But beyond that, Davis asked, "who are Temple's other quality wins?"

It is worth noting that Temple has not played Central Michigan, the only team in the MAC ranked higher in Sagarin than the Owls. But if Temple beats Kent State, the two teams will meet in the MAC title game.

That brings us us to this week's Crunchy Numbers.

Since I missed today's coaches luncheon, all the divisions together in this roundup. Most of the Division II and Division III seasons are over at this point anyway, with the notable exception of Delaware Valley.

Division I

21. Penn State (19)
Last week: Home win vs. No. 91/91 Indiana, 31-20
This week: 11/21 at No. 45 Michigan State, 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
Sagarin predicts: Penn State by 3 (81.01 to 74.70 and 3.06)

34. Rutgers (53)
Last week: Home win vs. No. 22/38 South Florida, 31-0
This week: 11/21 at No. 95 Syracuse, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN360.com)
Sagarin predicts: Rutgers by 11 (78.06 to 64.35 and 3)

43. Villanova (46)
Last week: Road win vs. No. 195/193 Towson, 49-7
This week: 11/21 vs. No. 116 Delaware, 3:30 p.m. (Comcast Network)
Sagarin predicts: Villanova by 19 (76.60 and 3.06 to 60.41)

61. Temple (65)
Last week: Road win vs. No. 134/138 Akron, 56-17
This week: 12/21 vs. No. 108 Kent State, 1:00 p.m.
Sagarin predicts: Temple by 13 (71.94 and 3.06 to 61.83)

116. Delaware (116)
Last week: Road loss vs. No. 41/40 Navy, 35-18
This week: 11/21 at No. 43 Villanova, 3:30 p.m. (Comcast Network)
Sagarin predicts: Villanova by 19 (76.60 and 3.06 to 60.41)

122. Penn (137)
Last week: Road win vs. No. 157/150 Harvard, 17-7
This week: 11/21 vs. No. 220 Cornell, 1:00 p.m.
Sagarin predicts: Penn by 27 (59.19 and 3 to 35.53)

131. Lafayette (141)
Last week: Road loss vs. No. 150/135 Holy Cross, 28-26
This week: 11/21 at No. 198 Lehigh, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN360.com, RCN-4 or RCN-8, WPBPH-60, WFMZ-69)
Sagarin predicts: Lafayette by 13 (56.68 to 40.63 and 3.06)

It's the 145th meeting of the Leopards and the Mountain Hawks/Engineers, which I believe is a record of some kind.

205. Delaware State (189)
Last week: Home loss vs. No. 169/174 Norfolk State, 21-16
This week: 11/21 vs. No. 238 Howard, 1:00 p.m.
Sagarin predicts: Delaware State by 15 (39.76 and 3 to 27.30)

198. Lehigh (214)
Last week: Road win vs. No. 199/196 Fordham, 35-28
This week: 11/21 vs. No. 131. Lafayette, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN360.com, RCN-4 or RCN-8, WBPH-60, WFMZ-69)
Sagarin predicts: Lafayette by 13 (56.68 to 40.63 and 3.06)

219. Princeton (228)
Last week: Home win vs. No. 190/188 Yale, 24-17
This week: 11/21 at No. 203 Dartmouth, 12:30 p.m.
Sagarin predicts: Dartmouth by 8 (40.09 and 3 to 35.99)

230. Bucknell (237)
Last week: Road loss vs. No. 160/158 Colgate, 29-14
This week: 11/21 vs. No. 135 Holy Cross, 1:00 p.m.
Sagarin predicts: Holy Cross by 22 (56.18 to 31.46 and 3)

Divisions II and III

West Chester
Season over

Delaware Valley
Last week: Road win vs. Widener, 28-16
This week: 11/21 vs. Susquehanna, 12:00 p.m. (NCAA Division III playoffs first round)

The winner gets Albright or Alfred in the second round. Not sure where the game would be played, but that first-round game is at Alfred. Delaware Valley beat Albright to win the MAC's automatic playoff bid.

Rowan
Last week: Home win vs. The College of New Jersey, 39-0
This week: Season over

Sometimes, karma can be a good thing. Congrats to the Profs for winning without Mike Hoffman and their other injured starters.

Ursinus
Last week: Road win vs. Dickinson, 35-32
This week: Season over

Widener
Last week: Home loss vs. Delaware Valley, 28-16
This week: Season over

Lincoln
Season over

Cheyney
Season over

Temple got 23 points in this week's AP football poll. That's the equivalent of 33rd place, higher than Georgia and Oklahoma among others.

Looking at the AP voters' ballots this week, I was struck by the two voters who ranked the Owls 20th: Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News and Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Fittipaldo has them ranked one spot above USC, while Wolf has Iowa 25th.

The full breakdown is as follows. The order is alphabetical by state, because that's how it listed on the AP's website:

Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News: 20th (6 points)
Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle: 23rd (3 points)
Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News: 25th (1 point)
Mike Hlas, Cedar Rapids Gazette (Iowa): 24th (2 points)
John Davis, Oxford Eagle (Miss.): 25th (1 point)
Keith Sargeant, Home News Tribune/Gannett (N.J.): 25th (1 point)
Ray Fittipaldo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 20th (6 points)
Travis Haney, Charleston Post and Courier (S.C.): 24th (2 points)
Eric Schmoldt, Casper Star-Tribune (Wyo.): 25th (1 point)

Temple also got 17 points in the coaches' poll and 47 points in the Harris poll, which has more voters. But we don't know who voted for the Owls in those polls, because the ballots aren't made public.

Penn 17, Harvard 7: My Inquirer recap | New York Times | Boston Globe

Postgame reactions from players and coaches on both teams are in the audio player below.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - I've only covered two funerals in my life, and both were just a few months apart.

I forget the exact date, but it was somewhere in the middle of 2005 that John McAdams was laid to rest. I stood in the back of the room watching everyone you've ever seen at the Palestra, Citizens Bank Park and countless other places pass by the casket to pay respects.

The second time came a few months later, after Kyle Ambrogi committed suicide. There were so many people in attendance that afternoon that I couldn't get into the church, and had to stand next to a window to try to hear the eulogies.

I will never forget seeing Penn's coaches and players carrying Ambrogi's casket out to the hearse, an incredibly moving act of symbolism for the late fullback.

I bring this up because of the one thing I didn't mention in my recap of yesterday's Penn-Harvard game: the effect Ambrogi's suicide had on the Penn football program.

Al Bagnoli made a somewhat off-hand reference to it at this past Wednesday's local coaches luncheon, and the New York Times' Dave Caldwell explored the matter in some depth yesterday.

We will never truly know how much Ambrogi's suicide affected the Penn football program. Almost all of what little evidence we have took place on the field. The Quakers routed Columbia in their frst game after Ambrogi died, then laid him to rest two days later. The following Saturday, they thumped Yale at Franklin Field.

I covered that Columbia game for the Inquirer, and still remember seeing Dan "Coach Lake" Staffieri on the Penn sideline in a blue cheesehead-style hat adorned with Ambrogi's number, 31.

"There was a lot of frustration, a lot of sadness," running back Sam Mathews said at hte time. "For three hours today we were able to forget about everything and work on getting this game for Kyle. "

Al Bagnoli was even more forceful.

"That was my hope. That once the game started, we were going to be an angry team," he said. "Angry at everything that happened, the lack of rationale for how something like this could happen, and play angry and play emotional, and I think we did that."

So was linebacker Ric San Doval.

"This isn't going to stop. It's going to continue on week to week," he said. "Everyone tries to play with a purpose. But when something like this occurs, this is the purpose... We have someone up there watching over us."

But instead of moving forward, the wheels came off. Penn lost its last four games of the season, and finished 3-4 in Ivy League play. It was their first finish below .500 in a decade.

The end of that season brought some catharsis, but the 2006 season was another roller-coaster ride. With their kicking game a shambles, Penn became the first NCAA team to ever lose three straight games in overtime en route to another 3-4 finish.

The Quakers finished 3-4 again in 2007, including losses early at Dartmouth and in three overtimes at Yale.

Penn started last year 4-0, then lost at home to Brown. They had a chance to win a share of the title at home against Harvard, but Keiffer Garton was intercepted in the end zone with 20 seconds left in the game.

This year, though, there have been no almosts or nearlies. The defense has been exceptional, allowing only two offensive touchdowns since halftime of the Columbia game a month ago.

And I really don't think you can overstate the importance of Penn's win in overtime at Brown on Halloween. Whether or not it should have been, the circumstance was clearly in the heads of Penn's players. Their reactions after the game left no doubt.

The Quakers' offense finally came to life last week, even if it was against a really bad Princeton team. So the stage was set for yesterday's championship showdown.

What transpired was a first half that even Manny Pacquiao would have appreciated. Penn outgained Harvard 105 yards to 19 in the first quarter and 175 to 57 in the first half, and never looked back after that.

Harvard woke up in the second half, and had a chance to make things really interesting when it got to the goal line with just under three minutes in the game.

But Penn's defense stood up on fourth down, and the emotional release on their sideline was clear for all to see. Even though Harvard got one more possession before time ran out, Crimson coach Tim Murphy knew what he had just seen.

"They were the better team today, and they deserved to win," Murphy said of Penn.

Technically, the title race isn't over yet. If Cornell beats Penn and Harvard beats Yale, the Quakers and Crimson will split the championship. But just like only one Big Ten team goes to the Rose Bowl, only one Ivy League team knows that it came out on top.

I suppose I wouldn't have brought any of this up if Bagnoli hadn't first. But it's hard to not see yesterday's win as Penn slamming the door shut on everything that has gone wrong over the last four years.

It might not mean anything next season, but shedding the burdens of history is always of consequence.

Though their respective contexts are completely different, how do the Temple football fans among you feel about being bowl-eligible for the first time in 30 years? And how do the La Salle basketball fans among you feel about being an NCAA Tournament darkhorse? Wouldn't that put to rest the ghosts of the scandals that rocked Olney Ave. earlier this decade?

This has been quite a college football season so far. Now we're at the point where our local teams and fans are getting ready to celebrate.

Not a bad way to get ready for basketball season, is it?

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It's over. Penn has its first Ivy League football championship in six years.

BOSTON - Let's get this out of the way first: it's absolutely pouring here at Harvard Stadium. It has been all day, and it's not going to let up at all from the forecasts I've seen.

If you were picking blind between the Ivy League's best defense and its best offense in conditions like this, you'd probably pick the defense. But as stout as Penn is, Harvard has the psychological edge of having won the last two Ivy League championships. And they're playing at home, on a field where the Quakers haven't won since 2003.

Which, not coincidentally, was the last year that Penn won the championship. Will this be the day Penn's wait finally ends?

It's time to find out.

You knew Villanova coach Andy Talley would talk about the Wildcats' win at Richmond during this afternoon's local college football coaches luncheon.

But as happens every once in a while, Talley took a moment to step away from the football field. You may recall that a few weeks ago, I noted that Talley is very involved with raising awareness about bone marrow transplants, and works with many of his fellow coaches in the region to find donors.

Well, we learned today that Rowan defensive lineman Mike Hoffman has been called to be a donor. According to Talley and Profs coach Jay Accorsi, the 6-3 junior from Burlington Township will be donating next week to perhaps help save someone's life.

The donor is a 52-year-old male with lymphoma, Accorsi said.

This would be noteworthy under any circumstance, but it is made even more so because Hoffman will be missing his team's final game of the season. Rowan faces the College of New Jersey on Saturday in what is a rivalry game.

"He's a spectacular young man," Accorsi said of Hoffman. "He's given up the last game of his junior year to try to save an individual."

Accorsi added that when the donation was set up, he and his team figured that the game wouldn't have any stakes relative to the postseason. Hoffman tried to reschedule the transplant, but there isn't much room to be flexible when you're dealing with a real life-or-death situation.

"We thought we would have more games, and that obviously didn't happen. "I've left it up to [Matt] the whole time, [and] the bone marrow people told him that the individual is just too ill, and we've got to try to get this done as soon as possible."

After his remarks about Hoffman, Talley changed the subject to the "minor stuff" that happened last Saturday. It was certainly a back-and-forth game, and Villanova was quite fortunate that Richmond kicker Andrew Howard hooked that last-second field goal attempt wide left.

"Sometimes you'd rather be lucky than good, and I think right now we were just flat-out lucky," Talley said.

When I heard that, I couldn't help thinking about Mike Hoffman and whoever really is lucky enough to be getting that bone-marrow transplant. I know I shouldn't be doing too much non-sports stuff on here, but it's important to remember that there are more important things in the world.

You can hear from Talley, Penn coach Al Bagnoli, and others in the audio player below. West Chester coach Bill Zwaan came by for the first time this season, and took a look back at the year after the Golden Rams' last game this past Saturday.

Delaware Valley coach Jim Clements and Widener defensive coordinator Mike Guille were also in the spotlight, as their teams will play for the Keystone Cup this coming Saturday in Chester.

A reminder that I'll be blogging live from Harvard Stadium this Saturday as Penn and Harvard play for the Ivy League championship. I talked with the Harvard athletic department this afternoon and was told that there is still no deal for a television broadcast, so my blog will be the best way to get live updates on the game.

Here's the full slate of Division II and Division III action:

West Chester
Last week: Home win vs. Mercyhurst, 45-13
This week: Season over

Delaware Valley
Last week: Home win vs. Albright, 45-16
This week: 11/14 at Widener, 1:00 p.m.

Rowan
Last week: Home loss vs. Montclair State, 14-7
This week: 11/14 vs. The College of New Jersey, 1:00 p.m.

Ursinus
Last week: Home win vs. Muhlenberg, 24-10
This week: 11/14 at Dickinson, 1:00 p.m.

Widener
Last week: Road loss vs. Wilkes, 29-24
This week: 11/14 vs. Delaware Valley, 1:00 p.m.

Lincoln
Season over

Cheyney
Last week: Home loss vs. Clarion, 32-12
This week: Season over

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Let's start tonight by setting out the agenda for the rest of the week. After going to the football coaches' luncheon tomorrow, and I'll post the Spectacle of the Week poll and Top 10 chart on Thursday this week.

On Friday, you'll get the season's first edition of the Schuylkill 16 rankings. Then I'll head out to City Avenue for Drexel-St. Joe's, as the Hawks christen Hagan Arena with a good matchup.

I was at Hagan Arena this afternoon for St. Joe's media day, and you'll get that blog post later tonight. There will be a lengthy audio track of Phil Martelli talking to reporters and a photo gallery of the new gym.

After Friday night's game, I will head straight to 30th Street Station and get on a train bound for Boston. A few hours of sleep later, I'll head to Harvard Stadium to cover Penn's Ivy League football title showdown against the Crimson for the Inquirer.

I know that a couple of you have gotten on my case for writing about Penn a lot, but it's what I do and I've said that many times before. This game is particularly important, as a win would give the Quakers their first championship since 2003.

If that happens, we could be on course for the most successful season in local college football history. I can't remember ever seeing or reading about a year in which Penn, Villanova and Temple all won conference championships. That is a real possibility. I'd love to hear from the historians among you about whether anything like this has happened before.

It's important to note that the Penn-Harvard game will not be on television anywhere. So I will be liveblogging from the press box, and I would strongly encourage you to join me starting just before noon. I know a lot of Penn fans read this blog, so hopefully the word will get out.

Next Monday, I'll be courtside at the Pavilion as Penn and Villanova meet in the first Big 5 game of the season. Then on Tuesday, I'll be live-blogging from Washington as Temple faces Georgetown as part of ESPN's 24-hour college basketball marathon.

That game will start at 4 p.m., so be sure to check out the blog if you're stuck at your desk and can't get to a television.

I'll probably go dark for a few days after that. I might put up a post on Thursday or Friday, but the next live events will be on the 21st. I'll be covering the Penn-Cornell football game and the Penn-Delaware basketball game for the Inquirer, and there will be live coverage from Franklin Field.

I would do something for the basketball game, but since that's a 7 p.m. tipoff I'll have print deadlines to deal with. So there probably won't be a liveblog for that game.

That's the agenda for the next few weeks. The intersection of college football and basketball is always a crazy time, but it's also a lot of fun. And as you know, this blog is the best place to take it all in.

Now we get to the latest edition of Football Crunchy Numbers. This week's home advantage factor is 3.11 points.

19. Penn State (12)
Last week: Home loss vs. No. 19/12 Ohio State, 24-7
This week: 11/14 vs. No. 91 Indiana, 12:00 p.m. (Big Ten Network)
Sagarin predicts: Penn State by 20 (82.01 and 3.11 to 65.60)

46. Villanova (49)
Last week: Road win vs. No. 53/57 Richmond, 21-20
This week: 11/14 at No. 195 Towson, 1:00 p.m.
Sagarin predicts: Villanova by 31 (76.13 to 41.80 and 3.11)

53. Rutgers (55)
Last week: No game
This week: 11/12 vs. No. 22 South Florida, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Sagarin predicts: South Florida by 3 (79.97 to 74.08 and 3.11)

65. Temple (61)
Last week: Home win vs. No. 145/140 Miami (Ohio), 34-32
This week: 11/13 at No. 134 Akron, 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Sagarin predicts: Temple by 10 (70.94 to 57.36 and 3.11)

116. Delaware (114)
Last week: Home win vs. No. 151/154 Hofstra, 28-24
This week: 11/14 at No. 41 Navy, 3:30 p.m. (CBS College Sports)
Sagarin predicts: Delaware by 20 (77.21 and 3.11 to to 60.35)

137. Penn (135)
Last week: Home win vs. No. 225/228 Princeton, 42-7
This week: 11/14 at No. 157 Harvard, 12:00 p.m.
Sagarin predicts: Penn by 1 (56.30 to 52.45 and 3.11)

141. Lafayette (141)
Last week: Home win vs. No. 163/160 Colgate, 56-49
This week: 11/14 at No. 150 Holy Cross, 12:30 p.m. (RCN-4 or RCN-8, WPBPH-60)
Sagarin predicts: Holy Cross by 1 (53.80 and 3.11 to 55.97)

189. Delaware State (185)
Last week: Road win vs. No. 227/229 Winston-Salem State, 24-21
This week: 11/14 vs. No. 169 Norfolk State, 1:00 p.m.
Sagarin predicts: Norfolk State by 2 (48.07 to 43.18 and 3.11)

214. Lehigh (214)
Last week: Home loss vs. No. 150/150 Holy Cross, 24-20
This week: 11/14 at No. 199 Fordham, 12:30 p.m.
Sagarin predicts: Fordham by 7 (41.57 and 3.11 to 37.48)

228. Princeton (225)
Last week: Road loss vs. No. 135/137 Penn, 42-7
This week: 11/14 vs. No. 190. Yale, 1:00 p.m. (YES Network)
Sagarin predicts: Yale by 8 (43.12 to 31.88 and 3.11)

237. Bucknell (236)
Last week: Road loss vs. No. 194/199 Fordham, 21-7
This week: 11/14 at No. 160 Colgate, 1:00 p.m.
Sagarin predicts: Colgate by 25 (50.57 and 3.11 to 28.89)