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Today was the last local college football luncheon of the season. In addition to Penn and Villanova, West Chester coach Bill Zwaan got some extra time in the spotlight with the Golden Rams in the second round of the Division II playoffs.

There were also some individual honors to celebrate. West Chester wide receiver Mike Washington is among the eight finalists for the Harlon Hill trophy, Division II's equivalent of the Heisman, while Delaware Valley quarterback Mike Isgro is the 2008 Middle Atlantic Conference Player of the Year.

Delaware Valley will also play a postseason game, albeit not in the Division III playoffs. The Aggies will contest the ECAC South Atlantic Bowl against Kean, which is a kind of consolation game for teams from the MAC and the New Jersey Athletic Conference. Interestingly, it will be the first time the two schools have ever met in football.

Before we get to this week's numbers, the next-to-last of the season for the Division I schools, a few notes scribbled down while watching Villanova pull away late from Niagara on the office TV...

- ESPN came out of a first half commercial break with some b-roll of Independence Hall and the voiceover ads that tell you who the telecast is sponsored by. "Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed," play-by-play announcer Quint Kessenich said.

"That makes sense," color analyst (and 'Nova alum) John Celestand said.

Okay, so it sounded better on TV than it does in writing.

- Among the reasons the Purple Eagles kept the game close: 16 points from Levittown native Tyrone Lewis. If anyone reading this was there, it'd be great to know what kind of a reception Lewis and Bilal Benn got from the Pavilion crowd.

- Of course, this being Villanova, it was impossible to ignore Jay Wright's three-piece pinstripe suit. If he's that well-dressed this early in the season, who knows what we'll see for Big East games.

- This blog recorded its fourth-highest traffic day of the year yesterday, with a total of 2,486 pageviews. Thanks to all of you for making that happen. Hopefully we'll do many more times this season.

On to the numbers.

Home win vs. No. 100/105 Indiana, 34-7

11/15 vs. No. 17 Michigan State, 3:30 p.m., ABC

Road win vs. No. 49/57 South Florida, 49-16

11/22 vs. No. 123 Army, 12;00 p.m., WPHL-17

Home win vs. No. 188/182 Towson, 34-31

11/22 at No. 127 Delaware, 2:30 p.m., CN8

Road vs. No. 130/125 Kent State, 41-38

11/22 vs. No. 139 Eastern Michigan, 1:00 p.m.

Road loss vs. No. 62/58 Richmond, 31-14

11/22 vs. No. 64 Villanova, 2:30 p.m., CN8

(The Blue Hens recorded only 53 total yards of offense and three first downs in the game. Both touchdowns were scored by their defense.)

Home loss vs. No. 152/129 Holy Cross, 27-26

11/15 vs. No. 169 Lehigh, 1:00 p.m., WBPH and WFMZ

(It's the 144th edition of the oldest rivalry in college football. On a weekend that's always full of big rivalry games, this one deserves special mention.)

Home loss vs. No. 135/120 Harvard, 24-21

11/22 at No. Cornell, 1:00 p.m.

(Techinically, Penn is not out of the Ivy League title race. Practically, forget about it. The Quakers need next-to-last-place Columbia to upset first-place Brown in Providence, R.I., and Yale to beat Harvard in Boston in the 125th edition of that famous rivalry.)

Home win vs. No. 206/207 Bucknell, 31-16

11/22 at No. 131 Lafayette, 1:00 p.m., WBPH and WFMZ

Road win vs. No. 203/211 Norfolk State, 34-26

11/22 at No. 238 Howard, 1:00 p.m.

As for the Division II and Division III schools:

Home win vs. Southern Connecticut State, 52-32

11/22 at Bloomsburg, 12:00 p.m., NCAA Division II Playoffs Second Round

(The game will be streamed live on NCAA.com.)

Home win vs. Albright, 34-9

11/22 vs. Kean, 12:00 p.m., ECAC Southeast Bowl

Home loss vs. Wilkes, 30-27

Season over

Home loss vs. Dickinson, 30-12

Season over

Road win vs. The College of New Jersey, 42-3

Season over

We close with

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and the Top 10 comparison. There are almost no changes from last week, but there's a lot more pressure to deliver wins this weekend as the season draws to a close.

columnist Tony Barnart put together

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that would throw the BCS into utter chaos, including this finish in the Big 12:

I'm rooting for chaos. Are you?