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Since I'm not going to be at the coaches' luncheon tomorrow, I figured I'd combine all of this week's local games into one post.

Since I'm not going to be at the coaches' luncheon tomorrow, I figured I'd combine all of this week's local games into one post.

We start with the big boys in Division I. If you've voted in the

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, you know that Penn State-Wisconsin is pulling away from the rest of the field. It should be a great football game as well as a great atmosphere, and it will give local fans a good way to pass the time between games of the NLCS.

Can the Spread HD offense part the Red Sea? We'll find out soon enough.

Road win vs. No. 69/66 Purdue, 20-6

10/11 at No. 29 Wisconsin, 8:00 p.m., ABC

Road win vs. No. 142/145 William & Mary, 38-28

Off

Road win vs. No. 114/146 Miami (Ohio), 28-10

10/11 at No. 81 Central Michigan, 4:00 p.m.

(I can't help thinking that some folks on North Broad Street are particularly happy to be ranked above their old Big East rivals.)

Road loss vs. No. 53/51 West Virginia, 24-17

10/11 at No. 37 Cincinnati, 12:00 p.m., WPHL-17

Road loss vs. No. 113/104 Massachusetts, 17-7

This week: 10/11 vs. No. 160 Maine, 6:00 p.m., CN8

Home loss vs. No. 153/144 Harvard, 27-13

10/11 at No. 216 Columbia, 12:30 p.m., WBPH

Home win vs. No. 208/208 Dartmouth, 23-10

10/11 at No. 222 Georgetown, 2:00 p.m.

Home loss vs. No. 154/140 Cornell, 25-24

10/11 vs. No. 184 Fordham, 12:30 p.m.

Home loss vs. No. 174/168 Hampton, 17-14

10/11 at No. 185 Bethune-Cookman, 4:00 p.m.

As for the Division II and Division III schools...

Road win vs. East Stroudsburg, 34-24

10/11 vs. C.W. Post, 6:00 p.m.

Road win vs. King's College, 34-19

10/11 vs. Lebanon Valley, 1:00 p.m.

Home loss vs. Lycoming, 21-17

10/11 at King's College, 1:00 p.m.

Road loss vs. Gettysburg, 38-7

10/11 at Franklin & Marshall, 1:30 p.m.

Road loss vs. Brockport State, 37-20

10/11 vs. Western Connecticut State, 1:00 p.m.

Road loss vs. Bowie State, 28-2

10/11 at Virginia Union, 1:30 p.m.

Home loss vs. Kutztown, 31-13

10/11 at Millersville, 1:00 p.m.

We finish with the Top 10 chart, getting there by way of a quick detour to this week's

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. As Forde notes, the debate about whether the Big 12 or the SEC is the best conference in the land is going on at full tilt. Which do you think is number one?