New England games
Game of the week
Rutgers at UConn: Rutgers RB Ray Rice gained 217 yards at UConn two seasons ago. Huskies are only unbeaten team in Big East.
Other N.E. games
COLONIAL ATHLETIC
NU at UNH: UNH quarterback Ricky Santos, who missed a game and a half with a shoulder injury, needs three TD passes to tie Steve McNair for third on all-time playoff subdivision list (119).
UMass at URI: Liam Coen needs 99 yards to become all-time passing yardage leader for UMass.
Towson at Maine: Jhamal Fluellen is 145 yards from becoming eighth Maine player to rush for 1,000 in a season.
IVY
Brown at Yale: The Eli are one of five unbeatens in the playoff subdivision.
Cornell at Dartmouth: QB Nathan Ford set a Cornell record last week at Princeton with 19 consecutive completions.
Harvard at Columbia: Steven Williams has interceptions in four straight games for Crimson.
PATRIOT
Holy Cross at Fordham: Match of the only unbeatens in Patriot League play.
NORTHEAST-10
Saint Anselm at AIC: AIC has won nine in a row at home.
C.W. Post at Assumption (tonight): Assumption kicker Jon Eisele's 49-yarder to beat playoff subdivision school LaSalle last week was only second field goal of more than 40 yards in school history.
Bentley at Millersville: Tyler McNamara's next field goal will be his 19th, setting the Bentley career mark.
Bryant at So. Conn. (tonight): Bryant needs one win in last two games to clinch conference title. So. Conn., Bentley, and AIC have two losses in league play.
Stonehill at Merrimack (tonight): Merrimack QB Colin Temple needs one TD pass to break his own school record for a season (21).
Iona at Pace: A nonconference game for Pace, which has dropped five in a row.
NESCAC
Trinity at Amherst: Trinity has lost two games in a season for the first time since 2001 and will pit the top offense (379.2 yards per game) in the conference against the top defense of the Lord Jeffs (245).
Bowdoin at Bates: QB Brandon Colon set season highs for Bates with 21 completions in 40 attempts and 257 yards last week.
Tufts at Colby: Tufts has 15 TDs in 18 trips to the red zone.
Hamilton at Middlebury: Middlebury has allowed only nine TDs this season.
Williams at Wesleyan: Williams junior Brian Morrissey leads conference with 12 TDs.
NEW ENGLAND
Coast Guard at Framingham St.: Coast Guard has won 15 of last 16 regular-season games.
UMass-Dartmouth at Curry: Junior WR Brian Taylor needs one reception to set Curry record for a season (51).
Bridgewater St. at Mass. Maritime: Teams meet in 29th annual Cranberry Bowl. Bridgewater leads the series, 20-7-1.
MIT at Endicott: Ryan Brunswick and David Kalk have three interceptions each for MIT.
Maine Maritime at Fitchburg St.: Freshman Marlon Thornton of Fitchburg leads conference with 1,467 yards of total offense.
Nichols at WNEC: Sophomore QB Justin Walz holds the WNEC season record with 1,704 yards passing.
Plymouth St. at Salve Regina: A win would give Plymouth State its most in a season (8) since 1999.
Westfield St. at Worcester St.: Westfield's Scott McIntyre leads conference with 75 receptions.
NORTHEAST
Sacred Heart at Central Conn.: Blue Devils can win conference with victories in final two games.
EMPIRE 8
Utica at Norwich: Both looking for first win in conference play.
Springfield at Hartwick: Springfield needs wins in final two games to reach .500.
LIBERTY
Susquehanna at WPI: WPI is averaging 33 points per game, 1 fewer than Susquehanna is allowing.
OTHER
Becker at Husson: Becker looking to finish season with consecutive wins.
Morrisville St. at Mount Ida: QB P.J. Matthews needs 35 passing yards for 2,000 this season for Mustangs.
