New England games
Game of the Week
Louisville at UConn (tonight): The Huskies lost their unbeaten season at Virginia and return home under the Friday night lights to face a team they have never beaten.
Colonial
Northeastern at UMass: Maurice Murray, only the second NU running back with 3,000 career yards, needs one TD to tie Tim Gale's school career record.
Rhode Island at Richmond: Jerell Jones has consecutive 100-yard rushing games for URI.
Maine at Stony Brook: Black Bears' Jhamal Fluellen coming off a career-best 197-yard rushing game against William & Mary.
New Hampshire at Hofstra: Wildcats QB Ricky Santos to be a game-time decision because of a shoulder injury.
Ivy
Yale at Penn: Eli RB Mike McLeod is on pace to break Ed Marinaro's Ivy rushing record of 1,881 yards. McLeod has 1,034 in five games.
Columbia at Dartmouth: Big Green return home to honor former All-American Reggie Williams, who played 14 years in NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals.
Princeton at Harvard: Crimson are in top 10 in turnover margin (plus-1.4); Tigers have committed 20 turnovers.
Brown at Cornell: Brown QB Michael Dougherty leads all playoff subdivision quarterbacks with 1,686 passing yards.
Northeast-10
Merrimack at Assumption: Colin Temple passed for 326 yards and 4 TDs in Merrimack's win over Saint Anselm.
Southern Conn. at C.W. Post: Owls won last seven in 2005 and last five in 2006 and are looking to finish strong again. They have a two-game winning streak.
AIC at Pace: Joe Streany's four fumble recoveries are season record for Pace.
Bryant at Saint Anselm: Bryant is No. 1 in Division 2 Northeast Regional poll for the first time.
Bentley at Stonehill: Bentley hadn't played an overtime game since 1998 but has been in two this year.
NESCAC
Colby at Hamilton: Hamilton QB Dan Hood had 352 yards passing against Bowdoin.
Wesleyan at Amherst: Senior QB Zach Librizzi leads Wesleyan with 943 total yards.
Middlebury at Bates: Middlebury LB Erik Woodring leads league with 59 tackles.
Bowdoin at Trinity: Trinity leads nation with 5.0 sacks per game.
Tufts at Williams: Andy Henke forced key fumble for Tufts in win over Trinity, making Jumbos the league's only unbeaten team.
N.E. Conference
WNEC at Endicott: Jordan Capitanio is coming off a 100-yard rushing game for Endicott.
Plymouth St. at Curry: Battle of unbeatens atop the Boyd Division. Plymouth has won eight in a row, but Curry has 26 conference wins in a row.
Salve Regina at MIT: Engineers coming off first win of season (over WNEC) behind RB DeRon Brown, who had career highs for carries (32) and yards (138).
Framingham St. at Maine Maritime: Rob Leighton had two interceptions last week for Maine Maritime.
Nichols at UMass-Dartmouth: J.T. Harold of UMass-Dartmouth leads conference with 1,136 yards rushing.
Bridgewater St. at Westfield St.: Freshman receiver C.J. Franklin of Natick coming on strong for Westfield with 202 all-purpose yards last week.
Mass. Maritime at Fitchburg St.: Freshman LB Ryan Howley making an impact for Mass. Maritime.
Coast Guard at Worcester St.: Freshman RB Garrett Jones of Stow set a career high with 38 carries last week for Worcester.
Other New England
Husson at Alfred: At 5-2, Husson can match last season's victory total.
St. John Fisher at Springfield: Pride try to get back on track vs. eighth-ranked St. John Fisher.
Mount Ida at Hartwick: P.J. Matthews averaging 220 yards per game passing for Mount Ida.
WPI at Rochester: WPI outscoring opponents, 37-21, but has lost two in a row.
Becker at Salisbury: Jakar Turner averaging 29.2 yards per catch for Becker.
Marist at Sacred Heart: Pioneers out to stop five-game losing streak. 