By Andy Walter

WHEN: Saturday, 1 p.m.

WHERE: Villanova Stadium (12,500), Villanova, Pa.

TV: FloSports (fee required).

TWITTER: DSNSports.

COACHES: Delaware — Ryan Carty (7-3, 1st season); Villanova — Mark Ferrante (36-26, 6th season).

NATIONAL RANKING: Delaware is No. 20 in STATS FCS poll.

CAA: Delaware — 4-3; Villanova — 3-4.

LAST WEEK: Delaware lost to Richmond, 21-13; Villanova lost to William & Mary, 45-12.

SERIES: Villanova leads 22-32-1.

LAST MEETING: Villanova won, 21-13.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Senior linebacker Liam Trainer on the importance of the Villanova game: “It is definitely a game that’s taken extremely seriously every season. I say this every week, but it’s the most important game not only because it’s Villanova but because it’s the next game on the schedule. This is just another opportunity to capitalize and prove to the world that we do belong where we want to go.”

KEYS TO THE GAME: It would be easy to look at Delaware as the favorite in this one, despite the Blue Hens’ crushing loss to Richmond last week. Villanova has struggled down the stretch, scoring a total of just 15 points in its last two games. But there’s been too many other times that Delaware has been in a similar situation in this rivalry game and lost. Considering the Wildcats have won 15 of the last 17 meetings, nothing is a given for the Hens in this series. ... In most games, it still feels like Delaware misses far too many scoring opportunities. The Hens have scored on only 25-of-39 red-zone chances this fall. While the lack of a reliable kicking game is part of that, there’s been other times when Delaware simply doesn’t execute. ... The biggest question, of course, in this regular-season finale is whether the Hens will make the NCAA FCS Division I playoffs. First, Delaware needs to beat Villanova. Even then, however, the Hens are no better than the fourth-best team from the CAA. There are no doubt scores around the country that could either hurt or help Delaware’s chances. But it’s difficult to predict what they might be. Having New Hampshire lose at Maine would help the Hens’ standing within the CAA.

NOTES: The last time Delaware won at least eight games and didn’t make the playoffs was in 1984 when the Hens went 8-3 and didn’t get in. Of course the I-AA playoff field was smaller then. ... Delaware has gone to the playoffs in each of its 12 eight-win seasons since then. ... Delaware hasn’t won its last game of the season since 2015, when it won, 14-10, at Elon to cap a 4-7 campaign. ... QB Nolan Henderson threw for 196 yards last week, snapping a streak of eight straight games with at least 200 yards. ... That was the third-longest streak in school history. ... Villanova has scored only one touchdown in its last eight quarters. ... This is the seventh year in a row that the Hens have closed the regular season against the Wildcats. ... Former UD defensive backs Nijuel Hill and Tenny Adewusi were drafted by XFL teams this week.