WORCESTER (Interstat) — Bucknell visits Holy Cross on Saturday for an NCAA Football Championship Division game at Fitton Field in Worcester, Mass. The Bison enter with a 1-6 record, while the Crusaders are 2-5.

Bucknell will look to bounce back after a 20-7 home loss to Lafayette in its most recent game. Christopher Dietrich is a player to watch for the Bison. In the loss to Lafayette, Dietrich completed 8 of 15 passes for 104 yards and ran for 10 yards. Emmett Dowling completed 5 of 15 passes for 35 yards and a touchdown, and Michael Cadden ran 15 times for 62 yards while adding three receptions for 18 yards. Dietrich also completed 4 of 7 passes for 56 yards against Pittsburgh. Bucknell opened the season with a 35-14 loss at Richmond, fell 17-16 to Villanova, beat Virginia Military Institute 14-3, lost 20-7 to Penn, lost 59-0 at Pittsburgh and lost 21-14 at Georgetown.

Holy Cross returns home after a 30-7 loss at Harvard in its most recent game. David Lynch is a player to watch for the Crusaders. Against Harvard, Lynch completed 11 of 22 passes for 120 yards. Earlier this season, he completed 16 of 26 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns against William & Mary and 22 of 37 passes for 230 yards with four touchdowns and two rushing yards against Lafayette. Jake Croce and Joseph Williams also were productive against Harvard. Williams ran 16 times for 123 yards, caught four passes for 87 yards, returned two kickoffs for 49 yards and scored a touchdown. Croce completed 1 of 1 pass for 51 yards, ran seven times for 30 yards, caught one pass for 35 yards, returned one kickoff for 17 yards and scored a touchdown. Holy Cross opened with a 35-10 loss to Lehigh, lost 35-10 at Colgate, lost 45-7 at Miami (Ohio), lost 38-28 to Yale, beat Lafayette 38-30 and beat William & Mary 41-14.

Bucknell is scheduled to visit Lehigh before hosting Fordham, visiting William & Mary and hosting Colgate. Holy Cross is scheduled to host Richmond before visiting Georgetown, hosting Villanova and hosting Fordham.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Holy Cross 41, Bucknell 26. The projection gives Holy Cross a 15-point margin over Bucknell.