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No. 22 Liberty is a win from the first perfect regular season in the program's six years at the Football Bowl Subdivision level and already set to host the Conference USA championship in its league debut. There is one thing beyond the control of the Flames (11-0, 7-0 C-USA), who just showed up in the College Football Playoff rankings for the first time at No. 25. The regular-season finale is Saturday at UTEP (3-8, 2-5), with Liberty trying to become the first Division I team from Virginia to win 12 games in a season.

After a terrible second period, the Calgary Flames could have easily shifted their focus toward the second stop on their lengthy road trip. Instead, the Flames controlled the third period and found an equalizing goal before finally picking up an overtime victory. Mangiapane scored on a rebound past Seattle goalie Joey Daccord to pull the Flames even late.

A 5-4 shootout win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday halted a seven-game losing streak for a New York Islanders team hungry for victory. Playing their third road game in four nights, the Isles didn’t blink when the Flames evened the score twice in the third period. Oliver Wahlstrom roofed the puck in the fourth round for the Islanders’ first shootout victory this season.

Kaidon Salter threw for 225 yards, rushed for 118 and accounted for four touchdowns Saturday as No. 25 Liberty defeated UMass 49-25. Salter averaged better than 20 yards per pass while completing 11 of 16. The Flames (11-0) struck early, scoring on four straight first-half drives to take a 28-0 lead.

Liberty's first season under Jamey Chadwell couldn’t have gone better. The No. 25 Flames (10-0) have already secured a berth in the Conference USA championship game, and will play it on their home field against New Mexico State, a team they beat 33-17 in September. It's the first back-to-back wins for the Minutemen since the 2018 season.