There’s plenty of tension and excitement in store for the Calgary Stampeders in the final two weeks of the 2009 Canadian Football League regular season.

Putting first things first, there’s the battle for first in the West Division. As the schedule-maker’s luck would have it, there’s no result in the next-to-last week of the season that can change the fact that the Stampeders and Roughriders will be playing for all the division marbles when they square off in Regina in the regular-season finale on Nov. 7.

The Stamps visit the BC Lions on Saturday while the Riders are in Hamilton to take on the Tiger-Cats but no matter how those two contests turn out, the Nov. 7 game will be for first place. Calgary and Saskatchewan are both 9-6-1 and through the two first head-to-head meetings of the season, there’s a difference of a single point separating the clubs.

While this weekend’s games have virtually no bearing on the race for first place, that hardly means they’re inconsequential. The Stampeders and Roughriders would clinch at least second place — and home field for the West Semi-Final — with a victory.

Here’s the breakdown for each of the four teams in the West:

Calgary (remaining games at BC, at Sask)

• Has clinched a playoff spot
• Can finish no lower than third in the West
• Can clinch at least second place with one more win
• Can clinch division title with a win at Saskatchewan on Nov. 7

Saskatchewan (remaining games at Ham, vs Cal)

• Has clinched a playoff spot
• Can finish no lower than third in the West
• Can clinch at least second place with one more win
• Can clinch division title with a win over Calgary on Nov. 7

BC (remaining games vs Cal, vs Edm)

• Can clinch a playoff spot with one win or one Edmonton loss
• Can clinch second place with two wins and two losses by either Calgary or Saskatchewan
• Can clinch first place with two wins, Week 18 losses by both Calgary and Saskatchewan and a Week 19 tie between the Stampeders and Roughriders
• Is the only team that has the chance to finish first, second, third or fourth in the division

Edmonton (remaining games vs Tor, at BC)

• Can clinch third place with two wins and two BC losses
• Can clinch at least an East crossover playoff berth with two wins
• Can clinch an East crossover playoff berth with one win and two losses by either Hamilton or Winnipeg

Meanwhile, there’s great races in the individual stats categories.

With two weeks to play, Calgary’s Joffrey Reynolds has a 30-yard lead over Winnipeg’s Fred Reid in the battle for the 2009 rushing title. BC’s Martell Mallett is 116 yards behind Reynolds while Montreal’s Avon Cobourne is 143 yards in arrears.

It’s the same deal at the top of the receiving charts as five players, including the Stamps’ Jeremaine Copeland, are within 100 yards of each other. Edmonton’s Fred Stamps currently leads the pack at 1,161 yards followed by Montreal’s Kerry Watkins (1,147), Hamilton’s Arland Bruce III (1,146), BC’s Geroy Simon (1,116) and Copeland (1,078).

And it’s quite an arms race, too — the top three quarterbacks are a mere 32 yards apart. Edmonton’s Ricky Ray has tossed for 4,336 yards, Montreal’s Anthony Calvillo has 4,334 and Calgary’s Henry Burris has 4,304.