Tiverton are looking forward to testing themselves against Sidmouth in the Devon Intermediate Cup following their 48-3 win at Veor last time out.
"We see it as a stepping stone in our development," said chairman of rugby Charlie Burt.
"Some might see it as the chance of an upset as Sidmouth aren't doing very well this season and we are. I am not so sure about that as Sidmouth are two divisions above us and although we are having a great run we have lost a bit of pace recently.
"Johan van Wyke has been injured and Barney Bell has gone to London to work, which has cost us a bit of pace.
"However, we are enjoying probably our best unbeaten run since league rugby started – it's 13 games this season – and we will go there looking to build on what we have been doing."
What Tiverton did at Veor last Saturday was score eight tries and bring back maximum points to stay second.
Richard Tucker, debutant Ned Menheneott, Jack Sampson, Dan Reed, Alex Pike, Olly Chanin and Liam Lewis scored the tries while Callum Stone landed four conversions.
Despite topping the table, Exeter University coach Keith Fleming is not about to stick his neck out and predict a third successive promotion.
The Students are 21 points clear of third with two clubs going up automatically.
"It is nice to be top of the tree at Christmas, but a lot can still happen in the new year," said Fleming, whose side defeated Withycombe 39-5 last time out.
"There is a lot more rugby played in this division than we have been used to in Devon One and Two – and more teams make it tough for us.
"Withycombe were useful and what pleased me wasn't just that we won, but the strength of our defensive sets in the second half when we kept them out time after time from four or five metres out."
Nigel Symons, Withycombe's director of rugby, said his side gave it their all and can be proud of their efforts.
"They are a good side and our consolation is knowing we won't have to play them next year as they are destined for better things," said Symons.
"In the second half we battered them, but ran out of steam in the last 20 minutes and that's when they took the game away from us.
"I can't see us going up this season as we just aren't consistent enough against the sides around us in the table."
Vince Young (2) led the try-scoring for the University and was followed over by Andy McLeod, Dan Matthews, Sam Turner and Mike Brook. George Kimmins kicked the goals, while Chris Gibbons was the try-scorer for Withies, who have no game this Saturday.
Crediton's promotion push was also hit as they came unstuck at Falmouth, where a late penalty condemned them to an 8-5 defeat.
Mike Pearce put Crediton ahead with a first-half try, but Falmouth levelled in the second and took the lead with five minutes to go.
Neither Crediton nor Hontion have a game this weekend, with the focus for the Lacemen now on getting away from the bottom of the table.
Honiton are not in the bottom three yet, but only have a one-point gap after losing 30-7 at OPM last time out.
Ben Thompson converted a second-half try by full-back Ollie Rice. but they were already 25-0 down at that point.
Exeter Saracens are looking forward to the second half of the season with some confidence after winning 17-5 at Newquay.
After the early-season hiatus that saw coach Ross Bovingdon depart – he is now playing for Topsham – Sarries took a week or two to get things straight.
The win at Newquay was Sarries' third in four games and hoists them up to sixth.
Rob Hilton, who is combining playing with coaching, said things are going well.
"Six wins in 13 games is respectable and that is without playing at our best all the time," he said. "It has been a learning curve for us up to now and in the second half I hope we can put lessons learned into practice."
Tries from Raphael Zappia and Ben Cruft saw Sarries start well. Andy Clarke added another in the second half that Nathan Clarke converted.
