13 UIndy Greyhounds (9-1, 7-0) at Saint Joseph's Pumas (4-5, 3-4)
Saturday, Nov. 14, 1 p.m. ET, Rensselaer, Ind.
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ON TAP
The 13th-ranked Greyhounds put their eight-game winning streak (and possibly a playoff berth) on the line at in-state rival Saint Joseph's in Saturday's regular-season finale.

ABOUT SAINT JOSEPH'S
Led by first-year head coach Dan Day, Saint Joseph's enters the weekend with a 4-5 mark and thus will need a win to finish at .500 for the season. Their offical record does not include a 41-0 victory against the University of God's Chosen, as UGC does not meet accreditation or membership requirements based on NCAA standards and is therefore a non-countable opponent.

The Pumas are coming off a 10-3 loss at Truman last Saturday. SJC finished the day with 17 more offensive plays than the Bulldogs, but the visiting Pumas committed three fourth-quarter turnovers to sabotage any hopes of a late comeback.

Saint Joseph's sports one of the top defenses in the GLVC, ranking third in the league in total defense (351.3 ypg) and tied for first in scoring defense (19.0 ppg). Senior linebacker Joel Wimbley tops all GLVC players with 19.5 tackles for loss and is second in tackles per game (11.2). The Coral Springs, Fla., native is on track to become the first-ever four-time All-GLVC First Team honoree.

HOUNDS vs. PUMAS
UIndy owns a commanding 28-10-1 record versus Saint Joseph's all-time, including wins in each of the last 15 meetings dating back to 1994. Things have been anything but smooth sailing as of late, however, as each of the two previous match-ups were decided by a mere three points.

Last year's contest was an instant classic. In the NCAA Division II Football Game of the Week, UIndy came out on top in an epic four-overtime battle, 36-33. The Greyhounds overcame a seven-point deficit in the fourth to earn the win in front of 6,033 fans at Key Stadium and thousands more nation-wide watching on CBS Sports Network.

Kicker Scott Miller punctuated the night with a field goal on the final play of the marathon affair. After the UIndy defense stopped the Pumas on the first possession of the fourth OT, Miller was true from 35 yards out to seal the win.

With the Hounds trailing 17-10 late in regulation, quarterback Connor Barthel found then-senior Logan Young for a two-yard touchdown pass with 59 seconds left to force OT. Barthel would later punch in a pair of rushing TDs in the extra periods to help set up Miller's game winner.

LAST TIME OUT
UIndy celebrated Senior Night with a decisive 38-14 win versus visiting Missouri S&T last weekend. After honoring its 11 senior student-athletes before the game, the Greyhounds held the Miners scoreless for three quarters, building an insurmountable 38-point advantage before resting their starters for the final period.

GLVC FOUR-PEAT
The S&T win clinched a fourth straight outright GLVC crown for UIndy, setting a program record for most consecutive conference championships. The feat surpassed that of the three-year run the Greyhounds had of winning Hoosier College Conference titles from 1953-55.

The Hounds are now a ridiculous 29-1 (.967) in GLVC games since the conference began sponsoring football in 2012. Their only league loss came in a tight 27-24 final against William Jewell in the 2014 season finale.

A NOSE FOR THE ZONE
Sophomore Andrew Walker is working on quite a streak this season. The Greyhounds' starting running back has scored at least one touchdown in all 10 games, matching the longest such streak in recent history. Since single-game data became available in 1983, only two other Greyhounds have scored a TD in 10 consecutive games, as both Klay Fiechter and Mar'Quone Edmonds turned the trick in 2012.

For the season, Walker has 17 touchdowns, all rushing. That number is good for first in the GLVC and ninth in Division II. Walker will need two rushing TDs to tie the single-season school record of 19, set by the aforementioned Fiechter in 2012. Fiechter added a receiving TD and a punt return score in '12 to set the overall UIndy touchdown mark at 21.

SOMETHING SPECIAL
Last Saturday, senior Reece Horn had another monster day statistically for the Greyhounds. The Carmel, Ind., product racked up 133 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns in the win versus Missouri S&T, garnering GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week honors. Horn sandwiched a pair of touchdown catches with his second punt return TD of the season – a 47-yard refund in the first quarter.

Horn, who set the GLVC record for punt return yards three weeks ago with 147, now has four GLVC weekly honors under his belt this season – two offensive and two special teams. He is one of only 10 Division II players with more than one punt return TD this year, with Shippenburg's Sheldon Mayer being the only one with three.

LIKE A BROKEN RECORD
Already UIndy's all-time leader in receiving yards, Horn has his sights set on a pair of UIndy single-season benchmarks. Former-teammate Mar'Quone Edmonds amassed school records of 99 catches for 1,335 yards in 2012. Horn enters week 11 with 86 receptions for 1,183 yards, ranking third in Division II in the latter category.

BALL SECURITY
With its eighth game of the season without a turnover last week, UIndy remained in first among all Division II teams in fewest turnovers lost. The Greyhounds have just four giveaways all season (2 fumbles, 2 interceptions), two less than second-place Fort Lewis and Humboldt State.

A clean game at SJC would give UIndy the NCAA Division II record for fewest giveaways in a season. The current mark is also held by the Greyhounds, as the 2011 UIndy team coughed up the football just six times all season. That squad also shares the NCAA all-division mark for fewest turnovers per game, as the '11 Greyhounds and the 2014 Wagner club (FCS) both had six giveaways in 11 games or .55 per.

D-III teams Mount Union (1995), McDaniel (1999) and Tufts (2009) also committed just six turnovers apiece but all in fewer than 11 games.

SUPER REGION ROUND-UP
In the final rankings before the postseason field in announced, the Greyhounds climbed one spot to No. 6 in this week's Super Region Four rankings. The Hounds are in positioned to make their third playoff appearance in the last four years, as the top-seven teams from each region will qualify for the postseason. The 2015 playoff field will be revelaed Sunday, Nov. 15 on NCAA.com.
 
UIndy is one of 45 teams to compete in Super Region Four, including members of the GLVC, Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC), Lone Star Conference (LSC) and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), as well as the emerging Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC).

The Greyhounds leapfrogged Colorado-Mesa in the latest poll after CMU endured a 51-20 loss to Colorado State-Pueblo last weekend to fall out of the current playoff picture. Like UIndy, CSUP moved up one slot this week to No. 5, while Ashland jumped two spots to No. 2. Ferris State remained atop the rankings, while Texas-Commerce and Midwestern State – who play each other Saturday – came in at three and four, respectively.