13 UIndy Greyhounds (10-1) at 4 CSU-Pueblo ThunderWolves (10-1)
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2 p.m. ET, Pueblo, Colo.
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ON TAP
The No. 13 Greyhounds (10-1) open the 2015 playoffs at fourth-ranked and defending-champion Colorado State-Pueblo (10-1) in a rematch of a 2012 second-round match-up.

VIEWING PARTY
Can't make it to Colorado this weekend? Join other UIndy football fans at Buffalo Wild Wings at 8020 N U.S. 31 in Indianapolis for a viewing party, hosted by our very own Greyhound Club. Soft drinks and light appetizers will be provided.

Can't make it to B-dubs? Audio, video and live stats will be available via the links above as well as on the football schedule page.

HOUNDS IN THE PLAYOFFS
Earning the No. 5 seed in Super Region Four, UIndy is making its third postseason appearance in four years. The Greyhounds qualified for the playoffs in both 2012 and 2013 before just missing out on a postseason bid a year ago. UIndy won its first-ever postseason contest in 2012, downing a top-10 Midwestern State team, 31-14.

Overall, the Hounds have made the NCAA postseason four times – three in Division II and once as a member of Division III back in 1975.

UINDY'S NCAA POSTSEASON HISTORY

YR	DIV.	OPP.	RESULT
1975	D-III	at Wittenberg	L, 13-17
2012	D-II	vs. 8 MIDWESTERN STATE	W, 31-14
2012	D-II	at 1 Colorado State-Pueblo	L, 7-28
2013	D-II	vs. 19 WEST TEXAS A&M	L, 14-27

REGION ROUND-UP
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).

Though the GLIAC-champ Ferris State held the top spot most of the season, Midwestern State leapfrogged from No. 4 to No. 1 on Selection Sunday, earning the top seed in the region and thus enjoying a first-round bye. The Mustangs (10-1) fueled their ascent with a 37-33 comeback win versus Texas A&M-Commerce in the Lonestar championship game last Saturday.

Undefeated GLIAC teams occupy the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, with Ferris State (10-0), led by 2014 Harlon Hill Award winner Jason Vander Laan, hosting seventh-seeded A&M-Commerce (8-3), and Ashland (10-0) hosting conference-rival and sixth-seeded Grand Valley State (9-2).

This season, the NCAA expanded its postseason field for the first time since 2009, upping the total number of teams from 24 to 28 (seven per region). Click here for the complete playoff bracket.

ABOUT COLORADO STATE-PUEBLO
Members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), the defending-champion ThunderWolves will be making their fifth consecutive playoff appearance in 2015. They are captained by five-time RMAC Coach of the Year John Wristen, who started the school's football program from scratch in 2007 and went on to lead the team to the NCAA Division II national championship in just its seventh year of existence.

The ThunderWolves' offensive scheme features one of the best rushing attacks in the nation. Led by brothers Cameron and Bernard McDondle, CSU-Pueblo has compiled an impressive 315 rushing yards per game, good for fifth in Division II. Individually, Cameron, who is nearing his second straight 2,000-yard season, leads the nation in rushing touchdowns (24) and ranks second in rushing yards (1,943). Younger-brother Bernard, meanwhile, paces D-II rushers in yards per carry (9.3) on the way to a more-than-respectable 1,083 yards on the ground.

Overall, "The Pack" has run the ball 498 times on the year while throwing the ball on just 180 occasions – a ratio of 2.8:1 By comparison, UIndy's run-to-pass ratio is 1.3:1.

Four of the five CSU-Pueblo starting offensive linemen were named First Team All-RMAC.

The roster is not short on defensive studs either. RMAC Defensive Player of the Year Morgan Fox headlines the bunch, topping all D-II players in sacks per game (1.7). Six other ThunderWolves garnered first team all-conference recognition, including cornerback and RMAC Defensive Freshman of the Year Darius Williams.

As a unit, the ThunderWolves rank third in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 14.5 points per game.

HOUNDS vs. THUNDERWOLVES
Saturday's pairing brings a rematch of a 2012 second-round playoff match-up. In the first and only previous meeting between UIndy and CSU-Pueblo, the teams went into halftime all square at seven apiece. On the way, both squads got first-half touchdowns from players still on the current roster, as then-freshmen Cameron McDondle and Reece Horn found the end zone for their respective teams.

The Hounds would not score again, however, as three second-half turnovers contributed to a scoreless second half. The ThunderWolves, meanwhile, would go on to score 21 unanswered points after the break to pull away for a 28-7 win and advance to the national quarterfinals.

LAST TIME OUT
UIndy put a bow on the regular season with a decisive 47-24 win at in-state Saint Joseph's last weekend. Having already clinched the outright conference crown, the Hounds completed a perfect 8-0 run through GLVC play by racking up 576 total yards and finding the end zone six times before their first punt.

GLVC FOUR-PEAT
UIndy's clean run through the GLVC secured a fourth straight outright league title, 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 30-1 (.968) in GLVC games since the conference began sponsoring football in 2012. Their only league loss came in a heartbreaking 27-24 final against William Jewell in the 2014 season finale.

BALL SECURITY
UIndy's single turnover last week snapped a string of three straight games without a giveaway. Nevertheless, the Hounds enter the postseason leading the nation in fewest turnovers lost, coughing the ball up just five times all year. In fact, the Greyhounds could break the NCAA all-division record for fewest turnovers per game in a single season. The current mark is also held by UIndy, as its 2011 team turned the ball over just six times in 11 games (.55 per). Only one other NCAA team has matched that number since: the 2014 Wagner club (FCS)

THE LONE LOSS
CSU-Pueblo is not the only defending national champion the Hounds have faced this year. Though the Greyhounds defeated all Division II comers in the regular season, the 2014 NAIA champs of Marian University managed to hand the visiting Hounds a 28-22 loss way back in week two. After a slow start, UIndy found itself down 15 at the break. It eventually crept to within two until the crosstown Knights, then ranked No. 1 in the NAIA, scored a late TD to seal the win.

WALK IT OUT
Sophomore Andrew Walker is in the midst of a breakout sophomore campaign. The Chicago native has scored a touchdown in every game this season, marking the longest such streak in recent school history*. His 19 rushing TDs are not only good for fourth in the nation, but also match the program's single-season record, set initially by former Harlon Hill candidate Klay Fiechter in 2012.

Walker also recently surpassed quadruple digits in rushing yards for the first time of his career, ensuring a fourth straight season with a 1,000-yard rusher for UIndy.

* single-game data available since 1983

GETTING OFFENSIVE
The UIndy offense has been on a roll of late, averaging more than 49 points and 552 total yards over the final three weeks of the regular season. The zenith came in a Halloween road rout of William Jewell when the Hounds amassed season highs with 630 total yards and 63 points, with the latter good for the team's highest point total in 87 years (97 pts vs. Oakland City, 1928).

HORN OF PLENTY
Already UIndy's all-time leader in receptions and receiving yards, senior Reece Horn needs just three catches and 12 yards to break former-teammate Mar'Quone Edmonds' single-season UIndy benchmarks. He is currently the active leader in all of Division II in career receiving yards at 3,490 yards. He also would lead the nation in punt return average on the year, except he falls just shy of the arbitrary NCAA minimum of 1.2 returns per game.

Horn was recently named the 2015 GLVC Special Teams Player of the Year after garnering the GLVC Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2014.