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Jacks Seek League Title

Jacks Seek League Title

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The South Dakota State University football team will play for at least a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference title Saturday as it travels to Northern Iowa for the regular season finale.
Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The game will be available for viewing on ESPN3.com, with radio coverage along the Jackrabbit Sports Network.
The Jackrabbits, 7-3 overall and 6-1 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, enter Saturday’s contest tied atop the league standings with North Dakota State and one game ahead of Youngstown State

.SDSU holds tiebreakers over both NDSU and Youngstown State, meaning the Jackrabbits would receive the MVFC’s automatic bid to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs should they end up in a two-way tie with NDSU or three-way tie with NDSU and YSU.
SDSU is ranked eighth in this week’s STATS media poll and 10th by the FCS coaches after defeating in-state rival South Dakota, 28-21, in the Jackrabbits’ home finale last week.
UNI, which is receiving votes in both polls this week, is clinging to a possible playoff berth with another late-season charge. The Panthers have won three of their last four games to even their overall record to 5-5 overall and improve to 4-3 in league play.

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