KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It will be a top-10 matchup in Butte for the second round of the NAIA Football Championship Series next Saturday.

No. 8-ranked Montana Tech will play host to No. 10 Northwestern (Iowa) on Bob Green Field, the NAIA national office announced Saturday evening with the full slate of second-round FCS matchups. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m.

The Orediggers carry a 9-2 record and the NAIA's seventh seed into postseason play. That includes a bye through the first round and home-field advantage in the second.

Montana Tech ranks ninth in the nation in scoring offense at 44.6 points per game and 14th in the country in total offense at 4,884. The high-powered Digger rushing attack is fifth in the NAIA at 6.0 yards per carry.

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Northwestern is 8-2 on the season and carries the 11th seed into the playoffs. The Red Raiders, who hail from Orange City, Iowa, were the NAIA national champions in 2022, 1983, and 1973 and are making the 26th postseason appearance in program history.

This season's Northwestern team ranks second in the country in scoring defense, allowing just 8.7 points per game. Northwestern also had a bye through the first round.

Saturday's will be the first meeting between the two programs.

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Montana Tech is 5-9 all-time in NAIA championship series history. The Diggers roll into the postseason on a five-game winning streak.

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Montana Tech's All-Time NAIA Football Championship Results (Location)
2023
Dickinson State 35, Montana Tech 28 (Butte)
2016
Montana Tech 28, Dickinson State 21 (Butte)
Reinhardt 27, Montana Tech 0 (Waleska, Ga.)
2015
Montana Tech 44, Dickinson State 10 (Butte)
Saint Francis (Ind.) 42, Montana Tech 20 (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
2012
Morningside 40, Montana Tech 35 (Sioux City, Iowa)
2005
Montana Tech 24, Azusa Pacific 17 (Azusa, Calif.)
Carroll 24, Montana Tech 0 (Helena)
2004
Dickinson State 30, Montana Tech 13 (Dickinson, N.D.)
1997
Montana Tech 51, Minnesota-Crookston 10 (Butte)
Willamette 50, Montana Tech 24 (Portland, Ore.)
1996
Montana Tech 49, Carroll 28 (Butte)
Southwestern Oklahoma 33, Montana Tech 31 (Weatherford, Okla., championship)
1992
Pacific Lutheran 37, Montana Tech 0 (Tacoma, Wash.)
1971
Cal Lutheran 34, Montana Tech 6 (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)