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School Of Mines, CSU-Pueblo Will Host South Dakota Teams In D-II Playoffs

(CBS4) -- Two of the state's collegiate football teams reached the postseason this year. Both Colorado School of Mines and Colorado State-Pueblo found out their first-round opponents Sunday when the NCAA announced the Division II playoff participants.

Both will be hosting South Dakota teams on Saturday, November 23.

The undefeated School of Mines (11-0) will kickoff against the University of Sioux Falls (8-3) at noon in Golden.

CSU-Pueblo (10-1) will host Augustana (9-2) at 1 p.m. in Pueblo. The Timberwolves' only loss of the year came in the third game of the season against Mines. The two schools finished one-two atop the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings.

Both Colorado teams are also in the same quadrant of the 28-team bracket could conceivably face one another again in three weeks, should they continue their winning ways.

Minnesota State (11-0) received the top seed in the quadrant and received a first-round bye, and will host the winner of the CSU-Pueblo/Augustana matchup.

The Mines/Sioux Falls winner will travel to Texas for a bout against either Tarleton State (11-0) or Texas A&M-Commerce (9-2).

Mines is ranked No.7 in the most recent AFCA Coaches poll. CSU-Pueblo is tenth-ranked.

Augustana beat Sioux Falls 20-13 in September. Both universities are located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Both are unranked.

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