WAVERLY, Iowa-- No. 15/18 Wartburg (9-0 overall, 7-0 IIAC) hosts Nebraska Wesleyan (2-7, 2-5) in the last game of the regular season Saturday at 1 p.m. The Knights won the Iowa Conference Championship and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs. The Orange and Black will learn their opponent and game location during the NCAA selection show Sunday afternoon.

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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 1-0, as the inaugural meeting was last season in Lincoln.

Wartburg
Sophomore Dylan Binion (Albany, Ill.) leads the team on the ground with 1,063 yards and 12 touchdowns. He is the 17^th player in program history to achieve the 1,000 season rushing mark and first since Brandon Domeyer in 2014.

Junior quarterback Matt Sacia (Eldridge) has thrown for 2,216 yards and 23 touchdowns on the season. He has finished with triple-digit passing yards in 15-straight games and in 17 of his last 18, which dates back to last season.

Sacia's top target has been senior Riley Brockway (Postville), who has 852 yards on 63 catches with nine TDs.
 
Senior Rob Rottler (Greene) leads the defense with 88 total tackles. Freshman JoJo McNair (Joliet, Ill.) and junior Peyton Imhoff (Dubuque) have a team-best five interceptions.

Senior Tony Anstoetter (Farley) has a team-best 7.5 TFL.

Career Leader List Watch
Sacia now ranks seventh on the program's career leader list in passing yards (4,960). His 47 passing TDs rank sixth, and his 381 completions are sixth-best.

Brockway's 2,074 receiving yards rank fourth and his 159 receptions are second-best. He is also third in kick return yards (1,204) and kick returns (56).

Senior Brayton Brandt (Center Point) has made 69 PATs, which is eighth-best.

Nebraska Wesleyan
The Prairie Wolves opened the season 0-7 but have won their last two-straight.

NWU also boasts a 1,000 yard rusher in Shaka Taylor, who has 1,023 yards and five TDs. Taylor also has a team-best 50 receptions and five TD catches.

Jonathan Curti has thrown for 2,888 yards and 27 TDs.  Bryce Darner leads the receivers with 555 yards, and Dakota Buss has 100 total tackles.
 
National Stat Rankings
Wartburg ranks in the top 100 of 36 statistical categories, which the NCAA released Monday.
 
The Knights rank 1^st in winning percentage (1.00), 1^st in blocked punts allowed (0), 2^nd in turnovers lost (7), 3^rd in turnover margin (1.67), 5^th in red zone defense (.529), 5^th in passes intercepted (19), 7^th in passes had intercepted (3), 9^th in fourth down conversion percentage defense (.231), 10^th in time of possession (33:36), 11^th in completion percentage (.668), 13^th in defensive touchdowns (3), 13^th in first downs offense (222), 16^th in blocked punts (2), 16^th in team passing efficiency (167.31), 20^th in net punting (36.39), 25^th in fumbles lost (4), 26^th in total offense (465.1), 28^th in scoring defense (14.7), 30^th in turnovers gained (22), 30^th in scoring offense (38.4), 32^nd in team passing efficiency defense (104.98), 33^rd in third down conversion percentage (.464), 35^th in third down conversion percentage defense (.299), 36^th in rushing defense (100), 37^th in punt return defense (4.45), 38^th in tackles for loss allowed (4.89), 39^th in rushing offense (213.2), 43^rd in kickoff returns (22.24), 48^th in team tackles for loss (7.3), 54^th in fourth down conversion percentage (.563), 66^th in passing offense (251.9), 75^th in total defense (332.3), 89^th in sacks allowed (1.67), 93^rd in red zone offense (.791), 96^th in passing yards per completion (13.1), and 96^th in kickoff return defense (18.32).
 
Individually, 11 Knights rank in the top 100 of thirty-two statistical categories: Brockway ranks 26^th in receptions per game (7), 42^nd in receiving yards (852), 44^th in receiving touchdowns (9), and 45^th in receiving yards per game (94.7);

Senior Chris McNutt (Solon) ranks 3^rd in punt return touchdowns (1) and 85^th in passes defended (1.2), senior Hunter Baldus (Cedar Rapids) ranks 35^th in fumbles recovered (2); senior Jake Pisarik (Mount Vernon) ranks 45^th in punting (38.9); senior Griffin Brennecke (Marion) ranks 49^th in yards per reception (19.48) and Rottler ranks 51^st in total tackles (9.8).

Senior Brayton Brandt (Center Point) ranks 77^th in field goal percentage (.571), and junior Peyton Imhof (Dubuque) ranks 9^th in passes defended (1.9) and 24^th in interceptions per game (.6);

Sacia ranks 13^th in completion percentage (.671), 19^th in passing efficiency (168.7), 24^th in passing touchdowns (23), 28^th in yards per pass attempt (8.79), 33^rd in points responsible for (156), 38^th in points responsible for per game (17.3), 42^nd in passing yards (2,216), 52^nd in passing yards per game (246.2), 58^th in completions per game (18.78), 62^nd in total offense (258.8), and 82^nd in passing yards per completion (13.11).

Binion ranks 27^th in rushing touchdowns (12), 27^th in rushing yards (1,036), 31^st in rushing yards per game (115.1), 35^th in rush yards per carry (6.4), 36^th in total touchdowns (13), 40^th in total points scored (78), 47^th in scoring (8.7), and 78^th in all purpose (126.22), and McNair  ranks 5^th in passes defended (2.1), 24^th in interceptions per game (.6), and 35^th in kickoff returns (25.5).