All the Colorado School of Mines football program can do now is wait.

The Orediggers did what they could in Saturday’s regular-season finale at Marv Kay Stadium, steamrolling Fort Lewis 67-9 in their last chance to make a closing statement for inclusion in the NCAA Division II playoffs.

Mines (8-3, 6-3 RMAC) piled up 622 yards of offense and even got a touchdown from its defense in an all-phases rout. Four players ran in touchdowns and Flynn Schiele and Nick Stone caught scoring passes as well. Jake Sype had 89 yards on 8-of-9 passing in his first career start, and Denver South product Joseph Capra threw for 283 yards and three touchdowns while splitting time at QB.

The Orediggers allowed just 135 yards of offense for Fort Lewis (3-8, 2-7), compiling seven sacks and three turnovers while holding the Skyhawks without a single conversion on third (0 of 14) or fourth (0 for 2) down.

CSU Pueblo (10-1, 9-0) put the finishing touches on its outright RMAC championship with a come-from-behind 38-21 win over Chadron State. Mines finished tied for third in the conference with Colorado Mesa (7-4, 6-3), while Western Colorado (10-1, 8-1) was second.

The Orediggers entered Saturday ranked 10th in the region and need to rise into the top seven in order to reach the postseason. They will learn their fate when the selections are announced Sunday afternoon.

Air Force 28, Oregon State 0>> Quarterback Quentin Hayes had 194 total yards and scored two rushing touchdowns to lead Air Force to a 28-0 victory over Oregon State on Saturday.

Hayes completed all five of his pass attempts for 110 yards and he added 84 yards rushing. Dylan Carson led Air Force with 97 yards rushing and the Falcons had a rushing total of 270 yards with four touchdowns.

Air Force (3-7) outgained the Beavers 409 to 175 in total yards and limited OSU to nine first downs.

Hayes scored on a 4-yard run in the first quarter and his 1-yard TD in the second quarter capped an eight-play, 97-yard drive.

Carson and Owen Allen added short touchdown runs in the fourth quarter.

The Beavers (4-6) crossed midfield three times but their drives ended on an interception, a fourth-down sack and a turnover on downs at the Air Force 28.

It was Air Force’s first shutout since a 28-0 win over New Mexico in 2020.

Northern Arizona 44, Northern Colorado 3>> Ty Pennington accounted for three touchdowns, Seth Cromwell ran for 155 yards and a score and Northern Arizona beat Northern Colorado 44-3 Saturday.

Pennington was 17-of-20 passing for 193 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. Northern Arizona (6-4, 4-2 Big Sky Conference), which received votes (seven) in the most recent FCS coaches poll, has won four games in a row.

Northern Colorado (1-10, 1-6), which has lost four consecutive games, took the game’s opening kickoff and went 71 yards before the drive stalled at the 4 and the Bears settled for a 21-yard field goal by Keagan Zabilla.

Pennington led a seven-play, 63-yard drive that culminated with his 4-yard touchdown run that gave the Lumberjacks a 7-3 lead with about 6 minutes left in the first quarter. His 17-yard TD pass to Bryzai White with 3:21 left in the second quarter made it 14-3 at halftime.

Pennington added an 18-yard scoring strike to Myseth Currie. J’Wan Evans, Cromwell and Kyler Kruck each added a short TD run in the second half.

The Bears were just 1 of 8 on third-down conversions, had 11 first downs and finished with 135 total yards.