HELENA — Second-ranked Carroll College will host eighth-ranked MidAmerica Nazarene today in a NAIA quarterfinal football game at noon.

Carroll is 12-0 for the season, while the Pioneers are 10-1.

The Saints are the five-time national champions, who are coming off a runner-up season in 2008.

“It’s a great opportunity,” Pioneers coach Jonathan Quinn told the Helena Independent Record. “We’re going into a perennial national contender, these guys didn’t get there by chance.

“When I found out we were playing Carroll, I was excited because I want to see what a national championship caliber team is like up close.”