Cody Pohren and Pacific Lutheran benefited from the double losses in the MIAC. How? PLU athletics file photo by John Froschauer

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We’re down to a final week, with a number of teams left in contention unlike any we can remember. This week’s losses change how some of the teams line up in the pecking order for the seven at-large bids, and if you are new to this process in Division III football, this is your primer, your instruction manual, perhaps your Selection Sunday master class.

Keith and Pat talk about that and more in this week’s Around the Nation Podcast, sponsored by the City of Salem, hosts of Stagg Bowl XL. Tickets on sale now!

Plus there are a bunch of automatic bids left to be handed out, and some were handed out Saturday in interesting ways. We talk about what’s left to be decided as well, including the indecipherable mess that is the North Coast Athletic Conference. Pat and Keith talk about a lot of teams this week — check the tags at the bottom of this page to find out who is on the topics list.

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Postgame show

Here’s this week’s D3football.com reports and highlight packages.

And this week’s photo galleries from our friends at d3photography.com:

• Baldwin Wallace vs. Mount Union
• UW-Whitewater vs. UW-Eau Claire
• Northwestern (Minn.) vs. Greenville
• Alma vs. Kalamazoo

Amherst · Baldwin-Wallace · Bethel · Bridgewater State · Cal Lutheran · Concordia-Moorhead · Cortland State · Delaware Valley · DePauw · Elmhurst · Framingham State · Franklin and Marshall · Hampden-Sydney · Hardin-Simmons · Heidelberg · Huntingdon · Linfield · Louisiana College · Lycoming · Mount Union · Muhlenberg · NCAA · North Central (Ill.) · Oberlin · Ohio Wesleyan · Pacific Lutheran · Pool C · Randolph-Macon · Rowan · Salve Regina · selection process · St. Olaf · St. Thomas · UW-Oshkosh · UW-Platteville · Wabash · Washington and Jefferson · Washington and Lee · Waynesburg · Wesley · Wheaton (Ill.) · Widener · Williams · Wittenberg