Regional rankings, final release

The NCAA released its final public 2008 regional rankings today.

Teams are listed with their regional record first, followed by their overall record. For more information about the playoff format and how participants are determined, check out our FAQ.

East Region
1. Cortland State 9-0 9-0
2. Ithaca 7-1 8-1
3. Montclair State 8-1 8-1
4. Hobart 7-1 7-1
5. RPI 7-1 7-1
6. Hartwick 6-2 6-2
7. Plymouth State 8-1 9-1
8. Rowan 7-2 7-2
9. Curry 8-1 9-1
10. Albright 6-1 7-2

North Region
1. Mount Union 8-0 9-0
2. North Central (Ill.) 9-0 9-0
3. Wabash 8-0 9-0
4. Trine 9-0 9-0
5. Case Western Reserve 8-0 9-0
6. Otterbein 8-1 8-1
7. Franklin 7-1 8-1
8. Wooster 5-2 7-2
9. Elmhurst 7-2 7-2
10. Aurora 8-1 8-1

South Region
1. Millsaps 8-0 9-0
2. Muhlenberg 9-0 9-0
3. Mary Hardin-Baylor 7-0 8-1
4. Hardin-Simmons 9-1 9-1
5. Catholic 7-1 8-1
6. Hampden-Sydney 7-1 8-1
7. Washington and Jefferson 7-1 8-1
8. Wesley 3-1 7-1
9. Huntingdon 7-1 8-1
10. Christopher Newport 6-1 7-1

West Region
1. Willamette 8-0 9-0
2. Occidental 8-0 8-0
3. Monmouth 10-0 10-0
4. UW-Stevens Point 5-1 8-1
5. UW-Whitewater 7-1 8-1
6. Redlands 7-1 7-1
7. Northwestern (Minn.) 8-1 8-1
8. St. John’s 7-2 7-2
9. Wartburg 8-2 8-2
10. Carleton 7-2 7-2

ATN podcast: All playoff scenarios

We are down to our last “next week” for the 2008 season, with nine automatic bids yet to be handed out and, of course, all the at-larges.

In our weekly podcast, Keith McMillan and I run down the various scenarios in each AQ conference, plus look at the slightly muddier Pool B and Pool C pictures for at-large bids.

The playoffs are coming. D3football.com will take you there.

You can load the podcast page in iTunes or can also get this and any of our future Around the Nation podcasts automatically by subscribing to this RSS feed: http://www.d3football.com/dailydose/?feed=podcast

Or you can click the play button below to listen.

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Who’s in?

Just a reminder of who has clinched bids to the 2008 Division III football playoffs:

ASC: Mary Hardin-Baylor
CC: Muhlenberg
CCIW: North Central
HCAC: Franklin
IIAC: Wartburg
LL: Hobart
MIAA: Trine
MWC: Monmouth
NCAC: Wabash
NEFC: Plymouth State
NJAC: Cortland State
NWC: Willamette
OAC: Mount Union
ODAC: Randolph-Macon
PAC: Thomas More
SCIAC: Occidental
SCAC: Millsaps
USAC: Christopher Newport