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NCAA’s third regional ranking

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The NCAA released its third 2009 regional rankings today. This is the last one we will see before they select the teams.

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.

Through games of Saturday, Nov. 7:

East Region
1. Delaware Valley 8-1 8-1
2. Alfred 7-1 7-1
3. Kean 8-1 8-1
4. Albright 7-1 8-1
5. Lebanon Valley 8-1 8-1
6. Montclair State 8-1 8-1
7. Curry 8-1 8-2
8. Springfield 7-2 7-2
9. Maine Maritime 8-1 8-1
10. Union 7-1 7-2

North Region
1. Mount Union 8-0 9-0
2. Wittenberg 7-0 9-0
3. Mount St. Joseph 9-0 9-0
4. Case Western Reserve 7-0 9-0
5. Illinois Wesleyan 8-1 8-1
6. Wabash 7-1 8-1
7. Trine 8-1 8-1
8. Ohio Northern 7-2 7-2
9. North Central (Ill.) 7-2 7-2
10. Concordia (Ill.) 8-1 8-1

South Region
1. Wesley 5-0 9-0
2. Hampden-Sydney 9-0 9-0
3. Thomas More 9-0 9-0
4. Huntingdon 5-0 8-1
5. Mississippi College 7-1 7-2
6. Mary Hardin-Baylor 6-1 8-1
7. Dickinson 8-1 8-1
8. Washington and Jefferson 8-1 8-1
9. DePauw 7-1 7-1
10. Johns Hopkins 7-2 7-2

West Region
1. UW-Whitewater 7-0 9-0
2. St. John’s 9-0 9-0
3. Linfield 7-0 8-0
4. Central 10-0 10-0
5. Monmouth 10-0 10-0
6. St. Thomas 8-1 8-1
7. Coe 8-1 8-1
8. Cal Lutheran 7-1 7-1
9. Redlands 7-1 7-1
10. St. Norbert 9-1 9-1

ATN podcast: All the playoff info you need

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Thirty-two playoff spots. Twelve are secure. How will the other 20 shake out? That’s the focus of this week’s Around the Nation podcast.

Some conferences are easy to figure, with head-to-head games lined up to decide who takes home the automatic bid. Some are a little complicated, including the potential four-way tie in the Centennial and the Northern Athletics Conference.

And then there’s the at-large bids. We identified up to 14 teams that could get consideration for Pool C bids. Problem is, there’s just six spots to go around.

Who? When? And where can you get the selection show? Yeah, that’s important. And that’s why we lead off this most important week of the Division III football season with this Around the Nation podcast.

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It’s game day. Let’s clinch!

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Playoff spots will be going out left, right and center today, as we lock up a few more of the 23 automatic bids to the Division III football playoffs.

Plenty of action going on, detailed on the front page. Our own Gordon Mann is calling the Delaware Valley-Albright game, and if I weren’t headed to St. Thomas-Bethel myself, that’s what I’d be listening to. Click here to listen.

We list other potential clinchers on the front page. Wesley doesn’t have an AQ to play for but is going to be interesting this week, as quarterback Shane McSweeney’s status is in doubt.

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