Keith McMillan and Pat Coleman did a whirlwind tour of Chicago on Saturday, visiting six stadiums, talking to five coaches and seeing one and two-half games. The night culminated in a great Division III atmosphere at Wheaton, where the lights, turf and new video board provided the perfect frame for a great game.

Keith and Pat talk about what they saw and what happened elsewhere in Week 7 in this week’s Around the Nation Podcast.

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There were some puzzling results on Friday and Saturday, and while Keith McMillan and Pat Coleman try to make sense of them, you can listen along in this week’s Around the Nation podcast. What are the prospects now for upsettees Trinity (Texas), Wartburg and Baldwin-Wallace?

Keith returned from a trip to Texas this weekend and gives us his take on Mary Hardin-Baylor. Are the No. 2 Crusaders the team that can challenge Mount Union? Hear Keith’s take. Plus, we explore some of the unlikely names at the top of conference standings.

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Around 6 p.m., Saturday looked like an interesting day, but nothing spectacular. Then the UW-La Crosse/UW-Whitewater game turned, St. John Fisher went down and Willamette kicked Linfield’s unbeaten D-III record to the curb.

In the end, a lot of news at the top of the poll. This week’s Around the Nation podcast focuses on those games, but also deals with Hampden-Sydney, Trinity (Conn.), Williams, TCNJ, Capital, Mount Union, Redlands, Occidental and the great games in the upcoming week.

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