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Quick Hits: Our predictions for the second round Which games will be close? Which will be high scoring? Which games will be toss-ups? It's time for the biggest round of the playoffs, so check out Quick Hits, where our panelists predict the scores of...

Our panel of #d3fb experts shook off this week's food coma long enough to predict scores and winners for all 16 second round games in this week's edition of Quick Hits. Enjoy the games!
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A full season of unfamiliarity John Carroll has just spent a full season learning brand-new opponents, all up and down the schedule, in its first year in the NCAC. So for the Blue Streaks, learning another new opponent for the play...

John Carroll topped the NCAC in their first try. A season of unfamiliar opponents had the Blue Streaks focusing inward, building one of the best defenses in #d3fb, and ready for anything this postseason. I wrote quite a bit more on the Blue Streaks below.
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Pride chasing another playoff run Springfield's Team 135 lacks a number of pieces that propelled last year's team to the national quarterfinals, but the Pride are still having Thanksgiving together as a team as they head into a second...

Springfield had a lot to replace from last year's quarterfinal team. As Joe Sager reports, after a 1-2 start to 2025, the Pride found their rhythm and find themselves back in a familiar place- in the #d3fb playoffs after Thanksgiving.
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F&M has come a long way Whether bouncing back from a 6-4 regular season last year, or a 21-0 deficit in the de facto Centennial Conference championship game, Franklin & Marshall has come a long way as a team headed into its ...

Franklin & Marshall probably wasn't on your short list of teams to top the new look Centennial Conference. The Dips did just that and earned the program's first ever bid to the #d3fb tournament. Brian Lester has more with the CC champs below.
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Ballentine brothers drive DePauw offense Robby and Scott Ballentine haven't been playing football together that long, and that's because it was the older brother who followed in the younger brother's footsteps. Now they work together to help...

Time for pre-snap reads! The Ballentine brothers have been one of the most powerful QB/WR combos in #d3fb. Glen Crevier has more about how the Ballentines have led DePauw back to the playoffs for a fifth consecutive year.
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2025 Mount Union bracket previews We start our bracket previews with the top left corner, the No. 1 overall seed, overall seeds 8, 10, 11 and 12, including the mismatched Texas teams, and the home team in Massachusetts. It's our annua...

And team capsules for all 40 teams in the #d3fb tournament!

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Quick Hits: Our predictions for the first round Which games will be close? Which will be high scoring? Which games will be toss-ups? Check out Quick Hits, where our panelists predict the scores of each game.

And our first round of #d3fb Quick Hits!

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Playoff picks, surprises and disappointments Who will surprise in this year's playoff bracket? Who will disappoint? Who will advance to the semifinals? It's our team's annual take on the postseason, in Around the Nation.

It’s #d3fb playoff season! We’ve got the annual Around The Nation Playoff Surprises & Disappointments column:

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The home for NCAA Division III football D3football.com is the only website focused on NCAA Division III football, including schedules and scores for all of D-III going back to 1998. It also includes a Top 25 poll, a podcast, weekly columns ...

Podcast recording time is coming up! Who has questions for Patrick and @d3greg.bsky.social for the D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast? #d3fb

No longer dreaming: UNE looks like CNE contender The Nor'easters have entered the chat, as University of New England began play less than a decade ago and has established itself as a contender in the Conference of New England. Is UNE the next New En...

Latest Around the Nation column from @d3greg.bsky.social looks at the development of the University of New England Nor'easters. It's not just about the blue turf or a fun rivalry trophy any longer. www.d3football.com/columns/arou... #d3fb

Patrick and @d3greg.bsky.social are getting together to record another podcast. Who has questions for the mailbag? #d3fb

No disagreement. There aren't really question marks with this group through two games against a pair of teams that are good enough to ask some questions of the Purple Raiders. They're really, really good.

Rise and shine for a pair of Top 25 #d3fb games tomorrow! Here's how I'm planning to consume Week 3- maybe. I might have to leave the command center to get over and watch L&C vs. P-P.

For me UMU was probably least surprising of the group. That was a big step up in weight class for GCC. Most surprising was the NCC margin. I thought they would have to grind this one out a bit more than they did against a really good team.