Who has #d3fb questions for Patrick and @d3greg.bsky.social for the next podcast? Coming to your feed soon!

Mailbag time! We're getting into the studio for a podcast that comes out in early February. Who has questions for Patrick or @d3greg.bsky.social? #d3fb

Join us live from Canton at 6 pm ET with Small School Saturday and Division 1 Rejects for live pregame coverage from the stadium and stay with us for Pat and Keith's call of Stagg Bowl 52. All of our gameday links are below. Enjoy the game! #d3fb
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Of course we've got our #d3fb gameday staple Quick Hits! The Stagg Bowl is a bigger stage so we've got a bigger panel- tons of guests with a lot of great insight on what to expect tonight in Canton.
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ATN Podcast 402: Welcome to Canton! – D3football.com Full coverage of NCAA Division III football from D3football.com

We also packed up a huge Stagg Bowl preview podcast! Hear from players, coaches, as well as guests Keith McMillan and Seth Howard as we set the table for Sunday night in Canton. #d3fb
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JP Sullivan is the most disruptive defender in #d3fb. Joe Sager features North Central's two-time D3football.com All-American and his growth as a leader on this North Central team ahead of their sixth consecutive Stagg Bowl appearance.
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Time for Stagg Bowl LII pre-snap reads! We know all about UW-RF's Top Gun offense, but teams aren't elite without great defenses The Falcons have that with a unit that leads #d3fb in takeaways. I've got more from the UWRF defense here.
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Interviewed Matt Walker of UW-RF about the challenges of turning the program around BACK IN 2016. Persistence paid off for the Falcons #d3fb www.d3football.com/columns/arou...

And the Quick Hits panel is here to break down today's #d3fb semifinals and predict who will be making the trip to Canton in January. Enjoy the games!
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@D3football announced the five finalists for the 2025 Gagliardi Trophy presented by Stearns Bank on Thursday. See those finalists here and learn more about these outstanding student-athletes in the finalists announcement show linked in the story. #d3fb
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North Central's Cortez Jones has been a standout in his career playing along both offensive and defensive lines. I talked to Jones about his journey and willingness to do what the team needs to stay on top of the #d3fb mountain.
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John Carroll's defense has powered the Blue Streaks all the way to the #d3fb semifinals and a date with North Central. Brian Lester digs deeper to find a veteran staff- and veteran players- all pulling in the same direction and doing their jobs.
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Time for semifinal pre-snap reads! #d3fb elites are often separated by the strength of their lines. Johns Hopkins is in their 3rd ird semifinal in seven seasons and Joe Sager spotlights the Blue Jays offensive line that drives so much of their success. d3football.com/playoffs/202...

The Quick Hits panel has assembled and gives their picks for who will be the last four remaining in the #d3fb playoffs. Enjoy the games!
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Bethel's QB Cooper Drews and OC Colin Duling are both in their 2nd seasons for the Royals and despite graduating a pair of 1,000 yard WRs, the Royals offense has been even better in 2025.I talked with Drews and Duling about their second year growth. #d3fb
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Bay Harvey lost most of 2024 to injury and watched as his Blue Jays went to the final four. Harvey is back, balancing football with jobs and graduate studies, on the precipice of taking JHU back to the #d3fb semis. Brian Lester has more from Baltimore. d3football.com/playoffs/202...

Time for QF #d3fb pre-snap reads! UW-RF's Top Gun offense piles up nearly 50 yards more per game than anybody else in the division. Joe Sager buzzed the tower this week and has more about this high flying Falcon offense.
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Yes indeed. Susquehanna was involved in that QF as well so the circle is complete?

And our Quick Hits octet returns with score predictions for all eight games in this #d3fb Round of 16. Enjoy the games!
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15 of the best student-athletes in #d3fb were named as 2025 Gagliardi Trophy semifinalists. All 15 semifinalists are here, plus links to fan voting!
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If you think UW-Platteville is exceeding expectations after back-to-back tournament appearances for the first time in their history, you might need to rethink your expectations. The Pioneers are right where they expect to be- competing for a #d3fb title.
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Like Susquehanna, John Kradenski has had an unexpectedly rough 2025 season. Also like Susquehanna, Kradenski put on his best show of the season in the second round of the #d3fb playoffs. Brian Lester has more on Kradenski's inspiring season here. d3football.com/playoffs/202...

Time for Round 3 #d3fb pre-snap reads! Trinity has been in elimination mode since losing 29-6 to Berry in October. The Tigers have been perfect since, and Joe Sager hears from the Tigers on how this week's trip to Valhalla might end differently.
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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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