Teams are in training camps, and if you’re new to Division III football, or awaking from a long slumber, this is a good time to get caught up.

Because if you’re coming to Division III for the first time, as a Division I FBS fan, just know that this is not the same. D-III is expert level, with 28 automatic bids (yes, now there are 28!) and just a handful of at-large bids to go around. Making the Top 25 or an All-America team is almost twice as hard as Division I FBS because D-III is so large.

It’s really large.

So, welcome back! We get you caught up on the biggest news of the offseason, answer fan questions about the preseason Top 25, and more, such as:

We tackle all that and more. Listen in, and welcome back!

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The D3football.com podcast is a weekly in-season podcast by Pat Coleman and Greg Thomas, which was started in 2007.

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