We have four teams remaining and three very familiar ones. The teams that were considered the Big Three of the 2007 season are all still standing, and those are UW-Whitewater, Mount Union and Mary Hardin-Baylor. Crashing the party, a la Bethel 2007, is Wheaton 2008, earning itself yet another trip to Alliance, Ohio.

How did we get here? Where are we going? That, in a nutshell, is what we attempt to answer in this week's Around the Nation podcast.

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Plus, we talk about Nate Kmic's pursuit of the next record ahead of him, the all-time rushing record for all levels of the NCAA. Can either Mary Hardin-Baylor or Wheaton break through against teams that have stymied them in every previous meeting?

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Scroll down for more Saturday coverage. Plus check out our weekend photo galleries. Under licensing rules from the NCAA, we can only offer playoff photos for sale for 30 days, so if you're shopping for the holidays, it helps to act fast. You have less than 14 days to order photos from first-round games.

• Wheaton (Ill.) at Franklin
• Wartburg at UW-Whitewater