Some conference races are all but over already. And heck, perhaps the Ohio Athletic Conference was never a race to begin with. But there are plenty of races and automatic bids to be decided here in the final half of the Division III football regular season. The question is, how intense will they be?

In this week's Around the Nation, Keith McMillan rates each of the 28 conference title chases. Will they come down to a two-minute drill? Will someone be kneeling down in Week 11? Or, will the backups be in as teams play out the string?

Last year, for example, the Liberty League came down to a photo finish. So did the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, with a four-way tie.

Plus, Keith takes an early look to see whether your conference has any shot at an at-large bid to the Division III football playoffs.

That and more in this week's Around the Nation.