[NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Standings 'n' Polls

Tue Oct 6 19:48:53 CDT 2009

Finally time for the standings! Hopefully I can stay on top of this weekly, but I already have a mountain of schoolwork for this week of "break" to get through ... so you never know.

First up, the honor roll ...

WEEKLY WINNERS - some good marks, but no perfect weeks yet!
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* Week 1: C. Bailey and A. Wolfson, 14-1
* Week 2: T. McAdams and B. Taylor, 12-3
* Week 3: R. Stahl and A. Wolfson, 13-2
* Week 4: I. Embrekts, 8-2
* Week 5: Five tied with 8-2 marks (see below)

UPSET SPECIALS - some odd "upsets" but that's been the season so far
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* Week 1: None
* Week 2: INDIANA over Western Michigan and UCLA over Tennessee
* Week 3: NIU over Purdue, FLORIDA STATE over Brigham Young
* Week 4: IOWA over Penn State, VA TECH over Miami, OREGON over Cal
* Week 5: None

UNANIMOUS SELECTIONS - Three of which turned out to be wrong!
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* Week 1: MSU over Montana St., OSU over Navy, PSU over Akron ... and OKLAHOMA over Brigham Young (oops!)
* Week 2: MSU over Central Michigan (oops!), PSU over Syracuse and GA TECH over Clemson (for those who got picks in by the Thursday deadline)
* Week 3: OSU over Toledo, PSU over Temple, WISCONSIN over Wofford
* Week 4: OSU over Illinois, FLORIDA STATE over South Florida (oops!)
* Week 5: PSU over Illinois, OSU over Indiana, IOWA over Arkansas St.

And now for the standings - Alan's off to a strong start, but a few people are nipping at his heels ...

PIGSKIN PICKS STANDINGS
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TW  Name              Wk 5   Record   Pct.    US  Ovrl  WP
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 1) A. Wolfson         7-3    51-14   .785     0    2    5
 2) B. Taylor          8-2    49-16   .754     0    2    5
 3) M. Zilka           8-2    40-15   .727     0    0    4
 4) T. McAdams         6-4    47-18   .723     0    1    5
 5) I. Embrekts        8-2    36-14   .720     0    2    4
 6) J. Hodges          6-4    45-20   .692     0    0    5
 7) M. Ament           8-2    44-21   .677     0    1    5
 8) R. Stahl           6-4    43-22   .662     0    3    5
 8) S. Truog           5-5    43-22   .662     0    1    5
10) C. Herron          6-4    33-17   .660     0    0    4
11) E. Steffe          7-3    32-18   .640     0    0    4
12) C. Zahn            ---    35-20   .636     0    1    4
13) C. Rossi           8-2    41-24   .631     0    2    5
14) B. Winkler         7-3    31-19   .620     0    1    4
15) K. Sevilla         6-4    39-26   .600     0    1    5
16) B. Wilson          ---    33-22   .600     0    0    4
17) L. Martinaitis     7-3    38-27   .585     0    1    5
18) P. Groves          6-4    37-28   .569     0    0    5
18) J. Leonard         7-3    37-28   .569     0    1    5
18) A. McInturff       6-4    37-28   .569     0    3    5
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xx) B. Waldele         6-4    25-10   .714     0    2    3
xx) J. Bendat          7-3    23-12   .657     0    2    3
xx) R. Bradshaw        ---    22- 8   .733     0    0    2
xx) P. Wolfe           ---    18-12   .600     0    0    2
xx) C. Bailey          ---    14- 1   .933     0    0    1
xx) S. Wolfson         ---    12- 3   .800     0    0    1
xx) J. Wall            ---    11- 4   .733     0    0    1

And finally, the poll for this week ...

LW TW SjTOP 25
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01 01 FLORIDA (4-0) – Bye week before one tough road game? Cushy!
02 02 TEXAS (4-0) – Another team resting comfortably this week
03 03 LSU (5-0) – Another gritty road win sets up big showdown
04 04 ALABAMA (5-0) – Schedule picks up a little next week
05 05 BOISE STATE (5-0) – BCS bid is in their hands now
06 06 SOUTHERN CAL (4-1) – Rolling through Pac 10 again
07 07 OHIO STATE (4-1) – Rolling through Big 10 again
09 08 VIRGINIA TECH (4-1) – Nearly had big letdown vs. Dookies
10 09 OKLAHOMA STATE (3-1) – Was this a holiday wknd in Big XII?
13 10 CINCINNATI (5-0) – Big game a week from Thursday at USF …
14 11 SOUTH FLORIDA (5-0) – … should settle Big East crown
15 12 IOWA (5-0) – Have spotlight game with Michigan next
16 13 PENN STATE (4-1) – Where was that ground game last week?
21 14 MIAMI (3-1) – Nice bounce-back win for the Canes
17 15 TCU (5-0) – Handily beat crosstown rivals
NR 16 WISCONSIN (5-0) – Nice win for Bucky up in Minnesota
18 17 OREGON (4-1) – Will they be the ones to challenge SC?
NR 18 AUBURN (5-0) – Could be 7-0 when they visit LSU
19 19 KANSAS (4-0) – Still haven’t proven much this year
22 20 SOUTH CAROLINA (4-1) – Big game at Bama in two weeks
12 21 MICHIGAN (4-1) – Late heroics not enough this time
23 22 MISSISSIPPI (4-1) – Need to save face with Bama next
08 23 OKLAHOMA (2-2) – Have fallen apart without Bradford
11 24 GEORGIA (3-2) – They played with fire one time too many
NR 25 STANFORD (4-1) – Are they for real? Have brutal November

DROPPED OUT: (20) California, (24) UCLA, (25) Houston
ON THE VERGE: BYU, Georgia Tech, Nebraska

Remember - picks in by Thursday!
GO CATS!!!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
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