[NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Standings and polls

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

Well, we had our first perfect weeks ... 10-0 marks from both Alan and Marilyn helped the rich get richer. Poor Bruce, it's not often you go 9-1 and lose ground to the person ahead of you and have the person behind you nipping closer at your heels.

No upset specials this week, and only Penn State was a unanimous selection, so straight to the big board we go ...

PIGSKIN PICKS STANDINGS

TW  Name              Wk 6   Record   Pct.    US  Ovrl  WP
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 1) A. Wolfson        10-0    61-14   .813     0    2    6
 2) B. Taylor          9-1    58-17   .773     0    2    6
 3) M. Zilka          10-0    50-15   .769     0    0    5
 4) T. McAdams         8-2    55-20   .733     0    1    6
 5) J. Hodges          9-1    54-21   .720     0    0    6
 6) I. Embrekts        7-3    43-17   .717     0    2    5
 7) M. Ament           9-1    53-22   .707     0    1    6
 8) R. Stahl           9-1    52-23   .693     0    3    6
 9) C. Herron          8-2    41-19   .683     0    0    5
10) C. Rossi           9-1    50-25   .667     0    2    6
10) S. Truog           7-3    50-25   .667     0    1    6
12) E. Steffe          8-2    40-20   .667     0    0    5
13) B. Winkler         7-3    38-22   .633     0    1    5
14) B. Wilson          8-2    41-24   .631     0    0    5
15) K. Sevilla         8-2    47-28   .627     0    1    6
16) A. McInturff       7-3    44-31   .587     0    3    6
17) L. Martinaitis     5-5    43-32   .573     0    1    6
18) P. Groves          ---    37-28   .569     0    0    5
19) J. Leonard         4-6    41-34   .547     0    1    6
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xx) B. Waldele         7-3    32-13   .711     0    2    4
xx) C. Zahn            ---    35-20   .636     0    1    4
xx) J. Bendat          5-5    28-17   .622     0    2    4
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 now to the new rankings ...

LW TW SjTOP 25
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01 01 FLORIDA (5-0) – Big win for their defense, rollin’ to ATL
02 02 TEXAS (5-0) – Playing possum for OU or reason to worry?
04 03 ALABAMA (6-0) – Not terribly impressive, but a big win
05 04 BOISE STATE (5-0) – Couple potential trap road games ahead
06 05 SOUTHERN CAL (4-1) – Ready for their annual Irish thumpin’
07 06 OHIO STATE (5-1) – Their D gets more impressive each week
03 07 LSU (5-1) – Heck of a D, too bad they don’t have an O
08 08 VIRGINIA TECH (5-1) – Nice win, but still barely beat Dook
12 09 IOWA (6-0) – It ain’t pretty, but it’s still 6-0
10 10 CINCINNATI (5-0) – Big game Thursday at USF should decide …
11 11 SOUTH FLORIDA (5-0) – … Big East … and title darkhorse?
13 12 PENN STATE (5-1) – Where was that offense vs. Iowa?
14 13 MIAMI (4-1) – Can go on cruise control until mid-November
17 14 OREGON (5-1) – Looking better each week
15 15 TCU (6-0) – Narrow win vs. Air Force doesn’t make BCS case
09 16 OKLAHOMA STATE (3-1) – Biggest loss of the week off-field
19 17 KANSAS (5-0) – Unbeaten, but thoroughly unimpressive
20 18 SOUTH CAROLINA (5-1) – Lucky win, but a lot of others lost
NR 19 NEBRASKA (4-1) – Nice comeback at Mizzou, plus no Texas
NR 20 GEORGIA TECH (5-1) – ACC may have a third legit contender
16 21 WISCONSIN (5-1) – Their D played fine, but O let ‘em down
23 22 OKLAHOMA (3-2) – Bradford or not, they’re scraping by
18 23 AUBURN (5-1) – Back to reality, but lots of other losses
NR 24 UTAH (4-1) – Their loss looks a lot better than BYU’s loss
21 25 MICHIGAN (4-2) – Lost two in a row, but beat the Irish

DROPPED OUT: (22) Mississippi, (23) Georgia, (25) Stanford
ON THE VERGE: BYU, Minnesota, Notre Dame

Week seven lineup coming up next.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
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