Week 8, 2010: Another One Week Wonder Falls From #1

When I flipped on the Saturday football coverage, and saw Michigan State down 17-0, I thought another unpredictable day of college football was upon us. The Spartans survived, but later, Oklahoma was out, LSU lost a battle of Tigers, and West Virginia lost at home. So we lost a team of Bayou Bengal Tigers, gained the same species from Mizzou, and the Utah Utes are now the third non-BCS conference team in the tourney. Of course, it is likely that TCU and Utah will play for a single birth, but this has been a crazy few weeks, so who knows.

I put Pitt back in by default as Big East rep. West Virginia still basically controls its own destiny, but there are no Big East teams in the BCS standings, so I had to go with the current standings topping Panthers by default, back for the first time since their opening loss to the Utes.

From nowhere, Missouri jumps into my tourney's sixth seed. And two weeks ago, Auburn was the eighth seed, and now, they top the charts.

I think that type thing is what makes college football's season so intriguing whether it is the current BCS system or my playoff, the impact of single losses. Is there another sport in which the top team can lose and perilously out of the playoff scenario. If the top college hoops team loses, they may lose a top tourney seed with an accompanying favorable geographic path to the Final Four, but they are not trying to play their way back in to the tournament.

And thanks to the people of the world for supporting my little blog! There was a big burst this morning where hits came from the countries listed below:

United Arab Emirates 14

Guadeloupe 10

United States 5

Iran 2

Russia 1

Of course, maybe there a some people from all over the world who just wanted to see a cast member of The Big Bang Theory wearing tight Nebraska apparel (people love that Leonard), as featured in the last post.

To the projected tourney!!

"In college football, one day you're in, and the next day you're out." -Frank Broyles

OUT- Oklahoma, Louisiana State, West Virginia
IN-Missouri, Utah, Pittsburgh

FIRST ROUND:

In Morgantown, WV:#7 Alabama (at-large) vs #10 Pittsburgh (Big East champ)

In Atlanta: #8 Utah (at-large) vs #9 Florida State (ACC champ)


BCS BOWLS (Quarterfinals):

Sugar: #1 Auburn (SEC champ) vs the Utah/Florida State winner

Orange: #4 Texas Christian (at-large) vs #5 Michigan State (Big Ten champ)

Rose: #2 Oregon (Pac-10 champ) vs Alabama/Pittsburgh winner

Fiesta: #3 Boise State (non-BCS conference automatic) vs #6 Missouri (Big XII Champ)


Semi-finals in St Petersburg FL

BCS Championship in Glendale AZ

Week by week seedings:

Week	5	6	7	8
Auburn	8	8	4	1
Oregon	4	2	2	2
Boise State	2	1	3	3
TCU	5	3	5	4
Michigan State	n/a	n/a	7	5
Missouri	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
Alabama	1	n/a	8	7
Utah	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
Florida State	n/a	9	9	9
Pitt	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
Oklahoma	3	4	1	n/a
LSU	7	7	6	n/a
West Virginia	10	10	10	n/a
Ohio State	6	5	n/a	n/a
Nebraska	n/a	6	n/a	n/a
Miami	9	n/a	n/a	n/a
Florida	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Texas	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Virginia Tech	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Week	Pre	1	2	3	4
Auburn	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Oregon	9	8	7	8	7
Boise State	5	2	6	6	2
TCU	6	5	8	7	4
Michigan State	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Missouri	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Alabama	1	1	1	1	1
Utah	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Florida State	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pitt	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Oklahoma	7	n/a	4	5	6
LSU	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
West Virginia	n/a	10	10	10	10
Ohio State	2	4	3	3	5
Nebraska	n/a	7	n/a	n/a	n/a
Miami	n/a	9	9	9	9
Florida	3	6	5	4	3
Texas	4	3	2	2	n/a
Virginia Tech	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a