Millennium 1st ROUND Stanford Clemson Memphis Boston College Texas A&M BYU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Wake Forest Penn St. S. Carolina USC LSU S. Florida Florida St. Georgetown Washington St. Mississippi St. Duke Virginia Texas Tech Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Minnesota NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas N. Carolina 2nd ROUND Stanford Boston College Texas A&M Tennessee West Virginia Penn St. USC Florida St. Georgetown Duke Virginia Baylor UCLA Santa Clara Texas N. Carolina 3rd ROUND Stanford Texas A&M Penn St. Florida St. Georgetown Virginia UCLA N. Carolina SEMI-FINALS Stanford Florida St. Georgetown N. Carolina FINAL Stanford N. Carolina CHAMPION Stanford
Looks like we have 12 entries so far. I'm looking forward to another dozen tomorrow in the human division plus up to 6 in the machine/statistical division. A FAVOR TO ASK.... If anyone reading this subscribes to Top Drawer, could you post an entry via private message to me based on their bracket which they have apparently posted for premier members. (I didn't see a formal bracket on their site last year so made an entry based on their team rankings. I can do that again, but since they actually have a bracket up, it would be nice to use the real picks.)
Dmthomas49 1st round Stanford Clemson Memphis BC Texas A&M TCU Arizona Tennessee WVU Wake Penn State South Carolina USC LSU Albany FSU Georgetown Wash St Miss St Duke UVa Princeton Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Minnesota NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas UNC 2nd round Stanford BC Texas A&M Tennessee WVU Penn State USC FSU Georgetown Duke UVa Baylor UCLA Santa Clara Arkansas UNC 3rd round Stanford Texas A&M Penn State FSU Georgetown UVa UCLA UNC 4th round Stanford FSU UVa UNC 5th round Stanford UNC Champion Stanford
WWC_Movement 1st Round Stanford Clemson Memphis Boston College Texas A&M TCU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Ohio State Penn State South Carolina USC LSU South Florida (USF) Florida State Georgetown Washington State Lipscomb Duke Virginia Princeton Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Minnesota NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas North Carolina 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Texas A&M Tennessee West Virginia Penn State USC Florida State Georgetown Duke Virginia Baylor UCLA Santa Clara Texas North Carolina 3rd Round Stanford Tennessee Penn State USC Duke Virginia UCLA North Carolina College Cup Stanford USC Duke North Carolina Final Stanford Duke National Champions Duke *It's time once again for a 1st time National Champion -Duke pulls a Christian Laettner miracle in this tournament
BigWest 1st Round Stanford Clemson Memphis Boston College Texas A&M BYU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Ohio State Penn State South Carolina USC LSU South Florida (USF) Florida State Georgetown Washington State Mississippi St Duke Virginia Texas Tech Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Auburn NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas St Louis North Carolina 2nd Round Stanford Memphis BYU Tennessee West Virginia Penn State USC South Florida (USF) Georgetown Duke Texas Tech Baylor UCLA Santa Clara Texas St Louis 3rd Round Stanford BYU West Virginia USC Duke Baylor Santa Clara St Louis College Cup Stanford West Virginia Baylor Santa Clara Final Stanford Baylor National Champions Stanford
lovethegsme 1st round Stanford Clemson Memphis BC TA&M TCU Arizona Tennessee WVU Ohio State Penn State SC USC Boston U S Florida FSU Gtown Wash St Miss State Duke Uva Texas Tech Vandy Baylor UCLA Minnesota Northwestern Santa Clara Texas Arkansas St Louis UNC 2nd round Stanford BC TA&M Tennessee WVU Penn State USC FSU Gtown Duke UVa Baylor UCLA Santa Clara Texas UNC 3rd round Stanford Tennessee WVU FSU Gtown UVa UCLA UNC 4th round Stanford FSU Uva UNC semi Stanford UVa champs Stanford
BOSCO FIRST ROUND Stanford Clemson Wisconsin BC Texas A&M BYU Arizona Louisville West Virginia Wake Penn St UNC-G Southern Cal BU South Fla Florida St Georgetown Wash St Miss St Duke UVA Princeton Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Minnesota NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas St. Louis UNC SECOND ROUND Stanford BC Tex A&M Louisville Wake Penn St Southern Cal Florida State Wash St Duke UVA Vanderbilt UCLA Santa Clara Texas UNC THIRD ROUND Stanford Texas A&M Penn St Florida State Duke UVA UCLA UNC QUARTERFINALS Stanford Florida State UVA UCLA SEMIFINALS Florida State UCLA CHAMPION UCLA
Kickithard 1st ROUND Stanford Clemson Memphis Boston College Texas A&M TCU Denver Tennessee West Virginia OHIO State Penn St. S. Carolina USC LSU S. Florida Florida St. Georgetown Washington St. Mississippi St. Duke Virginia Texas Tech Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Minnesota NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas St. Louis N. Carolina 2nd ROUND Stanford Boston College TCU Tennessee West Virginia Penn St. USC Florida St. Georgetown Duke TTech Vandy UCLA Santa Clara Texas N. Carolina 3rd ROUND Stanford Tenn Penn St. USC Duke Texas Tech UCLA N. Carolina SEMI-FINALS Stanford Florida St. Duke N. Carolina FINAL Stanford N. Carolina CHAMPION UNC
stubifier 1st round Stanford Clemson Memphis BC Texas A&M BYU Arizona Tennessee WVU Ohio State Penn State South Carolina Long Beach St LSU South Florida FSU Georgetown Wash St Miss State Rutgers UVA Texas Tech Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Auburn NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas UNC 2nd Round Stanford BC Texas A&M Tennessee WVU South Carolina LSU FSU Georgetown Miss State UVA Baylor UCLA NC State Texas UNC 3rd Round Stanford Tennessee WVU FSU Georgetown UVA UCLA UNC College Cup Stanford FSU UVA UNC Semi Stanford UNC Champs UNC
Kick it hard, Your 3rd round shows USC and not Florida State at all. But your 4th round shows Florida State winning.
Peter 1st rd Stanford Clemson Wisconsin BC Texas A&M BYU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Ohio St Penn St USC Southern Cal BU South Fla Florida St Georgetown Wash St Miss St Duke UVA Texas Tech Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Minnesota Northwestern Santa Clara Texas Arkansas St. Louis UNC 2nd rd Stanford BC BYU Tennessee West Virginia Penn St Southern Cal FSU Wash St Duke UVA Vanderbilt UCLA Santa Clara Texas UNC 3rd rd Stanford BYU West Virginia Southern Cal Duke UVA UCLA UNC 4th rd Stanford Southern Cal Duke UCLA Semi Stanford UCLA Final Stanford
RtD! 1st ROUND Stanford Clemson Memphis Boston College North Texas BYU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Wake Forest Penn St. UNC Greensboro Southern California LSU South Florida Florida St. Georgetown Washington St. Lipscomb Duke Virginia Princeton Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Auburn NC State Santa Clara Virginia Tech Little Rock Saint Louis North Carolina 2nd ROUND Stanford Boston College BYU Tennessee West Virginia Penn St. Southern California Florida St. Georgetown Duke Virginia Vanderbilt UCLA NC State Virginia Tech North Carolina 3rd ROUND Stanford Tennessee West Virginia Florida St. Duke Virginia UCLA North Carolina SEMI-FINALS Stanford Florida St. Virginia North Carolina FINAL Stanford Virginia CHAMPION Stanford
NCAA RPI 1st Round Stanford Clemson Memphis Boston College Texas A&M TCU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Wake Forest Penn State South Carolina Southern California LSU South Florida Florida State Georgetown Washington State Mississippi State Duke Virginia Princeton Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Auburn NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas North Carolina 2nd Round Stanford Memphis Texas A&M Tennessee West Virginia South Carolina Southern California Florida State Georgetown Duke Virginia Baylor UCLA Santa Clara Texas NorthCarolina 3rd Round Stanford Tennessee West Virginia Florid aState Georgetown Baylor UCLA North Carolina 4th Round Stanford Florida State Georgetown North Carolina Semi Final Stanford North Carolina Champion Stanford
NCAA Non-Conference RPI 1st Round Stanford Ole Miss Memphis Boston College Texas A&M TCU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Wake Forest Penn State South Carolina Southern California LSU South Florida Florida State Georgetown Washington State Mississippi State Duke Virginia Princeton Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Auburn NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas North Carolina 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Texas A&M Tennessee West Virginia South Carolina Southern California Florida State Georgetown Mississippi State Virginia Baylor Auburn NC State Texas North Carolina 3rd Round Stanford Texas A&M West Virginia Florida State Mississippi State Baylor NC State Texas 4th Round Stanford Florida State Mississippi State NC State Semi Final Florida State Mississippi State Champion Mississippi State
CPT's 5 Iteration RPI 1st Round Stanford Clemson Memphis Boston College Texas A&M TCU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Wake Forest Penn State South Carolina Southern California LSU South Florida Florida State Georgetown Washington State Mississippi State Duke Virginia Texas Tech Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Auburn NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas North Carolina 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Texas A&M Tennessee West Virginia South Carolina Southern California Florida State Georgetown Duke Virginia Baylor UCLA Santa Clara Texas North Carolina 3rd Round Stanford Tennessee West Virginia Florida State Georgetown Baylor UCLA North Carolina 4th Round Stanford Florida State Georgetown North Carolina Semi Final Stanford North Carolina Champion Stanford
Massey Ratings 1st Round Stanford Clemson Memphis Boston College Texas A&M TCU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Wake Forest Penn State South Carolina Southern California LSU South Florida Florida State Georgetown Washington State Mississippi State Duke Virginia Texas Tech Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Auburn NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas North Carolina 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Texas A&M Tennessee West Virginia Penn State Southern California Florida State Georgetown Duke Virginia Baylor UCLA Santa Clara Texas North Carolina 3rd Round Stanford Tennessee West Virginia Florida State Georgetown Baylor UCLA North Carolina 4th Round Stanford Florida State Georgetown North Carolina Semi Final Stanford North Carolina Champion Stanford
NilamCA 1st Round Stanford Clemson Memphis Hofstra Texas A&M BYU Denver Tennessee West Virginia Wake Forest Penn State South Carolina USC LSU South Florida (USF) Florida State Georgetown Washington State Mississippi St Rutgers Virginia Princeton Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Minnesota NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas St Louis North Carolina 2nd Round Stanford Memphis BYU Denver West Virginia South Carolina USC FSU Washington State Rutgers Virginia Vanderbilt UCLA Santa Clara Texas North Carolina 3rd Round Stanford BYU South Carolina FSU Rutgers Vanderbilt Santa Clara North Carolina College Cup Stanford FSU Rutgers North Carolina Final Stanford North Carolina National Champions North Carolina GO BLUE
McSkillz 1st Round Stanford Clemson Memphis Boston College Texas A&M BYU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Wake Forest Penn State South Carolina USC LSU South Florida FSU Georgetown WSU Miss State Duke Virginia Texas Tech Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Auburn NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas UNC 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Texas A&M Tennessee West Virginia Penn State USC FSU WSU Duke Virginia Baylor UCLA Santa Clara Texas UNC 3rd Round Stanford Tennessee Penn State USC Duke Virginia UCLA UNC 4th Round Stanford USC Virginia UCLA Semi-finalists Stanford UCLA Champion UCLA Go Bruins!
Wendys 1st Round Stanford Clemson Memphis Boston College Texas A&M TCU Arizona Tennessee West Virginia Wake Forest Penn State South Carolina Southern California LSU South Florida Florida State Georgetown Washington State Mississippi State Duke Virginia Texas Tech Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Auburn NC State Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas North Carolina 2nd Round Stanford Boston College Texas A&M Tennessee West Virginia South Carolina Southern California Florida State Georgetown Duke Virginia Baylor UCLA Santa Clara Arkansas North Carolina 3rd Round Stanford Tennessee South Carolina Florida State Georgetown Virginia UCLA North Carolina 4th Round Stanford Florida State Virginia North Carolina Semi Finalists Stanford North Carolina Champion Stanford
Sliding in slightly late, forgive me. And my commentary no one asked for: I won this thing two years ago, picking my Seminoles to crash on a trip out West and identifying USCw as a team who had underperformed overall on the season but really stepped up against their best competition.... a combo I like come tournament time. Taking that formula and going full homer with the Seminoles through to the end here and sending USC home on the trip out East. Fingers crossed! Round 1 Stanford Clemson Wisconsin BC TAMU TCU Arizona Louisville West Virginia Wake Forest Penn St South Carolina USC LSU USF FSU Georgetown WSU MSU Duke UVA Texas Tech Vanderbilt Baylor UCLA Minnesota NC St Santa Clara Texas Arkansas Kansas UNC Round 2 Stanford BC TAMU Louisville West Virginia South Carolina USC FSU Georgetown Duke UVA Vanderbilt UCLA Santa Clara Texas UNC Round 3 Stanford TAMU South Carolina FSU Duke UVA UCLA UNC Round 4 Stanford FSU UVA UCLA Semis winners FSU UCLA Champions FSU
The First Round results are in... and our hearty Prognosticators have started to separate themselves. But not by much. In the Human Division, mpr2477 is currently at the top of the heap having missed only 4 of the possible 32 choices. One point behind is sweepsit, followed by Millenium and WWC_Movement. Then the hoards are bunched up behind the four leaders followed by three contestants who took a bold contrarian position on some calls. But the fact is that there is only a spread of 6 points between the top and bottom which is equal to a single correct choice in the third round or less than a single choice in the last three rounds... so anyone could yet win. A special shout-out goes to RtD! who was the only contestant to call Virginia Tech over Texas (and only one of three to call Lipscomb over Missisippi State) and to NilamCA who was the only contestant to call Hofstra over Boston College. Over in the Machine Division (statistical or based on pre published rankings) the top three are tied with 26 out of 32 calls right -- (CP Thomas' "Iteration 5" RPI, Massey Ratings, and the NCAA Non-Conference RPI.) Then follows the NCAA RPI, and lastly the Top Drawer Soccer bracket and the United Soccer Coaches poll rankings. Next weekend (second and third rounds) should tell the story for many contestants, -- but maybe this bunch is unusually competitive and we will have a large horse race until the end. Who knows! See the First Round Standings below. Human Division 28 mpr2477 27 sweepsit 26 Millennium 26 WWC_Movement 26 Wentys 25 Crazyhorse 25 Dmthomas49 25 justdoit 25 karlmarx123 25 Kurt Kline 25 McSkillz 25 Playsimple 25 Tom 81 24 crane65 24 Glove Stinks 24 HeadSpun 24 Kickithard 23 BigWest 23 lovethegsme 23 NilamCA 23 Peter 23 RtD! 22 BOSCO 22 Soccerlol 22 stubifier Machine Division 26 CPT's 5 Iteration RPI 26 Massey Ratings 26 NCAA Non-Conf RPI 25 NCAA RPI 23 Top Drawer Soccer 23 United Soccer Coaches