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A real national champion: Week Eight
I posted the first projected sixteen team playoff last week with the release of the first BCS poll. You can find that poll and an explanation of my system here. I'll likely post the final bracket as an opinion, but I think the Locker Room is the best place for all the interim brackets.
Rutgers sure shook things up, didn't they? With the Scarlet Knights' upset of South Florida, Connecticut takes over as the current leader of the Big East. Yes, Connecticut. Maybe a football tourney has ramifications that I hadn't considered: put together a college tourney and UConn thinks you are talking to them. South Florida has hung on to remain in the tournament, although it is much lower than last week's number two seed. It was a good week for the Pac-10 as both Arizona State and Oregon both made big leaps in the seeding. The SEC took a beating, though, as South Carolina and Kentucky each fell out of the tournament with disappointing losses to conference opponents. In other news, Houston took over the C-USA lead with East Carolina losing on the weekend.
| (1) | Ohio State (Big Ten) | Boston College (ACC) | (2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (16) | Houston ( C-USA) | Central Michigan ( MAC) | (15) | |
| (8) | Virginia Tech (At large) | West Virginia (At large) | (7) | |
| (9) | Kansas ( Big 12) | South Florida (At large) | (10) | |
| (4) | Arizona State ( Pac 10) | LSU (SEC) | (3) | |
| (13) | BYU ( Mountain West) | Troy ( Sun Belt) | (14) | |
| (5) | Oregon (At large) | Oklahoma (At large) | (6) | |
| (12) | Connecticut (Big East) | Hawaii ( WAC) | (11) |
Missed the cut (BCS rank):
Florida (11)
USC (12)
Missouri (13)
Kentucky (14)
Virginia (15)
