Pick It Standings 2011 Week 07: BCS Countdown is a Go

Finally, the week has come.  That week I’m talking about is the BCS Standings Week 1.  We’ve been hemming and hawing about who’s best and who’s overrated.  Now we the dip stick to check the levels of college football awesomeness. There are some surprises and not so surprises in the fresh standings.  But we’ll get to that later.  We also have a new week of Pick It and Stick It Standings to go over.  Will Keltron3000 hold the top spot or will some young up and comer take over and turn the league upside down.  It’s too close to call so let’s check it out right now.

Standings

Rank Pick Set Name Total Dropped W-L
1 Keltron3000 82 42 82-46
2 Bryce Brown for Heisman! 81 42 81-45
3 TCU Travel Agent 78 44 78-48
4 KSUUUUU 78 41 78-48
5 Purple Yeti 78 46 78-48
6 Pay for Play 78 39 78-50

So there we go, Keltron3000 is still in the lead.  Even though she had the worst week of the bunch, it was totally wiped away by dropping the lowest 3 picks of the season.  That’s what you get for being the only one picking Michigan.  Bryce Brown for Heisman won the week on picks thanks to his Mississippi State call and his Arizona State pick.  I have feeling that we are going to see the winners break out from the losers now.  We are all 3 picks away from each other now, but the dropped picks should come back to haunt.  But enough of that, let’s look at the BCS Standings.

BCS Harris Poll USA Today Computer Rankings
RK TEAM AVG PVS RK PTS % RK PTS % AVG PW %
1 LSU .9522 NR 1 2819 .9891 2 1410 .9559 3 3 .920
2 Alabama .9519 NR 2 2744 .9628 3 1403 .9512 2 2 .950
3 Oklahoma .9301 NR 3 2684 .9418 1 1426 .9668 4 5 .890
4 Oklahoma State .8568 NR 6 2315 .8123 6 1173 .7953 1 1 .970
5 Boise State .8027 NR 5 2339 .8207 7 1172 .7946 6 6 .800
6 Wisconsin .7708 NR 4 2463 .8642 4 1262 .8556 11 12 .600
7 Clemson .7582 NR 8 2063 .7239 8 1028 .6969 5 4 .860
8 Stanford .7484 NR 7 2291 .8039 5 1222 .8285 8 10 .620
9 Arkansas .6263 NR 10 1805 .6333 10 931 .6312 8 8 .620
10 Oregon .6190 NR 9 1955 .6860 8 1028 .6969 12 18 .480
11 Kansas State .5688 NR 12 1457 .5112 16 678 .4597 7 7 .740
12 Virginia Tech .5048 NR 16 1259 .4418 14 688 .4664 10 9 .610
13 Nebraska .4972 NR 11 1484 .5207 11 775 .5254 15 16 .450
14 South Carolina .4914 NR 13 1396 .4898 12 765 .5186 13 17 .470
15 West Virginia .3730 NR 14 1359 .4768 14 688 .4664 21 24 .180
16 Michigan State .3288 NR 15 1290 .4526 13 690 .4678 24 23 .070
17 Texas A&M .3074 NR 19 779 .2733 18 415 .2814 18 15 .370
18 Michigan .2995 NR 17 914 .3207 17 458 .3105 20 20 .270
19 Houston .2863 NR 22 562 .1972 20 359 .2434 16 13 .420
20 Auburn .2645 NR 21 565 .1982 23 202 .1369 14 11 .460
21 Penn State .2311 NR 24 293 .1028 22 253 .1715 16 14 .420
22 Georgia Tech .1968 NR 18 839 .2944 19 396 .2685 27 0 .030
23 Illinois .1516 NR 20 571 .2004 21 260 .1763 22 0 .080
24 Texas .1348 NR NR 77 .0270 NR 26 .0176 19 19 .360
25 Washington .0871 NR 25 240 .0842 24 174 .1180 25 25 .060

From first looks, I see that the BCS Championship Game will be set up perfectly.  We have 2 undefeated in LSU and Alabama from the SEC and 2 undefeated from the Big 12 in Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.  Provided they win out the rest of the way, we will see the winners of those two conference foes fighting for the big title.  Boise State hurts the worst in that scenario.  Wisconsin, Clemson, and Stanford all have a conference championship game to sneak up into the top 2.  We may even see 4 undefeated teams at the end of the year.  That said, I am happy the most for Kansas State debuting at 11 in the BCS Standings.  The USA Today Coaches poll burned the Wildcats well.  It’s a good thing the Harris Poll came through for them.  It will most certainly change for Kansas State like everyone else in the weeks to come.  The horses are officially out of the gate!