Upsets continue to be the story of the 2010 bowl season. In fact, only one entry had all four picks correct yesterday (Brandon Snare – and, yes, he made all his own choices). Jim Van Natta has emerged as the leader with 12 of 16 correct overall.

As usual, the New Year’s Day games will be pivotal in the outcome of the pool. Here’s the line-up:
1/1 – Northwestern vs. Texas Tech – 12pm ESPNU
1/1 – Florida vs. Penn State – 1pm ABC
1/1 – Alabama vs. Michigan St. – 1pm ESPN
1/1 – Mississippi St. vs. Michigan – 1:30pm ESPN2
1/1 – Wisconsin vs. TCU – 5pm ESPN (worth 2 points)
1/1 – Oklahoma vs. Connecticut – 8:30pm ESPN (worth 2 points)

Updated standings:
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After some wild and controversial games yesterday, the leaderboard has tightened up. Frank E. Cierech, Jim Van Natta, and Raj Basavaraju are the co-leaders with 3 wrong. The average score is less than half correct. Four more games are on the schedule today:

12/31 – South Florida vs. Clemson – 12pm ESPN
12/31 – Miami vs. Notre Dame – 2pm CBS
12/31 – Georgia vs. UCF – 3:30pm ESPN
12/31 – South Carolina vs. Florida St. – 7:30pm ESPN

Updated standings:
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After three lopsided games yesterday, Frank E. Cierech and Jim Van Natta continue to lead the pool with only one wrong. Let’s see if there will be a little more drama in today’s slate of games:

12/30 – Kansas St. vs. Syracuse – 3:20pm ESPN
12/30 – North Carolina vs. Tennessee – 6:40pm ESPN
12/30 – Nebraska vs. Washington – 10pm ESPN

See the updated standings below:
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After upsets in 4 of the first 6 games, no perfect entries remain. Following last night’s action, 3 people are tied for first place with 1 wrong – Frank E. Cierech, Jim Van Natta, and Mark Franzyshen. The games come fast and furious over the next couple days, including 3 games today, so there is sure to be a shake-up in the standings.

12/29 – East Carolina vs. Maryland – 2:30pm ESPN
12/29 – Illinois vs. Baylor – 6pm ESPN
12/29 – Oklahoma St. vs. Arizona – 9:15pm ESPN

Click below for the latest complete standings
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After a couple of upsets, the leader board has quickly whittled down to three entries with all correct picks – Mark Franzyshen, Sol Moinuddin, and Sue Pellecchia.

Upcoming games:
12/27 – Air Force vs. Georgia Tech – 5pm ESPN2
12/28 – West Virginia vs. NC State – 6:30pm ESPN
12/28 – Missouri vs. Iowa – 10pm ESPN

The spreadsheet has been checked and updated. See below:

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After one game, 86 entries are tied for the lead. Here are the upcoming games:

12/23 – Navy vs. SDSU – 8pm ESPN
12/24 – Hawaii vs. Tulsa – 8pm ESPN

The spreadsheet has been updated, with a few minor corrections. See the link below. I will also double-check all the entries this weekend.

Note: The tiebreaker scores got sorted improperly.  I will fix them this weekend.

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All entries have been submitted. There were a record 87 total, bringing the pot to $435. Payouts as follows:

1st Place: $300

2nd Place: $90

3rd Place: $40

Last Place: $5 Returned

The spreadsheet containing the picks can be found at the link below:

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The first game is tonight, but there won’t be much drama – 86 of 87 people picked Boise State! I will update the results here every few days. Good luck!

The annual college bowl pool returns for 2010.

Save your picks in the entry form spreadsheet below by entering the numbers of your choices in the yellow cells across the top, and email the file back to me. Cost is 5 bucks and it is due December 21 (the earlier the better). Feel free to distribute to others who may be interested.

Top 3 places will pay out, and last place will get their money back. Some crappy bowl games have been left off the list intentionally (sorry Florida International fans).

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