The Crystal Ball
Stan ReedSeven correct, one miss, and the only outright Pick'em lead.
Eight games. Fourteen complete ballots. Two consensus traps. And, at long last, points that count.
Stan Reed emerged alone atop the first Pick'em table at 7โ1, one game clear of a six-player traffic jam. His separator was North Carolina: only Stan and Tom Bickart backed the Tar Heels against TCU.
Drafted-team scoring plus Pick'em points earned during the opening slate.
Seven correct, one miss, and the only outright Pick'em lead.
The only two players on North Carolina in the 15โ10 takedown of TCU.
Only two picked Memphis over UNLV. The Tigers closed the slate with the upset.
New Mexico State's 17-point loss was worth 11.7 glorious Toilet points.
Virginia and North Dakota State both won by 26, delivering an identical 12.6 pool points.
Both unanimous favorites won. Fourteen picks in; fourteen points returned.
Correct and incorrect selections across all eight finalized games. Missing ballots are shown separately.
The winning side's share of the fourteen submitted ballots.
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