Week 13

I think we can officially call this the most competitive picks race ever.

After 12 weeks, just 1/100th of a point separates spots one through five in the standings, and there's a mere 4/100th between first and ninth. But as close as things are, the same people keep staying in pretty much the same spots - though there were a few changes over the past two weeks.

Rob grabbed first after Week 11 for the first time all season, but then he promptly blew it last weekend as Chris retook the top spot with his third weekly win of the season. His 37-11, fueled by a 13-2 showing in the NFL, beat Kristy, Cullen, me, Amy and Lonnie by two games. Still, Rob remains in second while Kristy stands alone in third despite being one of only four contestants who has yet to register a weekly triumph. Cullen has climbed to fifth, and I have fallen all the way to fifth.

Either we're all really good or we're all really bad, but nobody can seem to pull away.

In other news, as Cullen pointed out, Amy did indeed notch her first triumph of 2008 in Week 11 with a 34-11, though dad and Lane - the missing picks - actually did make things interesting with scores of 33-12 and 32-13, respectively.

I would remind you that I still haven't received entry coconuts from a number of you. You know who you are.

Here are the standings, followed by the games. We have a coveted Wednesday MAC contest, so don't forget.

Standings
Chris 34-8, 37-14, 35-13, 28-19, 28-19, 32-10, 30-16, 29-17, 28-19, 26-18, 28-17, 37-11 (344-162, .680)
Rob 31-11, 37-14, 31-17, 29-18, 29-18, 30-12, 29-17, 34-12, 29-18, 26-18, 31-14, 34-14 (344-165, .676)
Kristy 30-12, 39-12, 27-21, 31-16, 28-19, 31-11, 28-18, 32-14, 30-17, 26-18, 31-14, 35-13 (341-164, .675)
Cullen 35-7, 38-13, 31-17, 28-19, 26-21, 25-17, 27-19, 32-14, 31-16, 26-18, 32-13, 35-13 (340-166, .672)
Ron 33-9, 38-13, 37-11, 29-18, 27-20, 26-16, 27-19, 34-12, 27-20, 26-18, 27-18, 35-13 (339-167, .670)
Chip 33-9, 41-10, 32-16, 28-19, 30-17, 30-12, 25-21, 29-17, 28-19, 25-19, 27-18, 34-14 (337-170, .665)
Amy 32-10, 40-11, 29-19, 30-17, 28-19, 25-17, 24-22, 26-20, 30-17, 26-18, 34-11, 35-13 (335-172, .661)
Bob 31-11, 34-17, 31-17, 34-13, 26-21. 28-14, 24-22, 28-18, 34-13, 26-18, 27-18, 34-14 (333-174, .657)
Cheryl 29-13, 35-16, 33-15, 26-21, 27-20, 27-15, 27-19, 30-16, 33-14, 25-19, 29-16, 30-18 (325-181, .642)
Lonnie 30-12, 37-14, 28-20, 27-20, 26-21, 24-18, 28-18, 31-15, 28-19, 26-18, 28-17, 35-13 (322-184, .636)
Lane 30-12, 34-17, 30-18, 28-19, 27-20, 28-14, 25-21, 25-21, 28-19, 23-21, 32-13, 29-19 (316-193, .621)
Dad 28-14, 0-51, 30-18, 25-22, 32-15, 24-18, 22-24, 24-22, 29-18, 30-14, 33-12, 31-17 (308-194, .614)

Games
ACC
Miami at Georgia Tech (Thursday)
North Carolina State at North Carolina
Clemson at Virginia
Boston College at Wake Forest
Duke at Virginia Tech
Florida State at Maryland

SEC
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Citadel at Florida
Arkansas at Mississippi State
Mississippi at Louisiana State

SoCon
Furman at Wofford
Elon at Liberty
Samford at Chattanooga
Appalachian State at Western Carolina

Big 12/Pac 10 headliners
Stanford at California
Oregon State at Arizona
Texas Tech at Oklahoma

Scratchers
Ball State at Central Michigan (Wednesday)
Miami at Toledo (Friday)
Buffalo at Bowling Green (Friday)
Fresno State at San Jose State (Friday)
West Virginia at Louisville
Richmond at William & Mary
New Hampshire at Maine
Colorado State at Wyoming
Central Florida at Memphis
Illinois at Northwestern
Akron at Ohio
McNeese State at Central Arkansas
Brigham Young at Utah
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
Iowa at Minnesota
Connecticut at South Florida (Sunday)

NFL
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (Thursday)
Tampa Bay at Detroit
New York Jets at Tennessee
Buffalo at Kansas City
Chicago at St. Louis
New England at Miami
Minnesota at Jacksonville
Philadelphia at Baltimore
Houston at Cleveland
San Francisco at Dallas
Oakland at Denver
Washington at Seattle
New York Giants at Arizona
Carolina at Atlanta
Indianapolis at San Diego
Green Bay at New Orleans (Monday)