ALEX McGILVRAY is the winner of the 2005 Pac-10 Pigskin Pundits Pool by six points over Andrew Nilsson. Andrew was eliminated by his own team, Oregon, when they lost the Holiday Bowl. The winning margin last year was also six points.
Joe Pundit, the consensus picks, finished 4th.
Jordan S. had the best winning percentage, 83.1% (59-12).
An example of the importance of accurate score predictions is that a 54-17 record placed 9th, while another 54-17 record was 188th.
Six people tied for the best Bowl Predictions , correctly predicting the bowl outcomes of nine of the ten conference teams, tying the contest record.
Charles Beauchamp and Ben Browdy had the most games picking the winner and exact margin, eight, which is 11% of all the games. There were 30 picks of the exact score, the least ever, with nobody having more than one for the first time.
Awards for continued excellence goes to Jordan S (14th last year, 5th this year), Charles DeMartini (6th,33rd), MBTrojan (2nd,13th) and Jerry K (24th,19th) with two consecutive top-40 finishes.
Biggest improvements were made by Craig B (#209 to #10) Wes Tanac (#217 to #66) and Ward Kaatz (#225 to #74).
The biggest drops were Sambear (#13 to #220), Stacey Bassett (#16 to #204) and Paul Muller (#12 to #179).
OTHER CONTEST FACTS AND FIGURES:
The first ten to send in their entries averaged 1439. The last ten to send in their entries averaged 1437.
Past champions:
Admitted Old-Timers:
Don't take them to Vegas:
Team Standings (total of top three from each school with top scorer):
Jordan S is a repeat winner from last season. Oregon has won the team competition the last three odd numbered years.
Here are the final standings. All ties were broken by (a) w-l record and (b) exact margin picks (E). If you finished in the top-50, you have done quite well. Thanks to all for participating.
| # | NAME | W-L | (E) | TOTAL | 1 | Alex McGilvray (Stanford 1971) | 58 - 13 | 4 | 1634 | 2 | Andrew Nilsson (Oregon) | 58 - 13 | 3 | 1628 | 3 | Robrazo (Oregon) | 58 - 13 | 3 | 1627 | 4 | Joe Pundit (Consensus) | 57 - 14 | 4 | 1610 | 5 | Jordan S. (ASU) | 59 - 12 | 3 | 1607 | 6 | James K (UCLA) | 58 - 13 | 1 | 1601 | 7 | Darin Bass (SBC - UCSC) | 56 - 15 | 6 | 1598 | 8 | Bill Ogden (Oregon Ducks) | 56 - 15 | 4 | 1598 | 9 | ColMukMuk (Washington) | 54 - 17 | 5 | 1598 | 10 | Craig B. (Phoenix Five/Cal '02) | 58 - 13 | 1 | 1597 | 11 | Conor O'Kelly (Cal '90) | 56 - 14 | 0 | 1595 | 12 | Ron Y (asu sun devils) | 53 - 18 | 4 | 1593 | 13 | MBTrojan (USC) | 53 - 18 | 4 | 1591 | 14 | Mitch Melbon (None) | 57 - 14 | 3 | 1588 | 15 | John Gahan (ASU Student) | 56 - 15 | 2 | 1588 | 16 | Wally McCormick (Oregon) | 57 - 14 | 7 | 1586 | 17 | Ben Browdy (UCLA) | 50 - 21 | 8 | 1582 | 18 | Jerel Betz (Oregon) | 58 - 13 | 2 | 1578 | 19 | Jerry K (66 Rose Bowl) | 54 - 17 | 7 | 1578 | 20 | Tom Walsh (USC T&F) | 57 - 14 | 2 | 1572 | 21 | Todd Pedersen (Oregon '90) | 54 - 17 | 3 | 1570 | 22 | Chris Voelker (Arizona 1994) | 53 - 18 | 3 | 1564 | 23 | Robert Giantonio (CougZone.com) | 53 - 18 | 0 | 1559 | 24 | jarheaddevil (ASU/USMC) | 57 - 14 | 0 | 1551 | 25 | Garee G (UCLA) | 56 - 15 | 2 | 1551 | 26 | Thomas Graf (OSU Beavers) | 54 - 17 | 2 | 1551 | 27 | Jack C. (Santa Clara/ Oregon) | 56 - 15 | 2 | 1547 | 28 | Kevin Yin (CAL) | 54 - 17 | 2 | 1547 | 29 | Chris Hulett (Cal/Scottsdale) | 56 - 15 | 4 | 1545 | 30 | Matt Broback (Cal '92) | 57 - 14 | 3 | 1544 | 31 | Kyle Doyel (TennesseeBeaver) | 52 - 19 | 5 | 1542 | 32 | Mark Weller (UW/CWU '97) | 54 - 17 | 4 | 1535 | 33 | Charles DeMartini (California) | 53 - 18 | 1 | 1535 | 34 | BruinPhilco ((Phil D/UCLA)) | 54 - 17 | 5 | 1534 | 35 | Kim Hastings (Mighty Oregon) | 58 - 13 | 2 | 1532 | 36 | Michael Walker (ASU) | 53 - 18 | 5 | 1530 | 37 | Doug I. (UAsports.net) | 56 - 15 | 1 | 1528 | 38 | sc4me (USC) | 52 - 19 | 6 | 1520 | 39 | Erik Mandelblatt (Oregon '92) | 56 - 15 | 2 | 1519 | 40 | R.A. Pennington (Oregon State) | 56 - 15 | 1 | 1519 | 41 | Jeff Betts (U.San Diego) | 54 - 17 | 3 | 1514 | 42 | Timothy S. (UCLA/Cal Tech) | 56 - 15 | 3 | 1511 | 43 | James S. (Colorado) | 51 - 20 | 1 | 1511 | 44 | James Wheeler (ASU) | 56 - 15 | 3 | 1510 | 45 | Jim Vermeer (SC) | 53 - 18 | 3 | 1510 | 46 | Thom Rose (Cal '76) | 54 - 17 | 2 | 1509 | 47 | Jesse Fischer (Washington Huskies) | 54 - 17 | 0 | 1507 | 48 | Dave Lewis (WSU Fan) | 52 - 19 | 0 | 1505 | 49 | John Niccoli (USC '87) | 53 - 18 | 1 | 1504 | 50 | Jeffro95 (ASU Sun Devils!) | 52 - 19 | 6 | 1504 | 51 | Pope (ASU) | 55 - 16 | 2 | 1499 | 52 | Patrick Gammill (Arizona State) | 54 - 17 | 1 | 1499 | 53 | Mike Carpenter (Washington State) | 52 - 19 | 3 | 1497 | 54 | Gordon P. (Washington State) | 56 - 15 | 3 | 1495 | 55 | Cardinal Scott (Stanford) | 57 - 14 | 1 | 1494 | 56 | Ken C (Cal) | 55 - 16 | 3 | 1494 | 57 | Andrew Mayon (Triad Trojans) | 54 - 17 | 1 | 1493 | 58 | Michael Bishop (SDSunDevils) | 52 - 19 | 3 | 1492 | 59 | Boulder Trojan (USC) | 56 - 15 | 4 | 1490 | 60 | Anthony Jantzer (goazcats.com) | 56 - 15 | 3 | 1490 | 61 | Mike O. (Oregon) | 55 - 16 | 6 | 1488 | 62 | Joey Sesock (University of Oregon) | 54 - 17 | 1 | 1488 | 63 | Scott Thompson (Oregon State Beavers) | 52 - 19 | 6 | 1487 | 64 | Steven Butler (Go Ducks!) | 56 - 15 | 5 | 1485 | Eric S. (UO'93/Go Ducks) | 56 - 15 | 5 | 1485 | 66 | Wes Tanac (Oregon) | 54 - 17 | 2 | 1485 | 67 | Mark Peterson (WSU '96) | 55 - 16 | 6 | 1482 | 68 | Jeff Haigh (CAL) | 54 - 17 | 6 | 1481 | 69 | Richard Lee (Cal) | 53 - 18 | 1 | 1479 | 70 | Russ Kaufman (OSU 86) | 50 - 21 | 1 | 1479 | 71 | Bob Mungovan (UA '95/MCLD) | 54 - 17 | 2 | 1478 | 72 | Frank M (Cal '88) | 53 - 18 | 6 | 1477 | 73 | Tai (USC 97) | 53 - 18 | 4 | 1477 | 74 | Ward Kaatz (UCLA) | 56 - 15 | 1 | 1475 | 75 | Brian Dick (ASU Fan) | 56 - 15 | 2 | 1474 | 76 | Brian Itami (Duke '07) | 52 - 19 | 4 | 1472 | 77 | Tony T. (WSU '93) | 51 - 20 | 3 | 1472 | 78 | Sean I (ASU '94 GRAD) | 53 - 18 | 3 | 1471 | 79 | Shawna Nomura (Oregon Ducks) | 50 - 21 | 5 | 1469 | 80 | Geoffrey P (Oregon Ducks) | 53 - 18 | 7 | 1468 | 81 | Big Al (UCLA) | 51 - 20 | 3 | 1468 | 82 | John W (Arizona State) | 54 - 17 | 3 | 1467 | 83 | Tom H. (uclabruins) | 51 - 20 | 2 | 1467 | 84 | Mason R (Storm Duck) | 56 - 15 | 4 | 1466 | 85 | Terry Allen (Oregon) | 56 - 15 | 4 | 1465 | 86 | Don L Duck (Go Ducks) | 54 - 17 | 2 | 1465 | 87 | Scott G (Oregon '96) | 54 - 17 | 4 | 1464 | 88 | Nick de Gennaro (Arizona) | 52 - 19 | 1 | 1462 | 89 | Travis Breedlove (Arizona State) | 53 - 18 | 1 | 1461 | 90 | Quentin Daniels (NJ Trojan) | 54 - 17 | 1 | 1457 | 91 | David Kanski (Navy) | 53 - 18 | 2 | 1456 | 92 | Adam Bean (Oregon State 2001) | 57 - 14 | 3 | 1455 | 93 | Don Crowley (WSU/UI) | 54 - 17 | 6 | 1455 | 94 | CDR Tony Deaville (Cal '90) | 54 - 17 | 1 | 1455 | 95 | Kevin W (ASU '87) | 53 - 18 | 2 | 1454 | 96 | Tricky Dick K. ('88 Devil) | 53 - 18 | 1 | 1454 | 97 | T-Dawg Brown (I Luv Clowns Club) | 52 - 19 | 3 | 1451 | 98 | Mitchell Brisacher (UCLA Class of 2016) | 54 - 17 | 1 | 1449 | 99 | Jason Boeshans (Oregon State '95) | 53 - 18 | 4 | 1447 | 100 | Bryan EastCoastCalFan (California) | 53 - 18 | 3 | 1447 | 101 | Cal88 (Cal) | 50 - 21 | 0 | 1447 | 102 | Romney M (USC '88/Astroplas Mfg.) | 53 - 18 | 4 | 1446 | 103 | Paul Panks (Me myself and I) | 52 - 19 | 1 | 1446 | 104 | A. Smith (UCLA) | 56 - 15 | 4 | 1442 | 105 | Kelly Martinez (Arizona State Chick) | 55 - 16 | 3 | 1440 | 106 | John Dmohowski (usc) | 54 - 17 | 3 | 1439 | 107 | Brad Broadbeck (Oregon Ducks!!) | 55 - 16 | 3 | 1438 | 108 | Ed Cronshagen (UCLA 70) | 51 - 20 | 1 | 1435 | 109 | John C (ASU/VitaMan) | 56 - 15 | 3 | 1434 | 110 | Chris Fernandez (ASU Backer) | 52 - 19 | 3 | 1434 | 111 | James Passannanti (Bear Down Arizona) | 53 - 18 | 0 | 1429 | 112 | Michael Bartlett (UCLA 1990) | 45 - 26 | 7 | 1427 | 113 | Crawford II (ASU) | 51 - 20 | 3 | 1426 | 114 | Han C (Stanford) | 54 - 17 | 4 | 1423 | 115 | GoldBlooded (ASU) | 53 - 18 | 4 | 1422 | 116 | Trip Wilson (Hass For Heisman 06) | 51 - 20 | 5 | 1420 | 117 | Kev Hayashida (ucla '87) | 48 - 23 | 3 | 1420 | 118 | Jimmy N (Oregon State) | 53 - 18 | 0 | 1418 | 119 | Kelly Sutherland (Oregon State) | 51 - 20 | 2 | 1418 | 120 | P Pascal (usc) | 47 - 24 | 5 | 1418 | 121 | David Daniewicz (ASU/Aerojet) | 51 - 20 | 3 | 1416 | 122 | Rich L (Oregon) | 50 - 21 | 3 | 1416 | 123 | Richard Brisacher (UCLA '88) | 55 - 16 | 3 | 1415 | 124 | Patrick Thrapp (dawgman.com) | 53 - 18 | 7 | 1414 | 125 | Nate Powell (Oregon Ducks) | 51 - 20 | 1 | 1414 | 126 | Tom Haire (USC '94) | 52 - 19 | 2 | 1413 | 127 | John Brunson (UCLA 83) | 52 - 19 | 3 | 1410 | 128 | Sparky666 (ASU 97) | 52 - 19 | 2 | 1410 | 129 | Adam R (UCLA) | 55 - 16 | 1 | 1407 | 130 | Jim R (UCLA '62) | 51 - 20 | 3 | 1407 | 131 | Jeff Schloss (OSU '94) | 50 - 21 | 2 | 1407 | 132 | Howard Morrill (Washington) | 49 - 22 | 2 | 1407 | 133 | Morgan R. (Arizona State) | 56 - 15 | 2 | 1406 | 134 | Scott H. (WSU 1997) | 51 - 20 | 1 | 1406 | 135 | Aaron Hickerson (Lynch4Heisman) | 48 - 23 | 1 | 1401 | 136 | Ben Pflaum (Oregon State) | 51 - 17 | 0 | 1400 | 137 | StanfordSam (Stanford) | 50 - 21 | 3 | 1399 | 138 | Charles Beauchamp (Washington) | 48 - 23 | 8 | 1397 | 139 | Ronnie Mabry (ASU) | 53 - 18 | 5 | 1396 | 140 | Jason Marsh (Sun Devil Pride!!) | 54 - 17 | 2 | 1395 | 141 | Ken Wallace (Oregon State 1996) | 53 - 18 | 4 | 1394 | 142 | Jay A. (Oregon) | 53 - 18 | 1 | 1393 | 143 | Linda Warner (Oregon) | 51 - 20 | 2 | 1391 | 144 | Ron Johnson (UW '62) | 51 - 20 | 1 | 1385 | 145 | Kevin Brager (Huskies) | 49 - 22 | 3 | 1383 | 146 | Rafael Reyna | 51 - 20 | 3 | 1382 | 147 | Jeremy Taylor (OSU Beavers) | 49 - 22 | 4 | 1382 | 148 | Ken Brendel (ASU '94) | 51 - 20 | 1 | 1381 | 149 | Corey Bonsen (WAZZU '98) | 49 - 22 | 3 | 1381 | 150 | Derek Johnson (Washington) | 47 - 24 | 4 | 1380 | 151 | Michelle B. (USC '94) | 53 - 18 | 1 | 1379 | 152 | Thomas Tracewell (Oregon State) | 51 - 20 | 3 | 1379 | 153 | Jim Patmont (California Bears) | 48 - 23 | 1 | 1379 | 154 | Joe Valsetz (Valsetz Beaver) | 52 - 19 | 4 | 1376 | 155 | David R. (FSU '00/Duck Fan!) | 52 - 19 | 2 | 1376 | 156 | Johninpdx (Fight on SC) | 53 - 18 | 3 | 1374 | 157 | Michael Allgood (California) | 53 - 18 | 0 | 1373 | 158 | Jim Aiken (Go Ducks) | 48 - 23 | 3 | 1373 | 159 | AJ Tovar (Bruin/Germany) | 52 - 19 | 1 | 1372 | 160 | Rich & Carol Gregor (Berkeley) | 51 - 19 | 5 | 1369 | 161 | Dennis L. (Washington) | 48 - 23 | 7 | 1367 | 162 | Glenn Greenleaf (Oregon Ducks) | 51 - 20 | 2 | 1365 | 163 | Scott Canfield (UW 2007) | 48 - 23 | 2 | 1365 | 164 | Wes Frey (CAL) | 49 - 22 | 2 | 1364 | 165 | Daniel M (USC01) | 50 - 21 | 2 | 1359 | 166 | Jed Oden (Duck fan) | 52 - 18 | 1 | 1364 | 167 | Edmund Johnson (UC Berkeley) | 52 - 19 | 2 | 1357 | 168 | John Fitzpatrick (Sparky 81) | 51 - 20 | 3 | 1357 | 169 | Dirk R (Oregon) | 55 - 16 | 1 | 1356 | 170 | Rod Sawyer (Oregon) | 53 - 18 | 2 | 1356 | 171 | Tom Calhoun (Oregon) | 52 - 19 | 0 | 1356 | 172 | Marc Rubin (ASU LAW) | 55 - 16 | 0 | 1355 | 173 | Mark Hotchkiss (Arizona 2006) | 50 - 21 | 2 | 1355 | 174 | Marcus Saxon (WSU 1999) | 48 - 23 | 1 | 1355 | 175 | Zack Mandelblatt (Oregon 2018) | 53 - 18 | 3 | 1352 | 176 | Jeff Schord (Cal Bears) | 54 - 17 | 2 | 1349 | 177 | Bryan Kretz (U of Washington) | 51 - 20 | 5 | 1348 | 178 | Shane Gillispie (Washington 91) | 53 - 18 | 4 | 1346 | 179 | Paul Muller (WSU) | 51 - 20 | 1 | 1345 | 180 | Patti R (UCLA) | 51 - 20 | 0 | 1344 | 181 | Mike Foy (Trojans) | 50 - 21 | 3 | 1343 | 182 | T C Moore (Ex illini - UCLA) | 52 - 17 | 1 | 1342 | 183 | Korri Anderson (WSU) | 49 - 22 | 0 | 1336 | 184 | Brian Birgen (Cal/Wartburg) | 48 - 23 | 4 | 1336 | 185 | Wolverines #1 (Ford Field) | 49 - 22 | 2 | 1335 | 186 | Sergio Gonzalez (UCLA 75) | 47 - 22 | 2 | 1332 | 187 | Lee Rish (ASU) | 52 - 19 | 4 | 1330 | 188 | Erik Kleven (WSU) | 54 - 17 | 2 | 1327 | 189 | Steve Selfridge (Arizona) | 52 - 19 | 0 | 1326 | 190 | Damon Werner (USC - SCNomad) | 51 - 20 | 2 | 1325 | 191 | Ray Morgan (ucla/spectre) | 50 - 21 | 1 | 1324 | 192 | Tom M (Sonoma State) | 45 - 26 | 1 | 1324 | 193 | Mke Beck (Huskies) | 46 - 25 | 0 | 1319 | 194 | Peter Reiss (Marquette U.) | 52 - 19 | 4 | 1317 | 195 | Mark C. (U of I) | 48 - 23 | 2 | 1317 | 196 | Robert Reed (Oregon State) | 52 - 19 | 4 | 1315 | 197 | Gordon Lillibridge (UCLA 72) | 52 - 18 | 1 | 1314 | 198 | Chris Moar (UW-91) | 44 - 27 | 3 | 1312 | 199 | Howie Ludwig (Cal '69) | 51 - 20 | 2 | 1310 | 200 | Bryan O. (UofA/Intel) | 50 - 21 | 3 | 1304 | 201 | RKDevil (ASU) | 51 - 20 | 0 | 1297 | 202 | Brad Creamer (WSU '01) | 52 - 19 | 2 | 1290 | 203 | Steve McCanse (AZ) | 53 - 18 | 2 | 1285 | 204 | Stacey Bassett (Wazzu-06 Pac Champs) | 50 - 21 | 4 | 1281 | 205 | Jim K. (Wazzu 90) | 51 - 20 | 2 | 1278 | 206 | Matt Kozacek (UA) | 49 - 22 | 3 | 1272 | 207 | E Klabe (Arizona State) | 49 - 22 | 1 | 1272 | 208 | Bob R (Beaverblitz) | 47 - 24 | 3 | 1267 | 209 | Justin Pierce (Stoops of A) | 47 - 21 | 2 | 1266 | 210 | Corey Crowley-Hall (WSU/Linfield) | 47 - 24 | 3 | 1257 | 211 | Kurt Loukkula (Oregon State) | 44 - 27 | 3 | 1257 | 212 | kaptn35 (Stanford) | 48 - 23 | 2 | 1255 | 213 | Scott T (OSU) | 47 - 24 | 4 | 1253 | 214 | Mike Sprouse (Washington) | 49 - 22 | 1 | 1252 | 215 | Jerry O (Stanford 61) | 50 - 21 | 0 | 1248 | 216 | Scott Church (OSU Beavers) | 47 - 24 | 4 | 1246 | 217 | SoCalFan (USC) | 51 - 20 | 2 | 1243 | 218 | Jerry Riedel (goDucks) | 47 - 24 | 3 | 1240 | 219 | Chris Chalcraft (UW Huskies) | 47 - 24 | 2 | 1224 | 220 | Sambear (Cal'78) | 48 - 23 | 3 | 1219 | 221 | Thp (Stanford) | 47 - 24 | 3 | 1217 | 222 | James Finley Sr. (ducks) | 47 - 24 | 1 | 1217 | 223 | Joe Aguirre (UACats) | 44 - 27 | 3 | 1196 | 224 | Hunter Brown (Centenary/Finance) | 39 - 30 | 1 | 1185 | 225 | Isaac Nelson (OSU) | 46 - 25 | 1 | 1179 | 226 | Big Bern (Washington) | 47 - 24 | 2 | 1162 | 227 | Harvey D. Olson (WSU) | 42 - 29 | 1 | 1159 | 228 | KKiburz (ASU) | 45 - 26 | 3 | 1156 | 229 | FlyDawg (Washington) | 40 - 31 | 2 | 1143 | 230 | Heidi Cronshagen (BleedsBlue&Red26) | 39 - 32 | 1 | 1021 |
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