{"id":368,"date":"2017-10-02T11:36:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T16:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/?p=368"},"modified":"2017-10-23T09:24:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:24:39","slug":"2017-e-systems-college-football-pool-week-5-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/2017-e-systems-college-football-pool-week-5-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 e-Systems College Football Pool – Week 5 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington State has one of the most difficult situations in which to win in the Power 5. Pullman, Washington, is the 37th<\/sup>-largest city in the state. Its home field, Martin Stadium, is the smallest in the Pac-12\u2026by 10,000 seats.\u00a0 Entering the 2017 season, Washington State football had the fewest wins in program history of any team in the Pac-12, and the second-most losses.\u00a0 And yet, Mike Leach has the Cougars 5-0 for the first time since 2001, thanks to a heart-stopping 30-27 over then-#5 ranked USC.\u00a0 Luke Falk threw his 105th<\/sup> career touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to pass Oregon\u2019s Marcus Mariota for second on the all-time Pac-12 list, and Erik Powell hit a 30-yard field goal with less than two minutes to go to provide the final margin.\u00a0 Now Wazzu finds themselves #11 in the country, their highest ranking in the polls since 2003, when they finished the season ranked ninth after a 10-3 campaign.\u00a0 The typical Leach Air Raid offense (ranked second in the country in passing yards per game) has been complemented by an opportunistic defense that has twelve turnovers this year, good for a tie for sixth in the country. That defense is coordinated by the coach with the best DC name in all of college football \u2013 Alex Grinch.<\/p>\n

When people think of football in the state of Florida, the \u201cBig Three\u201d of Florida, Florida State, and Miami tend to come to mind first, and for good reason \u2013 the three have combined for eleven national championships and eight Heisman Trophies. But don\u2019t look past what the two teams located on Interstate 4 are doing this year. South Florida has begun the Charlie Strong era with a bang, riding a rushing offense ranked fifth in the country to 44.8 points per game and a 5-0 record.\u00a0 The Knights of Central Florida are just as impressive, if not more so. Despite having had several games moved or canceled at the beginning of the year due to Hurricane Irma, UCF has managed to play three games and look impressive in all three, including a 28-point win over Maryland and a 27-point week this past week against Memphis.\u00a0 Admittedly with a smaller sample size, the Knights currently rank seventh in the country in scoring offense (46.3 points per game) and scoring defense (13.3 points per game).\u00a0 These two teams meet in the \u201cWar on I-4\u201d rivalry game on November 24th<\/sup>; if things keep going as they are, the game will be for not only bragging rights, but a berth in the American Athletic Conference championship game and a possible New Years\u2019 Six bowl bid on the line\u2026<\/p>\n

Bryce Love has quietly put up video game numbers for Stanford. The Cardinal are not in the national spotlight as much as is expected during this time of year due to early losses against USC and San Diego State, but what Love is doing right now can\u2019t be overlooked. After five games, he has 1,088 rushing yards. That figure is not only tops in FBS, it\u2019s first by 265 yards.\u00a0 There are only ten other players in the country who have half as many rushing yards as Love.\u00a0 His average of 217.6 yards per game would average 29th<\/sup> in the country as a team.\u00a0 What\u2019s more? He\u2019s done it on only 98 carries.\u00a0 That works out to 11.1 yards per rushing attempt, a figure that\u2019s best in the country by almost two yards.\u00a0 He hasn\u2019t had a game with fewer than 160 yards rushing, and had a school-record 301 in his last game against Arizona State. Love\u2019s only the third running back since 2004 to eclipse the 1,000 rushing yard mark by his fifth game (Northern Illinois\u2019 Garrett Wolfe had 1,181 yards in 2006, and LSU\u2019s Leonard Fournette had 1,022 in 2015). \u00a0After near-misses with Toby Gerhart and Christian McCaffrey, maybe this is the year that a Heisman makes its way to a Stanford running back\u2026<\/p>\n

In small-school news, you want video game numbers? Let\u2019s talk Hardin-Simmons.\u00a0 The Abilene, Texas, Division III school is achieving numbers of which the Oregons, West Virginias, and Oklahomas of the world could only dream.\u00a0 After four games, the Cowboys are averaging \u2013 averaging \u2013 68 points per game, best in Division III by 11.7 points per game<\/u>. They are averaging 684.3 yards of total offense per game, best in Division III by 117 yards per game<\/u>.\u00a0 Their attack is almost perfectly balanced \u2013 they average 345.3 yards rushing per game (fifth in Division III) and 339 yards passing per game (13th<\/sup> in Division III).\u00a0 The fewest number of points they\u2019ve scored in a game is 55. It\u2019s been fun, but it might be a little tougher in their next game.\u00a0 Their opponent? Mary Hardin-Baylor, the defending Division III national champions and owners of a nineteen game winning streak.\u00a0 The Cru, as they are affectionately known to their fans, has not allowed more than ten points in a game this year.\u00a0 Something\u2019s gotta give\u2026<\/p>\n

Congratulations to BoomBoomTX<\/strong>, who wins week 5 with 152 points! Vern Troyer<\/strong>, Ralphie,<\/strong> and Noles <\/strong>tied for second with 142 points each.<\/p>\n

Standings after five weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1st<\/sup><\/td>\nJagAL <\/strong><\/td>\n1081<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/sup><\/td>\nRalphie <\/strong><\/td>\n1080<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/sup><\/td>\nBoomBoomTX <\/strong><\/td>\n1079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/sup><\/td>\nJagRag <\/strong><\/td>\n1073<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5th<\/sup><\/td>\nPaul Herron <\/strong><\/td>\n1072<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/sup><\/td>\nBamarock <\/strong><\/td>\n1071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th<\/sup><\/td>\nCrimson Gator <\/strong><\/td>\n1070<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th<\/sup><\/td>\nAUBrian <\/strong><\/td>\n1069<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th<\/sup><\/td>\nAllySun <\/strong><\/td>\n1068<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10th<\/sup><\/td>\nPublius <\/strong><\/td>\n1064<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We have made it to October, and with the changing of the seasons come some big mid-season rivalries and a slew of interesting matchups. \u00a0This week we have 21 games to pick, and the race at the top is still tight! The first game this week is Louisville at NC State, Thursday, October 5 @ 8 PM ET<\/strong>, so make sure to get your picks in by then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington State has one of the most difficult situations in which to win in the Power 5. Pullman, Washington, is the 37th-largest city in the state. Its home field, Martin Stadium, is the smallest in the Pac-12\u2026by 10,000 seats.\u00a0 Entering the 2017 season, Washington State football had the fewest wins in program history of any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}