Tuesday, December 3, 2019

2019 Pyramid Grand Final/Bowl Season

A reminder of the standings:


Grand Final:  Alabama 35, Ohio State 42

Oklahoma 28, Clemson 35

LSU 32, Georgia 27

Auburn 23, Penn State 21

Notre Dame 21, Florida 25

Washington 21, Michigan 27

Texas 29, Michigan State 21

Texas A&M 29, Miami (FL) 17

USC 38, Florida State 27

West wins 5-4.

Realignment will happen at some point during the offseason.  The biggest move will be Notre Dame going into the Premier East most likely due to Wisconsin, Missouri and Utah earning promotion.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

2019 Pyramid - Week 11




The regular season of this very rewarding and entertaining project has concluded with Ohio State winning at Clemson setting up a date with Alabama in the Grand Final.  I am pleased that Alabama/Clemson was not a foregone conclusion.

The rest of bowl season will pit teams from one Premier division vs. teams from the other in the exact same standing.  Oklahoma/Clemson are second-placed teams and so on.  Relegated teams will not participate.

Bowl Season

Grand Final:  Alabama vs. Ohio State

Oklahoma vs. Clemson

LSU vs. Georgia

Auburn vs. Penn State

Notre Dame vs. Florida

Washington vs. Michigan

Texas vs. Michigan State (would be a first-time ever meeting)

Texas A&M vs. Miami (FL)

USC vs. Florida State

Week 11 Results

Ohio State 34, Clemson 30
Florida 27, Michigan State 14
Penn State 36, Virginia Tech 17
Tennessee 13, Michigan 31
Miami (FL) 7, Georgia 30

Texas 38, Nebraska 28
Alabama 37, Notre Dame 24
Texas A&M 28, Arizona State 24
Auburn 24, LSU 34
Oklahoma 42, USC 35


Virginia 26, South Carolina 28
Syracuse 24, North Carolina State 28
Wake Forest 34, Boston College 35
West Virginia 14, Pittsburgh 21
North Carolina 34, Maryland 29

Georgia Tech 24, Illinois 34
Kentucky 7, Wisconsin 26
Louisville 35, Vanderbilt 28
Mississippi 27, Purdue 28
Mississippi State 27, Northwestern 17

Texas Tech 21, Kansas State 30
Oklahoma State 41, Kansas 28
Baylor 27, Minnesota 30
Texas Christian 13, Iowa 22
Missouri 34, Arkansas 21

Boise State 20, California 21
Utah 26, Stanford 9
Colorado 14, Oregon 41
UCLA 37, Arizona 35
Washington State 40, Oregon State 38

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

2019 Pyramid - Week 10




So much still to play for.  I again want to stress:  this schedule was created totally at random.  I'm not that savvy to think this many moves ahead.  Here are all the promotion/relegation scenarios:

Premier League

Alabama will play Clemson or Ohio State in the Grand Final.  Relegation is settled.

Eastern Championship

Virginia-South Carolina is winner take all, the latter holding the head to head tiebreaker with both Virginia and West Virginia should all three finish 7-3.

Maryland-North Carolina will see the loser relegated.  NC State is safe due to their record against the other three, Boston College relegated for the same reason.  Losing to UNC this week was a killer.

Midwest Championship

Wisconsin is promoted, they own the head to head over Mississippi State.

Relegation:  If Louisville beats Vandy, Vandy are down regardless of the result of the Illinois-Georgia Tech game.  If Vandy wins and Illinois loses, those two and Louisville will all be on 2-8 and 1-1 head to head, requiring points difference to settle things.

Central Championship

TCU beats Iowa, they are promoted.  If Iowa beats TCU, Missouri is promoted.  Unless Missouri loses to Arkansas, then Iowa is promoted.  I would say that is unlikely, but Missouri was cruising towards promotion before losing their last two games by a point each.

Pacific Championship

Relegation:  this is very murky.  What's clear is UCLA are already down and that if two of Arizona/Colorado/Oregon State win, the other goes down.  After that, if only one of the three win:

If Arizona, Oregon State is relegated.
If Colorado, Arizona is relegated
If Oregon State, Colorado is relegated

And if all three lose, Arizona is relegated.  Again, hugely damaging result against Oregon State this weekend.

Got all of that?  And I thought having fewer games to calculate would have meant for an easier writeup.

Week 10 Results

Florida State 14, Florida 35
Michigan State 10, Penn State 31
Virginia Tech 22, Tennessee 30
Clemson 34, Miami (FL) 9
Michigan 20, Georgia 27

Washington 34, Texas 32
Nebraska 14, Alabama 49
Notre Dame 14, Auburn 28
Arizona State 23, Oklahoma 42
LSU 40, USC 27

Duke 27, Virginia 30
South Carolina 33, Syracuse 26
North Carolina State 17, West Virginia 28
Boston College 31, North Carolina 35
Pittsburgh 24, Maryland 20

Indiana 32, Georgia Tech 20
Illinois 17, Kentucky 27
Wisconsin 28, Mississippi 17
Vanderbilt 14, Mississippi State 38
Purdue 20, Northwestern 21

Iowa State 34, Texas Tech 27
Kansas State 28, Oklahoma State 31
Kansas 20, Texas Christian 35
Minnesota 28, Missouri 27
Iowa 30, Arkansas 7

BYU 24, Boise State 34
California 3, Utah 23
Stanford 26, UCLA 28
Oregon 38, Washington State 33
Arizona 34, Oregon State 42


Alabama
Notre Dame
Auburn
LSU
Baylor
Minnesota
Boise State
California
Colorado
Oregon
Florida
Michigan State
Georgia Tech
Illinois
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Louisville
Vanderbilt
Miami (FL)
Georgia
Mississippi
Purdue
Mississippi State
Northwestern
Missouri
Arkansas
North Carolina
Maryland
Ohio State
Clemson
Oklahoma
USC
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Penn State
Virginia Tech
Syracuse
North Carolina State
Tennessee
Michigan
Texas
Nebraska
Texas A&M
Arizona State
Texas Christian
Iowa
Texas Tech
Kansas State
UCLA
Arizona
Utah
Stanford
Virginia
South Carolina
Wake Forest
Boston College
Washington State
Oregon State
West Virginia
Pittsburgh