116 Team MEGA Tournament

[wiscowilz]

Okay I'm back...very busy week but I just simulated brackets 7, 6, and 5 and it is definitely worth the wait.

Highlights of the rest of the first half of the 2nd round brackets.

Pac 12 were hit VERY hard by the upset bug.

SEC loses 4

Sun Belt is still alive

5 ranked teams, including 3 top 10 teams, fell in round 2.

Notre Dames trip to the Elite 8 got a lot easier as all of the other 3 matches in that bracket producing upsets.

BRACKET 7:
#7 Notre Dame def. #71 Kent State 58-17

#39 Rutgers def. #26 Arizona State 49-22
---Rutgers scores 28 straight after the game started 7-7

#55 Duke def. #10 Florida 24-21
---This game was close throughout.
---Duke 7-0 after 1, Florida 10-7 at the half, Duke 14-13 after 3, Duke scored 1st 14 of the 4th quarter.

#42 BYU def. #23 Oregon State 44-35
---BYU was up 7-0 after 1, OSU was up 21-17 at the half, BYU outscored OSU 21-7 in the 3rd.

BRACKET 6:
#59 Iowa State def. #6 Oregon 38-30
---The upsets of the Pac 12 continued with the biggest upset so far.
---Oregon was up 10-0 after 1 but ISU outscored them 21-3 in the 2nd and 14-10 in the 3rd to pull away. ISU scored a FG with 31 seconds to go to seal it.

#27 Ole Miss def. #38 West Virginia 56-37
---This game was back and forth throughout with Ole Miss going into the 4th quarter up 35-31 before outscoring WV 21-6 in the 4th.

#11 Louisville def. #54 Utah State 38-20
---Louisville was up 10-0 and 17-10 at the half, 24-10 after 3.
---USU scored the first 10 of the 4th to pull within 4 before Louis scored 14 straight to close it out

#22 Nebraska def. #43 Auburn 41-38
---Nebraska lead throughout, 10-0, 10-7, 24-7, 24-14(half).
---Auburn outscored Nebraska 14-7 in the 4th but ran out of time.

BRACKET 5:
#5 Georgia def. #69 Purdue 42-32.
---Georgia lead throughout but never pulling completely out of reach

#92 Troy def. #28 Northwestern 42-39
---Troy scored the game winning TD with 534 to go in the game and NW 2 TDs after but couldnt get a 3rd score to pull even or ahead.

#12 LSU def. #53 Missouri 24-20
LSU scored a TD to pull ahead with 1:07 to go and a FG with :13 to seal the win.

#44 Arkansas def. #21 Kansas State 48-38
---KSU scored a FG 1st before Arkansas scored 24 straight to pull ahead.



ROUND OF 16: (sites to be determined)
Upset based on ranking
BRACKET 8
#40 Utah v. #8 South Carolina
#24 NIU v. #9 Clemson

BRACKET 7
#39 Rutgers v. #7 ND
#55 Duke v. #42 BYU

BRACKET 6
#59 Iowa State v. #27 Ole Miss
#22 Nebraska v. #11 Louisville

BRACKET 5
#92 Troy v. #5 Georgia
#44 Arkansas v. #12 LSU (SEC matchup)

[wiscowilz]

Remaining second round matches:

Pulled off first round upset based on ranking seed
First round bye

Bracket 1:
#64 SD State @ #1 Alabama
#97 Toledo @ #33 Wisconsin
#49 Iowa @ #16 Oklahoma State
#48 Texas Tech @ #17 TCU (Big 12 Matchup)

Bracket 4:
#61 Virginia @ #4 Texas A&M
#36 Michigan State @ #29 Washington
#52 Pitt @ #13 Oklahoma
#84 Colorado @ #20 UCLA (PAC 12 Matchup)

Bracket 2:
#66 Navy @ #2 Ohio State
#34 Va Tech @ #31 USC
#50 Tennessee @ #15 Texas
#82 Kentucky @ #18 Boise

Bracket 3:
#62 UCF @ #3 Stanford
#35 PSU @ #30 Miami
#78 WSU @ #14 FSU
#83 CSU @ #19 Michigan

[Squeezee12]

Didn't think the Ducks would do well.. The sim hates them. Ive had same issue in my sims.. They lose to teams they should beat and win close games to teams they should blow out.. Oh well still following along.

[BleedGreen710]

How did Wyoming do? I skimmed through all the pages and didn't see any bracket. Next time can you update the first post with each games results so we can see everything in one place? Pretty cool thing your doing, I like it.

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

How did Wyoming do? I skimmed through all the pages and didn't see any bracket. Next time can you update the first post with each games results so we can see everything in one place? Pretty cool thing your doing, I like it.

They lost 36-13 against Wisconsin.

[wiscowilz]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

How did Wyoming do? I skimmed through all the pages and didn't see any bracket. Next time can you update the first post with each games results so we can see everything in one place? Pretty cool thing your doing, I like it.

I havent been able to get the bracket to scan properly and I will probably just update in a new post every time...maybe when I'm down to 16 I might update the first bracket but we will see.

[wiscowilz]

Stories from the top 4 brackets 2nd round:

Another higher seeded PAC team falls, two ranked PAC teams survive upsets and another almost pulls out an upset of their own.

Only 3 upsets in final 4 brackets second round, but many close games.

#1 seed Alabama SURVIVES major upset.

Bracket 4:
#4 Texas A&M def. #61 Virginia 41-10

#36 Michigan State def. #29 Washington 40-26
---MSU was up 14-0 and 14-10 before score 20 straight.

#13 Oklahoma def. #52 Pitt 41-20.
---Score was 20-20 after a Pitt FG in the 4th, then Oklahoma scored 21 straight to end the game.

#20 UCLA def. #84 Colorado 41-38
---UCLA scored the game winning FG with 2 min to go in the game over CU who was looking for their second straight Pac 12 upset.

BRACKET 3:
#3 Stanford def. #62 UCF 30-24
---UCF was up 14-3 at the half and 24-12 until Stanford scored the final 18 pts.

#30 Miami def. #35 Penn State 26-25
---GW FG @151

#14 Florida State def. #78 Washington State 49-42
---FSU scored 21 straight to end the game after trailing 42-28 with just over 430 to go.

#19 Michigan def. #83 CSU 51-14

Bracket 2:
#2 Ohio State def. #66 Navy 44-29
---Score is a lot closer than the game really was (Navy outscored OSU 22-3 in the 4th)

#31 USC def. #34 Virginia Tech 43-41
---USC was up 20-14 at the half and 34-21 after 3. Va Tech scored a TD as time expired but failed to convert the 2 pt conversion.

#18 Boise State def. #82 Kentucky 56-42
---UK was up 28-0 in the 1st quarter
---score was 28-28 at the half and 35-35 in the 4th
---Boise scored 21 straight points form the 3rd to the 4th

Bracket 1:
#1 Alabama def. #64 San Diego State 46-39
---Score was tied 17-17 at the half
---SD State took a 24-23 lead into the 3rd.
---SD State was up 39-33 with 58 seconds left and Bama with the ball.
---Bama connects on a 68 yd TD pass, SD State fumbles on the following drive and Bama scores again to win.

#33 Wisconsin def. #97 Toledo 21-18
---Toledo was up 9-7 after 1 (safety), 15-14 at the half, and 18-14 after 3.

#49 Iowa def. #16 Oklahoma State 38-35 in OT
---Iowa was up 28-14 going into the 4th before being outscored 21-7 in the 4th.
---OSU threw an INT on their OT possession and Iowa scored a FG to win

#48 Texas Tech def. #17 TCU 49-35
---TT was up 21-7 at the half, 31-21 after 3.

THIRD ROUND MATCHES
ROUND OF 32
Upset based on ranking
BRACKET 8
#40 Utah @ #8 South Carolina
#24 NIU @ #9 Clemson

BRACKET 7
#39 Rutgers @ #7 ND
#55 Duke @ #42 BYU

BRACKET 6
#59 Iowa State @ #27 Ole Miss
#22 Nebraska @ #11 Louisville

BRACKET 5
#92 Troy @ #5 Georgia
#44 Arkansas @ #12 LSU (SEC matchup)

BRACKET 4
#36 Michigan State @ #4 Texas A&M
#20 UCLA @ #13 Oklahoma

BRACKET 3
#30 Miami @ #3 Stanford
#19 Michigan @ #14 FSU

BRACKET 2
#31 USC @ #2 Ohio State
#18 Boise State @ #15 Texas

BRACKET 1
#33 Wisconsin @ #1 Alabama
#49 Iowa @ #48 Texas Tech

[wiscowilz]

2nd Round Notes:
No Conference was eliminated but 3 are down to their final team and 2 are down to 2.

The Pac 12 lost 6 of 10 teams (including 4 to upset)...one to a fellow PAC team

The SEC lost 6 of their 13 teams...one to a fellow SEC team

Big 10 only lost 2 teams in the second round (the least of the "BIG 5 conference")

Round 3 Teams:
7 - SEC
6 - Big Ten
4 - ACC, Big 12, PAC

2 - AAC, Indy
1 - MAC, MWC, SUN

Upset Conference:
Winners:
2 - Big 12, Big 10
1 - AAC, ACC, Indy, Pac, SEC, Sun

Lowers:
4 - Pac
3 - Big 12
2 - SEC
1 - Big 10

There were 3 conference matches in the 2nd round

#20 UCLA def. #84 Colorado

#12 LSU def. #53 Missouri

#48 Texas Tech def. #17 TCU


There were 11 First round upsets in 62 first round matches (17.74%)
There were 10 second round upsets in 32 games (31.25%)

16 games in 3rd round:
17.74% would produce approximately 3 upsets
31.25% would be 5 upsets

If the percentage jumps again though we could see half the games be upsets.

It sure is getting interesting.

Also the round of 16 (4th round) will be neutral sites.