Hey guys, I thought of a cool little game we could possibly get going on here that involves college rankings (because I know so many people are really interested in them), so I used the US News rankings to compile a huge “March Madness” style bracket. Here is the link to the bracket: http://challonge.com/collegebracket
Just create a quick account and you can access the bracket and vote for which school you think is best in each head-to-head matchup. Every couple days or so, voting will end for the round and the schools with the most votes will move on to the next round. Eventually, after all the rounds, we will be left with one school standing, or the “Best National University!!!”. It’s a quick, easy, and fun game and I know that CC is the perfect place to get a lot of people in on it!! Hopefully we can get a lot of people voting to make it as intense as possible! Also, we can use this thread as a discussion board for each matchup to converse and debate about who we think is better.
Let me know of any questions, suggestions, etc. you might have! Thanks!
Huh actually kind of interesting. Hope this picks up speed
Hey guys, we are actually getting a pretty good voting turnout, so keep voting!! I’ll set the first round voting deadline for Monday, July 13th at 8:00 PM EST (5 PST). I’ll post a round update when the voting period finishes! Thanks!
Reminder: Voting for Round 1 ends tonight at 8:00 PM EST so get your votes in soon!! There are some really close matchups right now!
Round 1 has officially ended! Round 2 matchups are now set and available for voting. There are a lot of very interesting matchups so make sure you get your votes in!
Keep up the voting!! Only one more day left to submit votes for the second round matchups!
Reminder: Round 2 voting closes tonight at 8:00 PM EST so get your votes in!! There are a lot of REALLY close matchups right now!!
Round Update: Round 2 voting has officially closed and the Sweet 16 Round matchups are now set and open for voting.
Round 2 Upsets:
20 UC Berkeley upsets #13 Northwestern 59-41.
19 Rice upsets #14 Washington University (St. Louis) 65-35.
Sweet 16 Matchups:
1 Princeton vs. #16 Brown
8 Duke vs. #9 University of Pennsylvania
4 Columbia vs. #20 UC Berkeley
5 Stanford vs. #12 Johns Hopkins
2 Harvard vs. #15 Cornell
7 MIT vs. #10 Caltech
3 Yale vs. #19 Rice
6 UChicago vs. #11 Dartmouth
Matchups are open for voting so make sure to cast your vote!! The Sweet 16 Round officially ends on Friday, July 17th at 8:00 PM EST.
Matchups are REALLY close right now!! Keep casting your votes!! We are set for some extremely close finishes!!
Reminder: Sweet 16 Round voting ends tonight at 8:00 PM EST so get your votes in now!! Matchups are coming down to the wire!!
Round Update: Sweet 16 voting has officially closed and the Elite 8 Round matchups are now set and open for voting.
Elite 8 Matchups:
1 Princeton vs. #8 Duke University
4Columbia University vs. #5 Stanford University
3 Yale University vs. #6 University of Chicago
2 Harvard University vs. #7 MIT
Matchups are open for voting so make sure to cast your vote!! The Elite 8 Round officially ends on Sunday, July 19th at 8:00 PM EST.
Dartmouth and UC Berkeley almost pulled off major upsets last round
Dartmouth over Chicago is anything but a major upset.
Well, Chicago/Dartmouth and Duke/Penn were the closest matchups on paper, so Dartmouth winning would have been only a minor upset.
Current Voting statuses:
8 Duke leads #1 Princeton 54%-46%
5 Stanford leads #4 Columbia 54%-46%
7 MIT leads #2 Harvard 56%-44%
3 Yale leads #6 UChicago 51%-49%
Get your votes in by 8:00 PM EST tomorrow, July 19th!
Reminder: Voting for the Elite 8 Round ends tonight at 8:00 PM EST.