- WEEK FIVE WINNER: Steven T. His 126 points bested the six other people that finished 6-0. It also allowed him to jump from 312th place to 97th.
- The group and lock winning percentages were solid: 53.3% and 52.9%, respectively.
- After dipping below .500 last week, the group winning percentage is back above .500 for the year.
- 69 people scored 100+ points, which is the 2nd highest total of the year.
- How hard is it to go 6-0? So far this year, only 1.4% of the entries have accomplished the feat. Only 10.8% of the entries have scored at least 100 points.
- Home underdogs had another good week. They went 4-2 in Week 4 and 5-2 in Week 5.
- Home teams went 10-5 ATS. Their best week of the year.
- The group had a good week despite the two most popular picks, OU and Arkansas, failing to cover the spread.
- The next three most popular picks (Kentucky, OSU and Kansas) DID cover the spread. Coincidentally, they were all underdogs and all received exactly 160 picks.
- Underdogs received a majority of the picks in 7 of the 15 games. The group was 4-3 ATS in those games.
- OU was the most popular lock of the week, and the 2nd most popular lock of the year. They got hammered by TCU.
- Speaking of TCU, they were the 2nd team of the year to earn maximum bonus points. Georgia was the other team, which occurred in Week 1 against Oregon.
- All five Big 12 matchups made it on the pick form in Week 5. The home team covered the spread in every game except OSU vs Baylor.
- EOwens has scored 100+ points in 4 of the 5 weeks, including a 6-0 this week. Hence, he occupies the top spot on the leaderboard.
- The gap between 1st place and 10th place (87 points), is the same as the gap between 10th place and 176th.
- Matt McClarnon is the only person in the Top Ten with a perfect lock record.
- Jason Speakes is the only person in the Top Ten with a losing lock record. He only has 10 losses this year, 4 of which are his locks.
- 13 people are a perfect 5-0 on their locks. 10 people are 0-5.
- 12 people have at least 20 wins. 21 people have at least 20 losses.
- In a display of mediocrity that defies all odds, I have scored exactly 61 points every week.
- Andrew Conner is the only person that has scored 40 points or less every week.