The Top 100 and ties will collect season prize money. The list will be updated weekly in this column. Full standings can be found at the Standings link.

Pool settles at 738 entries

As expected, there were some late arrivals to the party and Pigskin Mania set another record for entries.

With 738 players in the game, the total pot is $44,280 with a projected first-place prize of $5,321. The first-prize projection is based on the average amount of weekly prize money over the last three years and adjusting for the number of entries. We project to average $875 per week in perfect weeks.

We have Pigskin Maniacs representing 37 states with some of those actually playing from out of the country, some serving our country in the military.

With its base in Tucson, 251 entries are from Arizona with 90 from our satellite base in the Washington, D.C./Virginia/Maryland area, 61 from California, 40 from Colorado and 39 from Pennsylvania.

There are 145 players in the pool for the first time with another 12 rejoining the pool after missing a year or more.

All eight Founding Fathers re-upped for their 25th year in the pool. They continue to serve as the Rules Committee and are responsible for the integrity of the game. Insert joke here.

There are 33 players who are in their 20th year or more. Another 91 have been in 10 years or longer. The average tenure for all 738 players is 4.5 years.

The 2016 roster is now online where players can look at their past performance along with career earnings.

The making of an Asshander

One of the most bizarre plays we can ever recall led to this week's Asshander.

It was the Hail Mary and lateral by Central Michigan that beat Oklahoma St. Only it shouldn't have. The game officials allowed Central Michigan an untimed down with no time left on the clock, and they used it to run a play that won the game.

But it turns out the officials were wrong in allowing the play and Oklahoma St. should have won the game. The play didn't affect the point-spread outcome as the Cowboys were 21-point favorites, but it did give them an Asshander and it also flipped the over/under.

The game officials, including the replay officials, have all been suspended for two weeks by their respective conferences, but the play and result stand.

If you haven't seen the play, here it is:

Nail-biter redux

For the second week in a row, the Pigskin Special went down to the last play.

This time, a bonehead move by a Cowboys receiver ended the suspense when he didn't get out of bounds on what turned out to be the last play of the game. His move kept the Cowboys from having a chance at a game-winning field goal in the pick 'em game.

There were more winners than losers with 404 players taking the Cowboys and 193 on the Giants.

We had a tough call to make on this week's Pigskin Special choosing between Florida St.-Louisiville and Ohio St.-Oklahoma. We took the former because both teams go into the game unbeaten and it is a conference game. Oklahoma's loss to Houston in the season-opener took some luster off the game.

The early line is Florida St. by 2.5. It's an early game on Saturday, noon EDT, 9 a.m. Arizona time. So get your picks in early if you plan to play the game.

Bad beat on the Bandwagon

Both Bandwagon picks were losers this week, but the college Bandwagon pick, Alabama, was particularly stomach-wrenching.

The top-ranked Crimson Tide were cruising to a win and a cover of the 29-point spread over Western Kentucky when they fumbled the ball away at their 26-yard-line with 1:25 left in the game.

WKU scored on a 24-yard pass with 46 seconds left for the backdoor cover sending 127 players on the Bandwagon into the ditch.

Alabama Coach Nick Saban was way less than pleased with his offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin after the Hilltoppers turned the turnover into a score.

Where's The Poolmaster

If you're looking for updates to the PM website on Saturdays, check the Arizona Wildcats football schedule. When the Wildcats are at home, it means The Poolmaster is busy tailgating and attending the game.

Arizona has home games this week and next. Both are late games, Tucson time, meaning The Poolmaster heads to the game in mid-afternoon.

We will post the picks that have come in before leaving for the tailgate then you won't see anything new until sometime on Sunday. So if you're one of those who submits picks late on Saturday afternoons, don't panic if they don't show up on the site until Sunday.

And, as always, we suggest you print or screen shot your confirmation page so you know your picks are in.