Monthly Archives: October 2011
Top 20 Sports List of the Day Posts
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1. MLB: Top 20 Players with the Most World Series Rings
3. Super Bowl Rings Part 2 (1990-2011)
4. NBA: Top 20 Players with the Most Championship Rings
5. NBA: Top 20 Active Playoff Career Points Leaders
6. Super Bowl Rings Part 1 (1967-1989)
7. Top 10 NBA Players Who Never Won a Championship
8. Baseball Teams (Franchises) with the Most World Series Rings
9. Top 10 Kentucky Derby Winning Times in History
10. NHL Stanley Cup Finals Sweeps
11. Best Boxers in the World: No.1 Rankings for Every Weight Class
12. Top 20 Players with the Most Stanley Cups
13. MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL Lockouts and Strikes
14. New York Yankees 27 World Series Championships
15. Top 20 Playoff Performances in NBA History
16. Baseball and Football Teams without a Title
17. MLB: Top 20 Active Hits Leaders
North Carolina and the 2011-12 NCAA Basketball Pre-season Top 25
North Carolina Tar Heels Are the Preseason No. 1 (sportslogos.net)
With the 2011-12 NBA season still on the shelf, pro basketball fans can at least take some refuge in the college game to get some fill. The season starts on Monday, Nov. 7th.
The Associated Press released the 2011-12 pre-season NCAA basketball rankings last week, with North Carolina taking the top spot. The Tar Heels have four of the top 13 players in the country.
Here are the 2011-12 pre-season college basketball rankings, including the final rankings at the end of last season.
| PRE-SEASON RANK | FINAL 2010-11 RANK | |
| 1. | North Carolina Tar Heels | 7 |
| 2. | Kentucky Wildcats | 11 |
| 3. | Ohio State Buckeyes | 1 |
| 4. | Connecticut Huskies | 9 |
| 5. | Syracuse Orange | 12 |
| 6. | Duke Blue Devils | 3 |
| 7. | Vanderbilt Commodores | 25 |
| 8. | Florida Gators | 15 |
| 9. | Louisville Cardinals | 14 |
| 10. | Pittsburgh Panthers | 4 |
| 11. | Memphis Tigers | NR |
| 12. | Baylor Bears | NR |
| 13. | Kansas Jayhawks | 2 |
| 14. | Xavier Musketeers | 20 |
| 15. | Wisconsin Badgers | 16 |
| 16. | Arizona Wildcats | 17 |
| 17. | UCLA Bruins | NR |
| 18. | Michigan Wolverines | NR |
| 19. | Alabama Crimson Tide | NR |
| 20. | Texas A&M Aggies | 24 |
| 21. | Cincinnati Bearcats | NR |
| 22. | Marquette Golden Eagles | NR |
| 23. | Gonzaga Bulldogs | NR |
| 24. | California Golden Bears | NR |
| 25. | Missouri Tigers | NR |
Case Keenum and QB’s with the Most Touchdowns in College Football History
Case Keenum, Most Passing TDs in College Football History (blockonation.com)
Case Keenum, Houston Cougars‘ quarterback, is the new all-time college football touchdown leader – and he took over in spectacular fashion.
On Thursday, the Cougars pounced on the Rice Owls from the air, 73-34. Keenum’s nine-touchdown assault catapulted him past Colt Brennan and Graham Harrell to take over the No. 1 spot in total passing touchdowns.
Here are the top 50 college QB’s with the most passing touchdowns. Active college quarterbacks are noted in bold. Players that played in the NFL are noted by their team in the final column. Active NFL QB’s are in italics.
| 1. | Case Keenum | 139 | 2007 | 2011 | Houston | |
| 2. | Graham Harrell | 134 | 2005 | 2008 | Texas Tech | Green Bay Packers |
| 3. | Colt Brennan | 131 | 2005 | 2007 | Hawaii | |
| 4. | Kellen Moore | 123 | 2008 | 2011 | Boise State | |
| 5. | Timmy Chang | 117 | 2000 | 2004 | Hawaii | |
| 6. | Colt McCoy | 112 | 2006 | 2009 | Texas | Cleveland Browns |
| 7. | Dan Lefevour | 102 | 2006 | 2009 | Central Michigan | |
| 8. | Chase Daniel | 101 | 2005 | 2008 | Missouri | New Orleans Saints |
| 9. | Chase Clement | 99 | 2005 | 2008 | Rice | |
| 9. | Tim Hiller | 99 | 2005 | 2009 | Western Michigan | |
| 9. | Matt Leinart | 99 | 2003 | 2005 | Southern California | Houston Texans |
| 12. | Trevor Vittatoe | 97 | 2007 | 2010 | Texas-El Paso | |
| 13. | Brady Quinn | 95 | 2003 | 2006 | Notre Dame | Denver Broncos |
| 13. | Philip Rivers | 95 | 2000 | 2003 | North Carolina State | San Diego Chargers |
| 15. | Max Hall | 94 | 2007 | 2009 | Brigham Young | Arizona Cardinals |
| 16. | Russell Wilson | 93 | 2008 | 2011 | Wisconsin | |
| 17. | Kliff Kingsbury | 91 | 1999 | 2002 | Texas Tech | New York Jets |
| 18. | Landry Jones | 90 | 2009 | 2011 | Oklahoma | |
| 18. | Todd Reesing | 90 | 2006 | 2009 | Kansas | |
| 20. | Byron Leftwich | 89 | 1998 | 2002 | Marshall | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 21. | Sam Bradford | 88 | 2007 | 2009 | Oklahoma | St. Louis Rams |
| 21. | Chris Leak | 88 | 2003 | 2006 | Florida | |
| 21. | Jordan Palmer | 88 | 2003 | 2006 | Texas-El Paso | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 21. | Tim Tebow | 88 | 2006 | 2009 | Florida | Denver Broncos |
| 25. | Chad Henne | 87 | 2004 | 2007 | Michigan | Miami Dolphins |
| 25. | Luke McCown | 87 | 2000 | 2003 | Louisiana Tech | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 27. | Bruce Gradkowski | 85 | 2002 | 2005 | Toledo | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 27. | Chase Holbrook | 85 | 2006 | 2008 | New Mexico State | |
| 27. | Kevin Kolb | 85 | 2003 | 2006 | Houston | Arizona Cardinals |
| 27. | Andrew Walter | 85 | 2001 | 2004 | Arizona State | Oakland Raiders |
| 31. | Paul Pinegar | 84 | 2002 | 2005 | Fresno State | |
| 31. | Ben Roethlisberger | 84 | 2001 | 2003 | Miami (OH) | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 33. | Paul Smith | 83 | 2003 | 2007 | Tulsa | |
| 34. | Ryan Dinwiddie | 82 | 2000 | 2003 | Boise State | |
| 34. | Colin Kaepernick | 82 | 2007 | 2010 | Nevada | San Francisco 49ers |
| 34. | Ryan Schneider | 82 | 2000 | 2003 | Central Florida | |
| 37. | Rudy Carpenter | 81 | 2005 | 2008 | Arizona State | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 37. | Eli Manning | 81 | 2000 | 2003 | Mississippi | New York Giants |
| 37. | Jason White | 81 | 1999 | 2004 | Oklahoma | |
| 37. | Danny Wimprine | 81 | 2001 | 2004 | Memphis | |
| 41. | Derek Anderson | 79 | 2001 | 2004 | Oregon State | Carolina Panthers |
| 41. | John Beck | 79 | 2003 | 2006 | Brigham Young | Washington Redskins |
| 41. | Ryan Lindley | 79 | 2008 | 2011 | San Diego State | |
| 41. | Andre Woodson | 79 | 2004 | 2007 | Kentucky | |
| 45. | Gino Guidugli | 78 | 2001 | 2004 | Cincinnati | |
| 45. | Jared Lorenzen | 78 | 2000 | 2003 | Kentucky | New York Giants |
| 47. | Rex Grossman | 77 | 2000 | 2002 | Florida | Washington Redskins |
| 48. | Alex Brink | 76 | 2004 | 2007 | Washington State | |
| 48. | Ken Dorsey | 76 | 1999 | 2002 | Miami (FL) | 49ers/Browns |
| 48. | Rusty Smith | 76 | 2006 | 2009 | Florida Atlantic | Tennessee Titans |
