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GCC Year 1 Week 4 Recap

Posted on October 13, 2010 at 05:10 PM.

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All right, last week was the first week of the AP Top 25 poll, but I didn't notice it. It's out also this week, and because there are more GCC teams ranked in that poll, we'll use it, but once the BCS poll starts, that will be the only poll used.

2010 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25

RANK	TEAM	LAST WK	RECORD	POINTS
1.	Virginia Tech (44)	1	4-0	1604
2.	Oregon (21)	2	4-0	1527
3.	TCU	4	4-0	1379
4.	Penn State	3	4-0	1308
5.	Alabama	5	3-1	1300
6.	Georgia Tech	6	4-0	1238
7.	Nebraska	7	4-0	1238
8.	Wisconsin	8	3-0	1171
9.	Ohio State	9	3-1	1010
10.	Boise State	10	2-1	939
11.	Oklahoma	11	4-0	919
12.	USC	12	3-0	919
13.	Texas	13	3-1	722
14.	Florida	14	3-1	722
15.	Utah	15	4-0	696
16.	Miami	16	2-1	578
17.	Iowa	18	3-1	525
18.	Tennessee	20	3-1	437
19.	Galveston	21	4-0	417
20.	Arkansas	17	3-1	384
21.	Auburn	24	4-0	301
22.	Tampa	23	3-0	267
23.	Florida State	--	2-1	245
24.	Oklahoma State	25	3-0	234
25.	Pittsburgh	19	1-2	222

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With four weeks down, four Gulf Coast teams have finished their non-conference games. Two of those teams, Alabama Gulf Coast and Galveston, each finished undefeated in non-conference play. Tampa also remains undefeated, but has played just one non-conference game (at Miami). New Orleans is 2-0 in non-conference games, but 0-2 in conference. Here's a look at the updated conference standings.

Gulf Coast Conference Standings - 2010 Season

Teams	CONF W-L	OVERALL W-L	PF	PA	STRK
Tampa	2-0	3-0	86	65	W3
East Texas	2-0	3-1	166	44	W1
Texas Gulf Coast	1-0	2-2	52	94	L1
West Florida	1-1	1-2	53	86	L2
Alabama Gulf Coast	0-0	4-0	128	34	W4
Galveston	0-0	4-0	76	35	W4
Biloxi	0-0	3-1	98	42	W1
Florida Gulf Coast	0-0	2-2	72	67	W2
Louisiana Gulf Coast	0-1	2-2	119	45	W1
Mississippi Gulf Coast	0-1	1-2	47	54	L2
Mobile	0-1	1-3	76	80	L3
New Orleans	0-2	2-2	69	90	L1

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East Texas quarterback J.R. Chavez was named the Gulf Coast Conference offensive player of the week for the third straight week. Week 1's defensive player of the week was award the East Texas defensive back Maurice Chavez, so through 4 weeks, East Texas has accounted for 4 POTW awards.

Tampa defensive tackle Sheldon Carr was named the Gulf Coast Conference defensive player of the week. This marks the second time in three weeks that a Tampa defensive linemen has received the defensive POTW award.

Here's a look at the upcoming Gulf Coast Conference schedule.

SATURDAY, September 25
New Orleans at New Mexico, Noon
Mississippi Gulf Coast at Rutgers, Big East Network, Noon
Louisiana Gulf Coast at Tampa, ESPN3.com, Noon
Florida Gulf Coast at Biloxi, Gulf Coast Network, 12:30pm
Texas Gulf Coast at Galveston, Texas Football Network, 2pm
West Florida at North Carolina, ACC Network, 3pm

Bye: Alabama Gulf Coast, East Texas, Mobile

This week marks the first home game for Tampa and the beginning of a 5 game home stretch. Here's the list of five upcoming home games:

9/25 Louisiana Gulf Coast
10/2 Vanderbilt
10/9 Biloxi (Homecoming)
10/17 Florida State
10/23 East Texas

Tickets have already sold out for these five games, however there are still some available for the season-ending match-up with Alabama Gulf Coast on November 20th.