EDITOR'S NOTE: The College Cheerleader of the Week Playoffs photo gallery is posted every Tuesday for your viewing pleasure. Voting for each week ends Monday at noon EST. The playoff winner will be crowned SPiN's College Cheerleader of the Year.
Voting results: Arkansas 54%; Houston 46%
Total votes: 44,290
UPDATED UPDATE: Did you really want to type in "Houston" and "Arkansas" over and over? No, didn't think you did. So I'm bringing back the old poll format that's better than ever! Now, everyone is limited to one vote per computer. The "keep the stapler over the Enter button" and "custom poll script" tricks won't work any more. Nice try, though. I'm sure our two finalists appreciate all your efforts. Like I said earlier, polls close Thurs., Jan. 24 at noon EST.
After about 20 weeks of voting for college cheerleaders, we're finally at the end of the road. With a dominating 72-28 result, No. 1 seed Arkansas avoided a semifinal upset from Virginia Tech. In our other final four matchup, Houston achieved the impossible by slipping past fan favorite Kansas 52-48. So now, it's Razorbacks vs. Cougars in this 1v7 finals matchup. The top-seeded Arkansas cheerleader is the heavy favorite in this contest, having won by huge margins throughout the tournament. However, Houston has a lot of momentum heading into the finals after close wins against Mississippi State and Kansas.
Will Arkansas cruise to another easy win or can Houston force one more upset to win the SPiN College Cheerleader of the Year title for 2007? Vote and decide!
The rules: The cheerleader who wins the bracket tournament will be crowned SPiN's College Cheerleader of the Year.
Official results will be posted shortly after the polls close.
| College Cheerleader of the Week Playoff Bracket | |||
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | National title |
| Results on Dec. 31 | Results on Jan. 7 | Results on Jan. 14 | Results on Jan. 21 |
| 1 Arkansas Razorbacks 16 South Carolina Gamecocks Results |
vs. 9 Colorado Buffaloes Results |
vs. 12 Virginia Tech Hokies Results |
vs. 7 Houston Cougars Results |
| 8 Minnesota Golden Gophers 9 Colorado Buffaloes Results |
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| 5 LSU Tigers 12 Virginia Tech Hokies Results |
vs. 4 Oklahoma Sooners Results |
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| 4 Oklahoma Sooners 13 Nebraska Cornhuskers Results |
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| 3 Central Florida Knights 14 Missouri Tigers Results |
vs. 11 Kansas Jayhawks Results |
vs. 7 Houston Cougars Results |
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| 6 Miami Hurricanes 11 Kansas Jayhawks Results |
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| 7 Houston Cougars 10 Southern California Trojans Results |
vs. 2 Mississippi State Bulldogs Results |
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| 2 Mississippi State Bulldogs 15 Miami Redhawks Results |
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| College Cheerleader of the Week Archive | ||||
| Regular season: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Playoffs: First round | Quarterfinals | Semis | National Title | Offseason: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6
Profiles: Arkansas' Laura Cole | Miami (Ohio)'s Megan Schwieterman | LSU's Katherine Whitty | Minnesota's Megan Jokinen | S. Carolina's Whitney Jones | Miami's Christina DeMaria | Mississippi State's Kylie Estes |
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