1.   As long as a team can squeeze into the top eight, it has a chance to be valedictorian should it ace the final.

2.   A finish in the top eight by Westwood, coupled with a low finish by Clarke, could allow Westwood to overtake Clarke for the money title.

3.   A team from Lubbock High School finishes in the top eight at the National Science Bowl Championship today in Washington.

4.   All of those teams are among the top eight in their conferences.

5.   Brigham Young will rail against the system as long as it remains undefeated and out of the top eight in the BCS rankings.

6.   But FIFA, the international federation, decided to pool everyone below the top eight by geography.

7.   But Powell ran to the limit to try to make the top eight and qualify for the national championship.

8.   Currently, seven of the eight are in the top eight in points.

9.   Dallas could win a division title in the Central and still not crack the top eight in the West.

10.   Even a loss would not have knocked the Kings out of the top eight in the West.