Top 10 Things To Know Going into Round 3 of the Helmet Bowl National Championship

10. The Defending Helmet Bowl National Champions are still in it! Gallaudet University, which pulled out a come-from behind, upset win a year ago over heavily favored San Diego State Aztecs, squeaked by the Saint Augustine Falcons in Round 2. Now they face the motivated Lafayette Leopards to advance to the Regional Championship.

9. The South Dakota Coyotes sneaked by the Grand View Vikings by just TEN votes to achieve a spot in Round 3 of the Helmet Bowl II National Championship.

8. The Dickinson Red Devils once again lead all teams in number of votes in Round 2, just as they did in Round 1.

7. The Boise State Broncos scored the largest win in Round 2– by far. Next: Dickinson Red Devils, Tulsa Hurricanes, Kentucky Christian Knights.

6. The closest wins in Round 2? South Dakota State Coyotes (10votes), Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers (13 votes), Texas State San Marcos Bobcats (15 votes), Lafayette Leopards (20 votes), West Virginia State Yellow Jackets (25 votes). Three other contests were decided by less than 100 votes!

5. Voting in Helmet Bowl II, with four rounds left, has exceeded the entire Helmet Bowl I voting! Thank you Equipment Managers, Sports Information Directors, and voters!

4. Top vote getting teams in Round 1 and 2 totaled:

3. Two teams (so far) have started Round 3 with new helmet images! What? Iowa State replaced their red lid with a black one, and the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets, who beat a very strong Florida International helmet, submitted a different image of the same helmet – a better, much better image.

2. Top vote getting teams in Round 2:

1. An unworldly contest. The Dickinson Red Devils seem unstoppable, but the Kentucky Christian Knights know what it means to go to battle against the unseen. Epic contest here in Round 3.