Ginny Zak retook sole possession of first place in the Living Room Times men’s pool when USC, the alma mater of all three of her children, defeated Texas tonight.

Zak, Becky Loy’s mother and a resident of Gold Canyon, Arizona, led after the first round but had fallen out of first place yesterday. She moved back into a tie for the lead with Tristin Thomsen when Southern Illinois beat Virginia Tech this afternoon, then surged ahead of Thomsen when the Trojans won. She has 236 out of a possible 272 points.

Thomsen, wife of Brendan Loy’s high-school classmate Matt Thomsen and a North Chicago resident, is second with 231 points. Close behind in third with 228 points is Amy Greca, wife of Tom Greca, another high-school classmate of Loy’s and Thomsen’s and the designer of this year’s pool logo. Full standings are here and after the jump.

With the tournament’s first weekend concluded, it is now possible to calculate that 109 contestants are still mathematically alive to win the pool; the other 154 out of the record 263 who entered have been eliminated. A table showing the number of scenarios (out of 32,768) in which each contestant would finish first can be found here.

1. Ginny Zak - 236
2. Tristin Thomsen - 231
3. Amy Greca - 228
4. A.J. St.. John - 226
4. Karin Back - 226
6. Kendall Houk - 224
6. Clayton Bassett - 224
6. Emily Merkler - 224
9. Joe McDade - 221
9. Matt Scarborough - 221
11. Mike Marchand - 219
11. Scott Robertson - 219
13. Cam Thomas - 217
13. Jay Johnson - 217
13. Steve Koppitsch - 217
13. Weston Cross - 217
13. Earl Baker - 217
13. Adam De Guire - 217
19. Kristy McCray - 216
19. Casey Zak - 216
19. Rachel Luberda - 216
19. Jon Sandlin - 216
19. Brian Newbold - 216
24. Sean Sullivan - 214
24. Dmytro Aponte - 214
24. Chris Bossman - 214
24. Derek Walden - 214
24. Randy Styles - 214
24. Jeff Dickens - 214
30. Andrew Long - 212
30. Paul Lucht - 212
30. Soren Hammerschmidt - 212
30. Todd Mefferd - 212
30. Danielle Davis - 212
30. Brian Dupuis - 212
30. Scott Fort - 212
37. Mark Saviola - 211
38. Tyler Condon - 209
38. Tim Sheridan - 209
40. Brian Paine - 207
40. Alex Whitfield - 207
40. Scott Loomer - 207
40. Joshua Carpenter - 207
40. Tom K. - 207
40. Jeff Freeze - 207
40. Shari Long - 207
40. Alan Smithee - 207
40. Eli Styles - 207
49. Shaun Sullivan - 206
49. Mike Quinn - 206
51. John McBride - 205
51. Marlene Saviola - 205
51. Michael Walsh - 205
54. Arash Markazi - 204
54. Wilson Loftis - 204
54. Don LaPlante - 204
54. Brian Richmond - 204
54. Tim Wendling - 204
59. Roland Opena - 203
60. Gary Kirby - 202
60. Alex Fleming - 202
60. Jennifer Elam - 202
60. Ian Auzenne - 202
60. Bill Pancoast - 202
60. Matt Higgins - 202
60. Paul Zak - 202
67. Jeff Morrison - 201
68. Michael Tran - 200
68. Ryan McBride - 200
68. Michael Rosenkrantz - 200
68. Rick Boeckler - 200
68. John Chung - 200
68. Brian Neudorff - 200
74. Cam McLachlan - 199
74. Matt Wiser - 199
74. Ted Zak - 199
74. Kate Spitz - 199
74. Jessica Cowans - 199
74. Steve McLachlan - 199
80. Dennis Chow - 198
80. Luke Zanger - 198
82. Patrick Cullen - 197
82. Jeff Cultrera - 197
82. Ben Sloniker - 197
82. Frank Nolan - 197
82. Chris Aemisegger - 197
82. Ashley Hughes - 197
82. Danielle Thomsen - 197
82. Nate Evangelista - 197
82. Conor Sullivan - 197
82. Dave Martins - 197
92. Mark Nabong - 196
93. Bill Weinstein - 195
93. Helen Cochran - 195
93. Shireen Garcia - 195
93. Nathan Origer - 195
93. Dan Dinunzio - 195
93. Jeffrey Grubin - 195
93. Jack Strayer - 195
93. Ryan Dalidowitz - 195
93. Larry Caplin - 195
93. Tom Greca - 195
103. David Kreutz - 194
103. Josh Krause - 194
105. Matthew Thomsen - 193
105. Johanna Cummings - 193
107. Mike Wiser - 192
107. Kay Torg - 192
107. Marcus Hill - 192
107. T. Gritten - 192
107. Dave Whelan - 192
107. Kendra Krauss - 192
107. Crystal Dalangin - 192
107. Patrick Roach - 192
107. Mike Davis - 192
107. Tim Brothers - 192
107. Liz Janelle - 192
107. Joe Resper - 192
107. Greg Kagan - 192
107. Cath Doo - 192
121. Jason McMahon - 191
121. Joey Serfass - 191
123. Greg Shtraks - 190
123. Keith Stefanczyk - 190
123. Laurel VanBuskirk - 190
123. Lauren Moy - 190
123. Joe Loy - 190
123. Mike Thompson - 190
123. John McCaffrey - 190
123. Matt Metcalf - 190
123. Chris Evans - 190
123. Robbie Zak Loy - 190
123. Timothy Benson - 190
123. Idalina Cultrera - 190
135. Matt Drachenberg - 189
135. Scott Pollock - 189
135. Sam Werner - 189
135. Jenn Castelhano - 189
139. James McGinnis - 188
139. Rachel Wetherill - 188
141. Craig Frizzell - 187
141. Greg Plank - 187
141. Lauren Taylor - 187
141. MT Swanson - 187
141. Matt Kagan - 187
141. Khalil Aboukhaled - 187
147. Trisha Neudorff - 186
147. P.J. Wanecski - 186
149. Mark Gardner - 185
149. Ashley Johnson - 185
149. Daniel Port - 185
149. Ricardo Valenzuela - 185
149. Rob Atherton - 185
149. Russell Caplin - 185
149. F X McGahee - 185
156. Joaquin Halsey - 183
156. Chris L. - 183
156. Diane Huffman - 183
156. Nick Genco - 183
156. Josh Britton - 183
156. Kirby Bullard - 183
162. Lisa Velte - 182
162. George Heidkamp - 182
162. Peter Timbrell - 182
162. Todd Stigliano - 182
162. Nick Voelker - 182
167. Gary Atkinson - 181
167. Pat Caplin - 181
169. Kevin Hauschulz - 180
169. Jon Schoenwetter - 180
169. Ben Eng - 180
169. Keith Wood - 180
169. Brendan Loy - 180
169. Sandy Pilz - 180
169. Brian Kiolbasa - 180
169. Becky Loy - 180
169. Dan O’Hara - 180
169. Gabrielle Rose - 180
169. Tripp Tart - 180
169. Tyson Rothermich - 180
181. Andrew Leyden - 179
182. Charles Franz - 178
182. Victoria Wags - 178
182. Joel Thrift - 178
182. Mark Jordon - 178
182. Kurt Osterlitz - 178
182. Logan Pugh - 178
182. dean - 178
182. Stephen Leys - 178
182. Ken Wagner - 178
182. Jay Barasch - 178
192. Kristy LaPlante - 177
192. Chris Pearsall - 177
192. Justin Vale - 177
195. Germaine Gray - 176
195. Josh Rubin - 176
195. Colin Pedicini - 176
198. Andy Wendeln - 175
198. Derek McDonald - 175
198. Eric Soskin - 175
198. Kristen Everson - 175
198. Brian Krusell - 175
198. Brandon Cox - 175
204. Jeremy Gist - 174
204. Lauren Davis - 174
206. Miranda Epperson - 173
206. Steve Shim - 173
206. Greg Rauen - 173
209. Christine Pierce - 172
210. Sarah Wake - 171
210. Colleen Duggan - 171
210. Marc LaPlante - 171
210. Stacey Tetreault - 171
214. Nick Surmacz - 170
214. Gerry deSimas, Jr. - 170
214. Kevin Mocogni - 170
217. Barry Caro - 169
217. Rick Garnett - 169
219. Ace Purple - 168
219. Josh Townes - 168
219. Andrew Hunter - 168
219. Aaron Garcia - 168
223. Jarrad Hedes - 167
224. Bonnie Stone - 166
224. Jen Mason - 166
224. Greg Pimentel - 166
227. Danny Pilz - 165
227. Tommy Murray - 165
227. Joey Perucki - 165
230. Steve Hartranft - 164
230. Jon Caplin - 164
230. John Knowles - 164
233. Charles Fenwick - 163
233. Brandon Minich - 163
235. Justin Stolte - 161
236. Jessica Stolte - 159
237. Matt Fairchild - 158
238. Brenden Roche - 156
239. Beth Milewski - 155
239. Denise Reidy - 155
241. Dave Roberts - 154
241. Mike Dagen - 154
243. Bob Lutts - 153
244. Carolyn Blessing - 152
245. Carol LaPlante - 149
246. Buttercup Zak Loy - 147
246. Scott Schmidt - 147
248. Melanie Dickson - 145
249. Steve Copenhaver - 144
250. Bridget Saviola - 142
250. Brian Nicholson - 142
252. Rosalie Town - 140
253. Dane Lindberg - 137
253. Nicole Simmons - 137
255. Roger Snyder - 131
256. Logan Wanecski - 130
256. Shannon Steinmiller - 130
258. Courtney Tawresey - 129
259. Toby Zak Loy - 127
260. Katrina Lewonczyk - 120
261. Bryan Rudolph - 119
262. Jen H. - 108
263. Barbara Cross - 98
264. Sasha Zak Loy - 64