The latest big momentum shift has swung sharply in the direction of the No. 8 Islanders.
The Gators and Huskies also cleaned up in recruiting, with No. 8 and No. 14 rankings.
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Back in the East, No. 9 Tennessee is favored by two over No. 8 Oklahoma State.
Errani, seeded No. 8, fell to 0-26 against opponents ranked in the top five.
He will face either Italian third seed Andreas Seppi or Spanish No. 8 Marcel Granollers.
Products No. 6, No. 7 and No. 8 are known for helping to kick-start the day.
Vancouver International Airport, ranked No. 8, was the only North American airport to make the top 10.
The only loss was by No. 1 seed Pittsburgh to No. 8 Butler in 2011 in Washington.
By contrast, a No. 8 and a No. 11 made the men's Final Four last season alone.
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Strasburg followed with his first walk, to No. 8 hitter Darwin Barney, he of the .160 batting average.
Perhaps Brigham Young or Mississippi State, each a No. 8 seed in 2008, will be this year's Villanova.
Despite nursing an injured wrist, the world No.8 trounced Radek Stepanek 6-4 6-4 6-2 at the Parque Roca stadium.
He even went from No. 8 on the Forbes Top 100 World Billionaire list to No. 7 this year.
Their fans made our list too, at No. 8 and No. 10 respectively.
The Orange's three-game slide came in a span of a week against Georgetown, No. 8 Louisville and No. 15 Marquette.
"Burn the tape and keep it moving, " Cooley said Wednesday night after his Friars lost 84-59 at No. 8 Syracuse.
Other big names on the list: Cisco (No. 5), which earned a 4.11, and GE (No. 8) with a 4.10.
The Kings were the No. 8 seed last season, after all, and the Devils were No. 6 in the East.
"We market, market, market, " says David Day, director of technology licensing at the University of Florida, No. 8 on our list.
On the other side of the ball, the Titans defense ranked No. 8 in the NFL last season in points allowed.
Now they're ranked No. 8 in the country and host North Carolina on Saturday to extend their ACC record to 10-0.
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On the men's ATP World Tour, sixth-ranked Tomas Berdych will play No. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Sunday's final of the Marseille Open.
In the NHL, a No. 8 seed has upset a No. 1 10 times, the Kings' upset of the Canucks being the latest.
No. 8 Richard Gasquet hit 17 aces, including three in the final tiebreaker, defeated No. 10 Nicolas Almagro 6-7 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (3).
Last year, despite the Vancouver Olympics being well in the rearview mirror, he had only fallen to No. 8 on the list.
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If he wins, Nadal will then take on his 12th-seeded compatriot Nicolas Almagro or Serbia's world No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic in the quarterfinals.
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel (No. 4) and Australian mega-bank Westpac CEO, Gail Kelly (No. 8), reflect a growing global distribution of power.
The Devils finished sixth in the Eastern Conference, while the Kings ranked No. 8 in the West, squeaking into the playoffs by five points.
Wawrinka, meanwhile, will next face world No. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who defeated Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-3 6-0 the day after the Frenchman's 28th birthday.
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