2019 Preseason Consensus

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Notes:

There are some new independents, but no conference membership changes this year.

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National rankings
American Athletic Conference Predictions
Atlantic Coast Conference Predictions
Big Ten Conference Predictions
Big XII Conference Predictions
Conference USA Predictions
Mid-American Conference Predictions
Mountain West Conference Predictions
Pacific 12 Conference Predictions
Southeastern Conference Predictions
Sun Belt Conference Predictions

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
1	Clemson	555	2	2	1	2	4	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	2
2	Alabama	542	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	5	2	1	18	1
3	Georgia	522	3	3	3	4	2	3	4	3	5	3	8	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	5
4	Oklahoma	495	6	4	4	5	3	4	5	6	4	4	3	5	6	4	10	3	6	6	6
5	Louisiana State	472	7	6	8	7	5	6	8	4	7	8	6	7	5	6	6	7	4	2	8
6	Ohio State	466	5	5	7	6	6	5	3	13	9	6	7	6	12	5	3	5	9	7	4
7	Michigan	462	4	11	5	3	10	7	6	5	3	7	5	8	11	9	9	8	12	1	3
8	Florida	382	8	8	6	10	19	8	9	8	6	9	15	4	7	12	8	11	5	-	23
9	Notre Dame	364	9	7	9	9	-	9	7	7	14	5	4	15	13	10	17	12	21	13	13
10	Texas	331	11	9	11	11	11	10	12	24	15	10	16	9	4	-	7	14	20	22	11
11	Washington	316	12	12	17	16	7	13	10	17	17	13	9	23	10	11	11	6	15	23	-
12	Oregon	313	15	10	10	12	8	11	20	10	20	21	12	10	19	-	15	9	7	5	-
13	Utah	309	13	21	12	8	15	14	18	22	12	24	18	20	8	19	4	10	17	15	10
14	Texas A&M	307	10	13	13	17	21	12	11	11	10	12	-	11	9	16	12	16	8	-	18
15	Auburn	301	20	14	15	18	14	16	13	9	11	11	10	12	14	8	14	-	10	17	-
16	Penn State	241	14	20	-	20	9	15	14	12	13	15	24	17	-	13	18	15	22	-	14
17	Michigan State	240	16	19	20	13	12	18	22	14	8	-	14	14	-	23	13	-	23	20	7
18	Iowa	183	18	-	14	23	22	20	15	23	23	23	19	13	23	18	23	18	18	-	-
19	Central Florida	160	22	15	18	-	24	17	21	-	-	14	11	-	20	20	-	21	-	-	9
20	Iowa State	137	24	18	23	21	-	21	-	-	25	19	22	-	17	-	21	19	-	11	25
21	Mississippi State	130	-	16	-	24	23	-	25	16	18	16	-	19	-	7	-	-	16	-	-
22	Wisconsin	116	19	-	16	-	18	19	16	-	-	22	-	18	21	14	-	-	-	-	-
23	Missouri	103	23	-	24	-	-	-	-	19	-	17	-	-	-	15	24	-	11	12	-
24	Washington State	101	-	17	25	-	-	23	17	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	20	-	8	19
25	Miami-Florida	96	-	-	19	15	-	-	-	-	-	18	13	22	-	22	19	-	-	-	24

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
26	Nebraska	90	17	24	21	19	-	24	23	-	-	-	17	-	24	-	20	-	-	-	-
27	Texas Christian	86	-	-	-	14	20	-	-	-	22	25	-	21	-	-	16	13	-	-	-
28	Syracuse	83	21	-	-	-	-	22	19	-	-	20	-	25	-	-	-	17	-	10	-
29	Stanford	79	-	22	22	22	17	25	24	-	-	-	-	-	22	24	22	-	-	-	-
30	Virginia	71	25	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	16	-	-	24	-	21	15
31	South Carolina	57	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	18	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	14	25	-
32	Boise State	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	17	-	22	-	-	16
33t	Southern Cal	36	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	25	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33t	Virginia Tech	36	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	19	19	-
35	Memphis	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	23	24	-	17
36t	Army	34	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
36t	Florida State	34	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-
36t	Tennessee	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
39	Cincinnati	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	16	-
40	Minnesota	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-
41	Appalachian State	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	24	20
42	Northwestern	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
43	San Diego State	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
44	UCLA	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
45	Fresno State	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
46	Ohio	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
47t	Oklahoma State	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47t	Pittsburgh	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
49t	Utah State	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-
49t	West Virginia	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-
51	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

Media Polls use preseason AP as national ranking.

Conference predictions

American Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
East
1	Central Florida	23	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
2	Cincinnati	36	2	3	2	1½	2	2	2	2	1½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
3	South Florida	60	3	2	3	3	3½	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3½
4	Temple	71	4	4	4	4	3½	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3½
5	East Carolina	96½	5	5	5	5	5½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5
6	Connecticut	112½	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6
West
1	Memphis	20½	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Houston	39½	2	2	2	2	1½	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	2
3	Southern Methodist	71½	4	4	5	3½	5	4	5	2	3½	4	3½	3½	5	3	4	4	3	2	3½
4	Tulane	73	3	3	4	3½	5	3	3½	4	5	3	3½	5	4	5	3	3	4	3	5½
5	Navy	86	5	6	3	5	3	5	3½	6	3½	5	5	3½	3	4	5	5	6	6	3½
6	Tulsa	108½	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5½

Notes:

Phil Steele picked a tie between Central Florida and Cincinnati for 1st-2nd in the AAC East.

Phil Steele picked a tie between Southern Methodist and Tulane for 3rd-4th in the AAC West.

Simplified Football picked a tie between South Florida and Temple for 3rd-4th in the AAC East.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Connecticut and East Carolina for 5th-6th in the AAC East.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Houston and Memphis for 1st-2nd in the AAC West.

Simplified Football picked a three-way tie between Southern Methodist, Tulane, and Tulsa, for 4th-6th in the AAC West.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Navy and Tulane for 3rd-4th in the AAC West.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Central Florida and Cincinnati for 1st-2nd in the AAC East.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Navy and Southern Methodist for 3rd-4th in the AAC West.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Southern Methodist and Tulane for 3rd-4th in the AAC West.

College Football News picked a three-way tie between Central Florida, Cincinnati, and South Florida for 1st-3rd in the AAC East.

College Football News picked a tie between Navy and Southern Methodist for 3rd-4th in the AAC West.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between South Florida and Temple for 3rd-4th in the AAC East.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Navy and Southern Methodist for 3rd-4th in the AAC West.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Tulane and Tulsa for 5th-6th in the AAC West.

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
Atlantic
1	Clemson	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Florida State	53½	3	2	3	2	2	3	5	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	2	3	2	4	4½
3	Syracuse	54	2	3	2	3½	4	2	2	4	3	3	2	4	2	4	3	2	4	2	2½
4	N.C. State	74½	4	4	4	3½	4	4	3	3	4	4	4½	4	6	2	4	4	3	5	4½
5	Boston College	98	6	5	6	5	4	5	4	6	7	6	4½	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	2½
6	Wake Forest	102½	5	6	5	6	6½	6	6	5	5	5	6½	6½	3	6	6	5	5	3	6
7	Louisville	130½	7	7	7	7	6½	7	7	7	6	7	6½	6½	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Coastal
1	Miami-Florida	35	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	1½	1½	3	1	1	3	1	5	2
2	Virginia	42	1	1	3	2½	5	1	4	3	3	3	1½	1½	1	2	3	1½	3	1	1
3	Virginia Tech	46	2	3	2	2½	2½	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	1½	2	2	3½
4	Pittsburgh	75½	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	1	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3½
5	Duke	93½	5	6	5	6	2½	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	5	6	3	5
6	North Carolina	115	6	5	6	5	5	6	7	5	7	6	6	7	7	7	5	6½	5	7	6½
7	Georgia Tech	125	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	5	6	6	7	6½	7	6	6½

Notes:

Phil Steele picked a tie between N.C. State and Syracuse for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.

Phil Steele picked a tie between Virginia and Virginia Tech for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal.

Simplified Football picked a three-way tie between Boston College, N.C. State, and Syracuse, for 3rd-5th in the ACC Atlantic.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Louisville and Wake Forest for 6th-7th in the ACC Atlantic.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Duke and Virginia Tech for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal.

Simplified Football picked a three-way tie between North Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Virginia, for 4th-6th in the ACC Coastal.

McIllece Sports picked a three-way tie between Miami-Florida, Virginia, and Virginia Tech for 2nd-4th in the ACC Coastal.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Boston College and N.C. State for 4th-5th in the ACC Atlantic.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Louisville and Wake Forest for 6th-7th in the ACC Atlantic.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginia for 1st-2nd in the ACC Coastal.

College Football News picked a three-way tie between Boston College, Syracuse, and N.C. State for 3rd-5th in the ACC Atlantic.

College Football News picked a tie between Louisville and Wake Forest for 6th-7th in the ACC Atlantic.

College Football News picked a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginia for 1st-2nd in the ACC Costal.

College Football News picked a three-way tie between Duke, Georgia Tech, and Pittsburgh for 4th-6th in the ACC Coastal.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between Virginia and Virginia Tech for 1st-2nd in the ACC Costal.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between Georgia Tech and North Carolina for 6th-7th in the ACC Costal.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Boston College and Syracuse for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Florida State and N.C. State for 4th-5th in the ACC Atlantic.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Georgia Tech and North Carolina for 6th-7th in the ACC Coastal.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
East
1	Michigan	26	1	2	1	1	1½	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1½	2	1	1
2	Ohio State	36½	2	1	2	2	1½	2	1	3	3½	2	2	2	2	1	1	1½	3	2	2
3	Penn State	62½	3	4	4	3½	3½	4	3	2	3½	3	4	3½	4	2	4	3	1	4	3½
4	Michigan State	65	4	3	3	3½	3½	3	4	4	2	4	3	3½	3	4	3	4	4	3	3½
5	Indiana	102	6	5	5	5½	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5½
6	Maryland	107	5	6	6	5½	5	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	5½
7	Rutgers	133	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
West
1	Iowa	45½	2	6	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	1½	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	5
2	Nebraska	46	1	1	3	1	4½	1	2½	3	3	1	1½	3	2	4	1	4½	1	7	1
3	Wisconsin	54	3	3	2	3	1½	3	2½	4	4½	3	6	1	1	1	3	2½	2	4	4
4	Minnesota	76	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	2	1	4	3	3	5	3	6	2½	5	2	2½
5	Northwestern	86	4	4	4	5	4½	4	4	5	6	6	4½	6	6	5	4	4½	6	1	2½
6	Purdue	92½	6	2	6	5	1½	5	6	6	4½	5	4½	5	4	6	5	6	4	5	6
7	Illinois	132	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7

Notes:

Phil Steele picked a tie between Michigan State and Penn State for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten East.

Phil Steele picked a tie between Indiana and Maryland for 5th-6th in the Big Ten East.

Phil Steele picked a three-way tie between Minnesota, Northwestern, and Purdue for 4th-6th in the Big Ten West.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Michigan and Ohio State for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten East.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Michigan State and Penn State for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten East.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Purdue and Wisconsin for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten West.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Nebraska and Northwestern for 4th-5th in the Big Ten West.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Nebraska and Wisconsin for 4th-5th in the Big Ten West.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Ohio State and Penn State for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten East.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Purdue and Wisconsin for 4th-5th in the Big Ten West.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Iowa and Nebraska for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten West.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Northwestern and Purdue for 4th-5th in the Big Ten West.

College Football News picked a tie between Michigan State and Penn State for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten East.

College Football News picked a three-way tie between Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska for 2nd-4th in the Big Ten West.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between Michigan and Ohio State for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten East.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between Minnesota and Wisconsin for 2nd-3rd in the Big Ten West.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between Nebraska and Northwestern for 4th-5th in the Big Ten West.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Michigan State and Penn State for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten East.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Indiana and Maryland for 5th-6th in the Big Ten East.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Minnesota and Northwestern for 2nd-3rd in the Big Ten West.

Big XII

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
1	Oklahoma	22	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1½
2	Texas	42½	2	2	2	1½	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	4	1	4	2	3	3
3	Iowa State	64½	3	3	3	4	4½	3	3	3	4½	4	2	4	3	7	4	3	3	2	1½
4	Texas Christian	84½	6	4	6	3	3	4	5	5	3	3	5	4	7	5	3	2	5	7	4½
5	Oklahoma State	94½	4	6	5	6	6½	5	4	6	4½	5	7	4	6	2	5	5	4	5	4½
6	Baylor	109½	5	5	4	5	8½	6	9	4	6	6	6	7	4	6	6	6	6	4	6
7	Texas Tech	138½	8	7	7	7	8½	7	7	7	7	7	4	9	5	8	8	7	8	9	8
8	West Virginia	140½	7	8	8	9	6½	8	6	9	8	8	8	7	8	3	7	8	7	8	7
9	Kansas State	159	9	9	9	8	4½	9	8	8	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	6	9½
10	Kansas	189½	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9½

Notes:

Phil Steele picked a tie between Oklahoma and Texas for 1st-2nd in the Big XII.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Iowa State and Kansas State for 4th-5th in the Big XII.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Oklahoma State and West Virginia for 6th-7th in the Big XII.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Baylor and Texas Tech for 8th-9th in the Big XII.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Iowa State and Oklahoma State for 4th-5th in the Big XII.

College Football News picked a three-way tie between Iowa State, Oklahoma State, and Texas Christian for 3rd-5th in the Big XII.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Iowa State and Oklahoma for 1st-2nd in the Big XII.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas Christian for 4th-5th in the Big XII.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Kansas and Kansas State for 9th-10th in the Big XII.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
East
1	Marshall	27½	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1½	2	1½	3	2	1	1½	1	2	1	1
2	Florida Int'l	42½	2	1	2	3	2½	2	4	2	1½	3	1½	1½	1	4	1½	3	3	2	2
3	Florida Atlantic	50½	3	3	4	1	2½	3	2½	3	3	1	3	1½	3	2	3	3	1	5	3
4	Middle Tennessee	75	4	4	3	4	4½	4	2½	5	4½	4	5	4½	4	3	4	3	4	3	5
5	Western Kentucky	96½	5	5	5	6	4½	5	5½	4	4½	5	4	6	7	5	5	7	5	4	4
6	Old Dominion	119½	7	7	6	5	6½	6	7	7	7	6	7	4½	6	7	6	5	6	7	6½
7	Charlotte	120½	6	6	7	7	6½	7	5½	6	6	7	6	7	5	6	7	6	7	6	6½
West
1	North Texas	31	1	1	2	2½	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	1½	2	2	1
2	Southern Miss	42½	2	2	3	2½	3½	2	4	1	2	2	4	1	4	1	2½	1½	1	1	2½
3	Louisiana Tech	57	4	4	1	2½	3½	3	3	3	2	3	2½	4	1	4	4	4	3	3	2½
4	UAB	61	3	3	4	2½	3½	4	2	4	4	4	2½	3	2	2	2½	3	4	4	4
5	UTSA	97½	5	5	5	5	3½	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	6
6	Texas-El Paso	117	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	5
7	Rice	126	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7

Notes:

Phil Steele picked a four-way tie between Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Southern Miss, and UAB, for 1st-4th in CUSA West.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Florida Atlantic and Florida International for 2nd-3rd in CUSA East.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky for 4th-5th in CUSA East.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Charlotte and Old Dominion for 6th-7th in CUSA East.

Simplified Football picked a four-way tie between Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, UAB, and UTSA, for 2nd-5th in CUSA West.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Florida Atlantic and Middle Tennessee for 2nd-3rd in CUSA East.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Charlotte and Western Kentucky for 5th-6th in CUSA East.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Florida International and Marshall for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky for 4th-5th in CUSA East.

McIllece Sports picked a three-way tie between Louisiana Tech, North Texas, and Southern Miss for 1st-3rd in CUSA West.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Florida International and Marshall for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Louisiana Tech and UAB for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.

College Football News picked a tie between Florida Atlantic and Florida International for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

College Football News picked a tie between Middle Tennessee and Old Dominion for 4th-5th in CUSA East.

Gold Sheet did not have CUSA predictions that I could find.

Pick Six Previews picked a tie between Florida International and Marshall for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

Pick Six Previews picked a tie between Southern Miss and UAB for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.

CFB Ranking omitted Western Kentucky from its prediction of CUSA East (which I counted as picking them last).

CFB Ranking picked a three-way tie between Florida Atlantic, Florida International, and Middle Tennessee for 2nd-4th in CUSA East.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between North Texas and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in CUSA West.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Charlotte and Old Dominion for 6th-7th in CUSA East.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Louisiana Tech and Southern Miss for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
East
1	Ohio	19½	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Buffalo	47½	2	2	2	3½	1½	3	2	3	4	3	2	2½	2	2	2	3	3	2	3
3	Miami-Ohio	52½	3	4	3	2	5	2	3	2	2	2	4	2½	3	3	3	2	2	3	2
4	Kent State	80	4	3	4	3½	5	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	4	5	4	6	4	5	4½
5	Akron	96	5	6	6	5	3	5	4	6	5	6	6	5	6	4	5	4	5	4	6
6	Bowling Green	103½	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	4½
West
1	Toledo	22	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
2	Western Michigan	44½	2	2	2	3	2½	2	3	1	2	3	3	3	1	3	2	2	3	1	4
3	Northern Illinois	51	3	3	3	3	2½	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3½	3½	2	3	2½
4	Eastern Michigan	74	4	4	4	3	4½	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3½	3½	4	4	2½
5	Ball State	99½	5	5	5	5½	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
6	Central Michigan	108	6	6	6	5½	4½	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele picked a tie between Buffalo and Kent State for 3rd-4th in the MAC East.

Phil Steele picked a three-way tie between Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, and Western Michigan, for 2nd-4th in the MAC West.

Phil Steele picked a tie between Ball State and Central Michigan for 5th-6th in the MAC West.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Buffalo and Ohio for 1st-2nd in the MAC East.

Simplified Football picked a three-way tie between Bowling Green, Kent, and Miami-Ohio, for 4th-6th in the MAC East.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Northern Illinois and Western Michigan for 2nd-3rd in the MAC West.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan for 4th-5th in the MAC West.

McIllece Sports picked a three-way tie between Ball State, Central Michigan, and Eastern Michigan for 4th-6th in the MAC East.

College Football News picked a tie between Buffalo and Miami-Ohio for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

College Football News picked a three-way tie between Akron, Bowling Green, and Kent State for 4th-6th in the MAC East.

Pick Six Previews picked a tie between Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Bowling Green and Kent State for 4th-5th in the MAC East.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois for 2nd-3rd in the MAC West.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
Mountain
1	Boise State	20	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Utah State	41	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	Air Force	55½	3	3	4	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3½
4	Wyoming	74	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4½	4	4	4	4	4	4	3½
5	Colorado State	100	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5½	4½	6	6	5	5	6	6	5
6	New Mexico	108½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5½	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	6
West
1	Fresno State	29½	1	1	1	1½	2½	1	1	1	2	1	2½	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	2
2	San Diego State	33	2	2	2	1½	1	2	2	2	1	2	2½	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1
3	Hawaii	61½	3	3	4	3½	2½	4	4	3	4½	4	1	5	3	4	3	2	4	1	3
4	Nevada	70	4	5	3	3½	4	3	3	4	3	3	5	3½	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
5	Nevada-Las Vegas	91	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4½	5	4	3½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	San Jose State	114	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele picked a tie between Fresno State and San Diego State for 1st-2nd in the MWC West.

Phil Steele picked a tie between Hawaii and Nevada for 3rd-4th in the MWC West.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Fresno State and Hawaii for 2nd-3rd in the MWC West.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Hawaii and Nevada-Las Vegas for 4th-5th in the MWC West.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Colorado State and New Mexico for 5th-6th in the MWC Mountain.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Freson State and San Diego State for 2nd-3rd in the MWC West.

College Football News picked a tie between Colorado State and Wyoming for 4th-5th in the MWC Mountain.

College Football News picked a tie between Nevada and Nevada-Las Vegas for 2nd-3rd in the MWC West.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Air Force and Wyoming for 3rd-4th in the MWC Mountain.

Pacific 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
North
1	Washington	29½	1	2	2	2	1½	2	1	2	1½	1	1½	1½	1	1	1	1	1	4	1½
2	Oregon	30½	2	1	1	1	1½	1	2	1	1½	2	1½	1½	2	3	2	2	2	1	1½
3	Stanford	65	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3½	4	2	3	3½	4	3	3
4	Washington State	65½	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3½	3	4	4	3½	3	2	4½
5	California	94½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4½
6	Oregon State	114	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
South
1	Utah	20	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Southern Cal	50½	3	3	2	2	1½	2	2	3	2	2	4	1½	4	2	3	4½	2	3	4
3t	Arizona State	63	4	4	3	3	3½	3½	3½	4	4	3	5	3½	3	3	2	2	4	2	3
3t	UCLA	63	2	2	5	4½	3½	3½	3½	2	3	4	2½	3½	2	4	4	3	4	5	2
5	Arizona	91	5	5	4	4½	5½	5	5½	5	5	5	2½	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	5
6	Colorado	111½	6	6	6	6	5½	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4½	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele picked a tie between Arizona and UCLA for 4th-5th in the Pac-12 South.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Oregon and Washington for 1st-2nd in the Pac-12 North.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Southern Cal and Utah for 1st-2nd in the Pac-12 South.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Arizona State and UCLA for 3rd-4th in the Pac-12 South.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Arizona and Colorado for 5th-6th in the Pac-12 South.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Arizona State and UCLA for 3rd-4th in the Pac-12 South.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Arizona and Colorado for 5th-6th in the Pac-12 South.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Oregon and Washington for 1st-2nd in the Pac-12 North.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Oregon and Washington for 1st-2nd in the Pac-12 North.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Arizona and UCLA for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-12 South.

College Football News picked a tie between Oregon and Washington for 1st-2nd in the Pac-12 North.

College Football News picked a tie between Stanford and Washington State for 3rd-4th in the Pac-12 North.

College Football News picked a tie between Southern Cal and Utah for 1st-2nd in the Pac-12 South.

College Football News picked a tie between Arizona State and UCLA for 3rd-4th in the Pac-12 South.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between Stanford and Washington State for 3rd-4th in the Pac-12 North.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between Colorado and Southern Cal for 4th-5th in the Pac-12 South.

Sports Cruncher picked a three-way tie between Arizona, Arizona State, and UCLA for 3rd-5th in the Pac-12 South.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Oregon and Washington for 1st-2nd in the Pac-12 North.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between California and Washington State for 4th-5th in the Pac-12 North.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
East
1	Georgia	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	2	1	1	1	1	1	1½
2	Florida	42½	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2½	2	2	2	2	1½	1	3	2	3	2	4	3
3	Missouri	60½	3	3	3	3	5	3	2½	6	3½	3	4	4	4	2	3	2	3	2	1½
4	South Carolina	86	4	4	4	4½	2½	4	4½	4	5½	5	5	4	7	4	5½	6	4	3	5½
5	Kentucky	95	6	6	5	6	5	6	4½	5	3½	4	6	4	3	5	5½	4	6	5	5½
6	Tennessee	97½	5	5	6	4½	5	5	6½	3	5½	7	3	6	6	6	4	5	5	6	4
7	Vanderbilt	129½	7	7	7	7	7	7	6½	7	7	6	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7
West
1	Alabama	21½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1½
2	Louisiana State	38½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2½	1	1½
3	Texas A&M	62½	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2½	3	4	3	4	5	3	3	4	4	3
4	Auburn	74	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	2	4
5	Mississippi State	88½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	2	5	4	2½	5	5
6	Mississippi	116½	6	7	6	6	6½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6
7	Arkansas	130½	7	6	7	7	6½	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7

Notes:

Phil Steele picked a tie between South Carolina and Tennessee for 4th-5th in the SEC East.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Florida and South Carolina for 2nd-3rd in the SEC East.

Simplified Football picked a three-way tie between Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee, for 4th-6th in the SEC East.

Simplified Football picked a tie between Arkansas and Mississippi for 6th-7th in the SEC West.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Florida and Missouri for 2nd-3rd in the SEC East.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Kentucky and South Carolina for 4th-5th in the SEC East.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Tennessee and Vanderbilt for 6th-7th in the SEC East.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Kentucky and Missouri for 3rd-4th in the SEC East.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between South Carolina and Tennessee for 5th-6th in the SEC East.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Louisiana State and Texas A&M for 2nd-3rd in the SEC West.

College Football News picked a tie between Florida and Georgia for 1st-2nd in the SEC East.

College Football News picked a three-way tie between Kentucky, Missouri, and South Carolina for 3rd-5th in the SEC East.

Pick Six Previews picked a tie between Kentucky and South Carolina for 5th-6th in the SEC East.

Sports Cruncher picked a tie between Louisiana State and Mississippi State for 2nd-3rd in the SEC West.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Georgia and Missouri for 1st-2nd in the SEC East.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Kentucky and South Carolina for 5th-5th in the SEC East.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Alabama and Louisiana State for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Phil Steele	Simpli- fied F'ball	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	ESPN FPI	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	Arena Fanatic	Coll. F'ball News	Gold Sheet	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	CFB Ranking	Sports Cruncher	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Formu- lator
East
1	Appalachian State	20	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½
2	Troy	41	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	1½	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1½
3	Georgia Southern	53	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
4	Georgia State	82	4	4	5	4	4	5	4½	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4½	4	5	5
5	Coastal Carolina	89	5	5	4	5	5	4	4½	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4½	5	4	4
West
1	Arkansas State	23	1	2	1	1	1½	2	1	1	1	1	1½	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Louisiana-Lafay.	38½	2	1	2	2	3	1	2½	2	2	2	1½	1	3	3	2	2½	2	2	2
3	Louisiana-Monroe	53	3	3	3	3	1½	3	2½	3	3½	3	3	3	2	2	3	2½	3	3	3
4	Texas State	78½	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3½	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	South Alabama	92	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Notes:

Simplified Football picked a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt East.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Coastal Carolina and Georgia State for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt East.

compughterratings.com picked a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt West.

McIllece Sports picked a tie between Louisiana-Monroe and Texas State for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt West.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Appalachian State and Troy for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt East.

Arena Fanatic picked a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt West.

Gold Sheet did not have Sun Belt predictions that I could find.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between Coastal Carolina and Georgia State for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt East.

CFB Ranking picked a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt West.

Sports Formulator picked a tie between Appalachian State and Troy for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt East.