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1995 Preseason Consensus


See the "notes" file for information on the preseason consensus. See the "1995 accuracy" file for a comparison between 1995 preseason predictions and final conference standings.

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National Top 25

Rank Team Total
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1 Florida State 456 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 6 2 1 1 1 9 2 2 5
2 Nebraska 444 2 5 3 2 6 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 4
3 Penn State 421 5 2 4 4 3 7 2 7 1 4 6 6 8 5 4 7
4 Texas A&M 420 8 6 1 7 2 1 15 1 3 7 3 4 3 7 5 3
5 Florida 417 15 8 5 5 5 2 5 2 5 3 7 3 6 1 1 6
6 Southern Cal 377 3 3 6 3 8 6 10 13 7 9 5 14 10 14 7 1
7 Notre Dame 363 4 7 8 9 10 9 11 8 6 5 11 11 2 6 - 10
8 Auburn 360 6 4 7 6 4 12 4 3 - 6 4 13 15 11 8 2
9 Tennessee 346 9 9 13 12 7 11 6 11 9 10 17 7 1 13 6 9
10 Miami (Fla) 335 7 22 12 11 9 5 12 9 12 13 8 10 5 4 9 13
11 Alabama 319 23 14 9 10 12 8 8 10 8 12 9 8 11 8 - 11
12 Ohio State 292 11 12 11 8 14 13 7 21 11 11 12 15 16 10 10 22
13 Michigan 246 13 23 - 13 17 10 13 5 14 16 18 9 - 12 - 14
14 Colorado 222 10 20 - 15 16 14 22 16 - 20 15 17 14 9 - 8
15t Oklahoma 217 19 10 16 17 13 - 16 - 10 8 - 12 18 19 - 12
15t UCLA 217 - 13 10 14 25 17 19 15 13 18 13 16 13 15 - -
17 Virginia 187 21 18 18 20 11 25 21 18 - 14 10 19 20 16 - -
18 Texas 181 - 17 15 19 19 18 14 22 16 17 25 22 17 - - 21
19 Kansas State 154 24 - 14 24 - 24 9 12 18 15 - - - 17 - 19
20 North Carolina 124 12 - 21 - 22 16 - 14 20 25 19 - - - - -
21 Boston College 120 25 - 23 - 24 19 23 20 - 21 24 18 - - - 18
22 Illinois 110 - 21 24 - - 22 17 19 - - 23 - 7 - - 25
23 Washington 109 16 19 - - 21 - 25 - - - - 5 - - - 16
24 Wisconsin 108 22 11 19 21 - 23 20 - 24 - - 25 - - - -
25 Arizona 105 18 - - - 15 15 - - - - 21 - 12 - - 20

Others receiving votes:

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26 West Virginia 103 14 16 17 23 - - - 24 - 24 - 21 - - - -
27 Virginia Tech 99 - 15 - 18 - - 18 - 17 19 - - - 20 - -
28 Oregon 86 - - 20 16 - - - - - 22 16 20 - - - -
29t North Carolina St. 79 - 24 - 22 20 20 - - - - - - - - - 15
29t South Carolina 79 20 - - - 23 21 - 23 - - 22 - - - - 23
31 Colorado State 70 17 - - - - - - - - - 14 - - - - 17
32 Brigham Young 61 - - - - 18 - - - - 23 - 23 - - - 24
33 California 47 - - - 25 - - - 25 21 - - - - - - -
34 Fresno State 46 - - 25 - - - - - 23 - - 24 - - - -
35t Iowa 45 - - - - - - - - 19 - - - - 18 - -
35t Mississippi St. 45 - 25 - - - - - 17 - - - - - - - -
37 Arkansas 41 - - - - - - - - 15 - - - - - - -
38 Texas Tech 36 - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - - - -
39t Baylor 34 - - - - - - - - 22 - - - - - - -
39t Texas Christian 34 - - 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41t Duke 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 - - -
41t Georgia 32 - - - - - - 24 - - - - - - - - -
43 Kansas 31 - - - - - - - - 25 - - - - - - -

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

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1 Florida State 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Virginia 40 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 4
3 North Carolina 55 5 5 3 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 6 3 3 3
4 North Carolina St. 63½ 3 3 4 2 3 3 4 4 8 5 4 4 4 4 2
5 Duke 85½ 4 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 6 6 2 6 6
6 Clemson 87 6 4 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
7 Maryland 105 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 6 7 7 8 3 7 8
8 Georgia Tech 128 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 8 9 7 8 8 7
9 Wake Forest 140 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9

Big East

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1 Miami (Fla) 18 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 West Virginia 47½ 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 2 5 4 3 3 2 3 4
3 Boston College 51 3 4 3 4 2 2 3 5 6 3 2 2 4 4 2 2
4 Virginia Tech 51½ 4 1 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 2 4 4 5 4 3
5 Syracuse 81 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 3 3 6 5 5 6 6 6 5
6 Rutgers 97½ 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 4 7 6 6 3 7 7
7 Pittsburgh 103 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 7 7 5 7 7 8 5 5 6
8 Temple 126½ 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8

Big 8

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1 Nebraska 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Oklahoma 44½ 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 3 4 2 3
3 Colorado 49 4 3 4 2 3 2 4 3 5 4 2 3 2 3 3 2
4 Kansas State 51½ 3 4 2 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 2 4 4
5 Kansas 80 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 Missouri 102 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 6
7 Oklahoma State 106 8 5 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 7
8 Iowa State 127 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Big Ten

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1 Penn State 17½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
2 Ohio State 39½ 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 3
3 Michigan 52½ 2 5 5 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 7 3 2
4 Illinois 68 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 5 1 7 4 4
5 Wisconsin 72½ 5 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 3 5 5 5
6 Iowa 104 6 7 8 7 9 6 6 6 4 7 5 8 6 3 8 8
7 Indiana 119 8 8 7 6 6 7 8 7 7 6 9 7 8 7 9 9
8 Purdue 123 7 6 11 9 7 8 7 9 9 9 7 11 4 7 6 6
9 Michigan State 132½ 9 10 6 8 8 9 9 8 11 8 8 6 9 7 7
10 Minnesota 160 10 9 10 11 10 10 10 10 8 10 11 10 10 11 10 10
11 Northwestern 167½ 11 11 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 9 11 11 11

Big West

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1 Nevada 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - 2 1 - 1
2 SW Louisiana 27 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 - - 2 - 1 2 - 2
3 N. Illinois 47 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 - - 5 - 4 6 - 5
4 UNLV 59 7 4 2 6 7 7 6 3 - - 3 - 6 5 - 3
5 Pacific 65 4 5 4 8 4 8 4 9 - - 4 - 5 4 - 6
6 New Mexico St. 78½ 6 7 5 5 4 8 8 - - 8 - 3 7 - 8
7 Utah State 79 8 7 6 4 8 5 7 5 - - 7 - 9 9 - 4
8 San Jose St. 84 5 8 9 7 9 9 5 6 - - 6 - 8 3 - 9
9 Louisiana Tech 88 3 9 8 9 6 6 9 7 - - 9 - 7 8 - 7
10 Arkansas State 119½ 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 - - 10 - 10 10 - 10

Mid-American

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1 Bowling Green 13 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - 1
2 Western Michigan 33½ 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 - - 3 - 6 - 4
3t Miami (Ohio) 53½ 4 5 6 7 4 6 5 4 - - 5 - 2 - 3
3t Toledo 53½ 5 2 5 5 6 3 7 2 - - 4 - 4 - 6
5 Ball State 55½ 6 4 3 3 3 5 2 7 - - 6 - 7 - 5
6 Central Michigan 56 3 6 4 6 5 7 6 6 - - 2 - 3 6 - 2
7 Eastern Michigan 78 7 7 7 4 7 4 4 8 - - 7 - 8 7 - 8
8 Kent 97 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 5 - - 8 - 10 9 - 7
9 Akron 103½ 9 9 8 8 9 10 9 - - 9 - 5 9 - 9
10 Ohio U. 116½ 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 - - 10 - 9 9 - 10

Pacific 10

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1 Southern Cal 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2 UCLA 42½ 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5
3t Washington 63 5 3 4 6 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 1 4 6 4 2
3t Oregon 63 2 5 3 3 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 4 6 5 2 4
5 Arizona 76 6 6 8 5 2 2 5 7 6 5 4 6 2 4 5 3
6 California 79½ 4 4 5 4 6 6 6 3 3 6 6 5 7 6 6
7 Washington St. 124 9 7 9 7 7 8 9 6 9 8 7 9 5 7 9 8
8t Oregon State 133½ 8 9 7 8 9 7 8 9 8 7 8 10 10 10 7
8t Arizona State 133½ 7 8 6 10 8 9 7 10 7 10 10 7 9 8 9
10 Stanford 148 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 8 10 9 9 8 8 10 7 10

Southeastern

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East
1 Florida 18 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
2 Tennessee 30 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
3 South Carolina 51 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
4 Georgia 61 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
5 Vanderbilt 82 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
6 Kentucky 94 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
West
1 Auburn 22 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
2 Alabama 27 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2
3 Mississippi St. 59½ 3 3 3 4 3 5 5 3 4 5 3 3 4 4 3
4 Louisiana St. 63 6 4 4 3 5 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 5
5 Arkansas 72½ 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 2 3 5 5 6 5 6
6 Mississippi 92 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 4

Southwestern

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1 Texas A&M 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Texas 32 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
3 Baylor 62 4 4 5 3 4 5 3 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 3 5
4 Texas Tech 66 3 6 4 5 3 3 6 5 4 4 2 4 5 4 5 3
5 Texas Christian 68 6 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 6 3 5 3 4 6 4 4
6 Rice 92 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 5 6 6
7 Southern Methodist 113 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 8
8 Houston 126 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7

Western Athletic

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1 Brigham Young 30 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 3 1 3 2 1 2
2 Colorado State 40 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 1 4 1 7 2 1
3 Fresno State 56½ 7 5 1 3 9 1 4 3 1 2 5 2 2 4 3
4 Air Force 66½ 4 3 3 5 4 4 6 4 7 5 2 3 4 3 5
5 San Diego St. 76 6 6 6 7 3 5 3 7 2 3 4 6 5 2 5 6
6 Utah 91 5 4 5 4 6 8 5 6 9 6 7 5 8 2 7 4
7 Wyoming 97 3 7 8 6 5 6 7 5 4 7 6 8 6 6 6 7
8 New Mexico 123 8 8 7 8 7 7 9 8 6 8 8 7 7 8 9 8
9 Hawaii 142 9 9 9 10 8 9 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 10
10 Texas-El Paso 158 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9

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