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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Atlantic Coast Conference Predictions
Big East Conference Predictions
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Big West Conference Predictions
Mid-American Conference Predictions
Pacific 10 Conference Predictions
Southeastern Conference Predictions
Southwestern Conference Predictions
Western Athletic Conference Predictions

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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:

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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	6½	4	2
5	Duke	85½	4	7	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	6	6	2	6½	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

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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	2½	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	2½	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	7½	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	7½	8	8

Big 8

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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	3½	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	3½	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

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
1	Penn State	17½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1½	1	1
2	Ohio State	39½	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	4	3	1½	2	3
3	Michigan	52½	2	5	5	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	7	4½	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	4½	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	9½	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	9½	11	11

Big West

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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	9½	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	9½	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	-	10	10	-	10

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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	2½	-	4
3t	Miami (Ohio)	53½	4	5	6	7	4	6	5	4	-	-	5	-	2	2½	-	3
3t	Toledo	53½	5	2	5	5	6	3	7	2	-	-	4	-	4	4½	-	6
5	Ball State	55½	6	4	3	3	3	5	2	7	-	-	6	-	7	4½	-	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	9½	9	9	8	8	9	10	9	-	-	9	-	5	9	-	9
10	Ohio U.	116½	9½	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	-	-	10	-	9	9	-	10

Pacific 10

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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	2½	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	2½	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	8½	10	7
8t	Arizona State	133½	7	8	6	10	8	9	7	10	7	10	10	7	9	8½	8	9
10	Stanford	148	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	8	10	9	9	8	8	10	7	10

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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	4½	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	4½	5	6
6	Mississippi	92	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	4

Southwestern

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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

Rank	Team	Total Points	F'ball Action	Athlon	F'ball Digest	Lindy's	Bob Griese	TSN	Game Plan	Preview	Phil Steele	Score Bet. Guide	Street & Smith	Inside Sports	College Preview	C. F. Scene	Feist	Sports Illus.
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	4½	4	3
4	Air Force	66½	4	3	3	5	4	4	6	4	7	5	2	3	4	4½	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