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2002 Preseason Consensus


See the "notes" file for information on the preseason consensus. See the "2002 accuracy" file for a comparison between 2002 preseason predictions and final conference standings.

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National Top 25

Rank Team Total
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1 Oklahoma 344 5 3 1 1 2 5 1 5 1 2 1 1
2 Texas 339 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 1 2 4 3 4
3 Miami-Florida 332 3 2 4 2 1 4 2 7 3 5 4 3
4 Florida State 329 1 4 2 4 7 2 6 2 4 3 2 6
5 Tennessee 319 4 5 7 5 3 1 5 9 6 1 5 2
6 Florida 272 10 8 8 12 - 6 4 6 8 11 6 5
7 Colorado 270 8 7 9 10 6 19 8 3 5 10 9 8
8 Nebraska 240 11 10 11 9 - 9 12 15 16 9 7 7
9 Georgia 235 14 6 5 8 - 23 14 8 9 8 15 11
10 Michigan 224 9 18 15 6 - 10 11 11 20 7 11 14
11 Ohio State 215 13 23 10 11 9 7 15 13 11 12 17 16
12 Washington 196 6 12 12 7 5 17 17 24 17 13 - 15
13 Oregon 193 25 9 20 15 - 18 10 4 13 20 19 10
14 Washington St. 186 15 15 6 13 10 - 7 - 12 6 - 9
15 Louisiana State 163 7 14 17 16 - - 13 - 24 15 13 12
16 Virginia Tech 150 18 21 21 14 8 24 9 17 22 17 - 20
17 Michigan State 148 21 11 23 18 - 16 20 - 18 19 18 13
18 Southern Cal 131 12 - 18 - - 11 - 20 15 18 21 22
19 Marshall 122 23 24 14 17 - 25 16 18 - 16 25 25
20 Louisville 115 16 20 13 20 - - 19 22 - 14 - 24
21 Maryland 111 22 17 - - - 21 - 12 - 24 12 18
22 Texas A&M 100 - - - 24 - 12 - 16 7 - 16 -
23 Boston College 91 - - - - - 14 - 14 - 25 14 17
24 Penn State 85 - - 16 23 - 15 - 19 25 23 - -
25 Alabama 73 - - - 21 - - - - - 21 8 21

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26 South Carolina 71 24 16 - - - - - - 10 - - 23
27 Illinois 70 - - - - - - - - 14 - 10 19
28 N. C. State 68 19 - 24 19 - - 18 - - 22 - -
29 Auburn 59 - 22 19 25 - - - - 19 - - -
30 Kansas State 53 - - - - - 8 - - 21 - - -
31 Wisconsin 52 17 13 - - - - - - - - - -
32 Purdue 50 - - 22 - - - - 10 - - - -
33 Utah 46 20 - - - - - - 23 - - 24 -
34 UCLA 40 - - - - - 22 - - - - 20 -
35 Notre Dame 39 - - - - - - - 21 - - 22 -
36 Arkansas 38 - - - - - 13 - - - - - -
37 Mississippi 34 - 25 - - - - - - 23 - - -
38 Syracuse 32 - 19 - - - - - - - - - -
39 Clemson 31 - - - - - 20 - - - - - -
40 Georgia Tech 29 - - - 22 - - - - - - - -
41 Brigham Young 28 - - - - - - - - - - 23 -
42t Oregon State 26 - - 25 - - - - - - - - -
42t Southern Miss 26 - - - - - - - 25 - - - -
44 unranked 20 - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

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1 Florida State 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Maryland 35 3 2 3 5 2 3 3 2 5 3 2 2
3 N.C. State 45 2 4 2 2 4 7 2 3 7 2 5 5
4 Georgia Tech 49½ 4 3 5 3 3 5 5 6 5 3 3
5 Clemson 55½ 5 5 4 6 7 2 4 4 6 4 4
6 Virginia 76 6 8 6 4 6 6 6 7 3 8 9 7
7 North Carolina 78 8 7 8 8 5 4 8 7 2 7 6 8
8 Wake Forest 82 7 6 7 7 8 8 7 7 8 4 7 6
9 Duke 107 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9

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Big East

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1 Miami-Florida 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Virginia Tech 31 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 3
3 Boston College 34 3 4 3 3 5 2 3 2 2 3 2 2
4 Syracuse 51 4 2 5 5 3 5 6 5 3 4 5 4
5 Pittsburgh 53 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5
6 West Virginia 74 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 7
7 Temple 83 7 7 7 7 7 8 5 7 8 7 7 6
8 Rutgers 94 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8

Big Ten

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1 Michigan 24 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 5 1 2 2
2 Ohio State 32 2 4 1 3 1 1 8 2 2 2 3 3
3 Michigan State 37½ 4 1 5 2 6 3 2 2 3 4 1
4 Illinois 54½ 5 7 7 6 3 5 3 2 5 1 4
5 Penn State 62½ 7 5 3 4 7 4 4 5 4 8 7
6t Purdue 70 8 8 4 8 5 6 5 2 5 6 6 7
6t Wisconsin 70 3 2 6 5 4 8 6 8 8 8 5 7
8 Iowa 83½ 6 6 8 7 8 7 9 7 7 7 5
9 Minnesota 108 9 11 9 9 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 9
10 Northwestern 124 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 11 10 10 11 11
11 Indiana 126 11 9 11 11 10 11 11 10 11 11 10 10

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Big 12

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North
1 Colorado 18 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2 Nebraska 21 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 1
3 Kansas State 34 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 3
4 Iowa State 48 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
5 Missouri 60 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
6 Kansas 71 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
South
1 Oklahoma 16½ 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
2 Texas 20 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2
3 Texas A&M 38½ 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
4 Texas Tech 45½ 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4
5 Oklahoma St. 59½ 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 Baylor 72 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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Conference USA

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1 Louisville 13½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
2 Southern Miss 23½ 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2
3 Cincinnati 39½ 3 3 4 3 3 5 2 3 3 3 4
4 Texas Christian 56½ 6 4 3 4 6 4 4 4 6 4 5
5 East Carolina 59½ 5 6 6 5 4 3 7 7 4 6 3
6 Memphis 64 4 5 5 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 6
7 UAB 88 7 7 9 6 8 10 5 8 7 7 7 7
8 Tulane 96½ 8 10 7 9 7 7 8 7 9 10 8
9 Houston 107 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9
10 Army 112 9 9 10 10 10 8 10 10 10 8 8 10

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Mid-American

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East
1 Marshall 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Miami-Ohio 28½ 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2
3 Central Florida 31½ 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3
4 Kent 51 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4
5 Akron 58 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 4 5 5 5
6 Ohio U. 76 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6
7 Buffalo 79 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 5 7 6 7 7
West
1 Bowling Green 25½ 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 5 2 3
2 Toledo 31 3 1 2 2 4 2 4 4 4 2 1 2
3 N. Illinois 34 2 5 5 5 1 1 2 1 3 4 4 1
4 Ball State 42½ 4 4 4 3 2 5 3 5 3 3 4
5 Western Michigan 50½ 5 3 3 4 5 6 5 2 1 5 5
6 Central Michigan 70 6 6 6 6 6 4 6 5 6 7 6 6
7 Eastern Michigan 82½ 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7

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Mountain West

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1 Utah 25½ 1 4 2 3 4 1 4 1 1 2 1
2 Colorado St. 26½ 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 6 2
3 Brigham Young 27½ 2 1 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 1 3
4 UNLV 47½ 5 5 4 4 2 4 5 4 4 3 4
5 New Mexico 56 4 3 5 5 6 5 3 5 5 5 4 6
6 Air Force 75 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 7 7 5
7 San Diego St. 86 7 7 8 7 8 8 7 8 7 6 5 8
8 Wyoming 88 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 6 6 8 8 7

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Pacific 10

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1 Washington 29½ 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 6 3
2 Washington St. 34 3 3 1 2 2 4 2 9 1 1 5 1
3 Southern Cal 35 2 4 3 4 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4
4 Oregon 37 4 1 4 3 4 5 6 1 2 4 1 2
5 UCLA 62 5 5 6 6 7 2 4 6 2 5
6 Oregon State 72 6 7 5 5 6 6 8 9 5 5 4 6
7 Arizona 85½ 9 8 8 7 5 10 5 7 7 8 8
8 Stanford 90 7 6 7 8 9 8 7 7 6 9 9 7
9 Arizona State 100½ 8 9 9 9 8 7 9 9 8 7 9
10 California 114½ 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10

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Southeastern

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East
1 Tennessee 15½ 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
2 Florida 29 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 2
3 Georgia 31½ 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 4 2 3 3
4 South Carolina 43 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 4
5 Kentucky 61 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 Vanderbilt 71 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
West
1 Louisiana St. 20 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 1
2 Alabama 35 3 4 3 2 5 3 4 2 4 2 1 2
3 Auburn 36 4 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 4 4 4
4 Mississippi 43½ 5 3 4 4 4 6 1 1 3 3 4
5 Arkansas 47 2 5 5 5 1 1 5 4 5 5 5 4
6 Mississippi St. 70½ 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6

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Sun Belt

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1 Middle Tennessee 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2 North Texas 24 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
3 New Mexico St. 41 3 4 2 3 4 5 3 4 3 3 3 4
4 Idaho 57 4 7 6 5 3 4 4 5 6 4 6 3
5 Louisiana-Lafay. 61 6 3 4 4 6 3 7 6 4 7 5 6
6t Arkansas State 70 7 5 5 7 5 7 5 3 7 5 7 7
6t Louisiana-Monroe 70 5 6 7 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 4 5

Western Athletic

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1 Boise State 22 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3
2 Fresno State 26½ 2 2 3 1 2 6 3 1 1 1 1
3 Louisiana Tech 32½ 1 3 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 4
4 Hawaii 41 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 2
5 S. Methodist 61 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5
6 Nevada 81 6 7 6 9 8 6 8 6 6 6 7 6
7 Rice 90½ 8 9 10 5 7 9 5 10 8 5 7
8 Texas-El Paso 94 7 10 7 7 6 8 7 9 7 7 9 10
9 Tulsa 102½ 9 8 9 10 9 7 9 9 9 8 8
10 San Jose St. 109 10 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 9

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