2005 Preseason Consensus

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Southeastern Conference Predictions
Sun Belt Conference Predictions
Western Athletic Conference Predictions

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
1	Southern Cal	359	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Texas	322	5	6	5	2	2	5	4	2	2	2	2	13
3	Tennessee	319	15	2	2	6	3	2	3	3	3	8	3	3
4	Michigan	294	7	7	8	3	5	9	10	4	8	3	9	5
5	Oklahoma	285	8	4	9	5	4	11	7	6	4	11	4	14
6	Ohio State	284	9	12	3	7	12	3	5	8	13	7	8	1
7	Louisiana State	280	2	9	6	9	6	8	8	5	10	15	10	4
8	Virginia Tech	279	12	10	4	10	7	7	6	9	12	5	5	6
9	Florida	264	11	13	11	4	9	4	9	12	7	6	14	8
10	Miami-Florida	255	6	11	7	12	8	16	11	13	11	9	6	7
11	Louisville	233	4	8	19	11	15	10	12	11	17	4	13	15
12	Iowa	223	14	3	10	15	13	6	2	10	-	14	11	20
13	Georgia	219	10	14	13	14	11	18	13	16	14	13	7	10
14	Florida State	215	13	5	12	8	18	12	14	7	5	-	16	16
15	Purdue	180	3	15	17	13	10	-	18	17	6	16	21	25
16	Texas A&M	158	18	-	14	16	17	13	17	24	19	19	17	9
17	Auburn	143	17	20	16	17	14	-	21	14	15	-	12	21
18	Fresno State	105½	23½	-	-	23	19	14	20	23	24	17	24	17
19	Arizona State	94	-	19	24	-	-	15	16	20	16	25	19	-
20	Boise State	90	-	18	20	-	16	-	23	-	23	12	15	-
21	Alabama	77	25	16	-	22	-	25	-	-	9	24	-	19
22	Texas Tech	76	21	21	-	21	24	23	22	-	20	-	20	-
23	Pittsburgh	73	-	23	-	19	23	24	15	18	-	22	-	-
24	California	63	20	-	15	-	20	19	-	-	-	-	18	-
25	Boston College	61	-	17	-	20	-	-	19	15	-	-	23	-

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
26	Oregon	51	22	-	-	18	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
27	Bowling Green	50½	-	-	21	-	-	17	-	25½	-	10	-	-
28	Georgia Tech	50	-	25	18	-	-	21	25	-	-	23	-	24
29	Virginia	46	-	22	23	-	21	-	-	21	-	-	22	-
30	Penn State	44	19	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	18
31	N.C. State	34	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
32	Utah	30	-	-	25	-	25	22	-	22	-	-	-	-
33	UCLA	27	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	23
34	Miami-Ohio	26½	23½	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	18	-	-
35	Texas-El Paso	23½	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	25½	-	20	-	-
36	Iowa State	20	-	-	22	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
37	Kansas State	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	22
38	Colorado	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	25	-
39t	Nebraska	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-
39t	New Mexico	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
41	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

Phil Steele picked Miami-Ohio and Fresno State tied for 23rd nationally, which pushed his #24 pick (Alabama) down to #25.

Blue Ribbon picked Texas-El Paso and Bowling Green tied for 25th in their top 25.

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
Atlantic
1	Florida State	12½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½
2	Boston College	32	4	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3
3	N.C. State	37	2	3	2	4	4	5	3	3	2	4½	3	1½
4	Clemson	44	5	4	5	3	3	2	4	4	4	2	4	4
5	Maryland	56½	3	5	3	5	5	4	5	6	5	4½	5	6
6	Wake Forest	70	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5
Coastal
1	Virginia Tech	14½	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1½
2	Miami-Florida	22	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2½	2	1½
3	Virginia	41½	3½	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4
4	Georgia Tech	42	3½	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	2½	4	3
5	North Carolina	61	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5
6	Duke	71	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Virginia and Georgia Tech for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Maryland and North Carolina State for 5th-6th in the ACC Atlantic division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and Miami-Florida for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal division.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Florida State and North Carolina State for 1st-2nd in the ACC Atlantic division.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginia Tech for 1st-2nd in the ACC Coastal division.

Big East

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
1	Louisville	12	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Pittsburgh	25½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2½	2	3
3	West Virginia	44	4½	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	6	2½	3	3
4	Syracuse	47	4½	3	4	5	5	5	3	3	3	4½	4	3
5	Rutgers	62½	3	5	7	4	8	3	5	5	5	6½	6	5
6	Connecticut	68	6	6	5	7	4	6	6	6	4	6½	5	6½
7	South Florida	81	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	7	8	4½	7	6½
8	Cincinnatti	92	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Syracuse and West Virginia for 4th-5th in the Big East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and West Virginia for 2nd-3rd in the Big East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between South Florida and Syracuse for 4th-5th in the Big East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Connecticut and Rutgers for 6th-7th in the Big East.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and West Virginia for 2nd-4th in the Big East.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Connecticut and South Florida for 6th-7th in the Big East.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
1	Michigan	23	2½	2	2	1	1	3	3	1	2	1½	2	2
2	Ohio State	24	2½	3	1	2	3	1	2	2	3	1½	2	1
3	Iowa	38½	4	1	3	4	4	2	1	3	6	4	2	4½
4	Purdue	39½	1	4	4	3	2	4	5	4	1	3	4	4½
5	Penn State	76	6½	8	5	5	7	8	7	5	4	9	7	4½
6	Minnesota	77	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	7	5	6	8	7
7	Michigan State	77½	5	5	8	8	5	6	8	8	8	6	6	4½
8	Wisconsin	78½	6½	6	7	7	9	7	4	6	7	6	5	8
9	Northwestern	110	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	10
10	Illinois	116	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9
11	Indiana	132	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan and Ohio State for 2nd-3rd in the Big Ten.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Penn State and Wisconsin for 6th-7th in the Big Ten.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Michigan and Ohio State for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Michigan State, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, for 5th-7th in the Big Ten.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Illinois, Northwestern, and Penn State, for 8th-10th in the Big Ten.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio State for 1st-3rd in the Big Ten.

ATS Consultants predicted a four-way tie between Iowa, Michigan State, Penn State, and Purdue for 3rd-6th in the Big Ten.

Big 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
North
1	Colorado	21½	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	2½	3	1	1	4
2	Iowa State	28	3	2	1	2	3	1	2	2½	6	2	2	1½
3	Nebraska	36½	2	4	5	3	2	4	4	1	1	3½	3	4
4	Missouri	48½	5	3	2	4	5	3	3	4	4	3½	6	6
5	Kansas State	52½	5	5	4	6	4	6	5	5	2	5	4	1½
6	Kansas	65	5	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	5	6	5	4
South
1	Texas	14	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Oklahoma	23½	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2
3	Texas A&M	36	3½	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2½	3	2
4	Texas Tech	48½	3½	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5
5	Oklahoma St.	58	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4
6	Baylor	72	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Kansas, Kansas State, and Missouri, for 4th-6th in the Big XII North.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Texas A&M and Texas Tech for 3rd-4th in the Big XII South.

Blue Ribbon predicted a tie between Colorado and Iowa State for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII North.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Nebraska and Missouri for 3rd-4th in the Big XII North.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Texas A&M for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII South.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas State for 1st-2nd in the Big XII North division.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, for 3rd-5th in the Big XII North.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas A&M for 1st-3rd in the Big XII South.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
East
1	Southern Miss	18	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2
2	UAB	20½	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	2½	2	1
3	Memphis	34½	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2½	3	4
4	Marshall	50	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	East Carolina	62½	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	6	5½	5	4
6	Central Florida	66½	4	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	5	5½	6	6
West
1	Texas-El Paso	15½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1½	1	3
2	Houston	23½	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1½	3	1
3	Tulane	35	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	3
4	Tulsa	56½	4	4	5	5	3	4	5	5	6	4½	5	6
5	Rice	59½	5	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	4	4½	5	5
6	Southern Methodist	62	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	6	5	3

Notes:

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Memphis and UAB for 2nd-3rd in CUSA East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Central Florida and East Carolina for 5th-6th in CUSA East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Houston and Texas-El Paso for 1st-2nd in CUSA West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Rice and Tulsa for 4th-5th in CUSA West.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Rice, Southern Methodist, and Tulsa for 4th-6th in CUSA West.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between East Carolina, Memphis, and Marshall for 3rd-5th in CUSA East.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Southern Methodist, Texas-El Paso, and Tulane for 2nd-4th in CUSA West.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
East
1	Bowling Green	16	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1½	1	1½
2	Miami-Ohio	20	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1½	2	1½
3	Akron	44	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	3	3	6
4	Kent	50	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	5	4	5
5	Ohio U.	54½	4	4	5	5	6	4	5	5	4	4	5	3½
6	Buffalo	67½	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	3½
West
1	Toledo	12	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	N. Illinois	24	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	Eastern Michigan	41	3½	3	3	3	3	6	3	3	4	3½	3	3
4	Central Michigan	52	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3½	5½	5
5	Western Michigan	57½	3½	5	6	6	4	3	5	5	6	5	4	5
6	Ball State	65½	6	6	5	5	6	4	6	6	5	6	5½	5

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Akron, Kent, and Ohio U., for 3rd-5th in the MAC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Miami-Ohio for 1st-2nd in the MAC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Ball State for 5th-6th in the MAC West.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Miami-Ohio for 1st-2nd in the MAC East.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Buffalo and Ohio U. for 3rd-4th in the MAC East.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Ball State, Central Michigan, and Western Michigan for 4th-6th in the MAC West.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
1	Utah	20	1	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2½	1	3½
2	Wyoming	40½	5½	4	2	3	2	4	3	2	5	2½	2	5½
3	New Mexico	45½	7½	1	5	1	3	5	1	3	8	1	3	7
4	Brigham Young	49½	3½	5	6	7	4	2	4	6	3	4	4	1
5	Texas Christian	56	5½	6	3	5	5	3	6	4	4	5½	7	2
6	Colorado St.	61	2	2	4	4	7	7	7	5	7	5½	5	5½
7	Air Force	77½	7½	7	7	6	6	6	8	7	2	7	6	8
8	San Diego St.	82	3½	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	6	8	8	3½
9	UNLV	108	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Brigham Young and San Diego State for 3rd-4th in the Mountain West.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Wyoming and Texas Christian for 5th-6th in the Mountain West.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Air Force and New Mexico for 7th-8th in the Mountain West.

Athlon had a printing error and repeated their 2004 predictions (omitting Texas Christian) from the picks page. However, they had a different set of predictions on each team's individual page, which is what I used.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Utah and Wyoming for 2nd-3rd in the Mountain West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Colorado State and Texas Christian for 5th-6th in the Mountain West.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between San Diego State and Utah for 3rd-4th in the Mountain West.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Colorado State and Wyoming for 5th-6th in the Mountain West.

Pacific 10

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
1	Southern Cal	12	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Arizona State	37½	4½	2	3	4	5	2	2	3	2	2	2½	5½
3	California	44	2	4	2	5	4	3	4	5	3	4	2½	5½
4t	Oregon	45½	3	5	5	2	2	4	3	6	4	4	5½	2
4t	UCLA	45½	4½	3	4	3	3	5	5	2	5	4	4	3
6	Washington St.	75½	8	6	7	6	6	7	6	4	6	7	7	5½
7	Oregon State	80	6	7	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	5½	5½
8	Arizona	103½	8	8	9	8	10	9	10	8	8	8½	9	8
9	Stanford	108	10	9	10	10	9	6	7	10	9	10	8	10
10	Washington	108½	8	10	8	9	8	10	9	9	10	8½	10	9

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arizona State and UCLA for 4th-5th in the PAC-10.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Arizona, Washington, and Washington State, for 7th-9th in the PAC-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between California, Oregon, and UCLA, for 3rd-5th in the PAC-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Arizona and Washington for 8th-9th in the PAC-10.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Arizona State and California for 2nd-3rd in the PAC-10.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Oregon and Oregon State for 5th-6th in the PAC-10.

ATS Consultants predicted a four-way tie between Arizona State, California, Oregon State, and Washington State for 4th-7th in the PAC-10.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
East
1	Tennessee	16	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Florida	24½	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2½
3	Georgia	31½	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2½
4	South Carolina	48	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	Vanderbilt	64½	5	5	6	5	6	6	5	5	6	5½	5	5
6	Kentucky	67½	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	5½	6	6
West
1	Louisiana St.	13	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	Auburn	29	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2½	2	2½
3	Alabama	31½	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	1	2½	3½	2½
4	Arkansas	48½	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3½	4
5	Mississippi	62½	5½	5	5	5	6	5	6	4	5	5	5	6
6	Mississippi St.	67½	5½	6	6	6	5	6	4	6	6	6	6	5

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Mississippi and Mississippi State for 5th-6th in the SEC West.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, for 1st-3rd in the SEC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Kentucky and Vanderbilt for 5th-6th in the SEC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Alabama and Auburn for 2nd-3rd in the SEC West.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Alabama and Arkansas for 3rd-4th in the SEC West.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Florida and Georgia for 2nd-3rd in the SEC East.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Alabama and Auburn for 2nd-3rd in the SEC West.

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
1	North Texas	20	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	1	1	2
2	Middle Tennessee	29½	1	2	2	4	6	3	2	2	1	2½	3	1
3	Troy	46½	6	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	8	2½	2	6
4	Louisiana-Monroe	47	3	5	5	3	2	5	5	4	2	5	4	4
5	Louisiana-Lafay.	50½	4	4	4	5	4	2	3	5	4	6½	5	4
6	Florida Atlantic	73	7	6	8	6	5	5	6	7	3	4	8	8
7	Arkansas State	73½	5	7	6	7	7	6	8	6	5	6½	6	4
8	Florida Intl	89	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	6	8	7	7

Notes:

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Middle Tennessee and Troy for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette for 6th-7th in the Sun Belt.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas State, Louisiana-Monroe, and Louisiana-Lafayette for 3rd-5th in the Sun Belt.

Western Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Athlon	Sporting News	Lindy	Street & Smith	Gold Sheet	CBS sports line	Blue Ribbon	Game Plan	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA rnk	ATS Cons.
1	Fresno State	17½	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1½	2	1
2	Boise State	18½	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1½	1	2
3	Nevada	46	5½	3	5	3	3	3	4	3	4	3½	6	3
4	Louisiana Tech	51½	4	4	3	6	4	6	5	6	3	3½	3	4
5	Hawaii	57½	3	5	4	4	6	4	6	4	6	5½	4	6
6	New Mexico State	67	5½	8	7	5	7	5	3	5	5	5½	5	6
7	San Jose St.	82	7	6	6	7	5	7	8	7	8	7	8	6
8	Idaho	99½	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	9	7	8½	8	9
9	Utah State	100½	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8½	8	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between New Mexico State and Nevada for 5th-6th in the WAC.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Boise State and Fresno State for 1st-2nd in the WAC.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and Nevada for 3rd-4th in the WAC.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Hawaii and New Mexico State for 5th-6th in the WAC.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Idaho and Utah State for 8th-9th in the WAC.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Idaho, San Jose State, and Utah State for 7th-9th in the WAC.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Hawaii, New Mexico State, and San Jose State for 5th-7th in the WAC.