2006 Preseason Consensus

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Southeastern Conference Predictions
Sun Belt Conference Predictions
Western Athletic Conference Predictions

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Notre Dame	365	2	1	1	7	9	4	1	4	1	1	2	3	2
2	Ohio State	361	4	2	2	8	4	1	10	1	2	2	1	1	4
3	Texas	333	7	4	7	5	6	7	7	3	3	4	3	11	3
4	West Virginia	328	6	3	5	17	3	2	5	2	5	20	4	2	1
5	Southern Cal	325	3	6	6	4	7	8	3	7	9	6	8	6	5
6t	Auburn	313	9	8	3	2	2	5	13	8	6	5	10	13	6
6t	Florida	313	5	5	8	20	5	9	2	5	4	7	5	8	7
8	Oklahoma	310	1	7	9	1	1	6	4	10	7	11	6	9	21
9	Louisiana State	279	11	10	4	21	11	3	9	9	8	13	12	5	8
10	Florida State	255	17	12	10	10	8	12	16	11	14	3	11	15	9
11	Louisville	246	10	13	19	3	15	15	11	13	10	10	14	12	12
12	Miami-Florida	243	14	16	14	6	16	20	14	14	13	9	9	4	11
13	California	233	8	9	13	16	10	16	12	6	22	-	7	10	10
14	Michigan	220	13	11	17	11	17	19	6	12	16	19	18	7	17
15	Iowa	208	16	25	11	15	13	14	19	21	11	8	13	14	15
16	Georgia	205	15	14	12	14	14	11	20	19	12	17	19	18	13
17	Virginia Tech	160	21	20	16	9	19	13	-	15	21	16	22	24	16
18	Penn State	131	-	21	15	-	-	18	8	20	18	-	15	19	14
19	Nebraska	121	25	22	22	22	-	22	17	17	17	21	17	-	18
20	Texas Tech	109	22	24	20	-	12	-	-	22	15	14	23	25	24
21	Clemson	106	12	18	24	18	-	17	-	23	23	-	16	-	22
22	Arizona State	91	24	19	-	-	22	-	15	16	-	-	21	17	23
23	Tennessee	89	20	-	18	12	23	-	23	-	-	23	24	16	-
24	Texas Christian	85	18	17	21	-	-	23	-	25	24	-	25	21	20
25	Oregon	68	19	23	23	25	-	10	-	24	-	-	-	-	25

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
26	Utah	65	23	15	-	23	21	-	-	-	25	25	20	-	-
27	Boston College	63	-	-	-	-	24	21	18	-	-	18	-	23	19
28	Arkansas	49	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	19	12	-	-	-
29	Alabama	43	-	-	25	-	18	-	-	18	20	-	-	-	-
30	Boise State	34	-	-	-	19	-	-	25	-	-	24	-	22	-
31	Georgia Tech	22	-	-	-	-	25	24	-	-	-	22	-	-	-
32	Texas A&M	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	20	-
33	Oregon State	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-
34	Navy	11	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
35	Texas-El Paso	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-
36t	Purdue	7	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
36t	Rutgers	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-
38	UCLA	6	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
39	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
Atlantic
1	Florida State	14	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Clemson	30	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3½	2	3½	3
3	Boston College	35½	3	3	3	3½	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
4	Maryland	55½	5	4	4	3½	4	4	4	4	4	3½	6	5½	4
5	N.C. State	69	6	6	5	5½	6	5	6	5	5	6	5	3½	5
6	Wake Forest	70	4	5	6	5½	6	6	5	6	6	5	4	5½	6
Coastal
1	Miami-Florida	14½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1
2	Virginia Tech	28	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	3	2	3	2
3	Georgia Tech	35½	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	1½	3	2	3
4	North Carolina	56½	4	4	4	4½	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5
5	Virginia	60½	5	5	5	4½	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4
6	Duke	78	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Boston College and Maryland for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Wake Forest and N.C. State for 5th-6th in the ACC Atlantic division.

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Clemson and Maryland for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic division.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Clemson and N.C. State for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic division.

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

Big East

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
1	West Virginia	17	1	1	1	2½	1	1	1	1	1	2½	1	2	1
2	Louisville	24	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
3	Pittsburgh	44	4	4	3	2½	3	4	4	3	4	2½	4	2	4
4	Rutgers	52½	3	3	6	5	4	3	3	4	3	6½	3	4	5
5	South Florida	63	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	4	7	5	3
6	Connecticut	76½	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6½	6	6	6
7	Cincinnati	87	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	7	7
8	Syracuse	104	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and West Virginia for 2nd-3rd in the Big East.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and West Virginia for 2nd-3rd in the Big East.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Louisville, Pittsburgh, and West virginia for 1st-3rd in the Big East.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Ohio State	15½	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1½	1
2	Michigan	34½	2	2	4	2	3	4	1	2	3	2½	4	1½	3½
3	Iowa	37	3	4	2	3	2	2	4	4	2	2½	2	3	3½
4	Penn State	51½	6	3	3	5	9	3	2	3	4	4	3	4½	2
5	Michigan State	78	7	6	8	5	6	6	5	6	5	5½	7	6	5½
6	Purdue	80	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	9	9	8	5	4½	5½
7	Wisconsin	84½	4	7	6	7	8	5	8	5	8	5½	6	8	7
8	Minnesota	101	9	9	7	8½	7	8	6	8	6	8	8	8	8½
9	Northwestern	103	8	8	9	8½	4	9	9	7	7	8	9	8	8½
10	Illinois	134	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
11	Indiana	139	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Minnesota and Northwestern for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Michigan and Iowa for 2nd-3rd in the Big Ten.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Michigan State and Wisconsin for 5th-6th in the Big Ten.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Minnesota, Northwestern, and Purdue for 7th-9th in the Big Ten.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Penn State and Purdue for 4th-5th in the Big Ten.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Minnesota, Northwestern, and Wisconsin for 7th-9th in the Big Ten.

The CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Iowa and Michigan for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten.

The CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Michigan State and Purdue for 5th-6th in the Big Ten.

The CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Minnesota and Northwestern for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.

Big 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
North
1	Nebraska	16½	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1
2	Iowa State	35	3	2	2	5	2	2	3	2	3	3½	3	2½	2
3	Colorado	44½	5	4	5	2	3	4	2	5	4	1½	2	2½	4½
4	Missouri	50½	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	3	2	5	4	5½	3
5	Kansas	59	2	5	4	5	6	3	4	4	5	6	5	5½	4½
6	Kansas State	67½	6	6	6	5	1	6	6	6	6	3½	6	4	6
South
1	Oklahoma	19	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1½	2	1½	2
2	Texas	21½	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1½	1	3	1
3	Texas Tech	41	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3
4	Texas A&M	48½	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	1½	4
5	Oklahoma State	71	6	5	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	5
6	Baylor	72	5	6	5	6	5	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	6

Notes:

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Nebraska and Colorado for 1st-2nd in the Big XII North.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas State for 3rd-4th in the Big XII North.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Texas and Oklahoma for 1st-2nd in the Big XII South.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Colorado and Iowa STate for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII North.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Kansas and Missouri for 5th-6th in the Big XII North.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Texas A&M for 1st-2nd in the Big XII South.

The CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Colorado and Kansas for 4th-5th in the Big XII North.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
East
1	Central Florida	15	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	Southern Miss	27	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	UAB	55½	6	3	6	3	4	6	3	5	6	4½	3	3	3
4	Memphis	57½	4	4	3	6	5	4	5	4	3	6	4	5½	4
5t	East Carolina	59	3	5	5	4½	6	3	4	6	4	4½	5	4	5
5t	Marshall	59	5	6	4	4½	1	5	6	3	5	2	6	5½	6
West
1	Tulsa	20½	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1½	1	1	1
2	Texas-El Paso	24	1	2	1	1½	3	1	1	2	2	3	2	2½	2
3	Houston	33½	3	3	3	1½	1	3	3	3	3	1½	3	2½	3
4	Southern Methodist	53	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
5	Tulane	65½	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	5½	5
6	Rice	76½	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5½	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between East Carolina and Marshall for 4th-5th in Conference USA East division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Houston and Texas-El Paso for 1st-2nd in Conference USA West division.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Central Florida, Marshall, and Southern Miss, for 1st-3rd in Conference USA East division.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between East Carolina and UAB for 4th-5th in Conference USA East division.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Houston and Tulsa for 1st-2nd in Conference USA West division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Marshall and Memphis for 5th-6th in Conference Usa East division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Houston and Texas-El Paso for 2nd-3rd in Conference USA West division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Rice and Tulane for 5th-6th in Conference USA West division.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
East
1	Akron	17½	2	1	1	3½	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Miami-Ohio	36½	1	2	3	5	3	2	3	2	3	3½	3	4	2
3	Bowling Green	40½	4	4	2	3½	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	5	4
4	Ohio	41½	3	3	4	1½	4	4	1	4	4	3½	4	2½	3
5	Kent State	62	5	5	5	1½	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	2½	5
6	Buffalo	75	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6
West
1	Northern Illinois	13½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1
2	Toledo	29½	2	2	2	2	3	2	5	2	2	1½	2	2	2
3	Western Michigan	44	5	3	3	3½	4	3	2	4	3	3½	3	4	3
4	Central Michigan	53	3	5	5	3½	5	4	4	3	4	3½	5	4	4
5	Ball State	55	4	4	4	5	2	5	3	5	5	5	4	4	5
6	Eastern Michigan	78	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Kent State and Ohio for 1st-2nd in the MAC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Akron and Bowling Green for 3rd-4th in the MAC East.

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

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Northern Illinois and Toledo for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Western Michigan for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Kent State and Ohio U. for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Ball State, Central Michigan, and Western Michigan, for 3rd-5th in the MAC West.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Texas Christian	18	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1½	2	1½	1
2	Utah	22	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	1½	1	1½	2
3	Brigham Young	39	3	3	3	3½	3	3	3	2	3	3½	3	3	3
4	Colorado State	65	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	6	9	6	4	5	5
5	San Diego State	69	4	6	6	3½	8	5	5	8	5	3½	6	4	5
6	New Mexico	85½	6	5	5	9	6	7	9	4	7	9	5	8½	5
7	Air Force	87	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	5	4	5	8	6	8
8	Wyoming	98½	7	9	7	8	5	9	8	9	6	7½	9	7	7
9	Nevada-Las Vegas	101	9	7	9	6	9	8	6	7	8	7½	7	8½	9

Notes:

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Texas Christian and Utah for 1st-2nd in the Mountain West.

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Nevada-Las Vegas and Wyoming for 7th-8th in the Mountain West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Texas Christian and Utah for 1st-2nd in the Mountain West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Nevada-Las Vegas and New Mexico for 8th-9th in the Mountain West.

The CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Colorado State, New Mexico, and San Diego State, for 4th-6th in the Mountain West.

Pacific 10

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Southern Cal	15½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1½	1
2	California	25½	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	3	1	1½	2
3	Arizona State	46	4	3	4	3½	3	5	3	3	4	4½	3	3	3
4	Oregon	49	3	4	3	3½	4	2	4	4	3	4½	6	4	4
5	UCLA	79	5	5	5	7½	6	4	8	6	6	7	8	6½	5
6	Arizona	85	6	6	6	5	5	10	5	8	5	7	7	9	6
7	Oregon State	87	8	7	8	9½	8	6	7	5	7	2	5	6½	8
8	Washington State	96	7	9	7	6	9	7	9	9	8	7	4	5	9
9	Stanford	108	9	8	9	9½	7	9	6	7	9	9½	9	9	7
10	Washington	124	10	10	10	7½	10	8	10	10	10	9½	10	9	10

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arizona State and Oregon for 3rd-4th in the PAC-10.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between UCLA and Washington 7th-8th in the PAC-10.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oregon State and Stanford for 9th-10th in the PAC-10.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Arizona State and Oregon for 4th-5th in the PAC-10.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Arizona, UCLA, and Washington State for 6th-8th in the PAC-10.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Stanford and Washington for 9th-10th in the PAC-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between California and Southern Cal for 1st-2nd in the PAC-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Oregon State and UCLA for 6th-7th in the PAC-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Arizona, Stanford, and Washington, for 8th-10th in the PAC-10.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
East
1	Florida	14½	1	1	1	2½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Georgia	27½	2	2	2	2½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
3	Tennessee	39½	3	3	3	1	3	4	3	3	3	3½	3	3	4
4	South Carolina	48½	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3½	4	3	3
5	Kentucky	65	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Vanderbilt	78	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Auburn	15½	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1½	1
2	Louisiana State	25½	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	1½	2
3	Arkansas	42½	3	3	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	3½	3
4	Alabama	47	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4½	3	3½	4
5	Mississippi	66	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4½	5	5½	5
6	Mississippi State	76½	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5½	6

Notes:

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between South Carolina and Tennessee for 3rd-4th in the SEC East.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Alabama and Mississippi for 4th-5th in the SEC West.

Southern College Sports predicted a three tie between Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, for 2nd-4th in the SEC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Auburn and Louisiana State for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Alabama and Arkansas for 3rd-4th in the SEC West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Mississippi and Mississippi State for 5th-6th in the SEC West.

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Louisiana-Lafayette	16	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Arkansas State	48	2	4	4	5	3	5	4	7	4	3	2	2	3
3	North Texas	49	4	3	2	4	2	2	1	5	7	5	5	5	4
4	Troy	52½	3	2	5	3	4	8	2	2	6	6½	3	7	1
5	Middle Tennessee	57½	5	7	3	2	5	3	6	4	3	3	8	3½	5
6	Louisiana-Monroe	74½	7	5	7	8	8	4	5	6	2	8	4	3½	7
7	Fla. International	76	6	6	6	7	6	6	8	3	5	3	6	7	7
8	Florida Atlantic	94½	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	6½	7	7	7

Notes:

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas State, Florida International, and Middle Tennessee, for 2nd-4th in the Sun Belt.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Troy for 6th-7th in the Sun Belt.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Louisiana-Monroe and Middle Tennessee for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Florida Atlantic, Florida International, and Troy, for 6th-8th in the Sun Belt.

The CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Florida Atlantic, Florida International, and Louisiana-Monroe, for 6th-8th in the Sun Belt.

Western Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	Sporting News	Phil Steele	Gold Sheet	CBS SL	Sure fire Sc'tg	Street & Smith	Game Plan	ATS Cons.	Blue Ribbon	Sthrn Col. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Boise State	14½	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1
2	Fresno State	33½	2	4	2	2	3	2	4	3	2	2	4	1½	2
3	Nevada	38½	4	1	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	3½	3	3	4
4	Hawaii	43½	3	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	3½	2	4	3
5	Louisiana Tech	68	5	5	5	7	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Utah State	89½	6	6	7	5	8	7	8	7	8	7½	7	7	6
7	San Jose State	92½	8	7	6	9	7	6	9	6	6	7½	6	7	8
8	Idaho	94½	7	8	8	6	6	9	5	8	7	7½	9	7	7
9	New Mexico State	110½	9	9	9	8	9	8	7	9	9	7½	8	9	9

Notes:

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Hawaii and Nevada for 3rd-4th in the WAC.

ATS Consultants predicted a four-way tie between Idaho, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State, for 6th-9th 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 three-way tie between Idaho, San Jose State, and Utah State, for 6th-8th in the WAC.