2007 Preseason Consensus

See the "notes" file for information on the preseason consensus.

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Atlantic Coast Conference Predictions
Big East Conference Predictions
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Conference USA Predictions
Mid-American Conference Predictions
Mountain West Conference Predictions
Pacific 10 Conference Predictions
Southeastern Conference Predictions
Sun Belt Conference Predictions
Western Athletic Conference Predictions

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
1	Southern Cal	539	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Louisiana State	502	3	2	2	2	4	2	9	2	2	2	2	4	2	6	2	6	2	2
3	Texas	469	2	5	6	6	8	8	1	4	5	5	4	2	8	2	3	11	5	4
4	Michigan	468	8	3	3	5	5	3	5	5	4	8	6	3	6	9	6	4	4	3
5	West Virginia	458	5	4	4	4	2	4	6	6	3	4	24	7	4	5	5	2	6	5
6	Florida	432	6	11	5	14	6	5	4	3	9	11	13	10	3	3	7	3	7	6
7	Wisconsin	420	4	6	8	16	3	6	12	7	17	3	5	5	10	4	4	10	11	7
8	Virginia Tech	403	9	8	7	9	9	10	3	9	6	6	7	8	7	10	10	9	9	19
9	Louisville	392	13	9	9	7	10	7	10	11	7	9	8	6	5	7	9	14	8	17
10	Oklahoma	386	7	10	13	3	7	9	8	8	-	7	3	9	9	12	8	7	3	18
11	Ohio State	295	12	13	17	15	15	15	24	10	14	15	9	12	11	17	12	20	10	22
12	Tennessee	253	20	7	18	25	21	16	14	15	15	10	25	20	17	16	14	19	13	20
13	California	251	11	12	12	-	11	14	13	12	20	-	15	14	20	-	13	24	12	11
14	Georgia	237	16	17	14	11	16	20	19	13	-	16	-	19	19	15	15	8	20	21
15	UCLA	236	15	22	10	21	17	12	-	17	11	12	11	11	-	-	17	12	-	15
16t	Penn State	215	17	-	15	10	13	22	17	18	12	21	20	16	14	-	16	-	-	8
16t	Rutgers	215	10	16	19	-	19	18	-	16	-	25	17	13	12	13	11	17	21	23
18	Auburn	190	21	23	16	-	14	11	7	14	23	13	-	17	16	25	19	-	-	25
19	Nebraska	187	18	25	23	22	20	24	18	19	10	-	23	-	18	11	20	15	-	12
20	Texas Christian	162	25	15	20	23	23	17	-	22	8	17	-	-	-	23	21	13	19	-
21	Florida State	161	-	21	11	8	-	-	15	21	24	19	22	22	-	14	23	-	16	-
22	Hawaii	157	19	19	-	12	-	25	25	24	18	24	-	15	-	-	25	18	18	9
23	Texas A&M	142	23	18	-	20	-	21	-	25	22	23	21	-	-	18	24	5	15	-
24	Arkansas	133	-	14	-	-	12	13	-	20	-	-	-	-	13	8	18	-	17	-
25	Miami-Florida	88	24	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	13	-	12	24	-	-	-	-	-	10

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
26	Georgia Tech	85	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	21	-	-	-	-	-	16
27	Boise State	78	-	-	22	-	25	19	-	23	21	-	-	-	15	-	-	21	-	24
28t	Boston College	73	-	24	-	-	-	23	23	-	-	18	-	25	-	-	22	-	14	-
28t	Oregon State	73	22	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	20	14	-	-	22	-	16	-	-
30t	Alabama	69	-	-	-	17	-	-	22	-	19	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	14
30t	Missouri	69	-	-	-	19	18	-	16	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
32	South Carolina	61	-	-	-	13	-	-	11	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
33	Clemson	50	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	-	21	-	-	-	-
34	South Florida	48	-	-	21	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	13
35t	Oregon	33	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
35t	Wake Forest	33	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	25	-
37	Oklahoma State	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	19	23	-	-	-	-	-	-
38	Iowa	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-
39	Arizona	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	23	-
40	Southern Miss	12	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41t	Brigham Young	11	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41t	Kentucky	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-
43	unranked	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

USA Today did not have a national ranking in their preseason preview, so the coaches poll that they sponsor was used instead.

Sports Illustrated only ranked a top 20 (unranked = 5 points).

College Football News produced one ranking in the Spring and another shortly before the season. I initially used the Spring version, but switched to the latter one.

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
Atlantic
1	Florida State	28½	1	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	1½	2	1	2	1	2	1
2	Boston College	48	2	3	2	6	4	1	2	2	2½	1	3	3	2	5	1	4	1	3½
3	Clemson	58½	5	4	3	2	1	4	3	4	2½	5	3	1½	4½	2	5	2	5	2
4	Wake Forest	64½	3	1	4	5	2	3	4	3	6	3	5	5	2	6	3	3	3	3½
5	Maryland	79	4	6	5	3½	5	5	6	5	4	4	1	4	4½	3	4	6	4	5
6	N.C. State	99½	6	5	6	3½	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	4	6	5	6	6
Coastal
1	Virginia Tech	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Georgia Tech	44	2	2	3	3½	2	2	3	3	3½	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
3	Miami-Florida	46	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2
4	Virginia	72	4	4	4	3½	4	4	4	4	3½	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
5	North Carolina	89	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
6	Duke	108	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Boston College and Clemson for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and Virginia for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Maryland and N.C. State for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.

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

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a three-way tie between Florida State, Boston College, and Clemson for 2nd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Florida State and Clemson for 1st-2nd in the ACC Atlantic.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Boston College, Florida State, and Wake Forest for 1st-3rd in the ACC Atlantic.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Clemson and Maryland for 4th-5th in the ACC Atlantic.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Boston College and Wake Forest for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Georgia Tech, Miami-Florida, and Virginia Tech for 1st-3rd in the ACC Coastal.

Big East

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
1	West Virginia	22½	1	1	1	1½	1	1	2	1	1	1	1½	1½	1½	2	1	1	1	1½
2	Louisville	35½	3	2	2	1½	2	2	1	3	2	2	1½	1½	1½	1	2	2	2	3½
3	Rutgers	54½	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3½
4	South Florida	70	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	4½	4	4	4	4	4	1½
5	Pittsburgh	97½	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	5	5	4	4½	6	6	6	6	5	5
6	Cincinnati	100	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	6	6
7	Connecticut	128	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	7½	7	7½	7	7	5	7	7
8	Syracuse	140	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	7½	8	7½	8	8	8	8	8

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a three-way tie between Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and South Florida for 4th-6th in the Big East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisville and West Virginia for 1st-2nd in the Big East.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Louisville and West Virginia for 1st-2nd in the Big East.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Connecticut and Syracuse for 7th-8th in the Big East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Louisville and West Virginia for 1st-2nd in the Big East.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Louisville and West Virginia for 1st-2nd in the Big East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Connecticut and Syracuse for 7th-8th in the Big East.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between South Florida and West Virginia for 1st-2nd in the Big East.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Louisville and Rutgers for 3rd-4th in the Big East.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
1	Michigan	25½	2	1	1	1½	2	1	1	2	1	2	1½	1	1½	2	2	1	1	1
2	Wisconsin	37	1	2	2	5	1	2	2	1	4	1	1½	2½	1½	1	2	2	3	2½
3	Ohio State	59	3	3	4	3	4	3	5	4	3	3	4½	2½	3	3	2	3	2	4
4	Penn State	65½	4	5	3	1½	3	4	3	3	2	4	3	4½	5	5	4	4	5	2½
5	Iowa	90½	5	4	5	5	6	5	4	6	5	7	4½	4½	5	4	6	5	4	5½
6	Purdue	105½	6	7	6	5	5	6	6	7	6½	5	6	6½	5	6	5	6	6	5½
7	Illinois	143	9	6	8	7	11	9	11	5	6½	6	7	6½	7	9	9	10	8	8
8	Minnesota	157½	11	10	7	11	10	7	7	10	10	8	8½	11	11	7	7	7	7	8
9	Michigan State	165	10	9	9	8½	7	8	9	11	8½	11	10½	9	8½	8	8	11	9	10
10	Northwestern	165½	8	8	11	8½	8	10	8	9	11	9	8½	9	8½	10	10	8	10	11
11	Indiana	174	7	11	10	10	9	11	10	8	8½	10	10½	9	10	11	11	9	11	8

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Illinois and Purdue for 6th-7th in the Big Ten.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Indiana and Michigan State for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan and Penn State for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Iowa, Purdue, and Wisconsin for 4th-6th in the Big Ten.

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

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Michigan and Wisconsin for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Iowa and Ohio State for 4th-5th in the Big Ten.

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

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Indiana and Michigan State for 10th-11th in the Big Ten.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Ohio State and Wisconsin for 2nd-3rd in the Big Ten.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Illinois and Purdue for 6th-7th in the Big Ten.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Michigan and Wisconsin for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Iowa, Penn State, and Purdue for 4th-6th in the Big Ten.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Michigan State and Northwestern for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Penn State and Wisconsin for 2nd-3rd in the Big Ten.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Penn State and Wisconsin for 2nd-3rd in the Big Ten.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Iowa and Purdue for 5th-6th in the Big Ten.

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

Big 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
North
1	Nebraska	23½	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
2	Missouri	32	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	3½	1	1½	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
3	Kansas State	57	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	2	3	3	4½	3	3	3	3	3	3½
4	Kansas	79½	4	4	4	5	4	5	3	4	6	4	5	4½	5	4	4	4	5	5
5	Colorado	80	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	3½	5	4	3	4	6	5	5	4	3½
6	Iowa State	106	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6
South
1	Texas	24½	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1½	2	1	1	1	3	2	1
2	Oklahoma	33	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3½	2	1½	1	2	2	2	2	1	2
3	Texas A&M	61½	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	2	3	4	5	4½	5	3	1	3	3
4	Oklahoma State	67	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	3	3½	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4½
5	Texas Tech	84	5	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4½	3	5	5	5	4½
6	Baylor	108	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Colorado and Missouri for 3rd-4th in the Big XII North.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for 3rd-4th in the Big XII South.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Missouri and Nebraska for 1st-2nd in the Big XII North.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Kansas and Kansas State for 4th-5th in the Big XII North.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Texas A&M and Texas Tech for 4th-5th in the Big XII South.

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas Tech for 4th-5th in the Big XII South.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
East
1	Southern Miss	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1
2	Central Florida	54½	2	3	2	2½	4	2	3	5	2½	4	4	2	3½	3	3	3	4	2
3	East Carolina	55½	4	2	4	4½	3	4	2	2	5	2	1½	4½	5	2	2	2	2	4
4	Marshall	58½	3	4	3	4½	2	3	5	3	2½	3	3	3	1½	4	4	4	3	3
5	Memphis	86½	5	5	5	2½	5	5	4	6	4	5	5	4½	3½	6	5	5	5	6
6	UAB	104	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5
West
1	Houston	30½	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2½	1	1½	4	1	3	2	1½
2	Tulsa	33	1	2	2	2½	2	2	1	1	1	4	1	3½	1½	2	2	2	1	1½
3	Southern Methodist	50	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2½	2	4	1	3	1	3	3½
4	Texas-El Paso	74	5	4	4	2½	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	3½	3	5	5	4	4	5
5	Rice	85½	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	5	5	6	5	3	4	6	5	3½
6	Tulane	105	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	6

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Central Florida and Marshall for 2nd-3rd in CUSA East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Central Florida and Memphis for 2nd-3rd in CUSA East.

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso and Tulsa for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between East Carolina and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Houston and Southern Methodist for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between East Carolina and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso and Tulsa for 3rd-4th in CUSA West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Marshall and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Central Florida and Memphis for 3rd-4th in CUSA East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Houston and Tulsa for 1st-2nd in CUSA West.

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Rice and Southern Methodist for 3rd-4th in CUSA West.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
East
1	Ohio	37½	2	2	2	4	1	1	5	1	3	1	2	3½	2	2	1	1	2	2
2	Kent State	46½	1	1	6	1	5	3	2	2	7	2	4	3½	2	1	2	2	1	1
3	Miami-Ohio	56	4	4	1	2½	2	4	1	5	4½	5	1	1	2	4	3	3	5	4
4	Bowling Green	63½	3	5	3	2½	6	5	3	4	2	3	4	2	4	3	4	4	3	3
5	Akron	75½	5	3	5	5	3	2	4	3	1	4	4	5	5	6	5	6	4	5½
6	Temple	109½	6	7	4	6	4	6½	7	7	4½	7	6	6½	6	5	7	7	6	7
7	Buffalo	115½	7	6	7	7	7	6½	6	6	6	6	7	6½	7	7	6	5	7	5½
West
1	Central Michigan	33½	1	1	4	3½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2½	5	1	2	1	2	3½
2	Western Michigan	36	2	2	1	1½	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2½	1	3	1	2	3	1
3	Toledo	51	3	3	3	1½	4	3	2	4	3	3	2	1	2½	4	3	3	4	2
4	Ball State	72½	4	4	2	5	5	5	5	3	5	5	4½	4½	2½	2	5	5	1	5
5	Northern Illinois	77	5	5	5	3½	3	4	4	5	4	4	4½	4½	4	5	4	4	5	3½
6	Eastern Michigan	108	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Miami-Ohio and Temple for 4th-5th in the MAC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Miami-Ohio for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Toledo and Western Michigan for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

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

CBS SportsLine.com had both Temple and Buffalo listed as #6 in the MAC East. It's not clear that they intended to pick a tie, and they don't pick ties in any other conference. It is possible that they intended to pick Buffalo #7 (Temple appears before Buffalo in the list, both ranked #6) and the #6 beside Buffalo is just a misprint.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a three-way tie between Akron, Bowling Green, and Ohio U. for 3rd-5th in the MAC East.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Ball State and Northern Illinois for 4th-5th in the MAC West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Kent State and Ohio U. for 3rd-4th in the MAC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Buffalo and Temple for 6th-7th in the MAC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan for 2nd-3rd in the MAC West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Ball State and Northern Illinois for 4th-5th in the MAC West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Kent State, Miami-Ohio, and Ohio U. for 1st-3rd in the MAC East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Ball State and Toledo for 2nd-3rd in the MAC West.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Akron and Buffalo for 5th-6th in the MAC East.

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

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
1	Texas Christian	19½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2½
2	Brigham Young	45	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	2	3½	2	3	2½	2½	2	2	3	3	2½
3	Utah	46	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	2½	2½	3	3	2	2	1
4	New Mexico	84	4	5	3	4	5	7	3	4	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4
5	Wyoming	93	5	4	5	6½	4	6	5	6	5	4	8	6	4	6	4	4	4	6½
6	Colorado State	104½	6	6	6	5	6	4	6	8	3½	6	5	5	6	9	6	6	6	5
7	Air Force	123	7	7	8	9	7	5	7	5	8	7	5	7	7½	4	7	7	9	6½
8	San Diego State	143½	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	9	7	8	8	8½	7½	8	8	8	7	8½
9	Nevada-Las Vegas	151½	9	9	9	6½	9	8	9	7	9	9	8	8½	9	7	9	9	8	8½

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Brigham Young and Colorado State for 3rd-4th in the Mountain West.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Nevada-Las Vegas and Wyoming for 6th-7th in the Mountain West.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a three-way tie between Air Force, Colorado State, and New Mexico for 4th-6th in the Mountain West.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a three-way tie between Nevada-Las Vegas, New Mexico, and San Diego State for 7th-9th in the Mountain West.

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

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Brigham Young and Utah for 2nd-3rd in the Mountain West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Air Force and San Diego State for 7th-8th in the Mountain West.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Brigham Young and Texas Christian for 2nd-3rd in the Mountain West.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Air Force and Wyoming for 6th-7th in the Mountain West.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Nevada-Las Vegas and San Diego State for 8th-9th in the Mountain West.

Pacific 10

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
1	Southern Cal	18	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2t	California	52	2	2	3	5	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	2½	2	2	4	2	2½
2t	UCLA	52	3	3	2	2½	3	2	5	2	2½	2	2	2	2½	5	3	2	6	2½
4	Oregon State	83	4	5	4	6	4	4	3	6	5	3	6	6	4½	6	4	3	4	5½
5	Oregon	91	6	7	6	2½	5	5	4	4	2½	6	4	3	4½	8	5	6	7	5½
6	Arizona State	99½	7	4	5	4	6	6	7	5	6	5	6	6	7	4	6	5	5	5½
7	Arizona	117½	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	9	6	7	3	7	7	3	5½
8	Washington State	144½	8	9	8	9	9	7	6	8	7	8	8	9½	7	9	8	8	8	8
9	Washington	154	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	6	8	9	7	9	9	9	9
10	Stanford	178½	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9½	10	10	10	10	10	10

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Oregon and UCLA for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-10.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oregon and UCLA for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-10.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a three-way tie between Arizona State, Oregon State, and Washington for 5th-7th in the Pac-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Arizona, Arizona State, and Oregon State for 5th-7th in the Pac-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Stanford and Washington State for 9th-10th in the Pac-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between California and UCLA for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Oregon and Oregon State for 4th-5th in the Pac-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Arizona, Arizona State, and Washington State for 6th-8th in the Pac-10.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between California and UCLA for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-10.

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

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
East
1	Florida	26½	1	2	1	3½	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Tennessee	43	3	1	3	3½	3	2	3	3	1	1	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	2½
3	Georgia	45	2	3	2	1½	2	3	4	1	4	3	1	3	3	2	3	2	3	2½
4	South Carolina	66½	4	4	4	1½	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	Kentucky	91½	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5½	5½	5	5	5	5	5½
6	Vanderbilt	105½	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5½	5½	6	6	6	6	5½
West
1	Louisiana State	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Auburn	48½	2	3	2	4	3	2	1	3	3	2	2	3½	2½	4	3	2	3	3½
3	Arkansas	54	4	2	4	3	2	3	4	2	4	3	3½	3½	2½	2	2	4	2	3½
4	Alabama	58½	3	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	2	4	3½	2	4	3	4	3	4	2
5	Mississippi	96½	6	6	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5½
6	Mississippi State	101½	5	5	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5½

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a three-way tie between Georgia, Kentucky, and South Carolina for 3rd-5th in the SEC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Georgia and South Carolina for 1st-2nd in the SEC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida and Tennessee for 3rd-4th in the SEC East.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Alabama and Arkansas for 3rd-4th in the SEC West.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee for 2nd-4th 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 Arkansas and Auburn for 3rd-4th in the SEC West.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Arkansas and Auburn for 2nd-3rd in the SEC West.

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Kentucky and Vanderbilt for5th-6th in the SEC East.

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Arkansas and Auburn for 3rd-4th in the SEC West.

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

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
1	Troy	23½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1½	1	1	1	3	1	2
2	Middle Tennessee	55½	3	3	3	4½	3	5	2	2	1	4	2½	4	2½	4	4	1	5	2
3	Arkansas State	68½	2	6	2	4½	2	3	3	4	5	2	5½	4	2½	7	5	2	4	5
4	Florida Atlantic	69½	4	5	5	2	5	4	4	6	3½	3	4	1½	4½	5	3	6	2	2
5	Louisiana-Lafayette	82	6	4	4	6	6	1	5	3	7	6	2½	6	4½	3	6	4	3	5
6	Louisiana-Monroe	84	5	2	6	3	4	7	8	5	3½	5	5½	4	6	2	2	5	6	5
7	North Texas	127	7	7	7	8	8	6	6	8	6	7	7½	7½	7	6	7	7	8	7
8	Fla. International	138	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	7½	7½	8	8	8	8	7	8

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Louisiana-Monroe for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt conference.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt conference.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and Middle Tennessee for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt conference.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe for 5th-6th in the Sun Belt conference.

CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Florida International and North Texas for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt conference.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Troy for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt conference.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas State, Louisiana-Monroe, and Middle Tennessee for 3rd-5th in the Sun Belt Conference.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Florida International and North Texas for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt conference.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt conference.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Louisiana-Lafayette for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt conference.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and Troy, for 1st-3rd in the Sun Belt conference.

ATS Consultants predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, and Louisiana-Monroe, for 4th-6th in the Sun Belt conference.

Western Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	TSN	Phil Steele	Street & Smith	CBS SL	Jim Feist	USA Today	Sure fire Sc'tg	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball News	Sthrn Col. Sports	Sports Illus.	Sports -Form	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Blue Ribbon	ATS Cons.
1	Hawaii	23	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
2	Boise State	31	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
3	San Jose State	71	3	4	5	4	5	3	4	5	3	3	5	4	3½	5	3	4	4	3½
4	Nevada	75½	4	5	3	6	6	4	3	3	4½	4	4	4	5½	6	4	3	3	3½
5	Fresno State	79½	5	3	4	4	3	5	5	4	4½	5	3	6	3½	4	5	5	5	5½
6	New Mexico State	98	6	6	6	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	5½	3	6	6	6	5½
7	Louisiana Tech	135	7	8	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8
8	Idaho	139	8	7	8	7	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
9	Utah State	158	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Fresno State and Nevada for 4th-5th in the WAC.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Fresno State, New Mexico State, and San Jose State for 4th-6th in the WAC.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Nevada, New Mexico State, and San Jose State, for 3rd-5th in the WAC.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Fresno State and San Jose State for 3rd-4th in the WAC.

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

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

ATS Consultants predicted a tie between Fresno State and New Mexico State for 5th-6th in the WAC.