2008 Preseason Consensus

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Atlantic Coast Conference Predictions
Big East Conference Predictions
Big Ten 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	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Ohio State	405	3	2	2	2	-	2	3	1	1	2	3	2	1	3	2
2	Georgia	397	1	5	9	5	-	1	2	2	2	1	1	4	2	1	1
3	Southern Cal	382	2	4	4	1	-	3	4	3	5	3	4	3	4	5	7
4	Oklahoma	375	4	3	3	7	-	4	1	4	4	6	6	1	9	4	3
5	Florida	372	6	1	1	3	-	9	5	6	3	5	5	6	6	2	4
6	Missouri	337	5	6	7	4	-	6	6	5	8	4	10	8	17	6	5
7	West Virginia	319	10	7	6	8	-	8	7	11	10	14	7	10	3	8	6
8	Clemson	309	9	10	5	6	-	7	8	7	17	11	2	5	22	7	9
9	Louisiana State	295	7	9	13	9	-	5	11	8	6	9	13	13	16	10	10
10	Texas	280	8	11	15	13	-	11	13	9	15	13	8	7	8	11	12
11	Auburn	254	13	8	12	25	-	16	9	10	14	7	9	9	-	9	8
12	Texas Tech	224½	16	18	11	19	-	20	10	12	9	8	15	16	-	13½	11
13	Wisconsin	217	11	12	21	15	-	14	14	23	7	10	21	-	11	12	15
14	Kansas	206	15	13	-	18	-	12	17	17	13	15	20	19	5	20	13
15	Brigham Young	199	12	14	17	16	-	19	25	15	21	17	14	20	13	15	17
16t	Arizona State	164½	14	15	-	10	-	17	18	18	-	16	12	24	-	18½	14
16t	Virginia Tech	164½	-	21	16	-	-	13	12	13	20	-	17	15	14	22½	18
18	Tennessee	162	24	17	23	-	-	22	19	14	12	12	11	18	-	16	22
19	South Florida	150½	19	20	8	14	-	21	15	19	-	-	-	25	25	13½	16
20	Illinois	144	18	16	-	12	-	10	20	16	18	-	18	22	-	21	-
21	Penn State	143½	-	23	10	11	-	-	16	-	11	-	-	11	21	18½	19
22	Oregon	140	21	19	22	-	-	15	21	20	16	20	-	-	10	17	20
23	Wake Forest	101½	17	24	-	21	-	24	24	25	25	-	24	-	7	22½	-
24	Alabama	81	20	-	-	17	-	23	22	-	24	-	22	21	-	-	23
25	South Carolina	62	-	-	18	24	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	12	-	-	21

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
26	Utah	50	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	25	25
27	California	44	-	-	20	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	24	-
28	Pittsburgh	41	23	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	16	-	-	-	-
29t	Boise State	37	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	18	-	-
29t	Michigan	37	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	21	22	-	-	-	-	-	-
31	Boston College	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	12	-	-
32	Fresno State	34	22	25	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
33	Florida State	33	25	-	24	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24
34	Cincinnati	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
35	Rutgers	23	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
36	UCLA	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-
37	Oklahoma State	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-
38	Michigan State	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-
39	Notre Dame	17	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
40	Tulsa	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
41	Oregon State	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-
42	New Mexico	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-
43	East Carolina	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-
44	unranked	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

USA Today preseason preview did not give national rankings; it's included because it is a national publication that does conference predictions.

The Blue Ribbon Preview on the ESPN web site did not have a national ranking.

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

Southern College Sports picked South Florida and Texas Tech tied for 13th-14th.

Southern College Sports picked Arizona State and Penn State tied for 18th-19th.

Southern College Sports picked Virginia Tech and Wake Forest tied for 22nd-23rd.

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
Atlantic
1	Clemson	17½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	3	1	1
2	Wake Forest	35	2	2	3½	2	2	2	2	2	3½	1½	2	4	1	2½	3
3	Florida State	46½	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	3½	3½	3	2	5	2½	2
4	Boston College	60½	5	5	5	4½	3	5	3	5	2	5½	4	3	2	4½	4
5	Maryland	71	4	4	3½	6	5	6	5	4	5½	3½	5	6	4	4½	5
6	N.C. State	84½	6	6	6	4½	6	4	6	6	5½	5½	6	5	6	6	6
Coastal
1	Virginia Tech	15	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	North Carolina	40½	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	4	2	2	5	3	2½	3
3	Miami-Florida	46½	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	2½	3½	4	4	5	2½	2
4	Georgia Tech	62	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	3	4	4	4
5	Virginia	63½	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	5	2½	3½	3	2	2	5½	5
6	Duke	87½	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5½	6

Notes:

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

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Boston College and N.C. State for 4th-5th in the ACC Atlantic division.

College Football News predicted a tie between Florida State and Wake Forest for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic division.

College Football News predicted a tie between Maryland and N.C. State for 5th-6th in the ACC Atlantic division.

College Football News predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginia for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Clemson and Wake Forest for 1st-2nd in the ACC Atlantic division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Florida State and Maroland for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Boston College and N.C. State for 5th-6th in the ACC Atlantic division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginia for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Florida State and Wake Forest for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic Division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Boston College and Maryland for 4th-5th in the ACC Atlantic Division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and North Carolina for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal Division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Duke and Virginia for 5th-6th in the ACC Coastal Division.

Big East

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	West Virginia	15½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1
2	South Florida	34½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3½	3½	3	2	3	1½	2
3	Pittsburgh	54	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	6	2	3½	2	6	5	3½	3
4	Cincinnati	69½	7	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	3½	3½	5	5	2	5½	5
5	Rutgers	74½	4	3	5	5½	6	7	6	3	5½	6	4	4	6	5½	4
6	Connecticut	76½	5	6	7	5½	4	3	4	5	7	3½	6	7	4	3½	6
7	Louisville	96	6	7	5	7	7	6	7	7	5½	7½	7	3	7	7	7
8	Syracuse	119½	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7½	8	8	8	8	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Cincinnati, Louisville, and Rutgers for 4th-6th in the Big East.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Connecticut and Rutgers for 5th-6th in the Big East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Cincinnati and South Florida for 3rd-4th in the Big East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Louisville and Rutgers for 5th-6th in the Big East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a four-way tie between Cincinnati, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers for 2nd-5th in the Big East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Louisville and Syracuse for 8th-9th in the Big East.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Connecticut and Pittsburgh for 3rd-4th in the Big East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Cincinnati and Rutgers for 5th-6th in the Big East.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Ohio State	15	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Wisconsin	40	2	2	3	4	2	3	2	4	2	2	3	5	2	2	2
3t	Illinois	60	3	3	5	3	4	2	4	2	8	3½	2	6	5	4½	5
3t	Penn State	60	4	4	2	2	3	7	3	7	5½	6	4	2	3	4½	3
5	Michigan	79½	5	5	5	6½	5	4	7	3	3	8½	7	3	6	7½	4
6	Michigan State	89½	6	7	8	5	6	6	6	6	5½	6	5	4	7	6	6
7	Purdue	96½	8	9	8	6½	7	5	5	5	5½	8½	6	8	4	3	8
8	Iowa	109	7	6	5	8½	8	9	9	9	5½	3½	8	7	9	7½	7
9	Northwestern	137½	11	8	8	11	9	8	8	10	9½	6	9	10	10	10	10
10	Indiana	143½	9	10	11	8½	10	10	10	8	11	11	10	9	8	9	9
11	Minnesota	159½	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	9½	10	11	11	11	11	11

Notes:

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

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Michigan State, Northwestern, and Purdue for 7th-9th in the Big Ten.

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

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

College Football News predicted a four-way tie between Iowa, Michigan State, Penn State, and Purdue for 4th-7th in the Big Ten.

College Football News predicted a tie between Minnesota and Northwestern for 9th-10th in the Big Ten.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Illinois and Iowa for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten.

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

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Iowa and Michigan for 7th-8th in the Big Ten.

Big 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
North
1	Missouri	16	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Kansas	31½	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2	1	2	2
3	Colorado	53½	3	3	5	3	2	3	4	5	3½	2½	3	3	5	4	4½
4	Nebraska	58	4	4	2	4½	5	4	3	4	5½	4	5	4	3	3	3
5	Kansas State	66½	5	5	4	4½	4	5	5	3	3½	5	4	5	4	5	4½
6	Iowa State	89½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6
South
1	Oklahoma	17	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Texas	36	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	3	3
3	Texas Tech	37	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	2
4	Oklahoma State	62½	5	4	4	4½	4	4	4	4	4	4½	4	4	4	4½	4
5	Texas A&M	72½	4	5	5	4½	5	5	5	5	5	4½	5	5	5	4½	5
6	Baylor	90	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Kansas State and Nebraska for 4th-5th in the Big XII North.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas A&M for 4th-5th in the Big XII South.

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

College Football News predicted a tie between Iowa State and Nebraska for 5th-6th in the Big XII North.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Colorado and Kansas for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII North.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas A&M for4th-5th in the Big XII South.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas A&M for 4th-5th in the Big XII South.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Colorado and Kansas State for 4th-5th in the Big XII North.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
East
1	Central Florida	28	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	2½	2½	2	2	1	2	1
2	East Carolina	30½	3	1	1	5	2	3	2	1	2½	1	1	3	2	1	2
3	Southern Miss	47	4	2	5	1	3	2	4	4	2½	2½	4	1	4	4	4
4	Memphis	52	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	5	4	3	4	3	3	4
5	Marshall	68½	5	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	2½	6	5	5	5	5	4
6	UAB	89	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Tulsa	16	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Houston	32½	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	3½	2	2	2	2	2
3	Texas-El Paso	50½	3	3	3	3	5	3	4	3	3½	3½	3	4	3	3½	3
4	Southern Methodist	61½	5	4	2	5	4	4	5	5	5	2	4	3	6	3½	4
5	Tulane	73½	4	6	6	6	6	5	3	4	3½	6	5	5	4	5	5
6	Rice	81	6	5	5	4	3	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6

Notes:

College Football News predicted a four-way tie between Central Florida, East Carolina, Marshall, and Southern Miss for 1st-4th in CUSA East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso and Tulane for 3rd-4th in CUSA West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Central Florida and Southern Miss for 2nd-3rd in CUSA East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Houston and Texas-El Paso for 3rd-4th in CUSA West.

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

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Marshall, Memphis, and Southern Miss for 3rd-5th in CUSA East.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
East
1	Bowling Green	23½	3	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	2½	1	1	2	1	2	1
2	Miami-Ohio	25	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	1	2
3	Buffalo	61½	7	3	4½	3½	5	4	3	3	7	3½	3	5	3	4	3
4t	Kent State	65½	2	4	3	5	3	7	7	4	6	3½	4	3	6	4	4
4t	Temple	65½	6	5	4½	3½	4	2	4	6	2½	5	5	6	3	4	5
6	Ohio	85½	5	6	6½	6	6	5	6	5	4	6	6	7	5	6	6
7	Akron	93½	4	7	6½	7	7	6	5	7	5	7	7	4	7	7	7
West
1	Central Michigan	18½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	1½	1	1	1	1	1
2	Ball State	33½	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	2	4	1½	2	3	2	2	2
3	Western Michigan	43½	5	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	1½	3	3	2	3	4	3
4	Toledo	64½	3	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	1½	5	5	4	4	4	5
5	Northern Illinois	71	4	4	4	4	6	5	6	6	5	4	4	5	6	4	4
6	Eastern Michigan	84	6	6	6	6	5	6	4	4	6	6	6	6	5	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Buffalo and Temple for 4th-5th in the MAC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Akron and Ohio for 6th-7th in the MAC East.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Buffalo and Temple for 3rd-4th in the MAC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Temple for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Toledo and Western Michigan for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Buffalo and Kent State for 3rd-4th in the MAC East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Ball State and Central Michigan for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Buffalo, Miami-Ohio, and Temple for 2nd-4th in the MAC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Buffalo, Kent State, and Temple for 3rd-5th in the MAC East.

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

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Brigham Young	19½	1	1	2½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1½	1	1	2	1½	1
2	Utah	30	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1½	3	2	2	1½	2
3	Texas Christian	43	3	3	2½	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	3½	3
4	New Mexico	63	4	4	5½	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	2	3½	5
5	Wyoming	82½	5	5	5½	7	8	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Air Force	90	6	6	7	8	5	4	6	5	6	7	6	6	6	7	5
7t	Colorado State	115	8	7	9	4	9	7	9	9	8	5	8	7	8	9	8
7t	San Diego State	115	7	9	8	9	6	8	7	7	8	9	7	8	7	8	7
9	Nevada-Las Vegas	117	9	8	4	6	7	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	6	9

Notes:

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

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

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Brigham Young, Texas Christian, and Utah for 1st-3rd in the Mountain West.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Colorado State, Nevada-Las Vegas, and San Diego State for 7th-9th in the Mountain West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Brigham Young and Utah for 1st-2nd in the Mountain West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Colorado State, New Mexico, and Wyoming for 4th-6th in the Mountain West.

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Brigham Young, New Mexico, and Utah for 1st-3rd in the Mountain West.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between New Mexico and Texas Christian for 3rd-4th in the Mountain West.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Air Force, New Mexico, and Wyoming for 4th-6th in the Mountain West.

Pacific 10

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Southern Cal	15	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Arizona State	38½	2	2	3½	2	2	3	2	2	3½	2	2	3	4	3½	2
3	Oregon	48	3	3	3½	5	3	2	3	3	2	4½	4	5	2	2	3
4	California	62½	4	5	2	3	5	5	4	4	6½	4½	3	4	5	3½	4
5	Oregon State	81	6	8	6½	4	4	7	5	7	3½	3	6	6	3	5	7
6	UCLA	86	5	4	6½	8	8	4	7	6	5	6	7	2	6	6½	5
7	Arizona	95½	7	6	5	7	6	6	6	5	8	8	5	7	7	6½	6
8	Washington	123	8	7	8	6	9	9	10	8	6½	8	8	10	9½	8	8
9	Stanford	131½	9	10	9	9	7	8	8	9	10	8	9	8	9½	9	9
10	Washington State	144	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	8	10	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 Oregon State and UCLA for 6th-7th in the Pac-10.

College Football News predicted a tie between Arizona State and Oregon State for 3rd-4th in the Pac-10.

College Football News predicted a tie between California and Washington for 6th-7th in the Pac-10.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Arizona, Stanford, and Washington for 7th-9th in the Pac-10.

College Football Poll predicted a tie between Stanford and Washington for 9th-10th in the Pac-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Arizona State and California for 3rd-4th in the Pac-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Arizona and UCLA for 6th-7th in the Pac-10.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
East
1	Georgia	19½	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	Florida	26	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1½	2	2	1	2	2½	2
3	Tennessee	49½	3	3	4	3½	4	3	3	3	3½	3	3	4	3	2½	4
4	South Carolina	56½	4	4	3	3½	3	4	4	4	3½	4	4	3	5	4½	3
5	Kentucky	74	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5½	5	5	4	4½	5
6	Vanderbilt	89½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6
West
1t	Auburn	25	2	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	1	1½	3	1	1½	1	1
1t	Louisiana State	25	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2½	1½	2	2	1½	2½	2
3	Alabama	40	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2½	3	1	3	3	2½	3
4	Mississippi State	63½	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4½	4	4	5	4	4	4
5	Mississippi	80	5	6	4	6	4	6	6	5	6	5	6	4	6	5	6
6	Arkansas	81½	6	5	6	5	6	5	5	6	4½	6	5	6	5	6	5

Notes:

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

College Football News predicted a tie between Florida and Georgia for 1st-2nd in the SEC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between South Carolina and Tennessee for 3rd-4th in the SEC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Alabama and Louisiana State for 2nd-3rd in the SEC West.

College Football News predicted a tie between Arkansas and Mississippi State for 4th-5th 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 Auburn and Louisiana State for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Florida and Tennessee for 2nd-3rd in the SEC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Kentucky and South Carolina for 4th-5th in the SEC East.

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

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Florida Atlantic	17	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Troy	33½	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2½	2
3	Louisiana-Monroe	56½	3	5	3	4½	3	6	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	2½	5½
4	Middle Tennessee	67½	5	3	6	2	5	4	5	8	1	3½	3	4	6	6½	5½
5	Arkansas State	71	6	4	4½	6	6	2	6	5	5½	3½	5	5	5	4	3½
6	Louisiana-Lafay.	72½	4	6	4½	4½	4	5	4	4	5½	6½	6	6	4	5	3½
7	North Texas	104	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6½	7	8	7	6½	7
8	Florida Int'l	118	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Florida Atlantic, Louisiana-Monroe, and Troy for 2nd-4th in the Sun Belt.

College Football News predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette for 5th-6th in the Sun Belt.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and North Texas for 6th-7th in the Sun Belt.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Middle Tennessee and North Texas for 6th-7th in the Sun Belt.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Louisiana-Monroe and Middle Tennessee for 5th-6th in the Sun Belt.

Western Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Boise State	23	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2½	2	1	1	1	3½	1
2	Fresno State	29	1	1	2	6	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2
3	Nevada	47	3	3	3½	3	2	3	4	3	2½	3	3	4	4	2	4
4	Hawaii	58	4	4	3½	2	4	5	3	4	5	5	4	3	3	5½	3
5	San Jose State	84	6	6	6	4½	6	6	5	7	7	5	5	5	5	5½	5
6	Louisiana Tech	87	7	5	7	4½	7	4	6	6	5	7	6	6	6	3½	7
7	New Mexico State	92	5	7	5	7	5	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	6
8t	Idaho	127½	8	9	8½	8	9	8	9	8	8½	8	8	9	9	8½	9
8t	Utah State	127½	9	8	8½	9	8	9	8	9	8½	9	9	8	8	8½	8

Notes:

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Idaho and Utah State for 8th-9th in the WAC.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and San Jose State for 4th-5th in the WAC.

College Football News predicted a tie between Boise State and Nevada for 2nd-3rd in the WAC.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Hawaii, Louisiana Tech, and New Mexico State for 4th-6th in the WAC.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Hawaii, New Mexico State, and San Jose State for 4th-6th in the WAC.

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

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

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