2009 Preseason Consensus

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National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
1	Florida	480	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-
2	Texas	447	2	2	3	2	2	-	3	4	4	6	2	2	4	2	2	5	4	-
3	Oklahoma	446	4	3	2	3	5	-	5	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	-
4	Southern Cal	439	3	4	4	4	3	-	2	2	3	7	5	4	2	6	3	2	3	-
5	Ohio State	370	10	8	5	9	6	-	8	5	9	10	10	10	6	5	12	7	6	-
6t	Alabama	362	8	7	6	13	8	-	13	9	6	3	4	8	11	7	8	14	9	-
6t	Virginia Tech	362	11	5	8	6	14	-	4	6	8	15	6	5	14	11	5	11	5	-
8	Penn State	340	5	11	7	12	10	-	19	7	15	11	11	14	9	4	9	4	8	-
9	Oklahoma State	319	14	10	9	10	4	-	24	18	24	4	8	7	8	8	14	8	7	-
10	Louisiana State	304	17	6	17	8	11	-	7	13	25	8	16	13	7	10	10	9	15	-
11	California	294	9	12	11	21	13	-	15	11	17	5	9	21	10	14	11	12	11	-
12t	Georgia	279	13	17	14	15	19	-	6	8	14	21	13	15	5	15	18	6	18	-
12t	Mississippi	279	6	9	10	5	16	-	-	24	-	18	14	6	12	9	6	10	10	-
14	Boise State	253	12	13	12	14	15	-	-	12	11	12	7	9	-	12	7	-	14	-
15	Oregon	223	-	15	13	7	9	-	-	10	-	19	21	11	15	13	16	18	13	-
16	Georgia Tech	205	-	16	22	11	7	-	9	21	-	-	17	12	21	20	13	17	12	-
17	Florida State	194	-	18	15	17	-	-	16	16	16	13	19	16	16	19	22	15	22	-
18	Texas Christian	149	18	14	-	24	24	-	-	22	18	9	23	17	-	23	15	-	16	-
19t	Iowa	123	20	-	23	-	23	-	22	-	-	16	15	24	13	17	20	-	25	-
19t	Notre Dame	123	7	-	24	18	20	-	17	-	-	23	12	25	17	-	-	-	24	-
21	Utah	122	-	23	21	19	-	-	-	17	5	-	18	19	-	24	-	25	17	-
22	North Carolina	108	-	19	19	23	12	-	-	-	-	-	22	20	-	-	17	20	19	-
23	Brigham Young	107	15	25	-	22	21	-	-	25	19	-	-	22	-	18	-	16	20	-
24	Oregon State	92	-	-	25	16	-	-	-	15	-	14	-	18	-	21	24	23	-	-
25	Kansas	90	-	21	-	25	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	16	21	13	21	-

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
26	Michigan State	68	-	24	20	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	25	-	-	-	-	19	23	-
27	West Virginia	65	-	20	-	-	-	-	12	20	20	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-
28	Miami-Florida	55	21	-	-	-	22	-	18	-	-	17	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-
29t	Nebraska	52	22	22	16	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
29t	Texas Tech	52	-	-	-	20	-	-	25	23	13	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-
31	Illinois	49	19	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-
32	Clemson	46	25	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	25	-	-	24	25	-	-	-	-
33	Pittsburgh	41	23	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-
34	Cincinnati	39	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
35	Rutgers	36	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
36	N.C. State	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	19	24	-	-
37	Tulsa	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
38	Auburn	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
39	Boston College	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
40t	Michigan	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
40t	Missouri	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
42t	Arkansas	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
42t	Wisconsin	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
44t	Nevada	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
44t	Temple	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
46t	Southern Miss	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-
46t	Tennessee	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
46t	Troy	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
49	UCLA	7	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
50t	Kentucky	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-
50t	South Florida	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-
52	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

USA Today did not print a national ranking in their preseason magazine.

College Football Poll predicted end-of-regular-season rankings only.

ATS Consultants did not give a national ranking.

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
Atlantic
1	Florida State	23½	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1
2	Clemson	46	1	3	3	4	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3
3	N.C. State	58	3½	4	2	2	3½	2	5	5	5	2	4	3	3	3½	2	3	1½	4
4	Wake Forest	62½	5	2	4	3	3½	4	4	4	4	5	2	3	4½	3½	3	2	4	2
5	Boston College	85	3½	5	5	6	5	6	2	3	3	4	5	5½	4½	5	6	5	5½	6
6	Maryland	103	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	5	6	5½	5
Coastal
1	Virginia Tech	21½	1	1	1	1	3½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Georgia Tech	38	3	2	3	2	1	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
3	North Carolina	57	4	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3½	3	3	3½	4
4	Miami-Florida	64½	2	4	4	4	3½	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	3	3½	4	5	3½	3
5	Virginia	92	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	5	6
6	Duke	105	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5

Notes:

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

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between N.C. State and Wake Forest for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Clemson, N.C. State, and Wake Forest for 2nd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Boston College and Maryland for 5th-6th in the ACC Atlantic.

College Football News predicted a tie between Boston College and Wake Forest for 4th-5th in the ACC Atlantic.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between N.C. State and Wake Forest for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and North Carolina for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal.

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

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and North Carolina for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal.

Big East

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
1	Pittsburgh	46	2	4	4	1	1	4	2½	4	1	2	3	2	1½	2½	2	3	4½	2
2	West Virginia	48	4	1	2	2	2½	2	1	2	4	4	2	2	1½	4½	5	5	2½	1
3	Rutgers	52	1	2	3	4	4½	5	2½	3	2	3	1	2	6	1	3	4	1	4
4	South Florida	66½	3	5	5	3	4½	3	4	5	6	1	6	4½	3½	2½	1	2	4½	3
5	Cincinnati	67	5	3	1	5	2½	1	7	1	3	5	4	4½	6	4½	6	1	2½	5
6	Connecticut	104½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	8	5	6	3½	6	4	7	6	6
7	Louisville	121½	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	6	7	7½	6	7	7	6	7	7
8	Syracuse	142½	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7½	8	8	8	8	8	8

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Cincinnati and West Virginia for 2nd-3rd in the Big East.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Rutgers and South Florida for 4th-5th in the Big East.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and Rutgers for 2nd-3rd in the Big East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Pittsburgh, Rutgers, and West Virginia for 1st-3rd in the Big East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Cincinnati and South Florida for 4th-5th in the Big East.

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

College Football News predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and West Virginia for 1st-2nd in the Big East.

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

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Cincinnati, Louisville, and Rutgers, for 5th-7th in the Big East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and South Florida for 2nd-3rd in the Big East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Cincinnati and West Virginia for 4th-5th in the Big East.

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

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

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
1	Ohio State	22	2½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	-	1½	1
2	Penn State	34	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	1	1	-	3	2
3	Michigan State	65	4½	3	3	3	7	3	5	3	1	5	4	4	3	5	7	-	1½	3
4	Iowa	67½	4½	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	-	5	4
5	Illinois	83	2½	4	5	5	3	5	10	7	6	4	5	4	5½	4	3	-	5	5
6	Wisconsin	114½	6½	5	7	7	5½	8	6	5	8	8	7	7	5½	6	9	-	7	7
7	Michigan	124½	6½	7	8	6	5½	7	3	8	9	10	9	9	8	8	6	-	8½	6
8	Northwestern	128	9½	8	6	9	9	6	8½	6	7	9	6	7	8	7	8	-	5	9
9	Minnesota	131½	8	9	9	8	8	9	7	9	5	6	8	7	8	9	5	-	8½	8
10	Purdue	168	9½	10	10	10	11	10	8½	10	11	7	10	10	10½	10	10	-	10½	10
11	Indiana	184	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10½	11	11	-	10½	11

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Iowa and Michigan State for 4th-5th in the Big Ten.

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Northwestern and Purdue for 9th-10th in the Big Ten.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Michigan and Wisconsin for 5th-6th in the Big Ten.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Northwestern and Purdue for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan State for 3rd-5th in the Big Ten.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Minnesota, Northwestern, and Wisconsin for 6th-8th in the Big Ten.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Iowa, Michigan State, and Penn State, for 2nd-4th in the Big Ten.

College Football News predicted a tie between Illinois and Wisconsin for 5th-6th in the Big Ten.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Michigan, Minnesota, and Northwestern, for 7th-9th in the Big Ten.

College Football News predicted a tie between Indiana and Purdue for 10th-11th in the Big Ten.

Jim Feist did not have Big Ten predictions posted to his web site as of the start of the college football season.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Illinois, Iowa, and Northwestern, for 4th-6th in the Big Ten.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Michigan and Minnesota for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Indiana and Purdue for 10th-11th in the Big Ten.

Big 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
North
1	Kansas	30½	4	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	3	2	2	2½	1	1	1	1	1
2	Nebraska	37½	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	1	3	2	1	2	2½	2	2	4	2	3
3	Missouri	50½	5	3	3	3	4	3	1	2	2	5	3	2	1	3	3	2	3½	2
4	Colorado	67	2½	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	1	5	4	4	4	4	3	3½	4
5	Kansas State	86½	2½	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Iowa State	106	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
South
1	Texas	28	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	3	1	1	2	3	1
2	Oklahoma	30½	2	2	1	2	2½	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1½	2	2	1	1½	2
3	Oklahoma State	50½	3	3	3	3	2½	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	1½	3	3	3	1½	3
4	Texas Tech	72½	4	4	4	4	4½	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	Baylor	92	5	5	5	5	4½	5	6	6	5	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5½	5
6	Texas A&M	104½	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5½	6

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Colorado and Kansas State for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII North.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII South.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Baylor and Texas Tech for 4th-5th in the Big XII South.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska for 1st-3rd in the Big XII North.

College Football News predicted a tie between Kansas and Nebraska for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII North.

College Football News predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for 1st-2nd in the Big XII South.

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

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Baylor and Texas A&M for 5th-6th in the Big XII South.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
East
1	East Carolina	23½	1½	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
2	Southern Miss	30½	1½	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
3	Memphis	72	4	3	3	3	4	4	6	5	4	6	3	5	5½	4	3	3	3½	3
4	Central Florida	72½	5	5	5	4	5	3	3½	3	3	5	5	3	3½	4	4	4	3½	4
5	Marshall	78½	3	4	4	5	3	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	3½	4	5	5	5	5
6	UAB	101	6	6	6	6	6	5	3½	6	6	3	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Houston	28½	2	1	1	1	1	1	2½	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1
2	Tulsa	29	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	2
3	Texas-El Paso	55½	2	3	3	3	3	5	2½	4	4	3	4	1	3	3	3	3	3	3
4	Rice	81½	5	6	6	5	6	3	5	3	3	6	3	4½	4½	4	5	4	4½	4
5	Southern Methodist	86½	4	5	4	4	4	6	4	6	5	5	5	4½	4½	5	4	6	4½	6
6	Tulane	97	6	4	5	6	5	4	6	5	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5

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

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Houston, Texas-El Paso, and Tulsa, for 1st-3rd in CUSA West.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Central Florida and UAB for 3rd-4th in CUSA East.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Houston and Texas-El Paso for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.

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

College Football News predicted a tie between Central Florida and Marshall for 3rd-4th in CUSA East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Memphis and UAB for 5th-6th in CUSA East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Rice and Southern Methodist for 4th-5th in CUSA West.

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

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

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

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
East
1	Buffalo	43	4	1	1	1	1	1	6	1	2	4	1	3½	4½	1	1	3	6	1
2	Ohio	57½	1	6	2	4	2	6	4	3	5	2	2	1	4½	2	3	5	1	4
3	Bowling Green	58	6½	2	4	2	3½	2	1	2	3	6	6	6	2	4	2	1	3	2
4	Akron	65½	2½	3	3	6	5	3	2½	4	4	1	4	3½	2	4	7	2	3	6
5	Temple	71½	2½	5	5	3	3½	5	5	5	1	5	3	2	6½	4	4	6	3	3
6	Kent State	98	5	4	6	7	6	4	2½	6	6	3	5	6	6½	6	6	7	7	5
7	Miami-Ohio	110½	6½	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	2	7	5	4	5	7
West
1	Central Michigan	19½	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1
2	Western Michigan	42	2½	2	2	1	2	2	6	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	1½	2
3	Toledo	69	2½	5	4	5	4	4	2	5	4	4	2	3	3½	4	4	4	4	5
4	Ball State	69½	5	3	5	4	3	5	3½	3	3	3	5	3	5	3	3	5	5	3
5	Northern Illinois	72	4	4	3	3	5	3	3½	4	5	6	3	5	3½	5	5	3	3	4
6	Eastern Michigan	106	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Akron and Temple for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Toledo and Western Michigan for 2nd-3rd in the MAC West.

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

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Akron and Kent State for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Ball State and Northern Illinois for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Bowling Green, Kent State, and Miami-Ohio for 5th-7th in the MAC East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Ball State, Toledo, and Western Michigan for 2nd-4th in the MAC West.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Akron, Bowling Green, and Miami-Ohio, for 1st-3rd in the MAC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Buffalo and Ohio for 4th-5th in the MAC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Kent State and Temple for 6th-7th in the MAC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Northern Illinois and Toledo for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Akron, Bowling Green, and Temple, for 3rd-5th in the MAC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Akron, Bowling Green, and Temple, for 2nd-4th in the MAC East.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Western Michigan for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
1	Texas Christian	31½	2	1	2	3	2	1	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	-	1½	1
2	Utah	35	3	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	3	1	2	3	3	3	-	3	2
3	Brigham Young	35½	1	3	3	2	1	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	-	1½	3
4	Air Force	72	4½	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	-	4½	4
5	Colorado State	98	6½	7	5	5	5	6	7	5	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	-	4½	5
6	Nevada-Las Vegas	100	4½	5	6	6	8	5	8	7	6	4	5	4	7	6	5	-	7½	6
7	New Mexico	121½	9	9	7	7	6	9	5½	6	5	9	8	9	5	6	8	-	6	7
8	San Diego State	135	6½	6	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	9	9	-	7½	8
9	Wyoming	136½	8	8	9	9	9	8	5½	8	8	8	7	7	9	8	7	-	9	9

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Air Force and Nevada-Las Vegas for 4th-5th in the Mountain West.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Colorado State and San Diego State for 6th-7th in the Mountain West.

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

Sports Illustrated 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 Air Force, Colorado State, and New Mexico, for 4th-6th in the Mountain West.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Colroado State, Nevada-Las Vegas, and New Mexico, for 5th-7th in the Mountain West.

Jim Feist did not have Mountain West predictions posted to his web site as of the start of the college football season.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Air Force and Colorado State for 4th-5th in the Mountain West.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Nevada-Las Vegas and San Diego State for 7th-8th in the Mountain West.

Pacific 10

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
1	Southern Cal	18	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1
2	California	40½	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	1	2	3½	3	3	2	-	2	2
3	Oregon	48½	6	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	3	-	3½	3
4	Oregon State	73	6	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	3	5	3½	5	4	4	-	3½	4
5	UCLA	100½	3½	6	6	5	6	5	4	7	7	7	6	5½	5	7	8	-	6½	6
6	Arizona	101	3½	5	8	8	6	6	5½	6	5	6	4	7½	8	5	6	-	6½	5
7	Stanford	115½	6	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	6	5	7	7½	7	7	7	-	5	7
8	Arizona State	116	8	8	5	6	8	7	5½	5	8	8	8	5½	5	7	5	-	9	8
9	Washington	151	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	-	8	9
10	Washington State	170	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arizona and UCLA for 3rd-4th in the Pac-10.

Surefire Scouting predicted a three-way tie between Arizona, Stanford, and UCLA for 5th-7th in the Pac-10.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Arizona and Arizona State for 5th-6th in the Pac-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between California and Oregon State for 3rd-4th in the Pac-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Arizona State and UCLA for 5th-6th in the Pac-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Arizona and Stanford for 7th-8th in the Pac-10.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Arizona State, Oregon State, and UCLA, for 4th-6th in the Pac-10.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Arizona State, Stanford, and UCLA, for 6th-8th in the Pac-10.

Jim Feist did not have Pac-10 predictions posted to his web site as of the start of the college football season.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Oregon and Oregon State 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	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
East
1	Florida	17	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1
2	Georgia	34½	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	2	2
3	Tennessee	58½	3	3	3	4	2½	3	3½	3	5	3	3	3	4	3	4	-	4½	4
4	South Carolina	73½	4	4	5	3	5½	4	5	4	6	4	4	4½	3	4	6	-	4½	3
5	Kentucky	85	5½	5	6	5	5½	6	6	5	4	5	5	4½	5½	6	3	-	3	5
6	Vanderbilt	88½	5½	6	4	6	4	5	3½	6	3	6	6	6	5½	5	5	-	6	6
West
1	Alabama	24	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1½	1	1	-	1	3
2t	Louisiana State	40½	3	1	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	1½	3	3	-	3	2
2t	Mississippi	40½	1	3	2	1	3	3	5	3	3	3	2	1½	3	2	2	-	2	1
4	Arkansas	72½	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4½	4½	4½	4	-	4	4
5	Auburn	80	5	5	5	4	4	5	2	5	5	4	5	6	4½	4½	5	-	6	5
6	Mississippi State	99½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4½	6	6	6	-	5	6

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

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

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Kentucky and South Carolina for 5th-6th in the SEC East.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Tennessee and Vanderbilt for 3rd-4th in the SEC East.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Alabama and Mississippi for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Arkansas and Mississippi State for 4th-5th in the SEC West.

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

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

College Football News predicted a tie between Arkansas and Auburn for 4th-5th in the SEC West.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Arkansas and Auburn for 4th-5th in the SEC West.

Jim Feist did not have SEC predictions posted to his web site as of the start of the college football season.

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

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
1	Troy	18	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1
2	Arkansas State	44	2½	2	2	2	3	2	5	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	2	-	2½	2
3	Florida Atlantic	62	2½	3	3	3	2	6	7	2	6	7	3	3½	2½	2	4	-	2½	3
4	Middle Tennessee	64	4½	5	4	4	4½	4	1	4	2	4	5	3½	2½	5	3	-	4	4
5	Florida Int'l	86½	6	4	5	7	4½	5	6	7	4	3	4	6	5	5	5	-	5	5
6	Louisiana-Monroe	101	4½	6	6	5	6	7	4	6	7	5	7	5	7½	5	6	-	8	6
7	Louisiana-Lafay.	104	7	7	7	6	7	3	3	5	5	6	6	7½	6	8	7	-	6½	7
8	North Texas	138½	8	8	8	8	8	8	8½	9	8	8	8	7½	7½	8	9	-	9	8
9	Western Kentucky	147	9	9	9	9	9	9	8½	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	-	6½	9

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Florida Atlantic for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisiana-Monroe and Middle Tennessee for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Florida International and Middle Tennessee State for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between North Texas and Western Kentucky for 8th-9th in the Sun Belt.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and North Texas for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt.

College Football News predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Middle Tennessee for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt.

College Football News predicted a tie between Louisiana-Monroe and North Texas for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Florida International, Louisiana-Monroe, and Middle Tennessee State, for 4th-6th in the Sun Belt.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Louisiana-Lafayette, North Texas, and Western Kentucky, for 7th-9th in the Sun Belt.

Jim Feist did not have Sun Belt predictions posted to his web site as of the start of the college football season.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Florida Atlantic for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt.

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

Western Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Phil Steele	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	F'ball Out- siders	Com- Pugh- ter	Coll. F'ball Poll	NCAA F'ball Comm.	Game Plan	Sports Illus.	Coll. F'ball News	CPA Rank	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	S'thrn Coll. Sports	ATS Con's
1	Boise State	18	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	2	1
2	Nevada	37	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	-	2	2
3	Fresno State	61½	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	3½	6	-	5	3
4	Louisiana Tech	62½	4½	3	3	3	4	4	4½	5	4	5	3	4	3	3½	3	-	2	4
5	Hawaii	88½	6½	5	5	5	5	5	4½	2	6	7	6	6½	6	5	4	-	5	5
6	San Jose State	94	4½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	6½	5	6	5	-	5	6
7	Utah State	123½	6½	9	7	7	9	9	7	7	7	6	7	4	8	7	7	-	8	8
8	New Mexico State	135	9	7	8	9	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	-	7	7
9	Idaho	145	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	-	9	9

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Hawaii and Utah State for 6th-7th in the WAC.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Hawaii and Louisiana Tech for 4th-5th in the WAC.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Fresno State, Louisiana Tech, and Utah State for 3rd-5th in the WAC.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Hawaii and San Jose State for 6th-7th in the WAC.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Fresno State, Louisiana Tech, and Nevada, for 2nd-4th in the WAC.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Idaho, New Mexico State, and Utah State, for 7th-9th in the WAC.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Fresno State and Louisiana Tech for 3rd-4th in the WAC.

Jim Feist did not have WAC predictions posted to his web site as of the start of the college football season.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Boise State, Louisiana Tech, and Nevada, for 1st-3rd in the WAC.

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Fresno State, Hawaii, and San Jose State, for 4th-6th in the WAC.