2010 Preseason Consensus

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National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Alabama	462	1	1	1	3	9	-	2	1	2	1	1	4	1	1	1	3	2
2	Ohio State	452	3	2	2	2	7	-	1	3	3	3	2	5	2	2	2	2	3
3	Boise State	423	2	4	3	6	10	-	3	14	1	5	3	1	3	8	8	1	1
4	Florida	409	5	6	5	7	4	-	5	2	8	2	7	8	7	4	4	8	5
5	Texas Christian	402	7	11	6	4	2	-	7	7	5	10	5	3	5	5	7	6	4
6	Texas	392	4	8	9	11	5	-	9	4	9	6	4	2	4	3	10	9	7
7	Oklahoma	368	9	5	10	1	6	-	4	5	12	7	10	9	12	23	5	4	6
8	Virginia Tech	337	8	10	12	13	8	-	14	6	7	9	14	14	10	6	9	10	9
9	Nebraska	332	11	7	7	5	1	-	6	21	4	11	6	10	9	-	20	7	8
10	Oregon	323	15	9	11	10	3	-	-	9	10	8	8	6	8	7	15	13	10
11	Iowa	319	10	12	13	14	16	-	8	15	6	14	9	12	6	11	14	5	12
12	Wisconsin	270	6	16	8	23	22	-	12	17	11	16	12	21	11	18	6	12	15
13	Miami-Florida	248	20	14	4	9	20	-	21	13	20	21	13	-	15	12	11	11	13
14	Southern Cal	242	12	3	16	8	-	-	11	11	15	4	16	-	17	-	16	-	11
15	Arkansas	216	16	17	21	17	12	-	20	18	13	19	24	11	23	15	19	-	14
16	North Carolina	206	13	19	23	12	14	-	18	24	18	-	11	7	13	-	13	-	22
17	Penn State	189	24	23	-	18	11	-	23	8	22	15	18	24	19	16	18	-	16
18	Pittsburgh	181	14	18	19	-	21	-	19	22	21	25	17	-	16	10	17	14	20
19	Louisiana State	179	18	24	20	-	13	-	17	10	17	13	25	-	21	17	22	-	17
20	Georgia Tech	157	17	-	18	-	-	-	13	-	14	22	19	16	14	9	-	-	21
21	Florida State	146	-	13	14	20	-	-	10	-	-	17	-	-	25	13	12	-	19
22	Georgia	138	21	15	-	19	-	-	-	19	24	12	20	-	-	-	3	-	18
23	Auburn	130	-	22	17	15	15	-	15	-	-	24	22	-	-	14	23	-	23
24	West Virginia	107	19	-	24	22	-	-	16	-	19	18	21	-	-	25	24	-	25
25	Oregon State	97	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	15	-	20	21	21	15	24

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
26	Utah	75	25	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	23	13	22	-	-	-	-
27	Clemson	60	-	25	-	-	17	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-
28t	Cincinnati	52	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	18	19	-	-	-
28t	Connecticut	52	-	20	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	22	-	-	-
30	Texas Tech	45	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	16	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-
31	Houston	43	23	-	-	24	-	-	25	-	25	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-
32	South Carolina	37	-	-	-	21	-	-	22	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	Stanford	29	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-
34	Mississippi	28	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-
35	Temple	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-
36	Notre Dame	25	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
37	Brigham Young	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-
38	Arizona	23	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-
39	Middle Tennessee	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-
40t	Central Florida	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
40t	Tennessee	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
42	Missouri	20	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
43t	Central Michigan	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-
43t	Mississippi State	18	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
43t	Navy	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
46	Texas A&M	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	Washington	16	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
48	unranked	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

USA Today did not give a national ranking in their college football preview issue.

Southern College Sports listed only a top 15 (unranked=10 points).

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
Atlantic
1	Florida State	24½	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1½	1
2	Clemson	36½	3	2	4	2½	1	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3
3	Boston College	45½	2	3	2	2½	2	2	3	2	5	3	3	3	3½	3	2	1½	3
4	Wake Forest	79	5	6	5	5	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	5½	5	5	4½	3
5	N.C. State	83½	4	4	3	6	5	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	3½	5	6	6	6
6	Maryland	88	6	5	6	4	6	6	5	5	3	6	6	6	5½	5	4	4½	5
Coastal
1	Virginia Tech	28	1	1	2	2½	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	3	1½
2	Miami-Florida	42½	4	2	1	1	3	4	4	2	4	2	2	4	3	2	2	1	1½
3	North Carolina	45½	2	3	4	2½	2	2	3	3	3	4	1	1	3	4	2	2	4
4	Georgia Tech	54	3	4	3	4	4	3	1	4	2	3	4	3	3	2	4	4	3
5	Duke	90½	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	5½	5½	5½	5	6
6	Virginia	96½	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	5½	5½	5½	6	5

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Boston College and Clemson for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between North Carolina and Virginia Tech for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Boston College and N.C. State for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic division.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Georgia Tech, Miami-Florida, and North Carolina, for 2nd-4th in the ACC Coastal division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Duke and Virginia for 5th-6th in the ACC Coastal division.

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between Maryland, N.C. State, and Wake Forest, for 4th-6th in the ACC Atlantic division.

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

What If Sports predicted a tie between Duke and Virginia for 5th-6th in the ACC Coastal division.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Miami-Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia Tech, for 1st-3rd in the ACC Coastal Division.

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

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

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

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Boston College, Clemson, and Wake Forest, for 2nd-4th ACC Atlantic division.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginia Tech for 1st-2nd in the ACC Atlantic division.

Big East

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Pittsburgh	28	1	1	1	1½	2	1	2	2½	2	3	1	3	1	1½	1	2½	1
2	West Virginia	36	2	3	2	1½	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3½	2	1	2
3	Cincinnati	55	3	5	4	3½	3	3	4	2½	4	2	4	3	2	1½	4	2½	4
4	Connecticut	58	4	2	3	5	1	4	3	5	3	4	3	1	4	3½	5½	4	3
5	Rutgers	90	5	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	4	7	5½	5½	5
6	South Florida	91½	6	6	6	3½	5	6	6	4	6	6	6	5	6	5½	3	5½	6
7	Syracuse	123	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7½	5½	7	7	7
8	Louisville	130½	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	7½	8	8	8	8

Notes:

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Cincinnati and South Florida for 3rd-4th in the Big East.

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

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia for 2nd-4th in the Big East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Connecticut, Rutgers, and West VIrginia, for 3rd-5th in the Big East.

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

What If Sports predicted a tie between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh for 1st-2nd in the Big East.

What If Sports predicted a tie between Connecticut and West Virginia for 3rd-4th in the Big East.

What If Sports predicted a tie between South Florida and Syracuse for 5th-6th in the Big East.

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

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

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

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Ohio State	18	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1½
2	Iowa	40½	3	2	3	2½	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1½	1½
3	Wisconsin	53½	2	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3½	3	3	3½	3½
4	Penn State	60	4	4	4	2½	2	5	4	2	4	4	4	4	3½	3	3	3½	3½
5	Michigan State	96	5	5	7	5½	6	4	5	6	5	5	5	7	5½	6	5	7½	6½
6	Northwestern	106½	7	7	6	7	8	6	6	8	6	6	7	5	5½	6	6	5	5
7	Michigan	121	6	6	8	5½	8	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	8½	10½	8	6	6½
8	Purdue	127	8	8	5	9	4	9	8	5	7	8	8	10	8½	6	8	7½	8
9	Illinois	153	10	9	9	8	10	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	8½	8	8	9	9½
10	Minnesota	170½	11	11	10	10½	8	11	10	10	9	9	10	8	11	10½	11	11	9½
11	Indiana	176	9	10	11	10½	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	8½	9	10	10	11

Notes:

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan and Michigan State for 5th-6th in the Big Ten.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Indiana and Minnesota for 10th-11th in the Big Ten.

Rogers Poll predicted a three-way tie between Iowa, Purdue, and Wisconsin for 3rd-5th in the Big Ten.

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

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Penn State and Wisconsin for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Michigan State and Northwestern for 5th-6th in the Big Ten.

Sports Illustrated predicted a four-way tie between Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Purdue, for 7th-10th in the Big Ten.

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between Iowa, Penn State, and Wisconsin, for 2nd-4th in the Big Ten.

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between Michigan State, Northwestern, and Purdue, for 5th-7th in the Big Ten.

What If Sports predicted a tie between Michigan and Minnesota for 10th-11th in the Big Ten.

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

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Iowa and Ohio State for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten.
Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Penn State and Wisconsin for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten.
Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Michigan State and Purdue for 7th-8th in the Big Ten.
Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Iowa and Ohio State for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Penn State and Wisconsin for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Michigan and Michigan State for 6th-7th in the Big Ten.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Illinois and Minnesota for 9th-10th in the Big Ten.

Big 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
North
1	Nebraska	17	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Missouri	37	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2½
3	Kansas	64½	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	2	6	3	4	3	4	5	6	5	2½
4	Colorado	70½	6	4	4	3	5	6	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	3	2½	3	4
5	Kansas State	78½	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	3	4	3	6	3	4	4½	4	5
6	Iowa State	89½	3	6	5	6	4	3	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	4½	6	6
South
1	Texas	24	1	2	1	2	1½	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1½
2	Oklahoma	28	2	1	2	1	1½	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1½
3t	Texas A&M	62½	3	3	3	3	5½	3	3	5	3	5	3	5	4	4	2	3	5
3t	Texas Tech	62½	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4½	3
5	Oklahoma State	84	5	5	6	6	4	5	4	4	6	4	5	4	5	5½	5½	6	4
6	Baylor	96	6	6	5	5	5½	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5½	5½	4½	6

Notes:

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

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Baylor and Teas A&M for 5th-6th in the Big XII South.

What If Sports predicted a tie between Baylor and Oklahoma State for 5th-6th in the Big XII South.

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

College Football News predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas State for 4th-5th in the Big XII North.

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

College Football News predicted a tie between Baylor and Oklahoma State for 5th-6th in the Big XII South.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Baylor and Texas Tech for 4th-5th in the Big XII South.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Kansas and Missouri for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII North.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Texas for 1st-2nd in the Big XII South.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
East
1	Central Florida	28½	1	2	1	1½	1	1	1	2½	2	1	1	1	4	2½	3½	1½	1
2	Southern Miss	30½	2	1	2	1½	2	3	2	2½	1	2	2	2	1½	1	1½	1½	2
3	East Carolina	57½	4	4	3	5	3½	2	3	1	5	3	4	4	1½	4½	1½	5	3½
4	Marshall	60	3	3	4	3½	3½	4	4	4	3	4	3	5	3	2½	3½	3½	3½
5	UAB	80½	6	6	5	3½	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	3	5	4½	5	3½	5
6	Memphis	100	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Houston	18	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
2	Southern Methodist	36½	2	2	3	2½	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
3	Tulsa	51½	3	4	2	2½	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	3½	3	3½
4	Texas-El Paso	65	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3½	4	3½
5	Rice	87	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Tulane	99	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Central Florida and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in Conference USA East division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Marshall and UAB for 3rd-4th in Conference USA East division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Southern Methodist and Tulsa for 2nd-3rd in Conference USA West division.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between East Carolina and Marshall for 3rd-4th in Conference USA East division.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Central Florida and Southern Miss for 2nd-3rd in Conference USA East division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between East Carolina and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in Conference USA East division..

What If Sports predicted a tie between Central Florida and Marshall for 2nd-3rd in Conference USA East division.

What If Sports predicted a tie between East Carolina and UAB for 4th-5th in Conference USA East division.

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between Rice, Tulane, and Tulsa, for 4th-6th in Conference USA West division.

College Football News predicted a tie between East Carolina and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in Conference USA East division.

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

College Football News predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso and Tulsa for 3rd-4th in Conference USA West division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Central Florida and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in Conference USA East division.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Marshall and UAB for 3rd-4th in Conference USA East division.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between East Carolina and Marshall for 3rd-4th in Conference USA East division.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso and Tulsa for 3rd-4th in Conference USA West division.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
East
1	Temple	22½	1	1	1	1	2½	1	2	2½	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1½	1	1½
2	Ohio	33	2	2	3	2½	2½	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1½	1½	2½	1½
3	Kent State	62	3	3	4	2½	5½	4	3	5	3	5	3	5	3	4	3	2½	3½
4	Bowling Green	69	4	6	2	6	1	3	4	4	5	3	5	3	4	5½	4½	5½	3½
5	Buffalo	74½	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	2½	4	4	4	4	6	3	4½	5½	5
6	Miami-Ohio	107	7	7	7	6	5½	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	4	6½
7	Akron	108	6	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	5½	6	7	6½
West
1	Northern Illinois	24	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1½	1	1½	1
2	Central Michigan	38	1	3	2	5	1	2	3	1	3	1	3	1	2½	1½	2	4	2
3	Western Michigan	57½	3	4	4	1	4	3	2	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	1½	3
4	Toledo	59½	4	2	3	3½	3	4	4	4	5	3	2	4	2½	3	3	5	4½
5	Ball State	76	5	5	5	3½	5	5	5	3	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	4½
6	Eastern Michigan	102	6	6	6	6	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 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Akron, Bowling Green, and Miami-Ohio for 5th-7th in the MAC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Ball State and Toledo for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Ohio and Temple for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Kent State and Miami-Ohio for 5th-6th in the MAC East.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Buffalo and Temple for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Akron, Buffalo, and Miami-Ohio, for 5th-7th in the MAC East.

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

What If Sports predicted a tie between Ohio and Temple for 1st-2nd in the MAC East.

What If Sports predicted a tie between Akron and Bowling Green for 5th-6th in the MAC East.

What If Sports predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Northern Illinois for 2nd-3rd in the MAC West.

College Football News predicted a tie between Ohio and Temple for 1st-2nd in the MAC East.

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

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

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Buffalo for 5th-6th in the MAC East.

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

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Ohio and Temple for 1st-2nd in the MAC East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Kent State for 3rd-4th in the MAC East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Akron and Miami-Ohio for 6th-7th in the MAC East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Ball State and Toledo for 4th-5th in the MAC West.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Texas Christian	17½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1
2	Utah	38½	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2½	2	1½	2½	2
3	Brigham Young	51½	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	3	2½	3½	3	2½	4
4	Air Force	64	4	4	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4½	3½	4	4	4
5	Wyoming	102	6	5	6	6	7	5	5	9	7	9	5	5	4½	5	8½	5	4
6	San Diego State	106½	5	6	8	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	8½	7	6
7	Colorado State	120½	7	7	5	7½	8	9	7	5	8	5	7	8	7	8	6½	8½	7
8	Nevada-Las Vegas	122½	8	8	9	7½	6	7	9	8	5	7	8	6	7	8	5	6	8
9	New Mexico	142	9	9	7	9	9	8	8	7	9	8	9	9	9	8	6½	8½	9

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Colorado State and Nevada-Las Vegas for 7th-8th 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 Wyoming for 4th-5th in the Mountain West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Colorado State, Nevada-Las Vegas, and San Diego State, for 6th-8th in the Mountain West.

What If Sports predicted a tie between Air Force and Brigham Young for 3rd-4th in the Mountain West.

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between Colorado State, Nevada-Las Vegas, and New Mexico, for 7th-9th in the Mountain West.

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

College Football News predicted a tie between Colorado State and New Mexico for 6th-7th in the Mountain West.

College Football News predicted a tie between San Diego State and Wyoming for 8th-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 Colorado State and New Mexico for 8th-9th in the Mountain West.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a three-way tie between Air Force, Brigham Young, and Wyoming, for 3rd-5th in the Mountain West.

Pacific 10

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Oregon	28½	2	2	1	1½	1	1	5	1	1	2	1	1	1½	1	3	2½	1
2	Southern Cal	46	1	1	3	1½	6	2	1	2	2	1	3	7	3½	6	1	2½	2½
3	Oregon State	53½	3	3	2	6	3	3	4	5½	6	3	2	2	1½	3	3	1	2½
4	Arizona	77½	6	5	5	3½	4	5	7	3	3	5	6	4	3½	3	5½	4½	4½
5	Stanford	80	5	4	7	6	2	6	3	5½	4	6	5	3	5½	3	3	7½	4½
6	California	101½	7	7	8	3½	7	7	6	4	7	4	7	5	7	6	5½	4½	6
7	Washington	102	4	6	4	6	5	4	2	9	5	8	4	8	5½	9	8	7½	7
8	UCLA	128	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	7½	9	7	8	6	8	6	8	6	8½
9	Arizona State	148	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7½	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8½
10	Washington State	170	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oregon and Southern Cal for 1st-2nd in the PAC-10.

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

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Oregon State, Stanford, and Washington for 5th-7th in the PAC-10.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Oregon State and Stanford for 5th-6th in the PAC-10.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Arizona State and UCLA for 7th-8th in the PAC-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Oregon and Oregon State for 1st-2nd in the Pac-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Arizona and Southern Cal for 3rd-4th in the Pac-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Stanford and Washington for 5th-6th in the Pac-10.

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between Arizona, Oregon State, and Stanford, for 2nd-4th in the Pac-10.

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between California, Southern Cal, and UCLA, for 5th-7th in the Pac-10.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Oregon, Oregon State, and Stanford, for 2nd-4th in the Pac-10.

College Football News predicted a tie between Arizona and California for 5th-6th in the Pac-10.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Arizona State, UCLA, and Washington, for 7th-9th in the Pac-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Oregon and Southern Cal for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Arizona and California for 4th-5th in the Pac-10.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Stanford and Washington for 7th-8th in the Pac-10.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Oregon State and Southern Cal for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-10.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Arizona and Stanford for 4th-5th in the Pac-10.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Arizona State and UCLA for 8th-9th in the Pac-10.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
East
1	Florida	18	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1½	1
2	Georgia	37	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1½	1½	2
3	South Carolina	48	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
4	Tennessee	71½	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4½
5	Kentucky	80½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	3	4	5	5	4½
6	Vanderbilt	102	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Alabama	18	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1
2	Arkansas	48½	2	2	4	3½	1½	2	4	3	2	3	3	2	3½	3	5	3	2
3	Louisiana State	54	3	4	3	3½	3½	3	3	2	3	2	4	5	2	3	3	4	3
4	Auburn	55	4	3	2	2	3½	4	2	5	4	4	2	4	3½	3	3	1½	4½
5	Mississippi	81½	6	5	5	5½	5½	5	5	4	5	5	5	3	5	5	3	5	4½
6	Mississippi State	100	5	6	6	5½	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arkansas and Louisiana State for 3rd-4th in the SEC West.

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

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Alabama and Arkansas for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

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

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Auburn and Louisiana Statefor 3rd-4th in the SEC West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Georgia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, for 2nd-4th in the SEC East.

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

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas, Auburn, and Louisiana State, for 2nd-4th in the SEC West.

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

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Auburn, Louisiana State, and Mississippi, for 2nd-4th in the SEC West.

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

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

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Kentucky and Tennessee for 4th-5th in the SEC East.

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

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Middle Tennessee	23½	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1½	1
2	Troy	31	2	1	4	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2½	1½	2
3	Arkansas State	71½	3	4	3	4½	3	3	4	7	4	6	5	4	4	6	2½	5	3½
4	Florida Atlantic	76½	5	3	5	4½	4	7	5	5½	5	3	6	5	4	4	4	3	3½
5	Louisiana-Lafay.	89½	6	6	6	6½	8	4	3	5½	3	5	3	3	4	6	8	7½	5
6	Louisiana-Monroe	97½	4	5	7	8	5	5	6	3	7	4	7	8	7	2	6	7½	6
7	North Texas	109	8	7	8	3	6	8	8	4	8	8	4	6	7	6	6	5	7
8	Florida Int'l	113½	7	8	2	6½	7	6	7	8	6	7	8	7	7	8	6	5	8
9	Western Kentucky	153	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Notes:

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida International and Louisiana-Lafayette for 6th-7th in the Sun Belt.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Louisiana-Lafayette for 5th-6th in the Sun Belt.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, and Louisiana-Lafayette, for 3rd-5th in the Sun Belt.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Florida International, Louisiana-Monroe, and North Texas, for 6th-8th in the Sun Belt.

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, and Troy, for 1st-3rd in the Sun Belt.

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, and North Texas, for 5th-7th in the Sun Belt.

College Football News predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Troy for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Florida International, Louisiana-Monroe, and North Texas, for 5th-7th in the Sun Belt.

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

Southern College Sports predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas State, Florida International, and North Texas, for 4th-6th in the Sun Belt.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt.

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

Western Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	TSN	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	F'ball Out- siders	Gold Sheet	Com- pugh- ter	Game Plan	Coll. F'ball Poll	Sports Illus.	What If Sports	Coll. F'ball News	S'thrn Coll. Sports	CPA Rank
1	Boise State	17	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Nevada	40½	2	2	2	2½	2	2	2	4	2	3	2	3	2½	3	2	2½	2
3	Fresno State	51½	3	3	5	2½	3	3	3	3	5	2	3	2	2½	3	3	2½	3
4	Louisiana Tech	81	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	2	4	5	7	4	6½	5½	8	6	4
5	Idaho	94½	6	7	4	7	4	7	6	6½	7	6	5	6	4	3	4	5	7
6	Hawaii	96	5	6	8	5	7	6	5	5	6	4	6	7	6½	5½	5	4	5
7	Utah State	97½	7	5	6	6	6	4	7	6½	3	7	4	5	5	7	6	7	6
8	San Jose State	143	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8½	7	8½	8
9	New Mexico State	144	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8½	9	8½	9

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Fresno State and Nevada for 2nd-3rd in the WAC.

Football Outsiders predicted a tie between Idaho and Utah State for 6th-7th in the WAC.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Fresno State and Nevada for 2nd-3rd in the WAC.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Hawaii and Louisiana Tech for 6th-7th in the WAC.

What If Sports predicted a three-way tie between Fresno State, Idaho, and Nevada, for 2nd-4th in the WAC.

What If Sports predicted a tie between Hawaii and Louisiana Tech for 5th-6th in the WAC.

What If Sports predicted a tie between New Mexico State and San Jose State for 8th-9th in the WAC.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between Fresno State and Nevada for 2nd-3rd in the WAC.

Southern College Sports predicted a tie between New Mexico State and San Jose State in the WAC.