2011 Preseason Consensus

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National rankings
Atlantic Coast Conference Predictions
Big East Conference Predictions
Big Ten Conference Predictions
Big XII Conference Predictions
Conference USA Predictions
Mid-American Conference Predictions
Mountain West Conference Predictions
Pacific 12 Conference Predictions
Southeastern Conference Predictions
Sun Belt Conference Predictions
Western Athletic Conference Predictions

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
1	Alabama	410	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	1
2	Oklahoma	400	2	1	2	2	7	1	1	4	1	3	5	1	2	2
3	Oregon	369	5	3	3	4	9	3	5	3	5	5	3	8	1	8
4	Florida State	355	7	5	4	10	3	5	7	1	4	4	2	9	8	10
5	Louisiana State	354	1	4	8	7	13	4	3	5	3	7	4	6	10	5
6	Boise State	340	6	6	5	3	2	7	6	6	6	6	-	3	4	3
7	Stanford	301	4	8	13	16	17	6	4	8	9	2	14	20	5	7
8	Virginia Tech	282	13	12	7	5	23	13	11	9	10	16	9	5	13	6
9	Oklahoma State	271	12	7	12	19	10	8	12	11	7	10	18	17	6	14
10	Notre Dame	267	18	19	6	6	5	18	19	7	12	8	7	11	12	19
11	Arkansas	263	11	10	16	13	8	14	14	14	11	15	8	21	7	9
12	Texas A&M	254	9	13	11	8	6	9	8	15	17	23	12	7	11	-
13	Nebraska	246	10	9	10	12	11	11	9	13	8	-	20	4	9	-
14	South Carolina	213	19	11	21	14	14	12	10	19	14	24	21	15	14	13
15	Ohio State	210	8	14	9	15	16	16	18	18	18	18	10	-	18	15
16	Texas Christian	185	20	15	15	11	15	15	17	17	15	21	-	-	15	11
17	Wisconsin	184	25	17	23	23	12	10	13	10	13	17	-	14	20	22
18	Georgia	174	-	16	14	9	-	22	16	16	16	14	6	-	17	21
19	Missouri	147	-	23	25	-	4	21	24	12	22	12	-	10	24	17
20	Michigan State	122	17	22	22	-	-	17	15	20	21	-	13	16	25	-
21	Florida	109	-	20	18	-	-	23	-	21	19	20	15	-	22	12
22	Southern Cal	102	-	-	20	17	25	-	22	-	-	9	19	-	16	18
23	West Virginia	98	23	18	17	-	20	-	23	-	20	-	16	24	-	20
24	Mississippi State	91	15	21	-	-	21	20	21	-	24	22	-	25	19	-
25	Auburn	76	21	24	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	19	-	-	23	4

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
26	Arizona State	63	24	25	-	22	-	-	20	-	-	11	-	-	21	-
27	Texas	53	-	-	24	18	-	24	-	22	23	-	22	-	-	-
28	Penn State	50	14	-	-	24	-	25	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-
29	Southern Miss	43	-	-	-	20	-	-	25	24	-	-	-	12	-	-
30	Miami-Florida	31	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	25	-	-	24
31	Brigham Young	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	13	-	-
32	Utah	22	22	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	Air Force	21	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
34t	Michigan	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	25
34t	N.C. State	20	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
36	Tennessee	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-
37	Clemson	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	23
38t	Northwestern	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
38t	Pittsburgh	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
40t	North Carolina	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	24	-	-	-
40t	Toledo	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
42	Houston	10	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
43	Miami-Ohio	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
44	Rutgers	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-
45	Nevada	7	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
46	South Florida	6	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

USA Today didn't have a national top 25 in their college football publication, but they do publish a poll prior to the season, was was used here.

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
Atlantic
1	Florida State	14	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Clemson	43½	4	2	4	2	3	4	4	2	2	4	2	5	2½	3
3	N.C. State	45	5	5	2	3	2	5	2	5	4	2½	3	2	2½	2
4	Maryland	50	2	3	3	5	4	2	5	3	3	2½	5	4	4½	4
5	Boston College	57½	3	4	5	4	5	3	3	4	5	5	4	3	4½	5
6	Wake Forest	84	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Coastal
1	Virginia Tech	14	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Miami-Florida	31½	2	2	2	2½	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2
3	North Carolina	38½	3	3	3	2½	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3
4	Georgia Tech	60	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	4
5	Virginia	71	4	5	5	5	5½	6	6	5	5	4½	5	4	6	5
6	Duke	79	6	6	6	6	5½	5	5	6	6	4½	6	6	5	6

Notes:

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

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

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Maryland and North Carolina State for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Duke and Virginia for 4th-5th in the ACC Coastal.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Clemson and N.C. State for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Boston College and Maryland for 4th-5th in the ACC Atlantic.

Big East

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
1	West Virginia	19½	1	1	1	3½	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1
2	Pittsburgh	32½	3	3	3	1½	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	2	1	2
3	South Florida	39½	2	2	2	1½	2	1	2	4	3	4	4	5	3	4
4	Cincinnati	60½	4	4	5	3½	4	7	4	3	4	3	5	6	5	3
5	Syracuse	80	6	6	4	8	7	4	5	5	6	6	7	4	4	8
6	Connecticut	80½	7	5	6	5	6	5	6	6	5	7	8	3	6½	5
7	Louisville	90	5	7	8	6½	5	6	8	7	7	5	6	7	6½	6
8	Rutgers	101½	8	8	7	6½	8	8	7	8	8	8	2	8	8	7

Notes:

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

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisville and Rutgers for 6th-7th in the Big East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Connecticut and Louisville for 6th-7th in the Big East.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
Leaders
1	Ohio State	22	1	1	1	2	2½	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1½	1
2	Wisconsin	24½	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1½	2
3	Penn State	42½	2	3	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	3½	2	3	4	3
4	Illinois	53	5	5	4	4	2½	4	3	4	4	3½	3	4	3	4
5	Purdue	70	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	5
6	Indiana	82	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6
Legends
1	Nebraska	20	1	1	1	1½	1	2	1	1	1	1½	3	1	1	3
2	Michigan State	30½	3	2	2	1½	3	1	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	4
3	Iowa	43½	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	1½	4	5	4	1
4	Michigan	52½	5	3	4	4½	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	4	3	2
5	Northwestern	63½	2	5	5	4½	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	3	5	5
6	Minnesota	84	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Ohio State, Penn State, and Wisconsin, for 1st-3rd in the Big Ten Leaders division.

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan and Northwestern for 4th-5th in the Big Ten Legends division.

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

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Duke and Virginia for 4th-5th in the ACC Coastal.
The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Illinois and Penn State for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten Leaders division.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Iowa and Nebraska for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten Legends division.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Ohio State and Wisconsin for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten Leaders division.

Big XII

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
1	Oklahoma	16	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Texas A&M	39	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	4	3	2	3	4
3	Oklahoma State	40½	3	2	3	3½	4	2	3	2	2	2	5	4	2	3
4	Missouri	50½	4	4	5	5	1	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4½	2
5	Texas	67	5	5	4	3½	6	5	5	5	5	5	2	7	4½	5
6	Texas Tech	90	7	6	6	6½	5	6	7	7	6	7	7	5	8½	6
7	Baylor	96	6	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	8
8	Kansas State	107½	8	8	9	6½	8	8	9	8	8	7	8	7	6	7
9	Iowa State	124	9	9	8	9½	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8½	9
10	Kansas	139½	10	10	10	9½	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas for 3rd-4th in the Big XII.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Kansas State and Texas Tech for 6th-7th in the Big XII.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas for 9th-10th in the Big XII.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a three-way tie between Baylor, Kansas State, and Texas Tech for 6th-8th in the Big XII.

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Baylor, Kansas State, and Texas for 6th-8th in the Big XII.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Missouri and Texas for 4th-5th in the Big XII.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Iowa State and Texas Tech for 8th-9th in the Big XII.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
East
1	Southern Miss	21	1	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	1½	1	1	1½	1
2	Central Florida	23	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1½	2	2	1½	3
3	East Carolina	49½	5	3	3	3	2	3	5	4	3	3	5	5	3½	2
4	UAB	58½	3	5	4	4	5	5	3	3	5	4	6	4	3½	4
5	Marshall	60	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	3	3	5	5
6	Memphis	82	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	6
West
1	Houston	25	1	2	2	1	3	1	1	3	1	2	1	3	2	2
2	Southern Methodist	29½	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	3½	3
3	Tulsa	30	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	3	1	1	1
4	Rice	57	4	4	4	4	4½	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3½	4
5	Tulane	72½	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	4	6	5½	5	5	5	5
6	Texas-El Paso	80	6	6	6	6	4½	6	5	6	5	5½	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Rice and Texas-El Paso for 4th-5th in CUSA West.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Central Florida and Southern Mississippi for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso nad Tulane for 5th-6th in CUSA West.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Central Florida and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between East Carolina and UAB for 3rd-4th in CUSA East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Rice and Southern Methodist for 3rd-4th in CUSA West.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
East
1	Ohio	26½	3	2	1	1	1½	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2
2	Temple	28½	1	3	3	2	1½	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	1
3	Miami-Ohio	35½	2	1	2	3½	4	3	2	3	1	3	6	1	1	3
4	Kent State	61½	7	4	4	3½	3	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4
5	Bowling Green	70	6	5	5	6	5½	4	4	5	4	6	1	6½	7	5
6	Buffalo	80½	5	6	6	5	5½	6	6	6	6	5	7	5	6	6
7	Akron	89½	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	6½	5	7
West
1	Northern Illinois	23½	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	1½	4	2	1	1
2	Toledo	30	2	1	1	1½	2	3	3	2	1	3½	2	1	3	4
3	Western Michigan	35	3	3	3	1½	3	2	2	3	3	1½	3	3	2	2
4	Central Michigan	53½	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3½	1	5	4	3
5	Ball State	70	6	5	5	5½	5½	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5
6	Eastern Michigan	82	5	6	6	5½	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Kent State and Bowling Green for 3rd-4th 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 Ball State and Eastern Michigan for 5th-6th in the MAC West.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Ohio and Temple for 1st-2nd in the MAC East.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Buffalo for 5th-6th in the MAC East.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Ball State and Eastern Michigan for 5th-6th in the MAC West.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Northern Illinois and Western Michgian for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Toledo for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

College Football Poll predicted a tie between Akron and Bowling Green for 6th-7th in the MAC East.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
1	Boise State	14½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1
2	Texas Christian	29½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	1½	2
3	Air Force	45	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	2	3	3
4	San Diego State	55	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
5	Colorado State	74½	5	7	5	4	5	5	6	5	5	6	3	7	5½	6
6	Wyoming	82½	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	6	6	5	7	5	5½	5
7	Nevada-Las Vegas	97	8	5	7	8	6	6	8	7	7	7	5	8	7	8
8	New Mexico	106	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	7

Pacific 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
North
1	Oregon	18	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
2	Stanford	24	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1
3	Washington	52½	4	3	3	3½	5	3	3	5	3	5	3	3	4	5
4	Oregon State	57½	3	5	4	3½	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	5	5	3
5	California	58	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	3	4
6	Washington State	84	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
South
1	Southern Cal	24	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	1	1
2	Arizona State	25½	2	1	2	2	3½	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	3
3	Utah	39	1	3	3	3½	1	3	4	3	3	4½	3	1	4	2
4	Arizona	56	4	4	4	5	3½	4	3	4	4	4½	5	4	3	4
5	UCLA	67½	6	5	5	3½	6	5	5	5	5	3	4	5	5	5
6	Colorado	82	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oregon State and Washington for 3rd-4th in the PAC-12 North.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between UCLA and Utah for 3rd-4th in the PAC-12 South.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Arizona and Arizona State for 3rd-4th in the PAC-12 South.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Arizona and Utah for 4th-5th in the PAC-12 South.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
East
1	South Carolina	24	1	1	3	2	1	2	1	2	1	4	2	1	1	2
2	Georgia	26	3	2	1	1	2½	3	2	1	2	1	1	3	2½	1
3	Florida	36	2	3	2	3	2½	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2½	3
4	Tennessee	57	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	5	4	5
5	Kentucky	67	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4
6	Vanderbilt	84	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Alabama	15½	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1
2	Louisiana State	29	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
3	Arkansas	39½	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1½	3
4	Mississippi State	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	4	5
5	Auburn	68	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4
6	Mississippi	82	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
1	Troy	20½	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1½	1
2	Florida Int'l	21½	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1½	2
3	Louisiana-Monroe	59	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	3	4	4	9	3	5	4
4	Arkansas State	59½	8	3	3	4½	5	3	3	4	3	3	6	8	3	3
5	Middle Tennessee	68½	5	5	5	4½	4	5	4	6	5	7	3	6	4	5
6	North Texas	92½	3	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	5	6	7½	6
7	Western Kentucky	93	7	9	7	8	8	6	6	5	9	5	4	6	6	7
8	Florida Atlantic	100	6	6	9	7	6	8	8	8	6	8	7	4	9	8
9	Louisiana-Lafay.	115½	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	8	9	7½	9

Notes:

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

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Middle Tennessee, North Texas, and Wester Kentucky for 5th-7th in the Sun Belt.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Florida International and Troy for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and North Texas for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt.

Western Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	F'ball Out- siders
1	Hawaii	26	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	2
2	Nevada	27	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	1	5	1	1	1
3	Fresno State	38	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	2	4	3	3
4	Louisiana Tech	54½	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	6	4½	4
5	Idaho	75½	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	7	2	4½	6
6	Utah State	84	5	5	6	7	6	5	5	7	5	6	8	5	6	8
7	San Jose State	92	6	8	7	6	7	8	7	6	7	7	4	7	7	5
8	New Mexico State	107	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	7

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Fresno State, Hawai'i, and Louisiana Tech, for 2nd-4th in the WAC.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Idaho and Louisiana Tech for 4th-5th in the WAC.