2016 Preseason Consensus

See the "notes" file for information on the preseason consensus. See the "2016 accuracy" file for a comparison between 2016 preseason predictions and final conference standings.

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Mid-American Conference Predictions
Mountain West Conference Predictions
Pacific 12 Conference Predictions
Southeastern Conference Predictions
Sun Belt Conference Predictions

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
1	Alabama	586	1	2	1	1	1	2	5	1	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4
2	Clemson	554	4	11	2	2	2	5	2	3	4	1	2	1	3	3	2	11	2	2	1	3
3	Oklahoma	534	6	6	3	3	5	3	13	4	1	5	3	3	4	4	8	3	4	3	3	2
4	Ohio State	498	3	4	4	4	10	6	1	2	3	6	6	6	8	2	4	25	6	5	7	10
5	Florida State	497	2	8	6	8	4	1	12	5	8	7	4	9	5	16	5	2	3	4	6	8
6	Louisiana State	489	9	12	12	9	6	4	6	8	9	2	5	8	2	10	6	6	5	6	5	1
7	Tennessee	468	7	1	13	6	11	7	3	13	14	4	9	5	6	13	3	7	7	10	8	5
8	Michigan	413	5	5	8	7	3	12	16	11	11	16	7	4	17	12	7	-	9	8	4	14
9	Notre Dame	394	8	9	10	11	9	9	11	12	10	10	10	13	9	11	10	-	11	9	10	13
10	Stanford	374	12	-	9	10	8	10	-	6	7	22	8	11	13	5	12	5	8	7	12	19
11	Mississippi	355	10	22	7	13	14	17	-	9	5	11	11	16	7	6	15	-	10	12	11	7
12	Michigan State	273	13	-	11	22	16	13	14	7	-	-	12	15	24	9	13	4	15	11	-	24
13	Texas Christian	263	18	-	25	20	-	11	18	14	12	-	13	7	22	7	17	20	13	14	17	16
14	Southern Cal	262	23	21	15	17	12	25	4	20	15	14	20	-	16	19	9	-	14	17	14	21
15	Georgia	253	17	-	19	18	13	23	8	16	23	23	18	19	10	17	16	-	19	16	15	15
16	Washington	245	11	3	20	21	17	8	21	25	17	9	14	17	15	-	11	-	-	18	24	-
17	Baylor	244	14	-	5	5	7	18	-	10	-	15	23	23	18	8	-	-	12	21	-	11
18	Iowa	225	20	18	17	15	23	14	10	17	25	-	17	18	25	22	24	19	18	15	16	-
19	Houston	220	16	16	14	12	18	20	15	21	18	-	15	12	-	-	-	13	21	13	21	-
20	Oklahoma State	219	25	-	16	16	15	-	19	18	22	19	21	21	-	24	20	10	25	19	9	9
21	UCLA	201	15	10	-	23	22	15	-	19	19	8	16	-	-	-	18	-	16	24	22	6
22	Louisville	196	19	13	22	14	25	21	7	22	-	12	19	24	23	-	19	-	17	23	20	-
23	North Carolina	195	22	15	18	25	19	-	20	-	6	-	22	-	19	20	21	12	22	20	18	22
24	Oregon	134	24	23	21	24	20	-	-	15	24	-	24	-	-	14	25	-	20	22	19	25
25	Nebraska	98	-	7	-	-	-	22	22	-	-	13	-	22	-	-	23	-	-	-	23	18

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
26	Florida	88	21	20	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	18	25	14	21	-	-	-	24	25	-	-
27	San Diego State	76	-	17	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	8	-	-	25	-
28	Texas A&M	75	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	11	25	22	-	-	-	-	12
29	Boise State	69	-	19	-	-	-	16	17	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-
30	Arkansas	67	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	20	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
31	Wisconsin	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	13	-	-	-	-	21	-	22	-	-	-	20
32	Miami-Florida	51	-	-	-	-	24	19	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	14	-	23	-	-	-
33	Pittsburgh	41	-	25	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
34	West Virginia	39	-	14	-	-	-	-	25	-	21	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
35	Washington State	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-
36	Mississippi State	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	20	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
37	Auburn	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
38	Brigham Young	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-
39	Texas	21	-	24	24	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
40	Utah	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	21	-	-	-	-
41	Western Kentucky	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-
42	Appalachian State	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-
43	Northwestern	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-
44	Western Michigan	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-
45t	Memphis	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-
45t	Temple	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	Toledo	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-
48	South Florida	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
49	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Conference predictions

American Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
East
1	South Florida	28	1	1	2	1	1	1½	2	1½	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
2	Temple	38	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	1½	1	1	2	2	2	1	2½	3	3	2	2	2
3	Cincinnati	60½	3	3	3	3	3	1½	3	3½	4	3	3	3	5	3	2½	4	2	3	4	1
4	Connecticut	79	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	2	4	4	3	4
5	East Carolina	95½	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	3½	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6
6	Central Florida	119	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
West
1	Houston	20	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Navy	51½	2	3	3	2	3	2½	2	2	2	5	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	4
3	Memphis	55	3	2	2	3	4	2½	3½	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
4	Tulsa	76½	4	4	4	4	2	4	3½	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
5	Southern Methodist	101½	5	5	5	6	5	5½	5	5	6	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	3
6	Tulane	115½	6	6	6	5	6	5½	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Memphis and Navy for 2nd-3rd in the AAC West.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Southern Methodist and Tulane for 5th-6th in the AAC West.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Memphis and Tulsa for 3rd-4th in the AAC West.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between South Florida and Temple for 1st-2nd in the AAC East.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Cincinnati and East Carolina for 3rd-4th in the AAC East.

Pick Six predicted a tie Cincinnati and Temple for 2nd-3rd in the AAC East.

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
Atlantic
1	Clemson	28	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
2	Florida State	33	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2
3	Louisville	59	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
4	N.C. State	82½	4	4	4	4	4	4½	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4
5	Boston College	112½	6	5	5	5	5	4½	6	5	6	7	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	7	7	7
6	Wake Forest	119	5	7	6	7	6	6	5	7	5	5	7	7	7	6	7	5	6	5	4	6
7	Syracuse	126	7	6	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	5	6	7	6	7	7	6	5	5
Coastal
1	North Carolina	27	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
2	Miami-Florida	61½	2	6	2	2	2	1	4	4½	6	1	2	4	5	2	1	5	2	2	2	6
3	Pittsburgh	62	4	2	5	4	3	3½	2½	3	2	2	3	5	2	4	5	2	3	3	3	1
4	Virginia Tech	67	3	4	3	5	4	3½	2½	2	3	3	4	1	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
5	Georgia Tech	90½	5	3	4	3	5	5	5	4½	4	6	6	3	3	5	4	6	5	6	5	3
6	Duke	117	6	5	6	7	6	6	7	6	5	7	5	7	6	6	6	4	6	5	6	5
7	Virginia	135	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	7	7	5	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Notes:

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

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

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and Miami-Florida for 4th-5th in the ACC Coastal.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
East
1	Ohio State	23	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1
2	Michigan	42	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2
3	Michigan State	58	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	1	3	3	3	3
4	Penn State	77	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	Indiana	103	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	6
6	Maryland	123½	6	7	6	7	6	6	6½	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	6	5	7	7
7	Rutgers	133½	7	6	7	6	7	7	6½	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	5
West
1	Iowa	29½	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1½	3	1	3	1	2
2	Nebraska	42½	2	1	3	3	1	2	2	4	4	1	2	2	2	2	1½	4	2	1	2	1
3	Wisconsin	57	3	3	2	4	2	3	4	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3
4	Northwestern	76½	4	5	4	2	4	4½	3	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	1	4	4	4	4
5	Minnesota	97½	5	4	5	5	5	4½	7	4	6	3	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Illinois	121	6	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
7	Purdue	136	7	6	7	7	6	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Minnesota and Northwestern for 4th-5th in the Big Ten West.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Maryland and Rutgers for 6th-7th in the Big Ten East.

Arena Fanatic predicted a three-way tie between Minnesota, Nebraska, and Northwestern for 3rd-5th in the Big Ten West.

Pick Six predicted a tie between Iowa and Nebraska for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten West.

Big XII

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
1	Oklahoma	22	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Texas Christian	63	3	6	5	4	6	2	1	3	3	5	2	1	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	4
3	Oklahoma State	64	4	4	3	3	2	5	3	5	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	4	2	2
4	Baylor	75½	2	5	2	2	3	3	4½	2	7	2	4	7	2	4	5	7	2	5	4	3
5	Texas	103½	7	3	4	6	5	4	4½	8	8	6	5	4	5	6	4	5	5	3	6	5
6	West Virginia	108½	5	2	6	5	4	7½	6	4	4	4	7	5	6	5	6	6	6	7	5	8
7	Texas Tech	135½	6	8	7	7	7	7½	7	6	5	7	6	8	7	7	7	4	8	6	8	7
8	Kansas State	149½	8	7	8	8	8	6	8½	7	6	9	8	6	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	6
9	Iowa State	178½	9	9	9	9	9	9	8½	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
10	Kansas	200	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Texas Tech and West Virginia for 7th-8th in the Big XII.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Baylor and Texas for 4th-5th in the Big XII.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas State for 8th-9th in the Big XII.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
East
1	Marshall	34½	2	1	2	3	2	1	1½	2	2	1	3	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
2	Western Kentucky	37½	3	3	1	1	1	2½	3	1	1	3	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
3	Middle Tennessee	50	1	2	3	2	3	2½	1½	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	3
4	Florida Atlantic	88	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	6	4	5	3	5
5	Old Dominion	101½	5	5	5	6	5	5	5½	6	5	6	6	4	4	6	5	3	6	4	6	4
6	Florida Int'l	109	6	6	6	4	6	6½	5½	4	6	4	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	5	6
7	Charlotte	139½	7	7	7	7	7	6½	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
West
1	Southern Miss	22	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Louisiana Tech	42	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4
3	Rice	62	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2
4	Texas-El Paso	80	3	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5
5	UTSA	95	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	3
6	North Texas	119	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky for 2nd-3rd in CUSA East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Charlotte and Florida International for 6th-7th in CUSA East.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Louisiana Tech, Rice, and Texas-El Paso for 2nd-4th in CUSA West.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Marshall and Middle Tennessee for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Florida International and Old Dominion for 5th-6th in CUSA East.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
East
1	Bowling Green	28	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1
2	Ohio	35	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
3	Akron	76	3	5	3	2	5	2	4	3	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	6	3	3	6	6
4	Miami-Ohio	90½	4	3	5	6	3	5½	3	5	5	2	5	6	4	5	6	4	6	5	4	4
5	Buffalo	92	5	6	6	4	6	4	6	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	4	5	5
6	Kent State	98½	6	4	4	5	4	5½	5	6	6	5	6	4	6	6	5	5	4	6	3	3
West
1	Western Michigan	27½	1	1	2	1	1	1	1½	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Northern Illinois	47½	3	2	3	2	3	2½	1½	3½	4	1	3	1	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	1
3	Toledo	52	2	4	1	3	4	2½	3½	1	1	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	4
4	Central Michigan	73	4	3	4	4	2	4	3½	3½	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
5	Ball State	102	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Eastern Michigan	118	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Akron, Bowling Green, and Ohio for 1st-3rd in the MAC East.

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

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

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Northern Illinois and Western Michian for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Toledo for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Northern Illinois for 3rd-4thin the MAC West.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
Mountain
1	Boise State	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Air Force	43	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
3	Utah State	65	3	3	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3
4	Colorado State	85½	4	5	2	4	5	4½	5	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	4
5	New Mexico	88½	5	4	4	6	4	4½	4	5	5	5	5	2	4	5	5	3	5	4	4	5
6	Wyoming	117	6	6	6	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	San Diego State	22	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Nevada	45½	2	2	2	3	3	2½	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	3
3	San Jose State	55	3	3	5	2	2	2½	3½	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2
4	Nevada-Las Vegas	83½	4	5	4	4	5	4	3½	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
5	Fresno State	97½	5	6	3	5	4	5½	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Hawaii	116½	6	4	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Colorado State and New Mexico for 4th-5th in the MWC Mountain Division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Nevada and San Jose State for 2nd-3rd in the MWC West Division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Fresno State and Hawaii for 5th-6th in the MWC West Division.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Nevada-Las Vegas and San Jose State for 3rd-4th in the MWC West Division.

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Fresno State, Hawaii, and Nevada-Las Vegas for 4th-6th in the MWC West Division.

Pacific 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
North
1	Stanford	31½	2	3	1	1	2	2	2½	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
2	Washington	41½	1	1	2	2	1	1	2½	3	1	1	2	3	1	3	1	3	4	3	3	3
3	Oregon	53	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	2	2	2	1
4	Washington State	75	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4
5	California	102	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
6	Oregon State	117	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
South
1	UCLA	29	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	1
2	Southern Cal	34½	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2½	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
3	Utah	65	3	4	3	3	4	3½	4	2½	2	3	3	5	3	3	3	1	3	4	3	5
4	Arizona	87	5	5	5	5	3	5½	4	4½	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	3	4	3
5	Arizona State	89	4	3	4	4	5	3½	6	4½	4	5	5	3	4	4	5	6	4	5	6	4
6	Colorado	115½	6	6	6	6	6	5½	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arizona State and Utah for 3rd-4th in the Pac-12 South.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arizona and Colorado for 5th-6th in the Pac-12 South.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Stanford and Washington for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-12 North.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Southern Cal and Utah for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-12 South.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Arizona and Arizona State for 4th-5th in the Pac-12 South.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
East
1	Tennessee	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Georgia	42½	2	3	2	2	2	2½	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	Florida	57½	3	2	3	3	3	2½	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
4	Missouri	96	6	5	4	5	5	4	6	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	6	4	6	5	6
5	Kentucky	104	4	4	5	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	7	5	5	4	7	4	7	7
6t	South Carolina	119½	7	7	6	4	4	6½	5	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	6	5	6	5
6t	Vanderbilt	119½	5	6	7	7	7	6½	7	7	6	7	5	7	5	7	6	4	5	7	4	4
West
1	Alabama	26	1	1	1	1	2	1½	1½	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Louisiana State	37	2	2	3	2	1	1½	1½	3	1	1	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
3	Mississippi	60	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3
4	Arkansas	101	4	5	4	6	7	6	6	4	3	7	5	4	5	4	6	3	5	5	5	7
5	Auburn	104	6	4	5	4	6	4	3	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	4	4	6	6
6	Texas A&M	110	5	7	6	5	4	6	5	7	7	6	4	5	7	5	4	7	6	6	4	4
7	Mississippi State	122	7	6	7	7	5	6	7	5	5	4	7	7	4	7	7	5	7	7	7	5

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida and Georgia for 2nd-3rd in the SEC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between South Carolina and Vanderbilt for 6th-7th in the SEC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Alabama and Louisiana State for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Texas A&M for 5th-7th in the SEC West.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Alabama and Louisiana State for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Florida, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt for 3rd-5th in the SEC East.

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	McIllece Sports	TSN	Lindy	ESPN	Phil Steele	Arena Fanatic	Com pughter Ratings	Sports Formu- lator	Cap Heresy	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	DRatings .com	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank	USA Today	Game Plan	Compu- Picks
1	Appalachian State	26	1	1	1	2	1	1½	1	2½	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
2	Arkansas State	49½	2	3	3	1	3	1½	3½	2½	4	2	2	3	1	2	2	7	2	2	1	2
3	Georgia Southern	52	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
4	Troy	93½	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	4½	3	5	5½	4	4	5	5	5½	5	5	4	4
5	Louisiana-Lafay.	98	5	4	5	6	4	4	3½	4½	8	6	5½	6	5	4	4	5½	4	4	5	5
6	Georgia State	121	6	7	6	4	6	7	6½	7½	5	7	4	5	7	7	8	2	6	7	6	7
7	Idaho	135½	8	5	7	7	7	7	6½	7½	10	3	8	9	6	6	6½	4	8	6	8	6
8	South Alabama	156	7	8	8	8	8	7	9½	6	9	8	7	7	8	8	6½	9	9	8	7	8
9	New Mexico State	186	9	11	9	9	9	9	8	10½	7	11	9	10	9	11	9½	8	7	11	9	10
10	Texas State	200½	10	9	10	10	10	11	9½	9	11	9	10	11	10	9	11	11	10	9	10	11
11	Louisiana-Monroe	202	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	10½	6	10	11	8	11	10	9½	10	11	10	11	9

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Appalachian State and Arkansas State for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Georgia State, Idaho, and South Alabama for 6th-8th in the Sun Belt.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Lousiana-Lafayette for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Georgia State and Idaho for 6th-7th in the Sun Belt.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between South Alabama and Texas State for 9th-10th in the Sun Belt.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Appalachian State and Arkansas State for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and Troy for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Georgia State and Idaho for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Louisiana-Monroe and New Mexico State for 10th-11th in the Sun Belt.

Pick Six predicted a tie between Idaho and South Alabama for 6th-7th in the Sun Belt.

Pick Six predicted a tie between Louisiana-Monroe and New Mexico State for 9th-10th in the Sun Belt.

College Football Poll predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and Troy for 5th-6th in the Sun Belt.