2017 Preseason Consensus

See the "notes" file for information on the preseason consensus. See the "2017 accuracy" file for a comparison between 2017 preseason predictions and final conference standings.

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National rankings
American Athletic Conference Predictions
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Conference USA Predictions
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	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
1	Alabama	556	1	1	1	2	1	6	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	7	1	2
2	Ohio State	554	2	2	3	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
3	Florida State	502	3	3	4	7	2	3	14	3	4	4	4	3	4	9	3	9	2	3	3
4	Washington	480	4	8	8	3	5	4	5	7	9	6	3	8	3	3	7	4	11	4	7
5	Southern Cal	466	5	4	2	6	8	7	10	4	3	3	9	4	5	4	4	12	17	5	11
6	Oklahoma	456	8	6	9	5	14	5	6	5	5	7	5	7	7	14	8	5	5	8	4
7	Clemson	451	7	5	7	14	11	17	4	8	7	5	7	5	6	6	5	3	9	6	6
8	Penn State	450	6	7	6	9	6	8	12	6	11	8	10	5	8	5	6	7	4	7	8
9	Wisconsin	418	12	12	11	4	10	9	8	10	8	9	6	9	11	12	10	6	3	12	9
10	Auburn	385	9	16	10	10	4	2	13	12	10	11	8	12	12	7	13	10	-	9	5
11	Louisiana State	318	11	10	15	24	7	-	9	13	6	13	11	13	9	8	12	21	-	15	12
12	Oklahoma State	316	14	11	5	22	13	11	17	15	18	10	13	10	14	19	11	14	14	11	-
13t	Michigan	297	10	9	14	15	18	20	3	16	12	12	-	11	10	13	9	-	-	13	14
13t	Stanford	297	17	17	18	23	9	19	16	14	14	14	19	14	15	15	14	22	8	14	10
15	Florida	281	16	13	16	-	15	10	19	9	20	16	18	17	17	16	16	13	13	16	17
16	Georgia	268	15	14	12	21	12	14	-	22	17	15	15	15	16	17	15	16	-	10	13
17	Miami-Florida	259	23	19	19	17	17	-	18	11	15	18	12	18	19	11	18	11	18	17	18
18	Louisville	242	18	15	13	8	-	-	7	17	13	17	17	16	21	10	17	-	-	19	15
19	Virginia Tech	164	25	18	-	11	-	-	15	25	19	23	21	21	13	22	22	15	-	20	-
20	South Florida	159	24	23	17	-	-	13	-	18	16	22	16	19	18	-	21	-	6	-	-
21	Washington State	120	-	-	-	12	-	16	11	-	-	-	22	24	-	-	-	8	12	-	23
22	Texas	108	13	21	23	19	19	-	-	21	-	-	-	23	-	25	23	-	-	21	25
23t	Kansas State	106	22	20	-	-	-	-	-	24	24	21	20	20	24	-	19	18	-	23	-
23t	Texas Christian	106	-	-	20	13	23	24	-	20	-	25	24	-	-	21	-	-	-	18	16
25	Tennessee	98	19	24	-	18	22	-	23	-	22	19	-	25	-	-	24	-	-	25	22

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
26	N.C. State	73	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	25	-	23	-	-	23	-	19	22	-	20
27	West Virginia	59	-	22	22	-	-	-	21	-	-	20	-	22	-	-	20	-	-	-	-
28	Notre Dame	58	20	-	-	16	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	19
29	Northwestern	50	-	-	21	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	17	24	-	-
30	Georgia Tech	46	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	10	-	-
31	UCLA	44	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	21
32	Houston	43	-	-	-	-	24	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	20	23	-	-
33	Oregon	38	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	24	24
34	Utah	34	-	25	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	22	-
35	Texas A&M	30	-	-	-	20	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-
36	Mississippi	27	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
37	Appalachian State	23	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
38	San Diego State	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	19	-	-
39	North Carolina	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
40	Army	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
41t	Memphis	15	-	-	-	25	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41t	Old Dominion	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
43	South Carolina	13	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
44	Brigham Young	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	25	-	-
45t	Arizona State	11	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
45t	Iowa	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	Tulsa	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
48	Baylor	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
49	Colorado	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-
50	Boise State	7	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
51	Vanderbilt	6	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
52	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Conference predictions

American Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
East
1	South Florida	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Central Florida	47½	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3½	2	3½	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2½	2
3	Temple	54	3	3	3	3	6	3½	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2½	5
4	Cincinnati	81	4	6	4	4	4	5	5	3½	4	3½	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3
5	East Carolina	88	5	4	5	5	3	3½	4	5½	5	5	4	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	4
6	Connecticut	109½	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	6
West
1	Memphis	35½	1	4	2	1	3	1	3	2	1	1½	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	1
2	Houston	39½	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1½	1	2	4	1	4	1	2	1	2
3	Tulsa	57½	4	2	4	4	2	5	1	2	3	4	3	4	3	4	2	3	1	3½	3
4	Navy	59	2	1	1	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	1	3	3	4	4½	3½	4
5	Southern Methodist	94½	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4½	5	6
6	Tulane	113	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
Atlantic
1	Florida State	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	Clemson	38	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
3	Louisville	60½	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3½	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
4	N.C. State	70½	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3½	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
5	Wake Forest	106½	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	6	5	5½	5	5	5	7	6	5	6	6	6
6	Syracuse	114	6	7	6	7	5	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	7	5	5	7	7	5	5
7	Boston College	121½	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	5½	7	7	6	6	7	6	5	7	7
Coastal
1	Miami-Florida	25	1	2	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Virginia Tech	39	2	1	3	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	3	2	2
3	Georgia Tech	62½	4	3	2	3	6	1	2	4½	5	3½	3	3	3	4	4	3	1	3½	4
4	Pittsburgh	70	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3½	4	4	4	2	3	4	5	3½	5
5	North Carolina	89½	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4½	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	3
6	Duke	117	6	6	7	6	5	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
7	Virginia	129	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
East
1	Ohio State	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Penn State	39½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
3	Michigan	55½	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2½	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
4	Michigan State	83	4	4	4	5	5	4½	4	5	4	4½	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4
5	Indiana	96½	5	6	6	4	6	6	6	4	5	4½	4	5	5	5	6	4	5	5	5
6	Maryland	107½	6	5	5	6	4	4½	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	6	6	6
7	Rutgers	131	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7
West
1	Wisconsin	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Northwestern	43½	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2½	2
3	Nebraska	67	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	4½	3	3	3	5	2	5	5	2½	4
4	Iowa	68	4	2	3	3	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	3
5	Minnesota	88	5	5	5	5	5	5½	3	4	5	4½	5	5	5	4	5	3	4	5	5
6	Purdue	121	6	7	6	7	7	5½	6	6	7	7	6	6½	6	7	6	6	6	6	7
7	Illinois	125½	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	6½	7	6	7	7	7	7	6

Big XII

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
1	Oklahoma	21½	1	1	2	1	1	1½	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Oklahoma State	42½	3	2	1	4	3	1½	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	3
3	Texas Christian	74	6	6	3	2	5	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	4	2	3	5	4	3	2
4	Kansas State	80	4	3	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	5	6	4	3	3	5	5
5	Texas	81	2	4	5	3	2	6	6	4	3	6	6	4	3	3	5	4	7	4	4
6	West Virginia	108	5	5	4	7	6	6	4	7	6	3	5	6	6	5	6	7	6	6	8
7	Baylor	129	7	7	8	6	8	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	5	7	6
8	Texas Tech	154	9	8	7	9	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	9	8	8	7
9	Iowa State	167	8	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	9
10	Kansas	188	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
East
1	Western Kentucky	21½	1	1	1	1	2	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Middle Tennessee	44½	2	2	2	2	4	1½	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2
3	Old Dominion	56	3	3	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	2	2	1	3	3
4	Florida Atlantic	83	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	4	5	5	3	5	4	4	5	5
5	Marshall	94	5	5	6	6	1	5½	7	3	4	4½	5	4	7	5	4	7	7	4	4
6	Florida Int'l	105	6	6	4	5	6	5½	5	6	6	4½	7	6	4	6	6	5	5	6	6
7	Charlotte	128	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	7	7
West
1	Louisiana Tech	23½	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	UTSA	45	3	2	3	2	5	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	2
3	Southern Miss	47½	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	1½	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
4	North Texas	83	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
5	Rice	90	5	6	4	5	3	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	7	5	5	4	4	4
6	Texas-El Paso	114	6	5	6	6	7	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7
7	UAB	129	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
East
1	Ohio	29½	2	3	1	2	3	2	1	1½	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
2	Miami-Ohio	31½	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1½	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	1
3	Bowling Green	66½	4	2	3	3	1	4½	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	2	6	5	4	4
4	Akron	68	3	4	6	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
5	Kent State	95½	6	5	4	5	6	4½	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	4	4	5	5
6	Buffalo	108	5	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6
West
1	Toledo	23	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	Western Michigan	41½	2	2	3	2	1	2½	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	3	3	2
3	Northern Illinois	62½	3	3	4	3	2	4	4	3	3	3½	5	3	3	3	2	3	5	2	4
4	Central Michigan	73	5	6	2	5	4	2½	1	4	4	3½	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3
5	Eastern Michigan	89½	4	4	6	4	6	5	5	5	5	5½	4	4	5	5	4	5	2	5	6
6	Ball State	109½	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
Mountain
1	Boise State	26	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1
2	Colorado State	39½	2	5	3	1	3	1½	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	2	2
3	Wyoming	56	3	2	2	5	2	1½	2	3	3	3½	4	3	5	3	2	3	3	3	3
4	Air Force	85	4	4	5	3	6	4½	5	5	4	3½	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5
5	New Mexico	86	5	3	4	4	5	4½	4	5	5	5½	3	5	3	6	4	6	4	4	6
6	Utah State	106½	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	5	6	5½	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	4
West
1	San Diego State	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Hawaii	51	2	2	2	3	6	2½	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	2½	3
3	Nevada-Las Vegas	75	3	3	4	5	5	2½	5	5½	2	4	4	3	5	2	4	5	6	5	2
4	Nevada	75½	4	5	6	6	3	4	6	2	4	3	5	4	3	4	3	3	2	2½	6
5	San Jose State	87½	6	4	3	2	4	6	3	5½	5	5	3	5	6	5	5	6	4	6	4
6	Fresno State	91	5	6	5	4	2	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	2	5	4	5

Pacific 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
North
1	Washington	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
2	Stanford	39½	2	2	2	3	2	2½	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	2	2
3	Washington State	60	4	3	3	2	3	2½	2	4	3	3½	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	3
4	Oregon	70½	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3½	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
5	Oregon State	96	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
6	California	112	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6
South
1	Southern Cal	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	UCLA	50	2	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	2
3	Utah	61	4	2	2	6	3	5	2	3	4	2	4	2	3	5	3	4	2	2	3
4	Colorado	71½	3	3	4	2	6	3	6	4½	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	2	3	5	6
5	Arizona State	91½	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4½	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4
6	Arizona	106	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	5

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
East
1	Georgia	26½	1	2	1	1	1	3½	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1
2	Florida	34	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
3	Tennessee	60½	3	3	3	2	3	3½	5	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3
4	South Carolina	89	4	4	4	6	4	2	4	4½	5	4½	7	4	4	7	5	5	6	5	4
5	Kentucky	90	5	5	5	4	7	5	3	4½	4	4½	6	5	5	4	6	3	5	4	5
6	Missouri	114½	7	6	7	5	6	7	6	6	7	6½	3	7	6	5	4	6	7	7	6
7	Vanderbilt	117½	6	7	6	7	5	6	7	7	6	6½	4	6	7	6	7	7	4	6	7
West
1	Alabama	20	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Auburn	44	2	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
3	Louisiana State	52	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
4	Texas A&M	88	6	4	5	3	6	5½	5	4	5	5½	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
5	Arkansas	96½	4	5	4	6	5	7	4	5½	6	4	5	4	4	7	4	6	5	5	6
6	Mississippi	111	7	6	7	5	3	4	7	5½	4	5½	7	7	6	5	7	5	7	6	7
7	Mississippi State	120½	5	7	6	7	7	5½	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	7	6	7	5

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	McIllece Sports	Simpli- fied F'ball	Arena Fanatic	Sports Formu- lator	Phil Steele	DRatings .com	Com pughter Ratings	Game Plan	Media Polls	Gold Sheet	Sports Cruncher	USA Today	Cap Heresy	Coll. F'ball Poll	Pick Six	ESPN FPI
1	Appalachian State	23	1	1	1	2	1	1½	1	1½	1	1½	1	1	1	1	2	1	1½	1	1
2	Troy	39	2	2	2	1	2	1½	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1½	3	2
3	Arkansas State	57	3	3	3	3	4	5	2	1½	3	1½	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	3
4	Louisiana-Lafay.	102½	6	6	7	4	7	7	5	4	4	7½	4	5	6	4	7	6	5	4	4
5	Georgia Southern	114½	7	5	4	6	3	5	4	7	5	5	6	7	8	6	4	8	10½	7	7
6	Idaho	121½	5	4	6	5	10	9½	9	7	6	4	7	6	3	7	8	7	3	6	9
7	South Alabama	122	4	7	5	11	6	8	8	5	8	6	5	4	5	8	5	5	9	5	8
8	Georgia State	139½	9	10	8	7	5	3	6	9½	7	9	9	8	7	5	11	4	8	9	5
9	New Mexico State	174	11	12	9	10	11	5	7	7	10	10½	8	10	10	12	12	9	6½	8	6
10	Louisiana-Monroe	178	8	8	11	9	9	9½	11	9½	9	10½	10	9	9	9	9	11	6½	10	10
11	Coastal Carolina	198	10	9	10	8	12	11	12	11½	12	7½	11	12	11	10	6	10	12	12	11
12	Texas State	213	12	11	12	12	8	12	10	11½	11	12	12	11	12	11	10	12	10½	11	12