2018 Preseason Consensus

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Notes:

Idaho dropped from Sun Belt to FCS effective for 2018.

New Mexico State left the Sun Belt and is a I-A Independent as of 2018.

The Sun Belt lost members, but split into divisions and has a championship game as of 2018.

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National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
1	Clemson	520	2	2	1	1	2	2	-	4	2	2	1	1	6	2	1	3	2	1	3
2	Alabama	519	1	1	2	6	1	3	-	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	10
3	Ohio State	493	4	3	3	5	3	1	-	2	11	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	3	3	6
4	Georgia	459	3	4	4	10	5	5	-	3	4	4	4	4	7	3	3	5	4	5	22
5	Washington	444	8	7	8	4	4	4	-	6	8	13	6	6	4	7	5	6	7	7	4
6	Wisconsin	424	9	6	5	7	6	9	-	8	6	5	5	5	3	6	12	7	12	10	13
7	Auburn	404	7	12	9	3	19	11	-	7	7	9	13	7	8	5	7	4	5	6	15
8	Oklahoma	389	10	5	6	15	9	14	-	5	13	6	10	9	11	9	8	20	8	9	2
9	Michigan	369	5	9	18	2	11	6	-	10	9	10	9	10	13	17	11	10	11	4	24
10	Miami-Florida	361	6	8	7	8	7	19	-	14	23	8	8	12	9	13	14	9	13	14	5
11	Michigan State	356	12	11	10	12	13	7	-	13	20	11	7	8	-	11	10	8	9	8	1
12	Penn State	328	11	10	11	17	12	12	-	9	3	7	15	14	16	21	9	11	10	11	-
13	Notre Dame	304	15	14	12	19	8	8	-	11	19	12	-	11	22	16	6	14	6	19	11
14	Stanford	280	18	13	13	20	15	20	-	18	10	15	12	17	10	10	13	-	17	12	14
15	Southern Cal	251	21	15	19	-	16	16	-	15	12	14	11	18	14	20	17	-	15	15	7
16	Mississippi State	247	14	20	20	-	21	13	-	19	21	18	25	13	12	15	15	18	14	13	9
17	Texas	227	20	23	-	13	10	10	-	17	17	-	24	22	5	8	16	12	24	17	-
18	Florida State	217	13	18	16	-	18	18	-	21	5	16	23	-	20	14	18	16	16	16	-
19	Texas Christian	184	24	-	21	11	20	15	-	20	-	17	21	15	25	23	-	13	20	18	18
20	Louisiana State	125	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	22	14	20	14	21	-	25	25	15	19	24	-
21	Florida	123	17	-	-	9	17	-	-	-	15	-	19	-	15	22	21	-	-	21	-
22	Boise State	114	19	21	14	14	14	23	-	-	-	22	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
23	Virginia Tech	113	16	16	17	25	-	21	-	24	-	19	-	-	23	-	22	23	22	-	-
24t	Central Florida	105	-	20	23	21	-	24	-	12	24	23	-	16	24	-	-	-	18	-	-
24t	Oregon	105	23	-	22	-	24	22	-	-	22	-	18	-	21	18	23	-	23	20	-

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
26	Oklahoma State	85	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	24	20	24	-	-	20	21	21	-	17
27	West Virginia	77	22	22	15	24	-	-	-	23	-	-	17	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
28	South Carolina	70	-	24	24	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	12
29	Northwestern	52	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	8
30	Texas A&M	47	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	17	25	23	-
31	Missouri	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	16
32t	Arizona	34	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-
32t	Iowa	34	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	21	-	20	-	-	24	-	-	-	-
34	Utah	30	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	22	-
35	Florida Atlantic	26	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
36	N.C. State	20	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-
37	Georgia Tech	18	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-
38	Kansas State	15	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
39	Memphis	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
40	Tennessee	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41	Duke	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	25
42	Louisville	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
43	Boston College	8	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
44t	Arkansas State	6	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
44t	Texas Tech	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-
44t	UCLA	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47t	Wake Forest	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47t	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Conference predictions

American Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
East
1	Central Florida	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1½
2	South Florida	41½	3	2	2	2	3	2½	2	2	2	2	1	2	2½	3	2	2	2	3	1½
3	Temple	53	2	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2½	2	3	3	3	1½	3
4	Cincinnati	76½	4	4	4	4	4	2½	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	Connecticut	102½	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5½	5	5	5	5	6	6
6	East Carolina	104½	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	5	4	5	5	6	5½	6	6	6	6	5	5
West
1	Memphis	23	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Houston	46	3	3	2	3½	2½	3	2	2	2	2½	1	2	2½	3	2	2	1	2	5
3	Navy	51	2	2	3	2	2½	2	3	3	3	2½	2½	3	2½	2	3	3	3	3	4
4	Southern Methodist	83	5	4	4	5	6	5½	4	4	4	4	2½	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	3
5	Tulane	88	4	5	5	3½	5	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5½	4	4	5	5	5	2
6	Tulsa	108	6	6	6	6	4	5½	6	6	5	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	4	6

Notes:

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

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

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Cincinnati and South Florida for 2nd-3rd in the AAC East.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Southern Methodist and Tulsa for 5th-6th in the AAC West.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Houston and Navy for 2nd-3rd in the AAC West.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Cincinnati, Connecticut, and East Carolina for 4th-6th in the AAC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Navy and Southern Methodist for 2nd-3rd in the AAC West.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between South Florida and Temple for 2nd-3rd in the AAC East.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Connecticut and East Carolina for 5th-6th in the AAC East.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Houston and Navy for 2nd-3rd in the AAC West.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Tulane and Tulsa for 5th-6th in the AAC West.

Pick Six predicted a tie between Central Florida and Temple for 1st-2nd in the AAC East.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Central Florida and South Florida for 1st-2nd in the AAC East.

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
Atlantic
1	Clemson	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Florida State	46½	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2½	2	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	6
3	N.C. State	71	3	3	4	2	5	5	3	3	5	2½	3½	2	3	5	5	3	4	5	5
4	Louisville	76	6	5	3	5	3½	3½	5	4	3	4	3½	3	5½	6	3	5	3	3	2
5	Boston College	90	5	4	6	5	3½	3½	4	5	4	6	6	6	5½	3	4	6	6	4	3½
6	Wake Forest	100	4	6	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	4	5½	4	6	4	5	6	3½
7	Syracuse	129½	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	5½	7	7	7	7	7	7
Coastal
1	Miami-Florida	20	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
2	Virginia Tech	47	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2½	3	2	2	2	4	3½
3	Duke	68½	5	5	4	4	2½	3	4	3	2	5½	3½	2	5	4	3	6	3	2	2
4	Georgia Tech	70½	3	3	3	3	5	4	3	4	5	3½	5½	4	2½	1	4	3	6	3	5
5	Pittsburgh	91½	4	4	5	5½	6	5½	5	5	6	3½	3½	5	5	5	6	4	4	6	3½
6	North Carolina	104	6	6	6	7	2½	5½	6	6	4	5½	5½	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	7
7	Virginia	130½	7	7	7	5½	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6

Notes:

Arena Fanatic predicted a three-way tie between Boston College, Louisville, and Wake Forest, for 4th-6th in the ACC Atlantic.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and Virginia for 5th-6th in the ACC Coastal.

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

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

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Boston College and Louisville for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between North Carolina and Pittsburgh for 5th-6th in the ACC Coastal.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Florida State and N.C. State for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Duke and North Carolina for 5th-6th in the ACC Coastal.

College Football News predicted a tie between Louisville and N.C. State for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Boston College, Syracuse, and Wake Forest for 5th-7th in the ACC Atlantic.

College Football News predicted a tie between Duke and Pittsburgh for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal.

College Football News predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and North Carolina for 5th-6th in the ACC Coastal.

Sports Formulator predicted a four-way tie between Boston College, Louisville, Syracuse, and Wake Forest for 4th-7th in the ACC Atlantic.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal.

Sports Formulator predicted a three-way tie between Duke, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh for 4th-6th in the ACC Coastal.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Boston College and Wake Forest for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.

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

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
East
1	Ohio State	21½	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Michigan	53½	2	2	4	1½	2	2	4	3	3	3½	3½	3	2	2	4	3	4	2	3
3	Michigan State	57	4	4	2	3	3½	3	2	4	4	3½	2	2	4	4	2	4	2	3	1
4	Penn State	58	3	3	3	4	3½	4	3	2	1	2	3½	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4
5	Maryland	101	5	5	5	5	5½	5	5	5	5	5½	5	5	5½	6	6	5	6	6	5½
6	Indiana	114½	6	7	6	7	5½	6	6	6	6	5½	7	6	5½	7	5	6	5	5	7
7	Rutgers	126½	7	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	5½
West
1	Wisconsin	20	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Iowa	48	2	2	2	3½	2	3	2	2	5	2	3½	2	2½	3	2	2	2	2	3½
3	Northwestern	57	4	5	3	3½	3	2	3	3	2	3	3½	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	1
4	Purdue	75½	3	3	4	2	6	4	5	4	4	4	3½	4	2½	5	4	4	5	5	3½
5	Nebraska	93	5	4	5	5	4	6	4	5	3	5	3½	5	5½	6	6	5	6	4	6
6	Minnesota	106	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6½	6	5½	4	5	6	4	6	5
7	Illinois	132½	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6½	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Notes:

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Michigan and Ohio State for 1st-2nd in the B1G East.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Iowa and Northwestern for 3rd-4th in the B1G West.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan State and Penn State for 3rd-4th in the B1G East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Indiana and Maryland for 5th-6th in the B1G East.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Michigan and Michigan State for 3rd-4th in the B1G East.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Indiana and Maryland for 5th-6th in the B1G East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Michigan and Penn State for 3rd-4th in the B1G East.

College Football News predicted a four-way tie between Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, and Purdue for 2nd-5th in the B1G East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Illinois and Minnesota for 6th-7th in the B1G West.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Indiana and Maryland for 5th-6th in the B1G East.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Iowa and Purdue for 2nd-3rd in the B1G West.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Minnesota and Nebraska for 5th-6th in the B1G West.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Maryland and Rutgers for 5th-6th in the B1G East.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Iowa and Purduefor 3rd-4th in the B1G West.

Big XII

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
1	Oklahoma	26	1	1	1	2½	1½	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
2	Texas	50	2	3	4	1	1½	1½	4	2	2	4	3½	3	1	1	2	3	3	2	6½
3	Texas Christian	59½	4	5	3	2½	3	1½	3	4	6	2	3½	2	3	4	4	2	2	3	2
4	Oklahoma State	86	5	7	5	5	5	4	5	3	5	3	3½	4	5½	7	3	4	4	5	3
5	West Virginia	87	3	2	2	4	5	6	2	5	4	5	3½	6	3	5	7½	5	7	4	8
6	Iowa State	116½	6	6	7	6½	7	7	7	6½	7	7	7	5	5½	3	5½	6	6	7	4½
7	Kansas State	120	7	4	6	6½	5	8½	6	6½	3	6	6	8	7	6	9	7	8	6	4½
8	Texas Tech	151½	9	8	8	9	8	8½	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	8	5½	8	9	8	6½
9	Baylor	158½	8	9	9	8	9	5	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	7½	9	5	9	9
10	Kansas	190	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Notes:

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Texas Christian for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas State for 6th-7th in the Big XII.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oklaohma and Texas for 1st-2nd in the Big XII.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and West Virginia, for 4th-6th in the Big XII.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Texas and Texas Christian for 1st-2nd in the Big XII.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Kansas State and Texas Tech for 8th-9th in the Big XII.

dratings.com predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas State for 6th-7th in the Big XII.

College Football News predicted a four-way tie between Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Christian, and West Virginia for 2nd-5th in the Big XII.

Sports Formulator predicted a three-way tie between Oklahoma, Texas Christian, and West Virginia for 2nd-4th in the Big XII.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Iowa State and Oklahoma State for 5th-6th in the Big XII.

ESPN FPI predicted a tie between Iowa State and Texas Tech for 5th-6th in the Big XII.

ESPN FPI predicted a tie between Baylor and West Virginia for 7th-8th in the Big XII.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas State for 4th-5th in the Big XII.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Texas and Texas Tech for 6th-7th in the Big XII.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
East
1	Florida Atlantic	21	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	2	1	1	1	1
2	Marshall	39	2	2	3	3	1½	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1½	2	1	2	2	2	2
3	Middle Tennessee	55	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
4	Florida Int'l	91½	5	4	5	6½	5½	4	4	4	4	4½	6	4	6½	5	4½	4	6	5	4
5	Old Dominion	96	4	6	6	4	4	5	6	6	5	6	5	6	4½	4	4½	6	5	4	5
6	Western Kentucky	98½	6	5	4	5	5½	6	5	5	7	4½	3	5	4½	6	6	5	4	6	6
7	Charlotte	131	7	7	7	6½	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6½	7	7	7	7	7	7
West
1	North Texas	34½	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	3	2	2½	1	2½	2	2	1	3	1½	1
2	Louisiana Tech	38	2	3	1	1	1½	1	2	2½	7	1	4½	2	1	1	1	2	1	1½	2
3	UAB	56	3	2	4	3	1½	3	3	2½	1	4	4½	3	2½	4	3	4	2	3	3
4	Southern Miss	68½	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2½	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4
5	UTSA	90½	5	5	5	5	5	5½	5	5	4	5	1	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Rice	117	6	6	6	7	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6½	6	6½	7	6½	6	6	6	6
7	Texas-El Paso	127½	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	5	7	6½	7	6½	6	6½	7	7	7	7

Notes:

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Marshall for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida International and Western Kentucky for 5th-6th in CUSA East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and UAB for 1st-2nd in CUSA West.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Rice and UTSA for 5th-6th in CUSA West.

dratings.com predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and UAB for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Florida International and Western Kentucky for 4th-5th in CUSA East.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Marshall, Middle Tennessee, and Western Kentucky for 2nd-4th in CUSA East.

College Football News predicted a tie between North Texas and Southern Miss for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.

College Football News predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and UAB for 4th-5th in CUSA West.

College Football News predicted a tie between Rice and Texas-El Paso for 6th-7th in CUSA West.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Marshall for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Old Dominion and Western Kentucky for 4th-5th in CUSA East.

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

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between North Texas and UAB for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Rice and Texas-El Paso for 6th-7th in CUSA West.

ESPN FPI predicted a tie between Florida International and Old Dominion for 4th-5th in CUSA East.

ESPN FPI predicted a tie between Rice and Texas-El Paso for 6th-7th in CUSA West.

Pick Six predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and North Texas for 1st-2nd in CUSA West.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
East
1	Ohio	24	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2½
2	Miami-Ohio	45	2	2	3	2½	2	2	3	3	1	4	2½	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	1
3	Buffalo	49½	3	3	2	2½	3½	3	2	2	4	2½	1	2	3½	2	3	3	3	2	2½
4	Akron	76½	4	4	4	5	3½	5	4	4	2	2½	4	4	3½	4	5	5	5	4	4
5	Bowling Green	90½	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5½	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5
6	Kent State	113½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Northern Illinois	27	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
2	Toledo	34	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	4	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
3	Western Michigan	58	3	4	3	5	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
4	Eastern Michigan	83½	5	3	5	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	4	4½	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	Central Michigan	88½	4	5	4	3½	5½	5	5	5	3	4	3	5	4½	6	5	5	6	5	5
6	Ball State	108	6	6	6	3½	5½	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6

Notes:

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Buffalo and Miami-Ohio for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

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

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Ball State and Central Michigan for 5th-6th in the MAC West.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Akron and Buffalo for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Miami-Ohio and Ohio for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Kent State for 5th-6th in the MAC East.

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

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan for 4th-5th in the MAC West.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Buffalo and Ohio for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
Mountain
1	Boise State	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Utah State	51	2	4	3	2½	2	3	4	2	3	3½	4½	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2½
3	Wyoming	52	3	3	2	2½	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	5	3	3	4	2	3	2½
4	Colorado State	72½	4	2	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3½	3	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	5
5	Air Force	91	5	5	5	5	4	5½	5	5	5	5	4½	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
6	New Mexico	113½	6	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Fresno State	28	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
2	San Diego State	29	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
3	Nevada-Las Vegas	64	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3½	3	3	3½	4	4	4	4	3	3
4	Nevada	69	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3½	4	4	3½	3	3	3	3	4	4
5	Hawaii	102½	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5½	6	5½	5	5½	5	5	6	5
6	San Jose State	106½	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	5½	5	5½	6	5½	6	6	5	6

Notes:

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Utah State and Wyoming for 2nd-3rd in the MWC Mountain division.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Air Force and New Mexico for 5th-6th in the MWC Mountain division.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Colorado State and Utah State for 3rd-4th in the MWC Mountain Division.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Nevada and Nevada-Las Vegas for 3rd-4th in the MWC West Division.

College Football News predicted a tie between Air Force and Utah State for 4th-5th in the MWC Mountain Division.

College Football News predicted a tie between Hawaii and San Jose State for 5th-6th in the MWC West Division.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Nevada and Nevada-Las Vegas for 3rd-4th in the MWC West Division.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Hawaii and San Jose State for 5th-6th in the MWC West Division.

ESPN FPI predicted a tie between Hawaii and San Jose State for 5th-6th in the MWC West Division.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Utah State and Wyoming for 2nd-3rd in the MAC Mountain Division..

Pacific 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
North
1	Washington	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Stanford	40½	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
3	Oregon	57½	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2½	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	5
4	California	77½	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4½	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4
5	Washington State	91	5	5	5	5	5	5½	5	5	5	4	4½	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	3
6	Oregon State	113½	6	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
South
1	Southern Cal	20½	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
2	Arizona	47	3	4	3	1½	3	2	3	2	2	2½	2	3	3	1	2½	2	2	3	2½
3	Utah	48½	2	2	2	4	2	3	2	3	3	2½	3	2	2	3	2½	3	3	2	2½
4	UCLA	79½	4	3	4	3	6	4	4	4	4	4½	4	4	4½	4	4	4	4	5	5½
5	Arizona State	99	6	6	5	5½	4½	5	6	5	6	4½	5½	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4
6	Colorado	104½	5	5	6	5½	4½	6	5	6	5	6	5½	6	4½	5	6	6	6	6	5½

Notes:

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Arizona and Southern Cal for 1st-2nd in the Pac-12 South.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Arizona State and Colorado for 5th-6th in the Pac-12 South.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arizona State and Colorado for 4th-5th in the Pac-12 South.

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Oregon State and Washington State for 5th-6th in the Pac-12 North.

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

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

College Football News predicted a tie between Oregon and Stanford for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-12 North.

College Football News predicted a tie between California and Washington State for 4th-5th in the Pac-12 North.

College Football News predicted a tie between Arizona State and Colorado for 5th-6th in the Pac-12 South.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Colorado and UCLA for 4th-5th in the Pac-12 South.

ESPN FPI predicted a tie between Arizona and Utah for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-12 South.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Arizona and Utah for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-12 South.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Colorado and UCLA for 5th-6th in the Pac-12 South.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
East
1	Georgia	22	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
2t	Florida	50	2	3	3	1	2	3	3	2	3	3	2½	2	2½	3	2	4	2	2	5
2t	South Carolina	50	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	2	2½	4	2½	2	3	3	3	3	1
4	Missouri	71½	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4½	3	4	4	4	2	4	5	2
5	Kentucky	100½	5	6	5	5½	5	5½	5	5	6	6	6	5	5½	5	6	6	5	4	4
6	Tennessee	108½	6	4	6	5½	6	5½	6	6	5	5	4½	6	7	6	6	5	6	6	7
7	Vanderbilt	129½	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5½	7	6	7	7	7	6
West
1	Alabama	20½	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Auburn	38	2	2	2	1½	2	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	Mississippi State	62	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	5	2½	4½	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2
4	Louisiana State	82½	5	3	5	3	5	4	5	5	3	4	4½	4	6	4	5	3	4	5	5
5	Texas A&M	83	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	3	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4
6	Mississippi	118½	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6½	6	6	7	7
7	Arkansas	127½	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	6½	7	7	6	6

Notes:

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Kentucky and Tennessee for 5th-6th in the SEC East.

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

McIllece Sports predicted a tie between Kentucky and Tennessee for 5th-6th in the SEC East.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Auburn and Mississippi State for 2nd-3rd in the SEC West.

College Football News predicted a tie between Florida and South Carolina for 2nd-3rd in the SEC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Missouri and Tennessee for 4th-5th in the SEC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Louisiana State and Mississippi State for 4th-5th in the SEC West.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Florida and South Carolina for 2nd-3rd in the SEC East.

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

Sports Formulator predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas, Louisiana State, and Mississippi for 5th-7th in the SEC West.

ESPN FPI predicted a three-way tie between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt
collegefootballpoll.com predicted a three-way tie between Alabama, Auburn, and Mississippi State for 1st-3rd in the SEC West.
for 5th-7th in the SEC East.
ESPN FPI predicted a tie between Arkansas and Mississippi for 6th-7th in the SEC West.

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Street and Smith	Lindy	Arena Fanatic	Phil Steele	McIllece Sports	Media Polls	DRatings .com	Simpli- fied F'ball	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball News	Game Plan	Sports Formu- lator	Gold Sheet	ESPN FPI	Sports Cruncher	F'Ball Out- siders	Pick Six	Coll. F'ball Poll
East
1	Appalachian State	27½	2	2	1	1½	1½	2	1	1½	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1
2	Troy	30	1	1	2	1½	1½	1	2	1½	1	2	2	1	2½	1	2	1	2	2	2
3	Georgia Southern	66½	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	5	4	3½	5	2½	3	3	3	3	3	3½
4	Georgia State	70½	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3½	3	4½	4	5	4	4	4	3½
5	Coastal Carolina	90½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	5	5	4	4½	5	4	5	5	5	5
West
1	Arkansas State	20	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Louisiana-Monroe	38½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
3	South Alabama	66	4	4	3	4½	4	3	3	3½	3	4	2	4	3½	4	3	3	3	4	3½
4	Louisiana-Lafay.	67	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3½	4	3	3½	3	3½	3	5	4	4	3	3½
5	Texas State	93½	5	5	5	4½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5

Notes:

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Appalachian State and Troy for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt East.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between South Alabama and Texas State for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt West.

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

dratings.com predicted a tie between Appalachian State and Troy for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt East.

dratings.com predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and South Alabama for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt West.

College Football News predicted a tie between Georgia State and Georgia Southern for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt West.

Sports Formulator swapped divisions of South Alabama and Coastal Carolina; I've swapped the team names but otherwise kept the prediction intact, which seems to be the minimal modification to yield a valid set of predictions.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Georgia Southern and Troy for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt East.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Coastal Carolina and Georgia Statefor 4th-5th in the Sun Belt East.

Sports Formulator predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and South Alabama for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt East.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Georgia Southern and Georgia State for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt East.

collegefootballpoll.com predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and South Alabama 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt West.