2022 Preseason Consensus

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National rankings
American Athletic Conference Predictions
Atlantic Coast 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

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
1	Alabama	299	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	1	1	1
2	Ohio State	286	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	-	2	2	3
3	Georgia	272	3	3	3	3	2	1	15	-	3	3	2
4	Michigan	256	6	6	5	6	5	4	4	-	7	5	6
5	Clemson	253	4	4	4	8	4	5	16	-	4	4	4
6	Utah	232	7	8	6	4	6	17	5	-	6	7	12
7	Notre Dame	226	8	7	7	9	16	10	6	-	10	6	5
8t	Oklahoma	209	10	13	8	10	11	8	12	-	13	9	7
8t	Texas A&M	209	5	5	9	5	8	9	25	-	19	8	8
10	Oregon	178	11	10	10	11	18	23	14	-	9	12	14
11	N.C. State	169	15	12	13	7	-	19	2	-	8	13	21
12	Oklahoma State	136	9	17	15	25	23	11	-	-	12	22	9
13	Wisconsin	132	16	19	19	17	-	21	9	-	14	17	15
14	Michigan State	122	20	14	23	23	-	15	17	-	16	16	13
15	Texas	121	25	-	18	21	7	12	20	-	15	15	25
16	Baylor	120	12	11	14	13	-	13	24	-	-	-	10
17	Pittsburgh	116	-	22	11	18	9	-	19	-	21	10	22
18	Cincinnati	108	21	15	25	-	15	25	8	-	-	20	11
19	Mississippi	102	17	-	-	20	-	16	7	-	18	19	18
20t	Penn State	100	-	25	22	19	17	14	-	-	17	14	20
20t	Southern Cal	100	22	9	16	14	20	-	-	-	5	-	-
22	Miami-Florida	95	14	20	12	16	25	-	-	-	24	11	-
23	Arkansas	91	13	23	-	12	-	6	-	-	23	18	-
24	Tennessee	85	-	18	-	24	14	20	13	-	20	23	-
25	Brigham Young	53	19	-	-	15	-	22	22	-	-	-	24

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
26	Iowa	48	-	-	20	-	-	18	21	-	-	-	17
27	Auburn	45	-	-	-	-	-	7	23	-	25	24	-
28	Wake Forest	43	18	16	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
29t	Kentucky	38	24	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	16
29t	Louisiana State	38	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	22	21	19
31	Purdue	31	-	-	-	-	13	-	18	-	-	-	-
32	Minnesota	28	-	-	-	-	24	-	10	-	-	-	-
33t	Mississippi State	21	-	-	-	22	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
33t	Nebraska	21	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
35t	Florida	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
35t	Kansas State	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-
37	Louisville	19	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
38	Houston	15	23	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
39	Central Florida	14	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
40t	Texas Christian	10	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-
40t	UAB	10	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
42	Florida State	9	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-
43	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Conference predictions

American Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
1	Cincinnati	14	1	1	2	1½	1	1	1	2	1½	1	1
2	Houston	26	2	2	2	1½	5½	2	2½	1	1½	4	2
3	Central Florida	30½	3	3	2	3	2	3	2½	3	3	3	3
4	Southern Methodist	48½	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	4	5½	6	4
5	Memphis	55	5	6	5	5½	4	4	7	5	5½	2	6
6	East Carolina	69	6	5	5	5½	8	7	7	6	5½	8	6
7	Tulane	82	7	7	7½	7	7	9	7	7	8½	7	8
8	Tulsa	84	8	8	7½	8	10	6	9	8	8½	5	6
9	South Florida	93½	9	9	9	9	5½	8	5	9	10	10	10
10	Navy	102½	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	5½	9	9
11	Temple	121	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
Atlantic
1	Clemson	12	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	N.C. State	26½	2	2	2	1	4	2	2	2	2½	5	2
3	Wake Forest	41	3	3	3½	5	5	3	3	3	6½	3	3
4	Louisville	45½	6	6	3½	3½	2	4	4	4	4½	4	4
5	Florida State	50½	5	4	5½	3½	3	6	5	5	2½	6	5
6	Boston College	59	4	5	5½	7	7	5	7	6	4½	2	6
7	Syracuse	73½	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	7	6½	7	7
Coastal
1	Miami-Florida	16	1	1	1½	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1½
2	Pittsburgh	22½	3	2	1½	2	1	1	1	2	3½	4	1½
3	North Carolina	34	4	3	3	3	3	4	3½	3	3½	1	3
4	Virginia	46½	2	5	5½	4½	4	3	5	4	3½	5	5
5	Virginia Tech	47½	5	4	4	4½	6	5	3½	5	3½	3	4
6	Georgia Tech	64½	6	6	5½	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
7	Duke	77	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
East
1	Ohio State	11	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Michigan	24	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2
3	Penn State	34½	4	4	3	3	3	3	3½	3	3	2	3
4	Michigan State	43½	3	3	4	4	4	4	3½	4	4	6	4
5	Maryland	55	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Indiana	67	6	7	6	6	6½	6	6½	7	6½	3	6½
7	Rutgers	73	7	6	7	7	6½	7	6½	6	6½	7	6½
West
1	Wisconsin	16	1	1	1	1	4	1	2½	1	1½	1	1
2	Iowa	31½	2	3	2	3½	5	2	4	2	1½	2	4½
3t	Minnesota	39½	5	4	3½	3½	3	5	2½	3	3½	4	2½
3t	Purdue	39½	3	2	5	5	2	4	1	4	5	6	2½
5	Nebraska	41½	4	5	3½	2	1	3	5	5	3½	5	4½
6	Illinois	69	7	6	6½	6	6	6	6	6	6½	7	6
7	Northwestern	71	6	7	6½	7	7	7	7	7	6½	3	7

Big XII

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
1	Oklahoma	16	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1
2	Texas	32	4	4	3	3	1	1	4½	4	2½	2	3
3	Baylor	33	3	1	3	2	5	4	2½	1	4½	4	3
4	Oklahoma State	34	1	3	3	4	4	3	4½	3	2½	3	3
5	Kansas State	60	5	5	5½	5	6	6	2½	5	7	7	6
6	Iowa State	68½	6	6	5½	6	8	7	6	6	7	6	5
7	Texas Christian	73	7	8	7	7	3	5	9	7	7	5	8
8	West Virginia	84½	8	7	8	8	7	9	8	8	4½	9	8
9	Texas Tech	94	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	8	8
10	Kansas	110	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
1	UAB	19½	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	4½	1	2
2	UTSA	20	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	3	2
3	Western Kentucky	32	3	3	4	4	5	3	1	3	2	2	2
4	North Texas	57	5	6	6	5	3½	5	4	5	4½	6	7
5	Florida Atlantic	58	4	5	6	6	8½	4	7½	4	4½	4	4½
6	Texas-El Paso	69½	7	4	3	3	6½	6	7½	6	9½	8	9
7	Middle Tennessee	74	6	8	6	7	6½	7	7½	8	7	5	6
8	Louisiana Tech	84	8	9	9	9	10	9	5	9	4½	7	4½
9	Charlotte	85	10	7	8	8	3½	8	7½	7	8	9	9
10	Rice	106	9	10	10	10	8½	10	10	10	9½	10	9
11	Florida Int'l	121	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
East
1	Miami-Ohio	13	1	1	1	1	1	1	2½	1	1½	1	1
2	Kent State	24	3	2	2	2	2	2	2½	2	1½	3	2
3	Buffalo	38½	2	5	3½	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3
4	Ohio	44½	5	4	3½	3	5	3	5	4	4	4	4
5	Bowling Green	45	4	3	5	5	3	5	1	5	4	5	5
6	Akron	66	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Toledo	14	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
2	Northern Illinois	24	2	1	2	2	3	4	2	1	2	3	2
3	Central Michigan	31	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	2	3
4	Western Michigan	43	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	5	4
5	Eastern Michigan	53½	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5½
6	Ball State	65½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5½

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
Mountain
1	Boise State	11	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	1	1
2	Air Force	20½	3	2	2½	2	1	2	2	2	-	2	2
3	Utah State	28½	2	3	2½	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3
4	Colorado State	41½	4	4	4	4	5	4	4½	4	-	4	4
5	Wyoming	48½	5	5	5	5	4	5	4½	5	-	5	5
6	New Mexico	60	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6
West
1	Fresno State	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1
2	San Diego State	20	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	2	2
3	San Jose State	31	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	4
4	Nevada	44½	4	5	5½	5	5	4	5	4	-	4	3
5	Nevada-Las Vegas	45½	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	-	5	5½
6	Hawaii	59	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	5½

Pacific 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
North
1	Oregon	8	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	1
2	Washington	21	3	3	2	2	-	2	5	-	-	2	2
3	Oregon State	21½	2	2	3	3	-	3	2	-	-	3	3½
4	California	36	4	5	5	4½	-	5	3½	-	-	4	5
5	Washington State	38	6	4	6	6	-	4	3½	-	-	5	3½
6	Stanford	43½	5	6	4	4½	-	6	6	-	-	6	6
South
1	Utah	9	1	1	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	1	1
2	Southern Cal	16½	2	2	2	2	-	1	3½	-	-	2	2
3	UCLA	23	3	3	3	3	-	3	2	-	-	3	3
4	Arizona State	33½	4	5	4	5	-	4	3½	-	-	4	4
5	Arizona	39	5	4	5	4	-	6	5	-	-	5	5
6	Colorado	47	6	6	6	6	-	5	6	-	-	6	6
Division-Less
1	Utah	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	-
2	Oregon	6	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	-	-
3	Southern Cal	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	2	-	-
4	UCLA	12½	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	4½	-	-
5	Washington	17½	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	4½	-	-
6	Oregon State	19	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	8	-	-
7	Washington State	21½	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	6½	-	-
8	Arizona State	25½	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	6½	-	-
9t	Arizona	27½	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	11	11½	-	-
9t	Stanford	27½	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	8	9½	-	-
11	California	29½	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	9	9½	-	-
12	Colorado	35½	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	11½	-	-

Notes:

As of summer, it was not clear how Pac-12 official standings were to be displayed. The "divisional champs" selection process has been abandoned in favor of the top two teams in the entire conference (by winning percentage in conference games). But it is still open as to whether official published conference standings will be division-less.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
East
1	Georgia	11	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Tennessee	27½	3	2	2½	2	2	2	2	3	3½	3	2½
3	Florida	35½	4	4	2½	3½	3	3	3	4	2	4	2½
4	Kentucky	37½	2	3	4	3½	4	4	4	2	5	2	4
5	South Carolina	53½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3½	5	5
6	Missouri	66	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
7	Vanderbilt	77	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
West
1	Alabama	11	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Texas A&M	23	2	2	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2½	2	2
3	Arkansas	38½	3	3	4	3	4	3	5	3	2½	4	4
4	Mississippi	46	4	5	4	4	6	5	2½	4	4½	3	4
5	Louisiana State	60	5	4	6½	6	5	6	7	5	4½	5	6
6	Auburn	63½	7	7	4	7	7	4	4	7	6½	6	4
7	Mississippi State	66	6	6	6½	5	3	7	6	6	6½	7	7

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Pick Six	McIllece Sports	DRatings .com	CFB Model Dunham	Media Polls	Coll. F'ball News	VSiN	Versus Sports Simulator
East
1	Appalachian State	12	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Coastal Carolina	25½	2	2	3	2½	2	3	3	2	1	3	2
3	Georgia State	37½	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3½	4	5
4	Marshall	39	3	4	2	2½	4	5	5	4	3½	2	4
5	James Madison	58	5	6	6	6	5	4	5	6	6	6	3
6	Old Dominion	62	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	7	6	5	6
7	Georgia Southern	74	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	7	7
West
1	Louisiana-Lafay.	11	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Troy	27½	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3½	2	3
3t	South Alabama	39	5	2	4	4	6	3	3½	2	3½	4	2
3t	Southern Miss	39	4	4	3	3	2	4	3½	5	3½	3	4
5	Texas State	58	7	5	5	5	4	5	6	4	6	6	5
6	Arkansas State	58½	3	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	3½	5	6
7	Louisiana-Monroe	75	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7