Preseason Prediction Accuracy (1994)

This page ranks the accuracy of the preseason magazines' conference predictions for 1994, by comparing them to conference finish.

Lower scores indicate more accurate predictions; the lower the score, the closer the predictions were to the actual results. Magazines are sorted by total score for all conferences, with the best predictions (lowest total scores) at the top. For information on the scoring method, see the notes file.

Magazine	Total Score	ACC	Big East	Big 8	Big Ten	Big West	MAC	PAC 10	SEC East	SEC West	SWC	WAC
Street & Smith	110	13	3	2	12	15	14	22	6	6	4	13
Game Plan	122	13	3	4	16	19	22	20	4	2	2	17
Lindy's	126	16	5	4	10	31	8	21	2	4	4	21
C&PF Newsweekly	130	13	2	6	16	16	14	33	6	3	4	17
Football Action	130	13	5	6	21	18	18	24	4	3	6	12
The Sporting News	132	14	4	4	20	23	10	22	6	5	6	18
College Preview	159	13	11	7	14	30	31	28	10	4	2	10
Magazines which did not pick all of the conferences (scores are adjusted per penalties below):
Magazine	Total Score	ACC	Big East	Big 8	Big Ten	Big West	MAC	PAC 10	SEC East	SEC West	SWC	WAC
Inside Sports	131	16	3	2	14	-	-	22	4	5	5	-
Jim Feist's	136	13	2	2	18	-	-	28	8	4	4	14
Athlon	149	17	4	-	16	24	22	27	6	4	-	-
Penalties for skipping prediction (average of others' scores, plus two points):
Penalties	-	-	-	6	-	22	19	-	-	-	6	15