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Preseason Prediction Accuracy (2004)


This page ranks the accuracy of the preseason magazines' conference predictions for 2004, 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.

Rank Magazine Total
Score
ACC Big
East
Big
Ten
Big 12
North
Big 12
South
Conf
USA
MAC
East
MAC
West
Mtn
West
PAC
10
SEC
East
SEC
West
Sun
Belt
WAC
1 Phil Steele 125 16 3 21 9 0 6 9 6 15 8 2 6 7 17
2 College Football News 127 24 1 17 10 6 7 15 10 1 2 5 19
3 Gold Sheet 130 19 5 12 10 2 6 5 4 14 12 4 2 16 19
4 The Sporting News 133 20 0 14 10 3 11 8 10 14 14 4 2 8 15
5 StatFox Edge 137 19 0 15 12 4 9 9 5 15 11 2 1 17 18
6 Street & Smith 143 22 3 13 11 3 15 10 8 9 10 2 2 14 20
7 GamePlan 145 23 5 21 11 3 7 4 9 14 10 2 2 14 20
8 Athlon 147 24 5 16 11 3 13 9 6 12 10 2 2 11 23
9t CNN/SI web site 148 22½ 7 20 11 2 9 9 9 12 10 2 10 20
9t Lindy's 148 23 4 15 13 2 10 8 8 15 12 2 2 11 23
11 Blue Ribbon 151 23 2 21 13 3 6 7 8 17 12 4 2 10 23
12 Wrathell's CPA Rankings 155 23 2 15 10 2 13½ 5 11 13 18 2 2 16 22½
13 ATS Consultants 160½ 23 3 20½ 13 4 9 8 14½ 21 3 1 13 22

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