1996 preseason raw data
========================= LEGEND AND GENERAL NOTES =========================
AT = Athlon Sports (National College Football Edition)
BG = Bob Griese's College Football 1996 Yearbook
BL = Blitz! (mostly NFL converage) (@)
CO = College Sports (College Football Preview Issue)
CP = College & Pro Football Newsweekly (June 1996 Issue) (#)
ES = ESPN College Football
FA = Football Action '96 (College and Pro Preview Issue)
FD = Football Digest (College Football Preview Issue) (@)
FN = Football News (College Preview Issue, August 1996)
GP = Game Plan's College Football 1996 Annual Preview
JA = Jeff Allen's College Football Preview and Betting Guide
LI = Lindy's Big ten Football 1996 issue
LM = LineMasters Inc.'s 1996 Sports Betting Encyclopedia
MG = Mark Gunn's College & Pro Preview & Betting Guide
PV = Preview Sports College Football (1996 issue)
SI = Sports Illustrated Presents College Football '96
SS = Street & Smith's College Football (1996 Issue)
ST = Phil Steele's 1996 College Football Preview
TS = The Sporting News 1996 College Football Yearbook
WS = Winning Sports Gambling Illustrated (#)
WY = Mike Wynn's top 20 (in Jeff Allen's magazine) (@)
AC = ATS Consultants (supplied in 1999)
================================= TOP 25 ===================================
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+ Nebraska 1 2 5 4 1 2 3 2 1 5 3 2 1 2 4 5 2 3 1 3 1 {6}
+ Florida State 2 4 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 6 8 1 2 1 1 2 4 2 3 2 2 {3}
+ Tennessee 4 1 2 3 4 4 6 5 3 3 1 6 3 5 3 1 5 1 2 1 6 {9}
+ Florida 5 6 4 1 3 3 5 4 2 4 2 4 4 3 7 6 1 4 4 4 3 {1}
+ Colorado 10 5 3 5 6 5 11 1 5 2 4 5 5 4 2 3 7 6 5 5 4 {8}
+ Notre Dame 3 3 6 7 5 7 1 8 11 12 5 3 6 6 5 9 3 5 6 6 5 {19}
+ Texas 11 9 12 9 9 9 16 9 6 11 10 8 8 13 8 # 10 9 8 8 8 {23}
+ Southern Cal 7 8 10 6 11 6 19 15 8 13 9 11 15 11 16 7 16 10 7 7 15 {u}
+ Syracuse 9 14 8 8 7 13 9 10 17 14 6 16 7 8 13 8 - 7 9 # 20 {21}
+ Ohio State 6 13 11 10 8 14 7 6 13 7 - 19 9 15 6 # 6 8 10 # 10 {2}
+ Miami-Florida 8 19 23 14 10 8 4 7 10 1 16 7 10 14 10 # - 14 13 10 7 {14}
+ Penn State 12 12 7 11 16 12 18 14 7 16 13 9 11 12 18 4 18 11 11 # 12 {7}
+ Texas A&M 13 16 21 13 17 16 8 11 15 18 17 10 14 10 9 # 17 12 12 # 11 {u}
+ Michigan 18 7 16 19 13 23 14 16 9 8 14 12 20 7 11 # - 13 14 # - {20}
+ Alabama 15 17 22 18 15 22 15 13 14 9 - 14 23 9 12 # - 15 16 # 14 {11}
+ Auburn 21 21 - 12 22 10 21 17 25 17 24 17 16 19 17 10 11 20 15 # 24 {24}
+ Virginia Tech - 11 14 20 14 19 20 18 22 10 22 22 12 16 22 # - 17 20 # 16 {13}
+ Kansas State 17 - 9 21 - 21 - 12 18 22 11 18 - 20 19 # 12 19 19 # 18 {17}
+ Iowa 22 - 17 17 - 11 10 22 - 23 15 15 17 - 21 # 13 21 22 # 22 {18}
+ Northwestern 16 20 13 15 18 25 - - - - 7 24 22 18 - # 15 16 17 9 - {15}
+ Louisiana St 14 - 19 22 25 18 12 23 12 - 12 - - 24 20 # - 18 18 # 21 {12}
+ Arizona State 19 24 24 25 19 15 13 - - 19 25 - 13 - - # - 22 21 # 13 {4}
+ N. Carolina 23 - 18 24 24 - 17 20 - 25 - 13 - - 15 # - 23 - # 19 {10}
+ Washington - 15 - 16 21 - - - 19 - - - 25 17 - # 8 - 25 # 17 {16}
+ Virginia 24 - 15 - - 17 - - 16 - 19 - - 21 25 # - 24 23 # - {u}
+ Texas Tech - - - 23 20 - - - - 15 20 - 18 22 - # 14 - 24 # - {u}
+ Clemson - 10 - - 23 24 25 - 20 21 - 21 19 - - # - - - # - {u}
+ Oregon - - - - - 20 - 19 - - 21 - 21 23 - # - 25 - # - {u}
+ Wisconsin - 18 - - - - 23 - - 20 - - - - - # 9 - - # 9 {u}
+ E. Carolina - 23 - - - - - - 23 24 - 25 24 - - # 19 - - # - {u}
+ Kansas - - - - 12 - - - 21 - 18 - - - - # - - - # - {u}
+ San Diego St. - - - - - - 22 25 24 - - 20 - - - # - - - # 25 {u}
+ Utah 20 25 - - - - - 24 - - 23 - - - - # - - - # - {u}
+ Georgia - - - - - - 24 21 - - - - - - 24 # 20 - - # 23 {u}
+ BYU 25 - - - - - - - - - - 23 - 25 - # - - - # - {5}
+ Wyoming - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 # - - - # - {22}
+ Georgia Tech - 22 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - # - - - # - {u}
+ Stanford - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - # - - - # - {u}
+ Arizona - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 # - - - # - {u}
+ unranked - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # - - - # - {u}
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Final AP poll:
Army #25
========================= CONFERENCE PREDICTIONS =============================
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$ACC
@ Florida State 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {1}
@ Virginia 3 5 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 5 {4}
@ North Carolina 2 6 3 5 3 4 2 2 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 2 2 4 3 2 {2-3}
@ Clemson 4 2 2 4 2 3 4 5 3 5 3 3 2 5 2 6 5 5 4 3 {2-3}
@ Georgia Tech 6 3 5 3 5 5 6 4 6 4 5 7 6 4 5 4 4 6 5 4 {5}
@ Maryland 5 4 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 7 3 6 6 {6-7}
@ North Carolina St 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 {6-7}
@ Duke 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 9 {9}
@ Wake Forest 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 {8}
$BIG EAST
@ Syracuse 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 {1-3}
@ Miami-Florida 1 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 {1-3}
@ Virginia Tech 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 {1-3}
@ West Virginia 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 {4}
@ Boston College 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 {6}
@ Pittsburgh 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 8 6 7 5 6 7 {5}
@ Temple 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 8 6 {8}
@ Rutgers 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 7 6 8 5 8 7 8 {7}
$BIG TEN
@ Ohio State 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 {1-2}
@ Penn State 2 2 5 5 3 2 4 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 {3-4}
@ Michigan 4 1 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 1 3 2 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 6 {5-6}
@ Iowa 5 7 3 4 5 1 2 4 4 5 4 3 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 {3-4}
@ Northwestern 3 5 1 2 4 5 6 7 5 4 1 5 5 6 2 9 4 4 1 5 {1-2}
@ Wisconsin 6 4 8 7 8 8 5 5 6 6 8 6 11 4 6 5 7 6 7 1 {7}
@ Michigan State 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 7 8 9 7 9 7 6 7 6 8 {5-6}
@ Purdue 9 10 7 8 9 7 10 6 8 8 6 9 7 8 8 6 8 9 8 10 {8}
@ Illinois 10 8 9 9 7 10 9 9 9 9 9 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 9 7 {9-11}
@ Indiana 8 11 11 11 10 9 8 10 11 10 11 10 10 10 11 10 11 8 11 9 {9-11}
@ Minnesota 11 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 11 6 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 {9-11}
$BIG XII-North
@ Nebraska 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 {1}
@ Colorado 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 {2}
@ Kansas State 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 {3}
@ Kansas 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 {5}
@ Iowa State 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 {6}
@ Missouri 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 {4}
$BIG XII-South
@ Texas 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 {1}
@ Texas A&M 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 {3}
@ Texas Tech 3 3 4 4 3 4 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 {2}
@ Baylor 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 {6}
@ Oklahoma State 6 6 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 6 6 6 5 {5}
@ Oklahoma 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 4 6 {4}
$BIG WEST
@ Nevada 1 2 - 2 1 2 - 3 1 2 1 - 1 - - - 2 1 - 2 {1}
@ Utah State 3 1 - 1 2 1 - 1 3 4 4 - 2 - - - 1 2 - 1 {2}
@ New Mexico State 4 3 - 3 6 5 - 5 4 1 2 - 5 - - - 3 3 - 3 {6}
@ Idaho 2 6 - 5 3 3 - 2 2 3 6 - 3 - - - 6 4 - 4 {3-4}
@ Boise State 6 5 - 6 4 4 - 4 5 5 5 - 4 - - - 5 6 - 6 {5}
@ North Texas 5 4 - 4 5 6 - 6 6 6 3 - 6 - - - 4 5 - 5 {3-4}
$CUSA
@ Cincinnati 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 {3-5}
@ Louisville 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 4 1 1 {3-5}
@ Southern Miss 3 3 3 3 1 3 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 {1-2}
@ Memphis 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 4 6 {3-5}
@ Houston 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 {1-2}
@ Tulane 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 4 5 6 6 6 4 3 6 5 6 6 6 5 {6}
$MAC
@ Toledo 1 2 - 1 1 4 - 2 1 1 2 - 1 - - - 1 2 - 3 {2-3}
@ Miami-Ohio 2 1 - 2 2 1 - 1 2 2 1 - 3 - - - 2 1 - 2 {2-3}
@ Ball State 3 3 - 3 3 2 - 3 3 3 3 - 2 - - - 3 3 - 1 {1}
@ Eastern Michigan 4 6 - 6 4 3 - 6 5 4 4 - 5 - - - 4 6 - 6 {6-8}
@ Bowling Green 5 5 - 4 5 5 - 4 6 5 5 - 4 - - - 6 5 - 5 {6-8}
@ Central Michigan 6 4 - 5 7 7 - 5 7 6 7 - 6 - - - 5 4 - 4 {5}
@ Western Michigan 7 7 - 7 6 6 - 7 4 8 6 - 7 - - - 7 7 - 7 {9}
@ Akron 9 10 - 8 8 8 - 8 10 9 9 - 8 - - - 9 9 - 9 {6-8}
@ Ohio U. 8 8 - 10 9 10 - 9 8 7 10 - 9 - - - 10 10 - 8 {4}
@ Kent 10 9 - 9 10 9 - 10 9 10 8 - 10 - - - 8 8 - 10 {10}
$PAC 10
@ Southern Cal 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {5-9}
@ Arizona State 2 3 4 4 2 2 1 4 3 1 3 7 1 3 3 4 2 2 6 1 {1}
@ Washington 4 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 2 4 4 3 4 2 2 5 5 3 2 3 {2}
@ Oregon 3 6 3 3 4 3 8 2 4 6 2 2 3 6 4 3 3 4 3 4 {5-9}
@ Arizona 8 5 7 7 7 6 4 3 5 7 5 5 7 5 5 2 7 6 7 5 {5-9}
@ Stanford 5 4 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 2 7 6 5 7 6 9 6 5 5 6 {3}
@ UCLA 6 7 6 6 5 7 7 5 6 5 8 4 8 4 8 6 4 7 4 9 {4}
@ California 9 9 9 8 8 8 3 9 8 8 6 8 6 9 9 8 9 9 8 8 {5-9}
@ Washington State 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 7 7 8 8 9 7 {5-9}
@ Oregon State 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 {10}
$SEC-East
@ Tennessee 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {2}
@ Florida 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 {1}
@ Georgia 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 {4-5}
@ South Carolina 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 4 4 5 5 {3}
@ Kentucky 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 {4-5}
@ Vanderbilt 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 {6}
$SEC-West
@ Alabama 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 {1-2}
@ Auburn 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 4 3 {3}
@ LSU 1 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 {1-2}
@ Arkansas 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 2 4 4 5 3 5 {5-6}
@ Mississippi St 6 5 6 6 5 5 4 5 6 5 5 6 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 4 {4}
@ Mississippi 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 6 6 5 6 6 4 6 6 {5-6}
$WAC-Mountain
@ Utah 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 {2-3}
@ Brigham Young 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 {1}
@ TCU 4 3 3 4 3 6 5 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 3 6 3 4 3 5 {5-6}
@ Tulsa 3 4 4 6 4 3 7 3 3 6 3 3 4 4 6 4 4 7 5 7 {7}
@ New Mexico 7 6 6 3 5 7 3 4 5 4 7 6 6 3 5 3 5 5 7 6 {5-6}
@ Rice 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 7 5 6 5 5 6 4 5 7 6 4 4 {2-3}
@ SMU 5 7 7 7 7 4 4 7 8 7 5 7 7 8 8 7 6 3 6 3 {4}
@ Texas-El Paso 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 {8}
$WAC-Pacific
@ San Diego State 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 {2-3}
@ Wyoming 2 2 2 4 5 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 {1}
@ Colorado State 3 5 5 3 4 5 5 3 3 2 4 2 5 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 {2-3}
@ Air Force 4 3 3 2 2 4 3 5 5 4 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 {4}
@ Fresno State 5 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 5 5 4 3 3 5 3 {5-6}
@ Hawaii 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 6 6 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {7-8}
@ San Jose State 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 {5-6}
@ Nevada-Las Vegas 7 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 7 6 7 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 {7-8}
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