2018 preseason raw data
LEGEND:
AT = Athlon [May 28]
SS = The Sporting News - Street and Smith [May 28]
LI = Lindy's [May 28]
AF = Arena Fanatic [June 22, web site]
PS = Phil Steele [June 28]
MS = McIllece Sports [July 15, .PDF]
ME = Conference Media polls [various]
DR = DRatings.com [July 25, web site]
SM = Simplified Football [July 31, web site]
PR = compughterratings.com [July 31, web site]
CN = CollegeFootballNews.com [June 12, web site]
GP = GamePlan [August 15]
SF = SportsFormulator [July 16, web site]
GS = Gold Sheet [August 18, web site]
ES = ESPN Football Power Index [August 26, web site]
SC = The Sports Cruncher [August 19, web site]
FO = Football Outsiders [August 20]
P6 = PickSixPreviews.com [August 24, web site]
FP = CollegeFootballPoll.com [August 20, web site]
National Top 25
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+ Clemson 2 2 1 1 2 2 - 4 2 2 1 1 6 2 1 3 2 1 3
+ Alabama 1 1 2 6 1 3 - 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 10
+ Ohio State 4 3 3 5 3 1 - 2 11 3 3 3 2 4 4 2 3 3 6
+ Georgia 3 4 4 10 5 5 - 3 4 4 4 4 7 3 3 5 4 5 22
+ Washington 8 7 8 4 4 4 - 6 8 13 6 6 4 7 5 6 7 7 4
+ Wisconsin 9 6 5 7 6 9 - 8 6 5 5 5 3 6 12 7 12 10 13
+ Miami-Florida 6 8 7 8 7 19 - 14 23 8 8 12 9 13 14 9 13 14 5
+ Michigan 5 9 18 2 11 6 - 10 9 10 9 10 13 17 11 10 11 4 24
+ Oklahoma 10 5 6 15 9 14 - 5 13 6 10 9 11 9 8 20 8 9 2
+ Auburn 7 12 9 3 19 11 - 7 7 9 13 7 8 5 7 4 5 6 15
+ Michigan State 12 11 10 12 13 7 - 13 20 11 7 8 - 11 10 8 9 8 1
+ Penn State 11 10 11 17 12 12 - 9 3 7 15 14 16 21 9 11 10 11 -
+ Notre Dame 15 14 12 19 8 8 - 11 19 12 - 11 22 16 6 14 6 19 11
+ Stanford 18 13 13 20 15 20 - 18 10 15 12 17 10 10 13 - 17 12 14
+ Boise State 19 21 14 14 14 23 - - - 22 - 19 - - - - - - 19
+ Florida State 13 18 16 - 18 18 - 21 5 16 23 - 20 14 18 16 16 16 -
+ Texas 20 23 - 13 10 10 - 17 17 - 24 22 5 8 16 12 24 17 -
+ Southern Cal 21 15 19 - 16 16 - 15 12 14 11 18 14 20 17 - 15 15 7
+ Florida 17 - - 9 17 - - - 15 - 19 - 15 22 21 - - 21 -
+ Virginia Tech 16 16 17 25 - 21 - 24 - 19 - - 23 - 22 23 22 - -
+ Mississippi State 14 20 20 - 21 13 - 19 21 18 25 13 12 15 15 18 14 13 9
+ Texas Christian 24 - 21 11 20 15 - 20 - 17 21 15 25 23 - 13 20 18 18
+ West Virginia 22 22 15 24 - - - 23 - - 17 - 17 - - - - - -
+ Central Florida - 20 23 21 - 24 - 12 24 23 - 16 24 - - - 18 - -
+ Oregon 23 - 22 - 24 22 - - 22 - 18 - 21 18 23 - 23 20 -
+ South Carolina - 24 24 22 - - - - - - 16 - 18 - - - - - 12
+ Arizona - - - 16 - - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - -
+ Louisiana State - 17 - - - - - 22 14 20 14 21 - 25 25 15 19 24 -
+ N.C. State - - - 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 24 - - -
+ Utah - - - - 22 - - - - - - - 19 - - - - 22 -
+ Boston College - - - - 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+ Florida Atlantic - - - 23 - - - - - - - 23 - - - - - - 21
+ Arkansas State - - - - 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+ Georgia Tech - - 25 - - - - - - - - - - 19 - - - - -
+ Kansas State - 25 - - - - - - - - 22 - - - - - - - -
+ Texas A&M 25 - - - - - - 25 - - - - - 24 - 17 25 23 -
+ Northwestern - - - - - 17 - - - 25 - - - - - 22 - - 8
+ Iowa - - - - - 25 - - - 21 - 20 - - 24 - - - -
+ Oklahoma State - - - - - - - 16 - 24 20 24 - - 20 21 21 - 17
+ Missouri - - - - - - - - 16 - - - - - - 19 - - 16
+ Tennessee - - - - - - - - 18 - - - - - - - - - -
+ UCLA - - - - - - - - 25 - - - - - - - - - -
+ Memphis - - - - - - - - - - - 25 - - - - - - 23
+ Louisville - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
+ Wake Forest - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+ Duke - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 25
+ Texas Tech - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 - - -
+ unranked - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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$AAC-East
@ Central Florida 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.5 1.5 {1}
@ South Florida 3 2 2 2 3 2.5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2.5 3 2 2 2 3 1.5 {4}
@ Temple 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2.5 2 3 3 3 1.5 3 {2}
@ Cincinnati 4 4 4 4 4 2.5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 {3}
@ Connecticut 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5.5 5 5 5 5 6 6 {6}
@ East Carolina 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 5 4 5 5 6 5.5 6 6 6 6 5 5 {5}
$AAC-West
@ Memphis 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 {1-3}
@ Navy 2 2 3 2 2.5 2 3 3 3 2.5 2.5 3 2.5 2 3 3 3 3 4 {5-6}
@ Houston 3 3 2 3.5 2.5 3 2 2 2 2.5 1 2 2.5 3 2 2 1 2 5 {1-3}
@ Tulane 4 5 5 3.5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5.5 4 4 5 5 5 2 {1-3}
@ Southern Methodist 5 4 4 5 6 5.5 4 4 4 4 2.5 4 4 5 5 4 4 6 3 {4}
@ Tulsa 6 6 6 6 4 5.5 6 6 5 6 6 6 5.5 6 6 6 6 4 6 {5-6}
$ACC-Atlantic
@ Clemson 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {1}
@ Florida State 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2.5 2 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 {5-6}
@ N.C. State 3 3 4 2 5 5 3 3 5 2.5 3.5 2 3 5 5 3 4 5 5 {3}
@ Louisville 6 5 3 5 3.5 3.5 5 4 3 4 3.5 3 5.5 6 3 5 3 3 2 {7}
@ Boston College 5 4 6 5 3.5 3.5 4 5 4 6 6 6 5.5 3 4 6 6 4 3.5 {4}
@ Wake Forest 4 6 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 4 5.5 4 6 4 5 6 3.5 {5-6}
@ Syracuse 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 5.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 {2}
$ACC-Coastal
@ Miami-Florida 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 {3-5}
@ Virginia Tech 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2.5 3 2 2 2 4 3.5 {3-5}
@ Georgia Tech 3 3 3 3 5 4 3 4 5 3.5 5.5 4 2.5 1 4 3 6 3 5 {2}
@ Duke 5 5 4 4 2.5 3 4 3 2 5.5 3.5 2 5 4 3 6 3 2 2 {6}
@ Pittsburgh 4 4 5 5.5 6 5.5 5 5 6 3.5 3.5 5 5 5 6 4 4 6 3.5 {1}
@ North Carolina 6 6 6 7 2.5 5.5 6 6 4 5.5 5.5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 7 {7}
@ Virginia 7 7 7 5.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 {3-5}
$B1G-East
@ Ohio State 1 1 1 1.5 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {1-2}
@ Michigan 2 2 4 1.5 2 2 4 3 3 3.5 3.5 3 2 2 4 3 4 2 3 {1-2}
@ Penn State 3 3 3 4 3.5 4 3 2 1 2 3.5 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 {3}
@ Michigan State 4 4 2 3 3.5 3 2 4 4 3.5 2 2 4 4 2 4 2 3 1 {4}
@ Maryland 5 5 5 5 5.5 5 5 5 5 5.5 5 5 5.5 6 6 5 6 6 5.5 {5}
@ Indiana 6 7 6 7 5.5 6 6 6 6 5.5 7 6 5.5 7 5 6 5 5 7 {6}
@ Rutgers 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 5.5 {7}
$B1G-West
@ Wisconsin 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {2-4}
@ Iowa 2 2 2 3.5 2 3 2 2 5 2 3.5 2 2.5 3 2 2 2 2 3.5 {2-4}
@ Purdue 3 3 4 2 6 4 5 4 4 4 3.5 4 2.5 5 4 4 5 5 3.5 {2-4}
@ Northwestern 4 5 3 3.5 3 2 3 3 2 3 3.5 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 1 {1}
@ Nebraska 5 4 5 5 4 6 4 5 3 5 3.5 5 5.5 6 6 5 6 4 6 {5-6}
@ Minnesota 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6.5 6 5.5 4 5 6 4 6 5 {5-6}
@ Illinois 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 {7}
$BIG XII
@ Oklahoma 1 1 1 2.5 1.5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 {1}
@ Texas 2 3 4 1 1.5 1.5 4 2 2 4 3.5 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 6.5 {2}
@ West Virginia 3 2 2 4 5 6 2 5 4 5 3.5 6 3 5 7.5 5 7 4 8 {3-4}
@ Texas Christian 4 5 3 2.5 3 1.5 3 4 6 2 3.5 2 3 4 4 2 2 3 2 {5-6}
@ Oklahoma State 5 7 5 5 5 4 5 3 5 3 3.5 4 5.5 7 3 4 4 5 3 {7-9}
@ Kansas State 7 4 6 6.5 5 8.5 6 6.5 3 6 6 8 7 6 9 7 8 6 4.5 {7-9}
@ Iowa State 6 6 7 6.5 7 7 7 6.5 7 7 7 5 5.5 3 5.5 6 6 7 4.5 {3-4}
@ Texas Tech 9 8 8 9 8 8.5 8 8 8 8 9 7 8 8 5.5 8 9 8 6.5 {7-9}
@ Baylor 8 9 9 8 9 5 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 7.5 9 5 9 9 {5-6}
@ Kansas 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 {10}
$CUSA-East
@ Florida Atlantic 1 1 1 1 1.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.5 1 2 1 1 1 1 {5}
@ Marshall 2 2 3 3 1.5 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1.5 2 1 2 2 2 2 {2-3}
@ Middle Tennessee 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 {1}
@ Old Dominion 4 6 6 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 4.5 4 4.5 6 5 4 5 {6-7}
@ Western Kentucky 6 5 4 5 5.5 6 5 5 7 4.5 3 5 4.5 6 6 5 4 6 6 {6-7}
@ Florida Int'l 5 4 5 6.5 5.5 4 4 4 4 4.5 6 4 6.5 5 4.5 4 6 5 4 {2-3}
@ Charlotte 7 7 7 6.5 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 6.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 {4}
$CUSA-West
@ Louisiana Tech 2 3 1 1 1.5 1 2 2.5 7 1 4.5 2 1 1 1 2 1 1.5 2 {2-4}
@ North Texas 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 3 2 2.5 1 2.5 2 2 1 3 1.5 1 {2-4}
@ UAB 3 2 4 3 1.5 3 3 2.5 1 4 4.5 3 2.5 4 3 4 2 3 3 {1}
@ Southern Miss 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2.5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 {2-4}
@ UTSA 5 5 5 5 5 5.5 5 5 4 5 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 {5}
@ Rice 6 6 6 7 6 5.5 6 6 6 6 6.5 6 6.5 7 6.5 6 6 6 6 {6-7}
@ Texas-El Paso 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 5 7 6.5 7 6.5 6 6.5 7 7 7 7 {6-7}
$MAC-East
@ Ohio 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2.5 {2-3}
@ Miami-Ohio 2 2 3 2.5 2 2 3 3 1 4 2.5 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 {2-3}
@ Buffalo 3 3 2 2.5 3.5 3 2 2 4 2.5 1 2 3.5 2 3 3 3 2 2.5 {1}
@ Akron 4 4 4 5 3.5 5 4 4 2 2.5 4 4 3.5 4 5 5 5 4 4 {4-5}
@ Bowling Green 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5.5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 {4-5}
@ Kent State 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5.5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {6}
$MAC-West
@ Northern Illinois 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 {1}
@ Toledo 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 {2-4}
@ Western Michigan 3 4 3 5 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 {2-4}
@ Central Michigan 4 5 4 3.5 5.5 5 5 5 3 4 3 5 4.5 6 5 5 6 5 5 {6}
@ Eastern Michigan 5 3 5 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 4 4.5 4 4 4 4 4 4 {2-4}
@ Ball State 6 6 6 3.5 5.5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 {5}
$MWC-Mountain
@ Boise State 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {1-2}
@ Utah State 2 4 3 2.5 2 3 4 2 3 3.5 4.5 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2.5 {1-2}
@ Wyoming 3 3 2 2.5 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 5 3 3 4 2 3 2.5 {3}
@ Colorado State 4 2 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 3.5 3 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 {5}
@ Air Force 5 5 5 5 4 5.5 5 5 5 5 4.5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 {4}
@ New Mexico 6 6 6 6 6 5.5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {6}
$MWC-West
@ San Diego State 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 {4}
@ Fresno State 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 {1}
@ Nevada-Las Vegas 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3.5 3 3 3.5 4 4 4 4 3 3 {5}
@ Nevada 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3.5 4 4 3.5 3 3 3 3 4 4 {2-3}
@ Hawaii 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5.5 6 5.5 5 5.5 5 5 6 5 {2-3}
@ San Jose State 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5.5 5 5.5 6 5.5 6 6 5 6 {6}
$PAC 12-North
@ Washington 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {1-2}
@ Stanford 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2.5 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 {3}
@ Oregon 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2.5 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 5 {4}
@ California 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4.5 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 {5}
@ Washington State 5 5 5 5 5 5.5 5 5 5 4 4.5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 {1-2}
@ Oregon State 6 6 6 6 6 5.5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {6}
$PAC 12-South
@ Southern Cal 1 1 1 1.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 {3-4}
@ Utah 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 2.5 3 2 2 3 2.5 3 3 2 2.5 {1}
@ Arizona 3 4 3 1.5 3 2 3 2 2 2.5 2 3 3 1 2.5 2 2 3 2.5 {3-4}
@ UCLA 4 3 4 3 6 4 4 4 4 4.5 4 4 4.5 4 4 4 4 5 5.5 {5}
@ Colorado 5 5 6 5.5 4.5 6 5 6 5 6 5.5 6 4.5 5 6 6 6 6 5.5 {6}
@ Arizona State 6 6 5 5.5 4.5 5 6 5 6 4.5 5.5 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 {2}
$SEC-East
@ Georgia 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 {1}
@ Florida 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 2.5 2 2.5 3 2 4 2 2 5 {2-3}
@ South Carolina 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 4 2 2.5 4 2.5 2 3 3 3 3 1 {4-5}
@ Missouri 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4.5 3 4 4 4 2 4 5 2 {4-5}
@ Kentucky 5 6 5 5.5 5 5.5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5.5 5 6 6 5 4 4 {2-3}
@ Tennessee 6 4 6 5.5 6 5.5 6 6 5 5 4.5 6 7 6 6 5 6 6 7 {7}
@ Vanderbilt 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5.5 7 6 7 7 7 6 {6}
$SEC-West
@ Alabama 1 1 1 1.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {1}
@ Auburn 2 2 2 1.5 2 2 2 2 2 2.5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 {5}
@ Mississippi State 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 5 2.5 4.5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 {4}
@ Louisiana State 5 3 5 3 5 4 5 5 3 4 4.5 4 6 4 5 3 4 5 5 {2-3}
@ Texas A&M 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 {2-3}
@ Mississippi 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6.5 6 6 7 7 {6}
@ Arkansas 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 6.5 7 7 6 6 {7}
$SUN BELT-East
@ Troy 1 1 2 1.5 1.5 1 2 1.5 1 2 2 1 2.5 1 2 1 2 2 2 {1-2}
@ Appalachian State 2 2 1 1.5 1.5 2 1 1.5 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 {1-2}
@ Georgia State 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3.5 3 4.5 4 5 4 4 4 3.5 {5}
@ Georgia Southern 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 5 4 3.5 5 2.5 3 3 3 3 3 3.5 {3}
@ Coastal Carolina 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 4 4.5 5 4 5 5 5 5 {4}
$SUN BELT-West
@ Arkansas State 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {1-2}
@ Louisiana-Monroe 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3.5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 {3}
@ Louisiana-Lafay. 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3.5 4 3 3.5 3 3.5 3 5 4 4 3 3.5 {1-2}
@ South Alabama 4 4 3 4.5 4 3 3 3.5 3 4 2 4 3.5 4 3 3 3 4 3.5 {4}
@ Texas State 5 5 5 4.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 {5}
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