2008 Preseason Consensus

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National rankings
Atlantic Coast Conference Predictions
Big East Conference Predictions
Big Ten Conference Predictions
Big XII Conference Predictions
Conference USA Predictions
Mid-American Conference Predictions
Mountain West Conference Predictions
Pacific 10 Conference Predictions
Southeastern Conference Predictions
Sun Belt Conference Predictions
Western Athletic Conference Predictions

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
1	Ohio State	318	3	2	2	2	-	2	3	-	1	2	3	2	1
2	Georgia	308	1	5	9	5	-	1	2	-	2	1	1	4	2
3	Southern Cal	304	2	4	4	1	-	3	4	-	5	3	4	3	4
4	Oklahoma	293	4	3	3	7	-	4	1	-	4	6	6	1	9
5	Florida	291	6	1	1	3	-	9	5	-	3	5	5	6	6
6	Missouri	260	5	6	7	4	-	6	6	-	8	4	10	8	17
7	West Virginia	251	10	7	6	8	-	8	7	-	10	14	7	10	3
8	Clemson	239	9	10	5	6	-	7	8	-	17	11	2	5	22
9	Louisiana State	230	7	9	13	9	-	5	11	-	6	9	13	13	16
10	Texas	219	8	11	15	13	-	11	13	-	15	13	8	7	8
11	Auburn	188	13	8	12	25	-	16	9	-	14	7	9	9	-
12	Wisconsin	174	11	12	21	15	-	14	14	-	7	10	21	-	11
13	Texas Tech	168	16	18	11	19	-	20	10	-	9	8	15	16	-
14	Kansas	163	15	13	-	18	-	12	17	-	13	15	20	19	5
15	Brigham Young	153	12	14	17	16	-	19	25	-	21	17	14	20	13
16	Virginia Tech	125	-	21	16	-	-	13	12	-	20	-	17	15	14
17	Arizona State	122	14	15	-	10	-	17	18	-	-	16	12	24	-
18	Tennessee	121	24	17	23	-	-	22	19	-	12	12	11	18	-
19t	Illinois	119	18	16	-	12	-	10	20	-	18	-	18	22	-
19t	Penn State	119	-	23	10	11	-	-	16	-	11	-	-	11	21
21	South Florida	106	19	20	8	14	-	21	15	-	-	-	-	25	25
22	Oregon	104	21	19	22	-	-	15	21	-	16	20	-	-	10
23	Wake Forest	87	17	24	-	21	-	24	24	-	25	-	24	-	7
24	Alabama	73	20	-	-	17	-	23	22	-	24	-	22	21	-
25	South Carolina	52	-	-	18	24	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	12	-

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
26	Pittsburgh	41	23	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	16	-	-
27	Utah	38	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
28t	Boise State	37	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	18
28t	California	37	-	-	20	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
30	Boston College	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	12
31	Fresno State	34	22	25	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
32	Michigan	27	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	22	-	-	-	-
33	Florida State	26	25	-	24	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
34	UCLA	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-
35	Oklahoma State	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	23	-
36	Michigan State	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-
37t	Cincinnati	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
37t	Notre Dame	17	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
39	Tulsa	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
40	Rutgers	14	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41	Oregon State	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-
42	New Mexico	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24
43	East Carolina	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-
44	unranked	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

USA Today preseason preview did not give national rankings; it's included because it is a national publication that does conference predictions.

The Blue Ribbon Preview on the ESPN web site did not have a national ranking.

Sports Illustrated ranked only 20 teams (unranked = 5 points).

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
Atlantic
1	Clemson	15½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	3
2	Wake Forest	29½	2	2	3½	2	2	2	2	2	3½	1½	2	4	1
3	Florida State	42	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	3½	3½	3	2	5
4	Boston College	52	5	5	5	4½	3	5	3	5	2	5½	4	3	2
5	Maryland	61½	4	4	3½	6	5	6	5	4	5½	3½	5	6	4
6	N.C. State	72½	6	6	6	4½	6	4	6	6	5½	5½	6	5	6
Coastal
1	Virginia Tech	13	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	North Carolina	35	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	4	2	2	5	3
3	Miami-Florida	42	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	2½	3½	4	4	5
4	Virginia	53	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	5	2½	3½	3	2	2
5	Georgia Tech	54	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	3	4
6	Duke	76	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Maryland and Wake Forest for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic division.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Boston College and N.C. State for 4th-5th in the ACC Atlantic division.

College Football News predicted a tie between Florida State and Wake Forest for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic division.

College Football News predicted a tie between Maryland and N.C. State for 5th-6th in the ACC Atlantic division.

College Football News predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginia for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Clemson and Wake Forest for 1st-2nd in the ACC Atlantic division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Florida State and Maroland for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Boston College and N.C. State for 5th-6th in the ACC Atlantic division.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginia for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal division.

Big East

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
1	West Virginia	13	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	South Florida	31	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3½	3½	3	2	3
3	Pittsburgh	47½	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	6	2	3½	2	6	5
4	Cincinnati	59	7	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	3½	3½	5	5	2
5	Rutgers	65	4	3	5	5½	6	7	6	3	5½	6	4	4	6
6	Connecticut	67	5	6	7	5½	4	3	4	5	7	3½	6	7	4
7	Louisville	82	6	7	5	7	7	6	7	7	5½	7½	7	3	7
8	Syracuse	103½	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7½	8	8	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Cincinnati, Louisville, and Rutgers for 4th-6th in the Big East.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Connecticut and Rutgers for 5th-6th in the Big East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Cincinnati and South Florida for 3rd-4th in the Big East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Louisville and Rutgers for 5th-6th in the Big East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a four-way tie between Cincinnati, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers for 2nd-5th in the Big East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Louisville and Syracuse for 8th-9th in the Big East.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
1	Ohio State	13	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Wisconsin	36	2	2	3	4	2	3	2	4	2	2	3	5	2
3	Illinois	50½	3	3	5	3	4	2	4	2	8	3½	2	6	5
4	Penn State	52½	4	4	2	2	3	7	3	7	5½	6	4	2	3
5	Michigan	68	5	5	5	6½	5	4	7	3	3	8½	7	3	6
6	Michigan State	77½	6	7	8	5	6	6	6	6	5½	6	5	4	7
7	Purdue	85½	8	9	8	6½	7	5	5	5	5½	8½	6	8	4
8	Iowa	94½	7	6	5	8½	8	9	9	9	5½	3½	8	7	9
9	Northwestern	117½	11	8	8	11	9	8	8	10	9½	6	9	10	10
10	Indiana	125½	9	10	11	8½	10	10	10	8	11	11	10	9	8
11	Minnesota	137½	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	9½	10	11	11	11

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan for 4th-6th in the Big Ten.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Michigan State, Northwestern, and Purdue for 7th-9th in the Big Ten.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Michigan and Purdue for 6th-7th in the Big Ten.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Indiana and Iowa for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.

College Football News predicted a four-way tie between Iowa, Michigan State, Penn State, and Purdue for 4th-7th in the Big Ten.

College Football News predicted a tie between Minnesota and Northwestern for 9th-10th in the Big Ten.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Illinois and Iowa for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Michigan and Purdue for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.

Big 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
North
1	Missouri	14	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Kansas	27½	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2	1
3	Colorado	45	3	3	5	3	2	3	4	5	3½	2½	3	3	5
4	Nebraska	52	4	4	2	4½	5	4	3	4	5½	4	5	4	3
5	Kansas State	57	5	5	4	4½	4	5	5	3	3½	5	4	5	4
6	Iowa State	77½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6
South
1	Oklahoma	15	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
2	Texas	30	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	1
3	Texas Tech	33	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	3	3	3
4	Oklahoma State	54	5	4	4	4½	4	4	4	4	4	4½	4	4	4
5	Texas A&M	63	4	5	5	4½	5	5	5	5	5	4½	5	5	5
6	Baylor	78	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Kansas State and Nebraska for 4th-5th in the Big XII North.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas A&M for 4th-5th in the Big XII South.

College Football News predicted a tie between Colorado and Kansas State for 3rd-4th in the Big XII North.

College Football News predicted a tie between Iowa State and Nebraska for 5th-6th in the Big XII North.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Colorado and Kansas for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII North.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas A&M for4th-5th in the Big XII South.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
East
1	Central Florida	25	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	2½	2½	2	2	1
2	East Carolina	27½	3	1	1	5	2	3	2	1	2½	1	1	3	2
3	Southern Miss	39	4	2	5	1	3	2	4	4	2½	2½	4	1	4
4	Memphis	45	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	5	4	3	4	3
5	Marshall	59½	5	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	2½	6	5	5	5
6	UAB	77	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6
West
1	Tulsa	14	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
2	Houston	28½	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	3½	2	2	2
3	Texas-El Paso	44	3	3	3	3	5	3	4	3	3½	3½	3	4	3
4	Southern Methodist	54	5	4	2	5	4	4	5	5	5	2	4	3	6
5	Tulane	63½	4	6	6	6	6	5	3	4	3½	6	5	5	4
6	Rice	69	6	5	5	4	3	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5

Notes:

College Football News predicted a four-way tie between Central Florida, East Carolina, Marshall, and Southern Miss for 1st-4th in CUSA East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso and Tulane for 3rd-4th in CUSA West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Central Florida and Southern Miss for 2nd-3rd in CUSA East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Houston and Texas-El Paso for 3rd-4th in CUSA West.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
East
1	Bowling Green	20½	3	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	2½	1	1	2	1
2	Miami-Ohio	22	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	3
3	Buffalo	54½	7	3	4½	3½	5	4	3	3	7	3½	3	5	3
4	Temple	56½	6	5	4½	3½	4	2	4	6	2½	5	5	6	3
5	Kent State	57½	2	4	3	5	3	7	7	4	6	3½	4	3	6
6	Ohio	73½	5	6	6½	6	6	5	6	5	4	6	6	7	5
7	Akron	79½	4	7	6½	7	7	6	5	7	5	7	7	4	7
West
1	Central Michigan	16½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	1½	1	1	1
2	Ball State	29½	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	2	4	1½	2	3	2
3	Western Michigan	36½	5	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	1½	3	3	2	3
4	Toledo	55½	3	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	1½	5	5	4	4
5	Northern Illinois	63	4	4	4	4	6	5	6	6	5	4	4	5	6
6	Eastern Michigan	72	6	6	6	6	5	6	4	4	6	6	6	6	5

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Buffalo and Temple for 4th-5th in the MAC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Akron and Ohio for 6th-7th in the MAC East.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Buffalo and Temple for 3rd-4th in the MAC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Temple for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Toledo and Western Michigan for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Buffalo and Kent State for 3rd-4th in the MAC East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Ball State and Central Michigan for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Buffalo, Miami-Ohio, and Temple for 2nd-4th in the MAC East.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
1	Brigham Young	17	1	1	2½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1½	1	1	2
2	Utah	26½	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1½	3	2	2
3	Texas Christian	36½	3	3	2½	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	4
4	New Mexico	54½	4	4	5½	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	2
5	Wyoming	72½	5	5	5½	7	8	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5
6	Air Force	78	6	6	7	8	5	4	6	5	6	7	6	6	6
7	Colorado State	98	8	7	9	4	9	7	9	9	8	5	8	7	8
8	San Diego State	100	7	9	8	9	6	8	7	7	8	9	7	8	7
9	Nevada-Las Vegas	102	9	8	4	6	7	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Brigham Young and Texas Christian for 2nd-3rd in the Mountain West.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between New Mexico and Wyoming for 5th-6th in the Mountain West.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Brigham Young, Texas Christian, and Utah for 1st-3rd in the Mountain West.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Colorado State, Nevada-Las Vegas, and San Diego State for 7th-9th in the Mountain West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Brigham Young and Utah for 1st-2nd in the Mountain West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Colorado State, New Mexico, and Wyoming for 4th-6th in the Mountain West.

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Brigham Young, New Mexico, and Utah for 1st-3rd in the Mountain West.

Pacific 10

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
1	Southern Cal	13	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Arizona State	33	2	2	3½	2	2	3	2	2	3½	2	2	3	4
3	Oregon	43	3	3	3½	5	3	2	3	3	2	4½	4	5	2
4	California	55	4	5	2	3	5	5	4	4	6½	4½	3	4	5
5	Oregon State	69	6	8	6½	4	4	7	5	7	3½	3	6	6	3
6	UCLA	74½	5	4	6½	8	8	4	7	6	5	6	7	2	6
7	Arizona	83	7	6	5	7	6	6	6	5	8	8	5	7	7
8	Washington	107	8	7	8	6	9	9	10	8	6½	8	8	10	9½
9	Stanford	113½	9	10	9	9	7	8	8	9	10	8	9	8	9½
10	Washington State	124	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arizona State and Oregon for 3rd-4th in the Pac-10.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oregon State and UCLA for 6th-7th in the Pac-10.

College Football News predicted a tie between Arizona State and Oregon State for 3rd-4th in the Pac-10.

College Football News predicted a tie between California and Washington for 6th-7th in the Pac-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between California and Oregon for 4th-5th in the Pac-10.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Arizona, Stanford, and Washington for 7th-9th in the Pac-10.

College Football Poll predicted a tie between Stanford and Washington for 9th-10th in the Pac-10.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
East
1	Georgia	17½	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	2	1
2	Florida	21½	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1½	2	2	1	2
3	Tennessee	43	3	3	4	3½	4	3	3	3	3½	3	3	4	3
4	South Carolina	49	4	4	3	3½	3	4	4	4	3½	4	4	3	5
5	Kentucky	64½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5½	5	5	4
6	Vanderbilt	77½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6
West
1	Louisiana State	20½	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2½	1½	2	2	1½
2	Auburn	23	2	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	1	1½	3	1	1½
3	Alabama	34½	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2½	3	1	3	3
4	Mississippi State	55½	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4½	4	4	5	4
5	Mississippi	69	5	6	4	6	4	6	6	5	6	5	6	4	6
6	Arkansas	70½	6	5	6	5	6	5	5	6	4½	6	5	6	5

Notes:

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between South Carolina and Tennessee for 3rd-4th in the SEC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Florida and Georgia for 1st-2nd in the SEC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between South Carolina and Tennessee for 3rd-4th in the SEC East.

College Football News predicted a tie between Alabama and Louisiana State for 2nd-3rd in the SEC West.

College Football News predicted a tie between Arkansas and Mississippi State for 4th-5th in the SEC West.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Kentucky and Vanderbilt for 5th-6th in the SEC East.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Auburn and Louisiana State for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

College Football Poll predicted a tie between Auburn and Louisiana State for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
1	Florida Atlantic	15	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1
2	Troy	29	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
3	Louisiana-Monroe	48½	3	5	3	4½	3	6	3	3	3	5	4	3	3
4	Middle Tennessee	55½	5	3	6	2	5	4	5	8	1	3½	3	4	6
5	Arkansas State	63½	6	4	4½	6	6	2	6	5	5½	3½	5	5	5
6	Louisiana-Lafay.	64	4	6	4½	4½	4	5	4	4	5½	6½	6	6	4
7	North Texas	90½	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6½	7	8	7
8	Florida Int'l	102	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Florida Atlantic, Louisiana-Monroe, and Troy for 2nd-4th in the Sun Belt.

College Football News predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette for 5th-6th in the Sun Belt.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt.

Sports Illustrated predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and North Texas for 6th-7th in the Sun Belt.

Western Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Sure fire Sc'tg	USA Today	TSN	Game Plan	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Coll. F'ball News	Sports Illus.	Gold Sheet	Jim Feist	Coll. F'ball Poll
1	Boise State	18½	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2½	2	1	1	1
2	Fresno State	26	1	1	2	6	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
3	Nevada	41	3	3	3½	3	2	3	4	3	2½	3	3	4	4
4	Hawaii	49½	4	4	3½	2	4	5	3	4	5	5	4	3	3
5	San Jose State	73½	6	6	6	4½	6	6	5	7	7	5	5	5	5
6	Louisiana Tech	76½	7	5	7	4½	7	4	6	6	5	7	6	6	6
7	New Mexico State	79	5	7	5	7	5	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7
8	Idaho	110	8	9	8½	8	9	8	9	8	8½	8	8	9	9
9	Utah State	111	9	8	8½	9	8	9	8	9	8½	9	9	8	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Hawaii and Nevada for 3rd-4th in the WAC.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Idaho and Utah State for 8th-9th in the WAC.

Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and San Jose State for 4th-5th in the WAC.

College Football News predicted a tie between Boise State and Nevada for 2nd-3rd in the WAC.

College Football News predicted a three-way tie between Hawaii, Louisiana Tech, and New Mexico State for 4th-6th in the WAC.

College Football News predicted a tie between Idaho and Utah State for 8th-9th in the WAC.

Sports Illustrated predicted a three-way tie between Hawaii, New Mexico State, and San Jose State for 4th-6th in the WAC.