2011 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 12 Conference Predictions
Southeastern Conference Predictions
Sun Belt Conference Predictions
Western Athletic Conference Predictions

National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
1	Alabama	380	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3
2	Oklahoma	371	2	1	2	2	7	1	1	4	1	3	5	1	2
3	Oregon	346	5	3	3	4	9	3	5	3	5	5	3	8	1
4	Florida State	334	7	5	4	10	3	5	7	1	4	4	2	9	8
5	Louisiana State	328	1	4	8	7	13	4	3	5	3	7	4	6	10
6	Boise State	312	6	6	5	3	2	7	6	6	6	6	-	3	4
7	Stanford	277	4	8	13	16	17	6	4	8	9	2	14	20	5
8	Virginia Tech	257	13	12	7	5	23	13	11	9	10	16	9	5	13
9	Notre Dame	255	18	19	6	6	5	18	19	7	12	8	7	11	12
10t	Oklahoma State	254	12	7	12	19	10	8	12	11	7	10	18	17	6
10t	Texas A&M	254	9	13	11	8	6	9	8	15	17	23	12	7	11
12	Nebraska	246	10	9	10	12	11	11	9	13	8	-	20	4	9
13	Arkansas	241	11	10	16	13	8	14	14	14	11	15	8	21	7
14	South Carolina	195	19	11	21	14	14	12	10	19	14	24	21	15	14
15	Ohio State	194	8	14	9	15	16	16	18	18	18	18	10	-	18
16	Wisconsin	175	25	17	23	23	12	10	13	10	13	17	-	14	20
17	Texas Christian	165	20	15	15	11	15	15	17	17	15	21	-	-	15
18	Georgia	164	-	16	14	9	-	22	16	16	16	14	6	-	17
19	Missouri	133	-	23	25	-	4	21	24	12	22	12	-	10	24
20	Michigan State	122	17	22	22	-	-	17	15	20	21	-	13	16	25
21	Mississippi State	91	15	21	-	-	21	20	21	-	24	22	-	25	19
22	Florida	90	-	20	18	-	-	23	-	21	19	20	15	-	22
23	Southern Cal	89	-	-	20	17	25	-	22	-	-	9	19	-	16
24	West Virginia	87	23	18	17	-	20	-	23	-	20	-	16	24	-
25	Arizona State	63	24	25	-	22	-	-	20	-	-	11	-	-	21

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
26	Texas	53	-	-	24	18	-	24	-	22	23	-	22	-	-
27	Penn State	50	14	-	-	24	-	25	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
28	Auburn	49	21	24	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	19	-	-	23
29	Southern Miss	43	-	-	-	20	-	-	25	24	-	-	-	12	-
30t	Brigham Young	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	13	-
30t	Miami-Florida	24	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	25	-	-
32	Utah	22	22	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	Air Force	21	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-
34	N.C. State	20	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-
35	Tennessee	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-
36	Northwestern	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
37	Michigan	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
38t	North Carolina	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	24	-	-
38t	Toledo	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-
40	Houston	10	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41	Miami-Ohio	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
42t	Clemson	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-
42t	Rutgers	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
44	Nevada	7	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
45	South Florida	6	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
46	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

USA Today didn't have a national top 25 in their college football publication, but they do publish a poll prior to the season, was was used here.

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
Atlantic
1	Florida State	13	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Clemson	40½	4	2	4	2	3	4	4	2	2	4	2	5	2½
3	N.C. State	43	5	5	2	3	2	5	2	5	4	2½	3	2	2½
4	Maryland	46	2	3	3	5	4	2	5	3	3	2½	5	4	4½
5	Boston College	52½	3	4	5	4	5	3	3	4	5	5	4	3	4½
6	Wake Forest	78	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Coastal
1	Virginia Tech	13	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Miami-Florida	29½	2	2	2	2½	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2
3	North Carolina	35½	3	3	3	2½	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3
4	Georgia Tech	56	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	4
5	Virginia	66	4	5	5	5	5½	6	6	5	5	4½	5	4	6
6	Duke	73	6	6	6	6	5½	5	5	6	6	4½	6	6	5

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and North Carolina for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal division.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Duke and Virginia for 5th-6th in the ACC Coastal division.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Maryland and North Carolina State for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Duke and Virginia for 4th-5th in the ACC Coastal.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Clemson and N.C. State for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Boston College and Maryland for 4th-5th in the ACC Atlantic.

Big East

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
1	West Virginia	18½	1	1	1	3½	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
2	Pittsburgh	30½	3	3	3	1½	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	2	1
3	South Florida	35½	2	2	2	1½	2	1	2	4	3	4	4	5	3
4	Cincinnati	57½	4	4	5	3½	4	7	4	3	4	3	5	6	5
5	Syracuse	72	6	6	4	8	7	4	5	5	6	6	7	4	4
6	Connecticut	75½	7	5	6	5	6	5	6	6	5	7	8	3	6½
7	Louisville	84	5	7	8	6½	5	6	8	7	7	5	6	7	6½
8	Rutgers	94½	8	8	7	6½	8	8	7	8	8	8	2	8	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and South Florida for 1st-2nd in the Big East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Cincinnati and West Virginia for 3rd-4th in the Big East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisville and Rutgers for 6th-7th in the Big East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Connecticut and Louisville for 6th-7th in the Big East.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
Leaders
1	Ohio State	21	1	1	1	2	2½	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1½
2	Wisconsin	22½	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1½
3	Penn State	39½	2	3	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	3½	2	3	4
4	Illinois	49	5	5	4	4	2½	4	3	4	4	3½	3	4	3
5	Purdue	65	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	5
6	Indiana	76	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6
Legends
1	Nebraska	17	1	1	1	1½	1	2	1	1	1	1½	3	1	1
2	Michigan State	26½	3	2	2	1½	3	1	2	2	2	3	1	2	2
3	Iowa	42½	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	1½	4	5	4
4	Michigan	50½	5	3	4	4½	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	4	3
5	Northwestern	58½	2	5	5	4½	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	3	5
6	Minnesota	78	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Ohio State, Penn State, and Wisconsin, for 1st-3rd in the Big Ten Leaders division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan State and Nebraska for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten Legends division.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan and Northwestern for 4th-5th in the Big Ten Legends division.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Illinois and Ohio State for 2nd-3rd in the Big Ten.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Duke and Virginia for 4th-5th in the ACC Coastal.
The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Illinois and Penn State for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten Leaders division.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Iowa and Nebraska for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten Legends division.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Ohio State and Wisconsin for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten Leaders division.

Big XII

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
1	Oklahoma	15	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Texas A&M	35	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	4	3	2	3
3	Oklahoma State	37½	3	2	3	3½	4	2	3	2	2	2	5	4	2
4	Missouri	48½	4	4	5	5	1	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4½
5	Texas	62	5	5	4	3½	6	5	5	5	5	5	2	7	4½
6	Texas Tech	84	7	6	6	6½	5	6	7	7	6	7	7	5	8½
7	Baylor	88	6	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	7
8	Kansas State	100½	8	8	9	6½	8	8	9	8	8	7	8	7	6
9	Iowa State	115	9	9	8	9½	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8½
10	Kansas	129½	10	10	10	9½	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas for 3rd-4th in the Big XII.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Kansas State and Texas Tech for 6th-7th in the Big XII.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas for 9th-10th in the Big XII.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a three-way tie between Baylor, Kansas State, and Texas Tech for 6th-8th in the Big XII.

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Baylor, Kansas State, and Texas for 6th-8th in the Big XII.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Missouri and Texas for 4th-5th in the Big XII.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Iowa State and Texas Tech for 8th-9th in the Big XII.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
East
1t	Central Florida	20	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1½	2	2	1½
1t	Southern Miss	20	1	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	1½	1	1	1½
3	East Carolina	47½	5	3	3	3	2	3	5	4	3	3	5	5	3½
4	UAB	54½	3	5	4	4	5	5	3	3	5	4	6	4	3½
5	Marshall	55	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	3	3	5
6	Memphis	76	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	6
West
1	Houston	23	1	2	2	1	3	1	1	3	1	2	1	3	2
2	Southern Methodist	26½	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	3½
3	Tulsa	29	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	3	1	1
4	Rice	53	4	4	4	4	4½	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3½
5	Tulane	67½	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	4	6	5½	5	5	5
6	Texas-El Paso	74	6	6	6	6	4½	6	5	6	5	5½	6	6	6

Notes:

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Rice and Texas-El Paso for 4th-5th in CUSA West.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Central Florida and Southern Mississippi for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso nad Tulane for 5th-6th in CUSA West.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Central Florida and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between East Carolina and UAB for 3rd-4th in CUSA East.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Rice and Southern Methodist for 3rd-4th in CUSA West.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
East
1	Ohio	24½	3	2	1	1	1½	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3
2	Temple	27½	1	3	3	2	1½	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	2
3	Miami-Ohio	32½	2	1	2	3½	4	3	2	3	1	3	6	1	1
4	Kent State	57½	7	4	4	3½	3	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	4
5	Bowling Green	65	6	5	5	6	5½	4	4	5	4	6	1	6½	7
6	Buffalo	74½	5	6	6	5	5½	6	6	6	6	5	7	5	6
7	Akron	82½	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	6½	5
West
1	Northern Illinois	22½	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	1½	4	2	1
2	Toledo	26	2	1	1	1½	2	3	3	2	1	3½	2	1	3
3	Western Michigan	33	3	3	3	1½	3	2	2	3	3	1½	3	3	2
4	Central Michigan	50½	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3½	1	5	4
5	Ball State	65	6	5	5	5½	5½	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5
6	Eastern Michigan	76	5	6	6	5½	5½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Kent State and Bowling Green for 3rd-4th in the MAC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Toledo and Western Michigan for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Ball State and Eastern Michigan for 5th-6th in the MAC West.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Ohio and Temple for 1st-2nd in the MAC East.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Buffalo for 5th-6th in the MAC East.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Ball State and Eastern Michigan for 5th-6th in the MAC West.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Northern Illinois and Western Michgian for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Toledo for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.

College Football Poll predicted a tie between Akron and Bowling Green for 6th-7th in the MAC East.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
1	Boise State	13½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½
2	Texas Christian	27½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	1½
3	Air Force	42	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	2	3
4	San Diego State	51	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
5	Colorado State	68½	5	7	5	4	5	5	6	5	5	6	3	7	5½
6	Wyoming	77½	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	6	6	5	7	5	5½
7	Nevada-Las Vegas	89	8	5	7	8	6	6	8	7	7	7	5	8	7
8	New Mexico	99	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	8

Pacific 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
North
1	Oregon	16	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	Stanford	23	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2
3	Washington	47½	4	3	3	3½	5	3	3	5	3	5	3	3	4
4	California	54	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	3
5	Oregon State	54½	3	5	4	3½	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	5	5
6	Washington State	78	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
South
1	Arizona State	22½	2	1	2	2	3½	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2
2	Southern Cal	23	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	1
3	Utah	37	1	3	3	3½	1	3	4	3	3	4½	3	1	4
4	Arizona	52	4	4	4	5	3½	4	3	4	4	4½	5	4	3
5	UCLA	62½	6	5	5	3½	6	5	5	5	5	3	4	5	5
6	Colorado	76	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oregon State and Washington for 3rd-4th in the PAC-12 North.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between UCLA and Utah for 3rd-4th in the PAC-12 South.

Rogers Poll predicted a tie between Arizona and Arizona State for 3rd-4th in the PAC-12 South.

The Fort Heresy Model predicted a tie between Arizona and Utah for 4th-5th in the PAC-12 South.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
East
1	South Carolina	22	1	1	3	2	1	2	1	2	1	4	2	1	1
2	Georgia	25	3	2	1	1	2½	3	2	1	2	1	1	3	2½
3	Florida	33	2	3	2	3	2½	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2½
4	Tennessee	52	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	5	4
5	Kentucky	63	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5
6	Vanderbilt	78	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Alabama	14½	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½
2	Louisiana State	27	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
3	Arkansas	36½	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1½
4	Mississippi State	55	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	4
5	Auburn	64	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
6	Mississippi	76	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
1t	Florida Int'l	19½	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1½
1t	Troy	19½	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1½
3	Louisiana-Monroe	55	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	3	4	4	9	3	5
4	Arkansas State	56½	8	3	3	4½	5	3	3	4	3	3	6	8	3
5	Middle Tennessee	63½	5	5	5	4½	4	5	4	6	5	7	3	6	4
6	Western Kentucky	86	7	9	7	8	8	6	6	5	9	5	4	6	6
7	North Texas	86½	3	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	5	6	7½
8	Florida Atlantic	92	6	6	9	7	6	8	8	8	6	8	7	4	9
9	Louisiana-Lafay.	106½	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	8	9	7½

Notes:

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

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Middle Tennessee, North Texas, and Wester Kentucky for 5th-7th in the Sun Belt.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Florida International and Troy for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and North Texas for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt.

Western Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	TSN	Lindy	Athlon	Phil Steele	Rogers Poll	USA Today	Blue Ribbon / ESPN	Game Plan	Com pughter Ratings	Fort Heresy Model	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Coll. F'ball Poll	CPA Rank
1	Hawaii	24	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	2
2	Nevada	26	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	1	5	1	1
3	Fresno State	35	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	2	4	3
4	Louisiana Tech	50½	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	6	4½
5	Idaho	69½	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	7	2	4½
6	Utah State	76	5	5	6	7	6	5	5	7	5	6	8	5	6
7	San Jose State	87	6	8	7	6	7	8	7	6	7	7	4	7	7
8	New Mexico State	100	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Fresno State, Hawai'i, and Louisiana Tech, for 2nd-4th in the WAC.

Steve Wrathell's CPA Rankings predicted a tie between Idaho and Louisiana Tech for 4th-5th in the WAC.