2012 Preseason Consensus

See the "notes" file for information on the preseason consensus. See the "2012 accuracy" file for a comparison between 2012 preseason predictions and final conference standings.

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Notes:

USA Today released two publications this year. One on newsprint, one a glossy magazine. Since the two publications contained different predictions, they're both included in the consensus.

Media Polls is a collection of polls by each conference's media members. It's not a single publication, but can be used as a baseline for other predictions.

Yahoo / Rivals did not have a national top 25 or predictions for several conferences (that I could find) on their web site.

PickSixPreviews.com did not predict the non-AQ conferences.

The Sporting News did not predict the non-AQ conferences in their iPad app, but they did have predictions posted on their web site.

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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	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
1	Southern Cal	524	2	4	1	-	1	1	5	6	2	1	2	5	1	-	-	2	-	6	14	5	3	2	2
2t	Alabama	521	3	5	3	-	3	4	6	1	1	3	3	2	2	-	-	1	-	4	2	19	2	1	3
2t	Louisiana State	521	1	3	2	-	2	3	4	2	3	5	1	3	4	-	-	3	-	1	7	14	6	3	1
4	Oklahoma	520	4	2	5	-	8	9	2	3	5	2	5	1	3	-	-	5	-	2	3	1	1	4	4
5	Oregon	482	5	6	4	-	5	8	1	4	4	8	4	4	5	-	-	4	-	3	1	20	5	5	11
6	Florida State	457	8	1	9	-	4	6	3	7	7	7	9	6	6	-	-	11	-	9	5	16	4	7	7
7	Georgia	407	6	8	8	-	7	2	15	8	12	12	7	8	9	-	-	9	-	8	12	22	7	8	14
8	Michigan	371	7	22	7	-	6	7	-	16	9	14	6	10	16	-	-	13	-	12	11	3	14	6	8
9	Texas	369	19	7	11	-	23	12	12	9	11	20	13	9	7	-	-	15	-	5	4	12	8	13	10
10	Arkansas	341	9	16	13	-	10	11	9	15	10	4	8	-	13	-	-	12	-	18	24	6	12	9	18
11	South Carolina	328	11	23	10	-	9	10	-	17	6	-	10	14	12	-	-	7	-	7	16	11	16	11	9
12	Ohio State	317	14	11	6	-	19	15	16	13	8	6	12	7	14	-	-	22	-	11	8	-	18	19	22
13	Wisconsin	313	17	9	17	-	12	13	13	19	16	9	14	17	8	-	-	6	-	10	-	-	10	12	12
14	West Virginia	287	10	25	12	-	11	5	-	20	13	16	11	-	17	-	-	10	-	19	21	2	9	15	24
15	Oklahoma State	268	16	12	19	-	13	-	10	5	17	13	17	20	11	-	-	-	-	20	20	4	21	10	-
16	Michigan State	249	12	19	18	-	15	-	25	24	20	18	16	12	19	-	-	8	-	16	-	8	19	16	13
17	Virginia Tech	246	18	24	16	-	18	21	-	18	24	10	15	11	18	-	-	18	-	15	-	10	17	23	5
18	Nebraska	242	25	17	14	-	21	16	8	23	18	11	20	-	23	-	-	19	-	22	22	9	13	18	17
19	Clemson	237	13	14	15	-	14	18	-	21	23	21	18	15	20	-	-	14	-	-	15	23	11	20	15
20	Stanford	233	21	18	21	-	17	14	11	11	21	23	21	24	15	-	-	17	-	-	13	13	20	14	-
21	Florida	204	20	10	-	-	-	20	22	10	14	22	22	21	21	-	-	-	-	23	6	17	15	24	25
22	Texas Christian	172	15	-	22	-	16	19	-	12	15	-	19	-	22	-	-	21	-	-	9	21	23	17	-
23	Kansas State	138	22	-	-	-	20	24	21	-	25	17	23	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	7	-	22	6
24	Notre Dame	104	-	21	20	-	25	-	20	14	19	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	21	16
25	Boise State	100	24	-	24	-	22	23	-	-	22	-	24	19	24	-	-	23	-	17	-	-	25	25	-

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
26	Auburn	84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	13	25	-	-	24	-	21	10	18	-	-	-
27	Utah	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	19	-	24	-	20
28	Georgia Tech	59	-	-	-	-	-	17	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
29	Louisville	46	23	-	23	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-
30t	North Carolina	41	-	13	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30t	South Florida	41	-	20	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
32	Central Florida	25	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
33	Tennessee	22	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
34	Cincinnati	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
35	Brigham Young	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	24	-	-	-
36	Vanderbilt	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-
37	Washington	18	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
38	UCLA	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
39	Baylor	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-
40	Missouri	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-
41t	Mississippi State	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-
41t	Rutgers	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-
41t	Tulsa	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
44	N.C. State	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	24	-	-	-	-	-
45	Purdue	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
46	Houston	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	Louisiana Tech	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
48t	San Diego State	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
48t	Texas A&M	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
50	unranked	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

USA Today (newsprint version) did not list a national top 25.

CBS Sports did not list a national top 25.

Media (conference) polls did not come with a national ranking.

Rivals/Yahoo did not publish a national ranking among their preseason previews.

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
Atlantic
1	Florida State	24½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	Clemson	46½	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1½	2	3	2	2	2	2	1
3	N.C. State	74	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3
4t	Boston College	108	5	4	6	4	5	6	2	3	6	4	5	6	4	5	5	4	5	6	3	4	6	4	6
4t	Wake Forest	108	4	6	4	5½	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	3	5	6	4	5½	4	4	5	6	5	5	5
6	Maryland	122	6	5	5	5½	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	4	6	4	6	5½	6	5	6	5	4	6	4
Coastal
1	Virginia Tech	30	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	1	1½	1	1	1	1½	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
2	Georgia Tech	53½	3	3	3	2½	2	1	1	3	2½	3	2	4	2	4	2	1½	2	2	1	2	2	3	2
3	North Carolina	72	4	1	2	5	4	3	2	2	2½	1	4	1½	3	3	3	4	3	4	6	5	3	2	4
4	Virginia	85	2	5	4	2½	3	4	4	5	4½	4	3	3	4	2	4	3	5	3	5	3	5	4	3
5	Miami-Florida	109½	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	3	6	4	5	5
6	Duke	133	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Duke, Miami-Florida, and Virginia for 4th-6th in the ACC Coastal division.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Maryland and Wake Forest for 5th-6th place in the ACC Atlantic division.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and Virginia for 2nd-3rd place in the ACC Coastal division.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and North Carolina for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Coastal division.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginiafor 4th-5th in the ACC Coastal division.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between North Carolina and Virginia Tech for 1st-2nd in the ACC Coastal division.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Clemson and Florida State for 1st-2nd in the ACC Atlantic division.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Maryland and Wake Forest for 5th-6th in the ACC Atlantic division.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech for 1st-2nd in the ACC Coastal division.

Big East

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
1	Louisville	38½	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	2	3	1	2	3	1	1	1½	1	1	3	1	1	1	2
2	South Florida	60	6	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	1	3	2	4	2	4	2	5	3	3	3
3	Rutgers	69½	2	3	4	3½	3	4	5	3	7½	1	5	2	2	2	3	1½	3	2	1	3	2	2	5
4	Cincinnati	92	4	4½	5	5	4	5	6	5	4½	4	2	2	4	5	4	4	5	3	4	2	5	4	1
5	Pittsburgh	99½	3	4½	3	3½	5	3	7	2	4½	5	3	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	6	4	5	4
6	Connecticut	144½	5	6	7	6½	6	7	4	6	7½	6	6	6½	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	6	7
7	Syracuse	157½	7	7	6	8	7	6	8	8	2	8	7	6½	8	7	7	7	7	6	8	7	7	7	6
8	Temple	166½	8	8	8	6½	8	8	3	7	6	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	4	8	8	8

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh for 4th-5th in the Big East.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and Rutgers for 3rd-4th place in the Big East.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Connecticut and Temple for 6th-7th place in the Big East.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a three-way tie between Louisville, South Florida, and Syracuse, for 1st-3rd in the Big East.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh for 4th-5th in the Big East.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Connecticut and Rutgers for 7th-8th in the Big East.

College Football Matrix predicted a three-way tie between Cincinnati, Louisville, and Rutgers, for 1st-3rd in the Big East.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between Connecticut and Syracuse for 6th-7th in the Big East.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Louisville and Rutgers for 1st-2nd in the Big East.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
Leaders
1	Wisconsin	31½	2	1½	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
2	Ohio State	39	1	1½	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2½	2	2	1	3	2	2	2
3	Illinois	86	5	3	4	3½	3	5	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	5	4	2½	3	3	4	2	3	4	4
4	Penn State	91½	3	5	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3½	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	3
5	Purdue	97	4	4	5	3½	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	3½	5	4	3	5	5	5	3	4	4	3	5
6	Indiana	138	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Legends
1	Michigan	29	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Michigan State	52	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	2	3	2	2
3	Nebraska	60	3	2	2	4	3	2	1	4	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	1	3	3
4	Iowa	95	5	4	5	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	5
5	Northwestern	110	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4
6	Minnesota	137	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Ohio State and Wisconsin for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten Leaders division.

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Michigan, Michigan State, and Nebraska for 1st-3rd in the Big Ten Legends division.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Illinois and Purdue for 3rd-4th place in the Big Ten Leaders division.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between Penn State and Purdue for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten Leaders division.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Illinois and Ohio State for 2nd-3rd in the Big Ten Leadersdivision.

Big XII

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
1	Oklahoma	24½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Texas	67½	5	2½	2	3½	6	3	2	3	2½	4	2	2½	2	4	3	1½	2	2	2	5	2	3	3
3	West Virginia	77½	2	4	3	2	2	1	7	5	2½	3	3	5½	4	2	2	3½	3	3	5	3	3	5	4
4	Oklahoma State	86½	4	2½	4	5½	3	6	3	2	5	2	4	2½	3	5	4	6	4	4	4	2	4	2	5
5	Texas Christian	106	3	5	5	3½	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5½	5	3	5	5	5	5	3	7	5	4	6
6	Kansas State	127	6	6	6	5½	5	5	5	8	6½	5	6	5½	6	6	6	3½	6	6	6	4	6	6	2
7	Baylor	170½	8	8	7	9	7	7	8	7	8	7	8	5½	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	8
8	Texas Tech	178½	7	7	8	7	9	8	9	6	6½	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	9	8	8	9
9	Iowa State	197	9	9	9	8	8	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	7
10	Kansas	230	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Texas and Texas Christian for 3rd-4th place in the Big XII.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Kansas State and Oklahoma State for 5th-6th place in the Big XII.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Texas and West Virginia for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Kansas State and Texas Tech for 6th-7th in the Big XII.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between Oklahoma State and Texas for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII.

College Football Matrix predicted a four-way tie between Baylor, Kansas State, Texas Christian, and West Virginia, for 4th-7th in the Big XII.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Texas for 1st-2nd in the Big XII.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Kansas State and West Virginia for 3rd-4th in the Big XII.

CNN/SI predicted a three-way tie between Baylor, Iowa State, and Texas Tech, for 7th-9th in the Big XII.

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
East
1	Central Florida	31	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	-	1	1
2	Southern Miss	41½	3	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	1½	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	-	2	2
3	East Carolina	69½	4	3	2	3½	3	4	3	3	1½	3	3	3½	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	-	4	3
4	Marshall	78	2	4	4	3½	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	3½	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	-	3	4
5	UAB	113½	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5½	5	5	5	5	-	5	6
6	Memphis	128½	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5½	6	6	6	6	-	6	5
West
1	Houston	36½	3	2	1	1	1	2	6	1	2½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	-	1	2
2	Tulsa	46½	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	2½	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	-	2	1
3	Southern Methodist	56	1	2	3	2	3	1	5	3	1	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	-	3	3
4	Texas-El Paso	100½	6	4	4	5½	4	5	3	5	5½	3	4	4	4	5	4	4½	6	4	6	5	-	4	5
5	Rice	107½	5	5	5	4	5	6	2	6	4	6	5	6	6	4	5	4½	5	5	4	6	-	5	4
6	Tulane	115	4	6	6	5½	6	4	4	4	5½	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	4	6	5	4	-	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Houston, Southern Methodist, and Tulsa for 1st-3rd in CUSA West.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between East Carolina and Marshall for 3rd-4th place in CUSA East.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso and Tulane for 5th-6th place in CUSA West.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between East Carolina and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Houston and Tulsa for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso and Tulane for 5th-6th in CUSA West.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between East Carolina and Marshall for 3rd-4th in CUSA East.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Alabama-Birmingham and Memphis for 5th-6th in CUSA East.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Rice and Texas-Rl Paso for 4th-5th in CUSA West.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
East
1	Ohio	25	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	1	1
2	Bowling Green	56½	4	2	2	2½	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	-	3	4
3	Miami-Ohio	63½	3	2	4	4½	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	1	3	-	2	2
4	Kent State	76½	2	4	3	2½	2	2	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	-	4	3
5	Buffalo	114	5	5	5	4½	5	5	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	5½	5	6	5	5	-	6	6
6	Akron	137	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	5	6	7	6	5	7	7	-	7	5
7	Massachusetts	143½	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	5	6	7	7	7	7	5½	7	7	6	6	-	5	7
West
1	Northern Illinois	39	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2½	2	2	2	1½	2	3	1	2	-	1	2
2	Western Michigan	41½	1	1	1	2½	2	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	3	1	3	3	3	1	4	1	-	3	1
3	Toledo	55½	3	3	2	2½	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2½	1	4	1	1½	1	2	2	4	-	2	3
4	Ball State	104	4	6	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	6	5	4	6	6	4	4	5	5	5	6	-	4	4
5	Eastern Michigan	108½	5	5	5	5½	5	4	5	6	4	5	6	6	5	3	5	5	4	6	6	3	-	5	5
6	Central Michigan	113½	6	4	6	5½	6	6	6	4	6	4	4	5	4	5	6	6	6	4	3	5	-	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Bowling Green, Miami-Ohio, and Ohio for 1st-3rd in the MAC East.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Kent State for 2nd-3rd place in the MAC East.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Buffalo and Miami-Ohio for 4th-5th place in the MAC East.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Toledo and Western Michigan for 2nd-3rd place in the MAC West.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan for 5th-6th place in the MAC West.

Blue Ribbon / ESPN omitted Massachusetts from the MAC standings.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a three-way tie between Bowling Green, Kent State, and Miami-Ohio, for 2nd-4th in the MAC East.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between Northern Illinois and Toledo for 2nd-3rd in the MAC West.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Buffalo and Massachusetts for 5th-6th in the MAC East.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Northern Illinois and Toledo for 1st-2nd in the MAC West.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
1	Boise State	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	1	1
2	Nevada	62½	5	2	2	4	2	4	4	2	4	2	2	5½	2	2	2	2	-	3	7	2	-	2	2
3	Fresno State	78½	2	3	3	4	5	2	2	4	2½	3	3	3	4	4	3	5	-	4	5	7	-	4	6
4	San Diego State	92½	4	5½	7	6½	4	5	6	5	2½	5	5	2	3	5	5	3	-	5	4	4	-	3	3
5	Wyoming	100½	3	5½	4	2	3	3	8	8	5½	4	4	7½	5	7	4	5	-	7	3	3	-	5	4
6	Air Force	108½	6	4	6	6½	6	7	3	3	5½	6	6	9½	6	3	6	5	-	2	2	5	-	6	5
7	Hawaii	147½	7	8	8	4	8	9	7	7	8	7	7	4	7	8	7	7½	-	6	6	8	-	7	7
8	Colorado State	150	8	7	5	8	7	8	5	6	7	8	8	5½	8	6	8	7½	-	8	8	6	-	8	8
9	Nevada-Las Vegas	187	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	9½	9	9	7½	10	9	9	9	-	10	9	9	-	9	9
10	New Mexico	207	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9½	10	10	9½	9	10	10	10	-	9	10	10	-	10	10

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between San Diego State and Wyoming for 5th-6th in the Mountain West.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a three-way tie between Fresno State, Hawaii, and Nevada, for 3rd-5th in the Mountain West.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Air Force and San Diego State for 6th-7th place in the Mountain West.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Fresno State and San Diego State for 2nd-3rdin the Mountain West.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Air Force and Wyoming for 5th-6th in the Mountain West.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Nevada-Las Vegas and New Mexico for 9th-10th in the Mountain West.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between Colorado State and Nevada for 5th-6th in the Mountain West.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between Nevada-Las Vegas and Wyoming for 7th-8th in the Mountain West.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between Air Force and New Mexico for 9th-10th in the Mountain West.

CNN/SI predicted a three-way tie between Air Force, Fresno State, and Wyoming, for 4th-6th in the Mountain West.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Colorado State and Hawaii for 7th-8th in the Mountain West.

Pacific 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
North
1	Oregon	22	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Stanford	46	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	2	2	2	2	2	3
3	Washington	75	3	5	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	-	4	3	4	3	3	2
4	California	83	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	-	3	6	3	4	4	5
5	Washington State	116	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	-	5	5	6	5	6	4
6	Oregon State	120	6	4	6	6	6	6	4	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	6	4	5	6	5	6
South
1	Southern Cal	23	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	2	1	1	1	1
2	Utah	46½	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2	2	2	-	2	1	2	2	2	2
3	UCLA	65	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3½	3	5	2½	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	3	3
4	Arizona	96½	4	4	4	4½	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	-	5	4	4	5	4	4
5	Arizona State	100	5	5	5	4½	5	5	4	4	3½	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	-	4	5	5	4	5	5
6	Colorado	131	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Arizona and Arizona State for 4th-5th place in the Pac-12 South.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Arizona State and UCLA for 3rd-4th in the Pac-12 South.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between UCLA and Utah for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-12 South.

CNN/SI predicted a three-way tie between California, Washington, and Washington State, for 3rd-5th in the Pac-12 North.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
East
1	Georgia	32	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1½	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	2
2	South Carolina	50	2	3½	2	2	2	2	5	3	2	4	1	1½	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	1
3	Florida	62½	3	1½	3	3½	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3½	3	3	1	1	2	3	3
4	Missouri	102	4	5½	4	3½	5	5	2	5	4½	5	4	5	4	6	4	3½	4	5	5	4	6	4	4
5	Tennessee	107½	5	3½	5	5½	3	4	6	4	4½	3	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	6	6	4	5	6
6	Vanderbilt	130½	6	5½	6	5½	7	6	4	6	6	6	6	6½	6	5	6	6	6	6	4	5	5	6	5
7	Kentucky	159½	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6½	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
West
1	Louisiana State	35½	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	1½	2	1	1	1½	1	1	3	4	2	2	1
2	Alabama	39	2	1½	2	2	2	2	2	1	2½	1	2	1½	1	2	2	1½	2	2	1	2	1	1	2
3	Arkansas	70	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2½	2	3	5	3	3	3	3½	3	3	5	1	3	3	3
4	Auburn	97	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4½	6	5	3	4	4	4	3½	5	4	2	3	4	5	4
5	Texas A&M	118½	4	6	5	6	5	6	4	5	4½	4	4	5	6	6	5	6	4	6	6	5	6	4	6
6	Mississippi State	123	6	4	6	5	6	4	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	4	6	5	6	5
7	Mississippi	161	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida and Georgia for 1st-2nd in the SEC East.

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Missouri and Vanderbilt for 5th-6th in the SEC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Alabama and Louisiana State for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Florida and Missouri for 3rd-4th place in the SEC East.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Tennessee and Vanderbilt for 5th-6th place in the SEC East.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Missouri and Tennessee for 4th-5th in the SEC East.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Alabama and Arkansas for 2nd-3rd in the SEC West.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Auburn and Texas A&M for 4th-5th in the SEC West.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between Georgia and South Carolina for 1st-2nd in the SEC East.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between Kentucky and Vanderbilt for 6th-7th in the SEC East.

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

College Football Matrix predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Texas A&M for 4th-6th in the SEC West.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Florida and Missouri for 3rd-4th in the SEC East.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Alabama and Louisiana State for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between Arkansas and Auburn for 3rd-4th in the SEC West.

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
1	Florida Int'l	30	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	3	1	-	1	2
2	Arkansas State	50	2	4½	1	2	2	1	3	2	1	3	2	3½	2	2	2	3	-	3	4	4	-	2	1
3	Louisiana-Lafay.	62½	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	2	1	3	3½	3	3	3	2	-	2	2	3	-	3	3
4	Western Kentucky	93	6	4½	5	4½	6	6	6	5	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	-	4	1	2	-	4	4
5	Troy	102½	5	2	7	6	4	5	2	3	4	6	5	2	6	5	5	5½	-	5	5	7	-	7	6
6	Louisiana-Monroe	118	3	6½	4	4½	7	4	7	4	6	7	4	7	5	7	6	7	-	8	6	5	-	5	5
7	North Texas	145½	7	8	6	7½	8	8	5	7	7½	5	7	6	8	9	8	5½	-	7	7	6	-	6	7
8	Middle Tennessee	159½	8	6½	8	7½	5	7	8	8	7½	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	-	6	9	10	-	9	8
9	Florida Atlantic	192	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	9	10	-	10	8	9	-	10	9
10	South Alabama	202	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	-	9	10	8	-	8	10

Notes:

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisiana-Monroe and Middle Tennessee for 6th-7th in the Sun Belt.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Louisiana-Monroe and Western Kentucky for 4th-5th place in the Sun Belt.

USA Today (newsprint version) predicted a tie between Middle Tennessee and North Texas for 7th-8th place in the Sun Belt.

Blue Ribbon / ESPN omitted South Alabama from the Sun Belt standings.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Middle Tennessee and North Texas for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt.

College Football Matrix predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt.

CNN/SI predicted a tie between North Texas and Troy for 5th-6th in the Sun Belt.

Western Athletic

Rank	Team	Total Points	Lindy	Phil Steele	Athlon	USA Today (news.)	Blue Ribbon /ESPN	Arena Fanatic	McIllece Sports	F'Ball Out- siders	USA Today (mag.)	Fort Heresy Model	Com pughter Ratings	Coll. F'ball Matrix	Game Plan	CBS Sports	Media Polls	CNN/ SI	Rivals/ Yahoo	Fox Sports (app)	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball- Poll	Pick Six	CPA Rank	Sporting News (app)
1	Louisiana Tech	21½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	1	1
2	Utah State	44	2	2½	2	2	2	2	2	2	1½	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	-	2	2	2	-	2	2
3	San Jose State	64	3	2½	3	4	3	4	3	3	3½	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	-	3	3	3	-	3	3
4	Idaho	95	5	4	5	5	4	6	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	-	5	4	7	-	4	4
5	New Mexico State	97½	4	5	4	3	5	3	5	5	3½	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	-	4	7	4	-	6	6
6	Texas State	122	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	5	6	-	5	5
7	UTSA	144	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	6	5	-	7	7

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between San Jose State and Utah State for 2nd-3rd in the WAC.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and Utah State for 1st-2nd in the WAC.

USA Today (magazine version) predicted a tie between New Mexico State and San Jose State for 3rd-4th in the WAC.