2015 Preseason Consensus

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National Top 25

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
1	Ohio State	628	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
2	Alabama	577	2	3	4	7	5	3	4	4	7	3	2	3	5	2	5	3	2	2	3	3	2
3	Texas Christian	568	5	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	8	2	3	5	2	4	11	5	1	1	15
4	Baylor	535	3	5	5	6	7	10	5	6	5	4	4	4	6	3	4	6	7	11	4	5	6
5	Oregon	507	8	4	8	3	4	4	11	7	9	7	3	11	10	10	6	2	14	7	9	4	3
6	Michigan State	491	7	6	10	8	8	7	9	5	8	5	6	7	7	7	7	5	22	4	6	7	9
7	Auburn	466	4	8	11	4	3	5	14	2	2	6	7	18	2	6	3	12	13	-	8	15	11
8	Georgia	457	10	10	12	9	18	8	6	16	13	9	9	5	11	8	8	7	4	14	5	8	4
9	Southern Cal	434	6	11	23	5	6	13	3	8	4	8	10	16	8	4	15	17	17	15	10	6	12
10	Florida State	403	9	12	2	15	9	15	8	11	6	10	5	25	9	13	9	8	18	13	7	-	13
11	Notre Dame	402	12	7	7	12	10	9	12	17	10	11	16	12	4	12	13	-	6	10	12	12	14
12	UCLA	343	23	20	6	11	13	19	15	25	-	13	12	21	14	9	12	9	9	8	20	13	5
13	Louisiana State	335	15	13	13	16	14	18	10	18	14	14	18	6	23	11	18	23	10	-	14	9	8
14	Clemson	331	14	9	-	10	11	6	17	9	12	12	11	9	12	23	17	14	19	-	25	10	18
15	Mississippi	306	11	-	-	14	16	-	20	14	18	17	14	-	13	14	16	13	8	9	11	11	7
16	Arizona State	295	13	14	-	19	19	11	-	10	16	15	13	17	17	17	10	21	15	12	18	18	19
17	Georgia Tech	252	18	15	-	18	12	-	-	23	-	16	22	10	19	15	11	19	-	3	15	16	17
18	Stanford	241	24	-	19	23	24	-	7	12	-	21	17	23	18	18	14	11	20	-	13	17	10
19	Boise State	224	25	22	17	22	21	17	23	13	20	23	25	8	16	-	23	15	-	6	23	23	23
20	Wisconsin	221	19	16	15	17	-	14	13	22	17	20	19	-	24	-	21	10	21	-	16	20	22
21	Oklahoma	219	17	21	9	-	20	-	18	15	-	19	21	20	21	25	19	-	3	-	17	21	16
22	Arkansas	176	16	-	-	21	15	12	22	-	-	18	-	14	22	22	20	18	23	-	21	24	21
23	Tennessee	155	22	17	14	20	22	-	25	-	11	25	-	13	-	24	-	-	16	-	22	22	-
24	Arizona	145	-	19	18	13	17	16	-	19	22	22	24	-	15	-	22	20	-	-	-	-	-
25	Missouri	130	-	25	-	24	23	-	24	-	-	24	15	22	20	-	-	16	-	20	-	14	20

Others receiving votes:

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
26	Texas A&M	113	20	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	15	-	20	-	-	5	18	-	25	25
27	Virginia Tech	105	-	24	25	-	-	-	16	21	-	-	-	19	-	21	-	-	-	17	24	19	24
28	Mississippi State	81	21	-	20	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	23	24	25	-	-	22	12	-	-	-	-
29	Oklahoma State	55	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	25	-	-	-	-
30	Nebraska	40	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	23	-	-	-
31	Penn State	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
32	North Carolina	32	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	Louisville	29	-	-	-	25	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
34	Western Kentucky	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-
35	Northern Illinois	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-
36	West Virginia	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-
37t	Cincinnati	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
37t	Miami-Florida	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
37t	Michigan	15	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
40	Utah State	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-
41t	Brigham Young	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41t	Kansas State	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-
41t	Marshall	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-
41t	Memphis	12	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41t	Navy	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-
41t	Texas	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47t	Minnesota	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-
47t	N.C. State	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-
47t	Utah	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-
50	unranked	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

Harris ranked only 20 teams (unranked = 5 points)

Conference predictions

AAC (former Big East)

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
East
1	Cincinnati	29½	1	1	1	2	1	3	2½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1
2	Temple	52½	2	3	2	1	4	1	2½	3	2	3	4	2	4	2	3	4	1	3	2	2	2
3	Central Florida	60½	3	2	4	4	2	4	2½	2	4	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3
4	East Carolina	68½	4	5	3	3	3	2	2½	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	1	3	1	4	4	4
5	South Florida	107	5	4	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Connecticut	123	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	Memphis	32	3	1	1	2	1	1	1½	1½	3	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2
2	Navy	47½	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3½	1	3	2	2	1	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	1
3	Houston	49	1	2	3	1	2	2	1½	1½	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	3	4	4	3	3	3
4	Tulane	90½	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	3½	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	3	5	4	4
5	Tulsa	108	6	6	4	4	6	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	3	5	4	6	5
6	Southern Methodist	114	4	5	6	6	4	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	4	6	6	6	6	5	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a four-way tie between Central Florida, Cincinnati, East Carolina, and Temple for 1st-4th in the AAC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Houston and Memphis for 1st-2nd in the AAC West.

USA Today predicted a tie between Houston and Memphis for 1st-2nd in the AAC West.

USA Today predicted a tie between Navy and Tulane for 3rd-4th in the AAC West.

Atlantic Coast

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
Atlantic
1	Florida State	28½	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1½	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1
2	Clemson	37½	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1½	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	4	2	1	2
3	Louisville	65	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
4	N.C. State	83	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4½	4	4	4	5½	5	5	2	4	3	4
5	Boston College	105	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	4½	5	5	5	5½	4	4	5	5	5	5
6	Syracuse	129½	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	5½	6	7	7	6	6	6
7	Wake Forest	139½	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	5½	7	6	6	7	7	7
Coastal
1	Georgia Tech	38½	1	1	5	2	1	5	3	2½	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
2	Virginia Tech	41	2	2	2	1	3	3	1	1	4	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	1
3	North Carolina	78	4	3	1	3	5	2	5	2½	1	5	5½	4	6	4	2	6	3	3	4	5	4
4	Pittsburgh	88½	3	5	3	5	6	4	4	6	2	6	5½	3	3	5	5	5	4	5	3	3	3
5	Miami-Florida	95	5	6	4	4	4	6	2	4½	5	3	3½	6	5	3	4	4	5	6	6	4	5
6	Duke	100	6	4	6	6	2	1	6	4½	6	4	3½	5	4	6	6	3	6	4	5	6	6
7	Virginia	147	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Notes:

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

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

USA Today predicted a tie between Duke and Miami-Florida for 4th-5th in the ACC Coastal division.

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

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Duke and Miami-Florida for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal division.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between North Carolina and Pittsburgh for 5th-6th in the ACC Coastal division.

Gold Sheet only listed a top three for the ACC Atlantic division, so I counted all other teams as tied for 4th-7th.

Big Ten

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
East
1	Ohio State	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Michigan State	42	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	Penn State	67	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
4	Michigan	81½	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4½	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	Rutgers	120½	7	5	7	6	6	5	6	6½	7	6	5	5	6	5	4	7	5	5	5	5	7
6	Maryland	125½	5	6	6	7	5	7	7	4½	5½	5	6½	6	5	7	7	5	7	6	7	6	5
7	Indiana	130½	6	7	5	5	7	6	5	6½	5½	7	6½	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	6
West
1	Wisconsin	24½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	1
2	Nebraska	40½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1½	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	Minnesota	71	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3½	3	3½	3	3	3	4	4	4	1	4	4	4
4	Iowa	75	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3½	4	3½	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
5	Northwestern	111	5	6	5	7	5	6	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	5
6	Illinois	126½	6	5	6	6	6	7	6	6½	5	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	6	5	7	6	7
7	Purdue	139½	7	7	7	5	7	5	7	6½	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Iowa, Minnesota, and Northwestern, for 3rd-5th in the Big Ten West.

USA Today predicted a tie between Maryland and Michigan for 4th-5th in the Big Ten East.

USA Today predicted a tie between Indiana and Rutgers for 6th-7th in the Big Ten East.

USA Today predicted a tie between Nebraska and Wisconsin for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten West.

USA Today predicted a tie between Illinois and Purdue for 6th-7th in the Big Ten West.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Indiana and Maryland for 5th-6th in the Big Ten East.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Iowa and Minnesota for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten West.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Indiana and Maryland for 6th-7th in the Big Ten East.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Iowa and Minnesota for 3rd-4th in the Big Ten West.

Big XII

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
1	Texas Christian	26	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	2
2	Baylor	39½	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2½	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
3	Oklahoma	69	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2½	4½	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	1	6	3	3	3
4	Oklahoma State	87	4	3	6	4	6	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	6	5
5	Texas	118½	5	5	7	5	4	6	5	4	6½	5	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	7	6	4	7
6	West Virginia	121½	6	7	5	7	7	5	6½	6½	4½	6	6	5	5	6	7	6	5	3	7	5	6
7	Kansas State	132	7	6	8	6	5	7	6½	6½	8	7	5	6	6	7	6	7	7	5	5	7	4
8	Texas Tech	162½	8	8	4	8	8	8	8	8	6½	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
9	Iowa State	189½	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9½	9	9	9	9	9	9
10	Kansas	209½	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9½	10	10	10	10	10	10

Notes:

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

USA Today predicted a tie between Baylor and Oklahoma for 2nd-3rd in the Big XII.

USA Today predicted a tie between Kansas State and West Virginia for 6th-7th in the Big XII.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Oklahoma and West Virginia for 4th-5th in the Big XII.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Texas and Texas Tech for 6th-7th in the Big XII.

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

Conference USA

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
East
1	Western Kentucky	29	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2
2	Marshall	35	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1
3	Middle Tennessee	64½	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3½	3	3	3
4	Old Dominion	103½	6	5	6	5	4	4	5	4	6	6	3	6	4	6	6	4	5	3½	6	5	4
5	Florida Int'l	105	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	5	5	6	5	6	4	4	6	4	7	5	4	5
6	Florida Atlantic	106	4	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	4	6	6
7	Charlotte	145	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7
West
1	Louisiana Tech	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Rice	43	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
3	Texas-El Paso	70½	3	3	4	3	3	3	3½	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	3
4	Southern Miss	85½	4	5	3	4	4	4	3½	6	5	4	6	5	3	4	4	5	2	3	3	4	4
5	North Texas	105	5	4	5	6	5	6	5	4½	4	5	4½	4	6	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	6
6	UTSA	116	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	4½	6	6	4½	6	5	6	6	3	6	6	6	6	5

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Florida Atlantic, Florida International, and Old Dominiion, for 4th-6th in CUSA East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Southern Miss and Texas-El Paso for 3rd-4th in CUSA West.

USA Today predicted a tie between North Texas and UT-San Antonio for 3rd-4th in CUSA West.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between North Texas and UT-San Antonio for 4th-5th in CUSA West.

Pick Six Previews predicted a tie between Middle Tennessee and Old Dominion for 3rd-4th in CUSA East.

Mid-American

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
East
1	Bowling Green	34½	1	1	5	3	1	3	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	2
2	Ohio	57	4	2	1	2	3	1	3	2½	2½	2½	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2½	2	4	4
3	Akron	60	3	5	4	5	2	2	1½	2½	2½	2½	2	4	2	2	1	1	6	4	3	2	3
4	Massachusetts	75½	2	6	2	1	5	4	4	4½	4	4	4½	2	4	4	4	5	1	2½	4	3	5
5	Buffalo	108	5	3	3	6	4	5	6	4½	5	5	4½	7	5	6	6	3	7	6	5	6	6
6	Kent State	112	6	4	6	4	6	6	5	6½	6	7	6½	5	6	5	5	6	4	5	7	5	1
7	Miami-Ohio	141	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6½	7	6	6½	6	7	7	7	7	5	7	6	7	7
West
1	Northern Illinois	38½	2	1	3	2	3	1	2	1	2½	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1
2	Toledo	40½	1	2	1	3	2	3	1	3	2½	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	2
3	Western Michigan	48	3	4	2	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3
4	Ball State	88½	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4½	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
5	Central Michigan	99½	5	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4½	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
6	Eastern Michigan	126	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Akron and Bowling Green for 1st-2nd in the MAC East.

USA Today predicted a tie between Akron and Ohio for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

USA Today predicted a tie between Buffalo and Massachusetts for 4th-5th in the MAC East.

USA Today predicted a tie between Kent State and Miami-Ohio for 6th-7th in the MAC East.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Akron and Ohio for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Northern Illinois and Toledo for 2nd-3rd in the MAC West.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Buffalo and Massachusetts for 4th-5th in the MAC East.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Kent State and Miami-Ohio for 6th-7th in the MAC East.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Ball State and Central Michigan for 4th-5th in the MAC West.

College Football Poll predicted a tie between Massachusetts and Ohio for 2nd-3rd in the MAC East.

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
Mountain
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	Utah State	46	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	2	2
3	Colorado State	65½	3	3	2	3	3	3	3½	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	5	2	2	3	4	3	3
4	Air Force	81	4	4	4	4	5	5	3½	4½	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4
5	New Mexico	111½	6	6	5	5	6	4	5	4½	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
6	Wyoming	116	5	5	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	4	5	6	6	6	6	6
West
1	San Diego State	22	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
2	Nevada	55	2	5	3	2	3	5	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2
3	Fresno State	70½	3	2	5	3	2	2	3	3½	3	2	3	5	3	3	4	3	5	5	3	5	3
4	San Jose State	81½	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3½	6	4	4	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4
5	Hawaii	89	5	6	2	5	5	3	5	5	4	5	5	2	5	5	2	5	3	3	5	4	5
6	Nevada-Las Vegas	123	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Air Force and Colorado State for 3rd-4th in the MWC Mountain division.

USA Today predicted a tie between Air Force and New Mexico for 4th-5th in the MWC Mountain division.

USA Today predicted a tie between Fresno State and San Jose State for 3rd-4th in the MWC West division.

Pacific 12

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
North
1	Oregon	22	1	1	1	1	1	1	1½	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Stanford	41	2	2	2	2	2	2	1½	1½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	California	72½	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4½	3	4	3	3	5	3	4	3	3	5
4	Washington	79½	3	4	4	4	3	5	4½	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	3
5	Washington State	107	5	5	5	5	6	4	4½	5½	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	6	5	5	5	5	6
6	Oregon State	119	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5½	6	6	4½	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	4
South
1	Southern Cal	32½	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1½	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	2
2	UCLA	49½	3	4	1	1	2	4	2	4	5	3	1½	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	3	2	1
3	Arizona State	53½	2	2	5	3	4	1	3	2½	2	2	3	1	4	3	1	3	2	2	2	3	3
4	Arizona	80	4	3	3	4	3	3	4½	2½	3	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
5	Utah	99½	5	5	4	5	5	5	4½	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
6	Colorado	126	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oregon and Stanford for 1st-2nd in the PAC-12 North.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Washington and Washington State for 4th-5th in the PAC-12 North.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arizona and Utah for 4th-5th in the PAC-12 South.

USA Today predicted a tie between Oregon and Stanford for 1st-2nd in the PAC-12 North.

USA Today predicted a tie between Oregon State and Washington State for 5th-6th in the PAC-12 North.

USA Today predicted a tie between Arizona and Arizona State for 2nd-3rd in the PAC-12 South.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between California and Oregon State for 4th-5th in the PAC-12 North.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Southern Cal and UCLA for 1st-2nd in the PAC-12 South.

Southeastern

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
East
1	Georgia	22½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Tennessee	50½	2	2	2	2	2	4	2½	3	1	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3
3	Missouri	61½	4	3	5	3	3	3	2½	3	3½	3	1½	3	2	4	3	2	4	2	3	2	2
4	Florida	85½	3	4	3	4	4	2	4½	5	3½	5	4½	4	4	3	4	4	5	6	4	4	5
5	South Carolina	96	5	5	4	5	5	5	4½	3	5	4	4½	5	5	5	5	5	3	4	5	5	4
6	Kentucky	127	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6
7	Vanderbilt	145	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7
West
1	Alabama	26½	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1½	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
2	Auburn	61½	2	2	2	6	1	2	3	1½	1	2	4	6	1	2	2	2	6	6	2	4	4
3	Louisiana State	67½	4	3	3	1	3	4	2	3½	3½	3	2½	2	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3
4	Mississippi	78½	3	6	6	3	5	6	4	3½	3½	5	2½	3	3	4	5	3	3	2	3	3	2
5	Arkansas	107	5	5	7	5	4	3	5½	6	5	4	6½	5	4	6	3	5	7	5	5	5	6
6	Texas A&M	111½	6	4	5	4	7	7	5½	6	6	6	5	4	7	5	7	6	1	3	6	6	5
7	Mississippi State	135½	7	7	4	7	6	5	7	6	7	7	6½	7	6	7	6	7	5	7	7	7	7

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Missouri and Tennessee for 2nd-3rd in the SEC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida and South Carolina for 4th-5th in the SEC East.

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arkansas and Texas A&M for 5th-6th in the SEC West.

USA Today predicted a three-way tie between Missouri, South Carolina, and Tennessee, for 2nd-4th in the SEC East.

USA Today predicted a tie between Alabama and Auburn for 1st-2nd in the SEC West.

USA Today predicted a tie between Louisiana State and Mississippi for 3rd-4th in the SEC West.

USA Today predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Texas A&M, for 5th-7th in the SEC East.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Florida and Missouri for 3rd-4th in the SEC East.

Arena Fanatic predicted a tie between Louisiana State and Mississippi for 3rd-4th in the SEC West.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Georgia and Missouri for 1st-2nd in the SEC East.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Florida and South Carolina for 4th-5th in the SEC East.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Louisiana State and Mississippi for 2nd-3rd in the SEC West.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Arkansas and Mississippi State for 6th-7th in the SEC West.

College Football Poll predicted a three-way tie between Florida, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt, for 5th-7th in the SEC East.

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Total Points	Athlon	Lindy	McIllece Sports	ESPN	TSN	Harris	Phil Steele	USA Today	Arena Fanatic	Media Polls	Com pughter Ratings	Cap Heresy	Sports Illus.	Pick Six	Gold Sheet	DRatings .com	Compu- Picks	Coll. F'ball Poll	Game Plan	CPA Rank	F'Ball Out- siders
1	Georgia Southern	41½	2	3	2	2	3	1	2	1½	3	1	1½	3	1	2	2	1	3	2½	1	3	1
2	Arkansas State	49½	1	2	1	3	4	4	2	3½	2	3	1½	2	2	3	3	3	1	2½	2	2	2
3	Appalachian State	56	4	1	3	1	1	2	2	3½	1	4	7½	1	3	1	1	6	4	1	4	1	4
4	Louisiana-Lafay.	72½	3	4	4	5	2	5	4	1½	4	2	3	4	4	4	5	2	2	4	3	4	3
5	Texas State	109	5	5	5	4	5	6	5	6	5	5	4	5	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6
6t	Louisiana-Monroe	139	7	7	7	6	8	7	6½	7	6	7	5½	6	6	6	9	7	7	6	6	7	5
6t	South Alabama	139	6	6	8	8	7	3	6½	5	7	6	5½	9	5	7	4	4	10	9	8	8	7
8	Troy	169	8	9	6	9	6	8	9½	9	8	8	7½	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	7	6	10
9	New Mexico State	193	9	11	10	7	10	10	8	11	9	10	9	8	11	9	10	9	6	7	9	9	11
10	Georgia State	205½	11	10	9	10	9	11	11	9	11	9	10½	10	10	11	7	11	8	8	11	11	8
11	Idaho	212	10	8	11	11	11	9	9½	9	10	11	10½	11	9	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	9

Notes:

Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Appalachian State, Arkansas State, and Georgia Southern, for 1st-3rd in the Sun Belt.

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

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Idaho and Troy for 9th-10th in the Sun Belt.

USA Today predicted a tie between Georgia Southern and Louisiana-Lafayette for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt.

USA Today predicted a tie between Appalachian State and Arkansas State for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt.

USA Today predicted a three-way tie between Georgia State, Idaho, and Troy, for 8th-10th in the Sun Belt.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Georgia Southern for 1st-2nd in the Sun Belt.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Louisiana-Monroe and South Alabama for 5th-6th in the Sun Belt.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Appalachian State and Troy for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt.

Compughter Ratings predicted a tie between Georgia State and Idaho for 10th-11th in the Sun Belt.

College Football Poll predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Georgia Southern for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt.