2003 preseason raw data
LEGEND:
AT = Athlon's National [June 9]
SS = Street and Smith's [June 16]
SN = The Sporting News [June 16]
PS = Phil Steele [June 17]
CF = College Football News (web site) [June 18]
LI = Lindy's [June 25]
FA = Football Action [June 27]
JF = Jim Feist [June 29]
AC = ATS Consultants [July 2]
GP = Game Plan [?]
WR = Wrathell's CPA rankings [August 22]
SI = CNN/SI (web site) [August 22]
National Top 25
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+ Oklahoma 1 1 3 2 4 1 2 1 4 1 1 2
+ Ohio State 3 5 2 1 1 3 1 2 5 4 4 1
+ Miami-Florida 2 2 5 7 2 2 3 6 3 6 2 3
+ Texas 7 3 8 3 3 7 4 8 1 2 3 4
+ Auburn 5 7 1 15 5 6 6 5 8 5 11 9
+ Kansas State 4 6 7 14 9 5 7 4 13 3 5 7
+ Michigan 10 4 4 4 16 4 8 # 2 7 6 13
+ Virginia Tech 14 10 15 6 6 14 5 3 7 9 14 6
+ Pittsburgh 9 9 19 5 8 12 11 # 9 16 13 12
+ Georgia 8 13 11 17 11 13 12 10 25 8 9 5
+ Southern Cal 6 15 6 10 7 8 - 9 - 13 7 10
+ Washington 12 8 9 9 - 17 10 # 11 11 12 14
+ Tennessee 24 12 16 8 12 9 % # 6 22 15 16
+ Louisiana State 18 20 13 11 14 11 17 # 23 17 8 20
+ Maryland 17 11 17 18 10 10 % # 18 20 17 18
+ Florida State 15 16 14 13 25 18 14 # - 10 10 11
+ N. C. State 11 17 23 16 15 19 9 7 24 - 16 8
+ Notre Dame 22 22 20 19 19 15 16 # 12 19 19 17
+ Purdue 19 - 12 20 23 16 18 # 10 12 24 -
+ Virginia 23 18 10 - 17 21 13 # 14 - 18 15
+ Wisconsin 13 19 25 21 13 - 20 # 15 - 22 19
+ Alabama 21 25 - - 22 25 % # - 15 - -
+ Florida 20 - - - 21 - % # 16 - 20 -
+ Nebraska - - - 12 - - % # - 14 23 -
+ Oklahoma State - 21 22 - - - % # 19 18 - 25
+ Oregon State 16 - - - 18 - 15 # - - - -
+ Arizona State - 14 - - - 23 % # - 21 - 22
+ Texas Christian - - 24 25 - 24 19 # - 24 - -
+ Arkansas - - - 23 - - % # 17 - 21 -
+ Colorado State - 23 18 - - 20 % # - - - -
+ Penn State - - - 24 - - % # 20 - 25 24
+ Colorado - - - - - 22 % # 22 - - -
+ Missouri 25 - - - 24 - % # - - - -
+ UCLA - - - - 20 - % # - - - -
+ Fresno State - - 21 - - - % # - - - -
+ West Virginia - - - - - - % # 21 - - -
+ Mississippi - - - 22 - - % # - - - -
+ Texas A&M - - - - - - % # - 23 - 21
+ Minnesota - 24 - - - - % # - - - -
+ Southern Miss - - - - - - % # - 25 - -
+ Oregon - - - - - - % # - - - 23
+ unranked - - - - - - % # - - - -
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$ACC
@ Florida State 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 1.5 1 1 2 {1}
@ Maryland 3 1 3 3 2 1 2 2 3.5 2 3 4 {2}
@ N.C. State 1 3 4 2 2 3 4 1 3.5 3 2 1 {4-6}
@ Virginia 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 1.5 4 4 3 {4-6}
@ Georgia Tech 7 6 7 5 5 7 5 5 5.5 5 5 8 {4-6}
@ Clemson 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7.5 6 6 5 {3}
@ Wake Forest 6 8 8 9 7 5 7 7 5.5 8 8 7 {7}
@ North Carolina 8 7 5 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 7 6 {9}
@ Duke 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 7.5 7 9 9 {8}
$BIG EAST
@ Miami-Florida 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 {1-2}
@ Pittsburgh 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 {3}
@ Virginia Tech 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 {4}
@ Boston College 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 {5}
@ West Virginia 4 4 4 6 6 4 4 6 4 5 5 6 {1-2}
@ Syracuse 6 6 6 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 4 {6-7}
@ Temple 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 {8}
@ Rutgers 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 {6-7}
$BIG TEN
@ Ohio State 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 {2-3}
@ Michigan 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 {1}
@ Wisconsin 3 3 4 4 3 4 8 3 3 4 3 4 {7-8}
@ Purdue 4 7 3 3 4.5 3 5 4 3 3 4 3 {2-3}
@ Penn State 5 6 5 5 7.5 6 4 8 5 5 5 8 {9-10}
@ Iowa 7 5 6 8 6 5 2 6 6.5 7 6 7 {4-6}
@ Minnesota 6 4 7 7 4.5 7 7 5 8 6 7 6 {4-6}
@ Illinois 8 9 8 6 7.5 8 6 7 6.5 8 8 5 {11}
@ Michigan State 9 10 9 10 9.5 9 9 9 9.5 9 9.5 10 {4-6}
@ Northwestern 11 8 11 9 9.5 10 11 10 11 11 9.5 9 {7-8}
@ Indiana 10 11 10 11 11 11 10 11 9.5 10 10 11 {9-10}
$BIG XII-North
@ Kansas State 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1.5 1 1 1 {1}
@ Nebraska 4 2 3 1 4 3 1 2 3.5 2 2 2 {2}
@ Colorado 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 1.5 4 3 4 {4-5}
@ Missouri 2 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 3.5 3 4 3 {3}
@ Iowa State 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 {6}
@ Kansas 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {4-5}
$BIG XII-South
@ Oklahoma 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 {1}
@ Texas 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 {2}
@ Oklahoma St. 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3.5 3 3 3 {3}
@ Texas A&M 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 3.5 4 5 4 {5}
@ Texas Tech 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 {4}
@ Baylor 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {6}
$CUSA
@ Texas Christian 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2.5 2 1 2 {2}
@ Southern Miss 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 6.5 1 2 1 {1}
@ Cincinnati 6 4 3 4 4 4 2 5 2.5 5 4 7 {9}
@ Tulane 4 6 7 3 4 3 5 3 6.5 6 6 3 {8}
@ Louisville 7 3 5 6 4 5 3 4 6.5 7 5 4 {3-5}
@ South Florida 3 5 4 7 9 6 11 7 2.5 4 3 6 {3-5}
@ Memphis 5 7 9 5 6 9 9 10 6.5 3 8 10 {3-5}
@ UAB 8 8 6 9 8 8 6 8 2.5 8 8 8 {6-7}
@ East Carolina 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 9.5 10 8 5 {10}
@ Houston 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 9.5 9 10 9 {6-7}
@ Army 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 {11}
$MAC-East
@ Central Florida 1 4 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 {5}
@ Marshall 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 {2}
@ Miami-Ohio 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 1 1 3 2 1 {1}
@ Akron 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4.5 4 4 4 {3}
@ Ohio U. 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 7 5 5 6 {6-7}
@ Kent 6 7 5 5 6 5 6 6 4.5 6 6 5 {4}
@ Buffalo 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 {6-7}
$MAC-West
@ N. Illinois 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 {2-3}
@ Toledo 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 {2-3}
@ Bowling Green 4 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 4.5 1 3 2 {1}
@ Western Michigan 3 3 5 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 {4}
@ Ball State 6 6 4 5 4 6 5 5 4.5 6 5 6 {5}
@ Central Michigan 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 {7}
@ Eastern Michigan 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 {6}
$Mountain West
@ Colorado St. 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1.5 1 1 2 {3}
@ New Mexico 2 3 2 2 1 2 5 2 3.5 4 2 1 {2}
@ Air Force 4 2 3 4 6 4 2 5 1.5 3 4 4 {4-6}
@ Brigham Young 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 3.5 2 3 3 {4-6}
@ Utah 6 7 5 6 4 7 6 3 5.5 5 5 6.5 {1}
@ UNLV 5 6 7 5 4 6 3 6 7.5 7 6 5 {7}
@ San Diego St. 8 4 6 7 7 5 7 7 5.5 6 7 6.5 {4-6}
@ Wyoming 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7.5 8 8 8 {8}
$PAC 10
@ Southern Cal 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 {1}
@ Washington 2 1 2 1 3 2 4 3 1 1 2 4 {5-7}
@ Arizona State 4 2 3 5 5 3 2 2 4 5 5 1 {8-9}
@ Oregon State 3 4 4 4 5 4 1 5 4 3 3.5 4 {5-7}
@ UCLA 5 6 5 3 2 5 6 4 7 7 3.5 6 {5-7}
@ Oregon 6 7 7 7 5 6 5 6 4 4 6 4 {3-4}
@ Washington St. 7 5 6 6 7 7 10 7 6 6 7 7 {2}
@ California 8 9 8 8 9 9 7 8 10 8 8.5 8 {3-4}
@ Stanford 9 8 9 9 8 8 9 10 8.5 10 8.5 9 {8-9}
@ Arizona 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 8.5 9 10 10 {10}
$SEC-East
@ Tennessee 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 {1-3}
@ Georgia 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 {1-3}
@ Florida 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 {1-3}
@ South Carolina 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 {4}
@ Kentucky 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 {5-6}
@ Vanderbilt 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {5-6}
$SEC-West
@ Auburn 1 1 1 2.5 1 1 1 1 1.5 1 2 1 {3}
@ Louisiana St. 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 4 3 1 3 {1-2}
@ Alabama 3 3 3 5 3 3 4 4 4 2 4 5 {5}
@ Arkansas 4 4 5 2.5 5 4 2 3 1.5 5 3 2 {4}
@ Mississippi 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 {1-2}
@ Mississippi St. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {6}
$SUN BELT
@ North Texas 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 {1}
@ New Mexico St. 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 {7}
@ Middle Tennessee 3 6 2 2 2 3 5 2 1 4 2 4 {2-3}
@ Arkansas State 4 4 5 4 4 4 1 5 3 3 5 2 {4-6}
@ Louisiana-Lafay. 5 3 4 5 5 5 6 4 7.5 8 5 6.5 {2-3}
@ Utah State 7 5 7 8 6.5 6 8 7 5 7 5 8 {4-6}
@ Idaho 6 7 8 6 8 8 4 6 7.5 5 7.5 6.5 {4-6}
@ Louisiana-Monroe 8 8 6 7 6.5 7 7 8 6 6 7.5 5 {8}
$WAC
@ Fresno State 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2.5 2 1 2 {2-3}
@ Hawaii 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 {4-5}
@ Boise State 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 2.5 3 2 3 {1}
@ Nevada 5 4 6 4 5 4 4 7 5 5 5.5 4 {6}
@ San Jose St. 4 6 4 5 4 7 5 6 7 8 4 7 {8}
@ Louisiana Tech 6 5 5 7 6 6 8 4 5 4 5.5 5 {7}
@ S. Methodist 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 8 5 6 8 6 {10}
@ Rice 8 8 8 6 7 8 7 5 9.5 7 7 8 {4-5}
@ Texas-El Paso 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9.5 10 9.5 9 {9}
@ Tulsa 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 9.5 10 {2-3}
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