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National Top 25| Rank | Team | Total
Points | Athlon | Lindy | TSN | Phil
Steele | Street
&
Smith | CBS
SL | Jim
Feist | USA
Today | Sure
fire
Sc'tg | Game
Plan | Coll.
F'ball
News | | 1 | Southern Cal | 299 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | Louisiana State | 280 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 3 | West Virginia | 264 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | 3 | 4 | 10 | | 4 | Texas | 261 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | 3 | | 5 | Michigan | 257 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | - | 4 | 8 | 9 | | 6 | Virginia Tech | 238 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | | 7 | Florida | 235 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | - | 9 | 11 | 4 | | 8 | Wisconsin | 229 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 12 | - | 17 | 3 | 6 | | 9 | Louisville | 210 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | - | 7 | 9 | 19 | | 10 | Oklahoma | 207 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | - | - | 7 | 8 | | 11 | Ohio State | 157 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 24 | - | 14 | 15 | 13 | | 12 | UCLA | 152 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 12 | - | - | 11 | 12 | 7 | | 13 | Tennessee | 146 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 14 | - | 15 | 10 | 18 | | 14 | California | 140 | 11 | 12 | 12 | - | 11 | 14 | 13 | - | 20 | - | 15 | | 15 | Georgia | 138 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 19 | - | - | 16 | 12 | | 16 | Penn State | 136 | 17 | - | 15 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 17 | - | 12 | 21 | 16 | | 17 | Auburn | 129 | 21 | 23 | 16 | - | 14 | 11 | 7 | - | 23 | 13 | 22 | | 18 | Nebraska | 105 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 18 | - | 10 | - | 14 | | 19 | Texas Christian | 100 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 17 | - | - | 8 | 17 | - | | 20 | Rutgers | 93 | 10 | 16 | 19 | - | 19 | 18 | - | - | - | 25 | 17 | | 21 | Florida State | 88 | - | 21 | 11 | 8 | - | - | 15 | - | 24 | 19 | - | | 22 | Hawaii | 75 | 19 | 19 | - | 12 | - | 25 | 25 | - | 18 | 24 | - | | 23 | Texas A&M | 59 | 23 | 18 | - | 20 | - | 21 | - | - | 22 | 23 | - | | 24 | South Carolina | 55 | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | 11 | - | - | 22 | 23 | | 25t | Arkansas | 54 | - | 14 | - | - | 12 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | | 25t | Georgia Tech | 54 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 11 |
Others receiving votes:| Rank | Team | Total
Points | Athlon | Lindy | TSN | Phil
Steele | Street
&
Smith | CBS
SL | Jim
Feist | USA
Today | Sure
fire
Sc'tg | Game
Plan | Coll.
F'ball
News | | 27 | Missouri | 51 | - | - | - | 19 | 18 | - | 16 | - | - | - | 20 | | 28 | Boston College | 43 | - | 24 | - | - | - | 23 | 23 | - | - | 18 | 24 | | 29 | Boise State | 37 | - | - | 22 | - | 25 | 19 | - | - | 21 | - | - | | 30 | Miami-Florida | 36 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 13 | - | - | | 31 | Alabama | 35 | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | 22 | - | 19 | - | - | | 32 | Oregon State | 33 | 22 | - | - | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 25 | | 33 | Oregon | 28 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | | 34 | South Florida | 17 | - | - | 21 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 35 | Oklahoma State | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | 21 | | 36 | Wake Forest | 11 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 37 | Iowa | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | | 38 | Clemson | 9 | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 39 | Southern Miss | 7 | - | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 40 | Brigham Young | 6 | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 41 | unranked | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes: - USA Today did not have a national ranking in their preseason preview.
Conference predictions| Rank | Team | Total
Points | Athlon | Lindy | TSN | Phil
Steele | Street
&
Smith | CBS
SL | Jim
Feist | USA
Today | Sure
fire
Sc'tg | Game
Plan | Coll.
F'ball
News | | Atlantic | | 1 | Florida State | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2 | Boston College | 28½ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 1 | 3 | | 3 | Clemson | 36½ | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2½ | 5 | 3 | | 4 | Wake Forest | 39 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | | 5 | Maryland | 48½ | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3½ | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | 6 | N.C. State | 60½ | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3½ | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | | Coastal | | 1 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2t | Georgia Tech | 28 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 2 | | 2t | Miami-Florida | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | 4 | Virginia | 43 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 4 | | 5 | North Carolina | 55 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 6 | Duke | 66 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Boston College and Clemson for 2nd-3rd in the ACC Atlantic Division.
- Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and Virginia for 3rd-4th in the ACC Coastal Division.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Maryland and N.C. State for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic Division.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and Virginia for 3rd-4th in the ACC Atlantic Division.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a three-way tie between Florida State, Boston College, and Clemson for 2nd-4th in the ACC Atlantic.
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a three-way tie between Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and South Florida for 4th-6th in the Big East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisville and West Virginia for 1st-2nd in the Big East.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Louisville and West Virginia for 1st-2nd in the Big East.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Connecticut and Syracuse for 7th-8th in the Big East.
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Illinois and Purdue for 6th-7th in the Big Ten.
- Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Indiana and Michigan State for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan and Penn State for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten.
- Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Iowa, Purdue, and Wisconsin for 4th-6th in the Big Ten.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan State and Northwestern for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Michigan and Wisconsin for 1st-2nd in the Big Ten.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Iowa and Ohio State for 4th-5th in the Big Ten.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Minnesota and Northwestern for 8th-9th in the Big Ten.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Indiana and Michigan State for 10th-11th in the Big Ten.
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Colorado and Missouri for 3rd-4th in the Big XII North.
- Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for 3rd-4th in the Big XII South.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Missouri and Nebraska for 1st-2nd in the Big XII North.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Oklahoma and Texas for 1st-2nd in the Big XII South.
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Central Florida and Marshall for 2nd-3rd in CUSA East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Central Florida and Memphis for 2nd-3rd in CUSA East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between East Carolina and Marshall for 4th-5th in CUSA East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Texas-El Paso and Tulsa for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between East Carolina and Southern Miss for 1st-2nd in CUSA East.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Houston and Southern Methodist for 2nd-3rd in CUSA West.
| Rank | Team | Total
Points | Athlon | Lindy | TSN | Phil
Steele | Street
&
Smith | CBS
SL | Jim
Feist | USA
Today | Sure
fire
Sc'tg | Game
Plan | Coll.
F'ball
News | | East | | 1 | Ohio | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 2t | Kent State | 34 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | | 2t | Miami-Ohio | 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2½ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4½ | 5 | 1 | | 4 | Akron | 39 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | | 5 | Bowling Green | 40½ | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2½ | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 6 | Temple | 65 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6½ | 7 | 7 | 4½ | 7 | 6 | | 7 | Buffalo | 71½ | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6½ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | | West | | 1 | Central Michigan | 16½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | Western Michigan | 22½ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | 3 | Toledo | 31½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1½ | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | 4 | Northern Illinois | 47 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4½ | | 5 | Ball State | 47½ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4½ | | 6 | Eastern Michigan | 66 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Miami-Ohio and Temple for 4th-5th in the MAC East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Bowling Green and Miami-Ohio for 2nd-3rd 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 Central Michigan and Northern Illinois for 3rd-4th in the MAC West.
- CBS SportsLine.com had both Temple and Buffalo listed as #6 in the MAC East. It's not clear that they intended to pick a tie, and they don't pick ties in any other conference. It is possible that they intended to pick Buffalo #7 (Temple appears before Buffalo in the list, both ranked #6) and the #6 beside Buffalo is just a misprint.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a three-way tie between Akron, Bowling Green, and Ohio U. for 3rd-5th in the MAC East.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Ball State and Northern Illinois for 4th-5th in the MAC West.
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Brigham Young and Colorado State for 3rd-4th in the Mountain West.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Nevada-Las Vegas and Wyoming for 6th-7th in the Mountain West.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a three-way tie between Air Force, Colorado State, and New Mexico for 4th-6th in the Mountain West.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a three-way tie between Nevada-Las Vegas, New Mexico, and San Diego State for 7th-9th in the Mountain West.
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Oregon and UCLA for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-10.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Oregon and UCLA for 2nd-3rd in the Pac-10.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a three-way tie between Arizona State, Oregon State, and Washington for 5th-7th in the Pac-10.
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a three-way tie between Georgia, Kentucky, and South Carolina for 3rd-5th in the SEC East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Georgia and South Carolina for 1st-2nd in the SEC East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida and Tennessee for 3rd-4th in the SEC East.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Alabama and Arkansas for 3rd-4th in the SEC West.
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Louisiana-Monroe for 3rd-4th in the Sun Belt conference.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee for 4th-5th in the Sun Belt conference.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Louisiana-Lafayette and Middle Tennessee for 2nd-3rd in the Sun Belt conference.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe for 5th-6th in the Sun Belt conference.
- CollegeFootballNews.com predicted a tie between Florida International and North Texas for 7th-8th in the Sun Belt conference.
Notes: - Surefire Scouting predicted a tie between Fresno State and Nevada for 4th-5th in the WAC.
- Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Fresno State, New Mexico State, and San Jose State for 4th-6th in the WAC.
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