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Preseason Polls
Below, ArmchairQB.com
compares
the consensus poll, formed by combining the preseason top 25 lists
of six preview magazines, to the preseason
polls from The Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today.
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1.
Florida State (4)
2. Tennessee
3. Penn State (1)
4. Arizona
5. Nebraska (1)
6. Texas A&M
7. Michigan
8. Florida
9. Ohio State
10. Wisconsin
11. Virginia Tech
12. Miami, Fla.
13. Georgia Tech
14. Colorado
15. USC
16. Georgia
17. Notre Dame
18. Kansas State
19. UCLA
20. Alabama
21. Texas
22. Arkansas
23. BYU
24. Virginia
25. Purdue
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1.
Florida State
2. Tennessee
3. Penn State
4. Arizona
5. Florida
6. Nebraska
7. Texas A&M
8. Michigan
9. Ohio State
10. Wisconsin
11. Georgia Tech
12. Miami, Fla.
13. Virginia Tech
14. Georgia
15. Colorado
16. UCLA
17. Texas
18. Notre Dame
19. USC
20. (tie) Alabama
20. (tie) Kansas State
22. Arkansas
23. Purdue
24. Virginia
25. Arizona State |
1.
Florida State
2. Tennessee
3. Arizona
4. Penn State
5. Florida
6. Nebraska
7. Michigan
8. Texas A&M
9. Ohio State
10. Wisconsin
11. Georgia Tech
12. Miami, Fla.
13. Georgia
14. Virginia Tech
15. UCLA
16. Texas
17. Colorado
18. Notre Dame
19. Kansas State
20. Alabama
21. USC
22. Arkansas
23. Purdue
24. Virginia
25. Arizona State |
- The
Consensus poll was formed by combining the preseason top 25 lists
of six preview magazines. (The numbers in
parentheses are the numbers of first-place votes).
- The
AP preseason poll was voted on by
70 sports writers and broadcasters.
- The
ESPN/USA Today preseason poll was
voted on by 62 Division I coaches.
Notes
on the polls:
 Amazingly,
the three polls have the same ten teams in the top ten. As a matter
of fact, four teams have the same rank in all three polls - No.
1 Florida State, No. 2 Tennessee, No. 9 Ohio State and No. 10 Wisconsin.
Later, No. 20 Alabama, No. 22 Arkansas and No. 24 Virginia are ranked
at the same spot in all three polls.
Overall,
no major differences between the three polls. The biggest discrepencies
are Texas (No. 21 consensus, No. 17 AP and No. 16 ESPN), USC (No.
15 consensus, No. 19 AP and No. 21 ESPN) and BYU (No. 23 consensus
and No. 26 in the AP and ESPN polls).
The
top 25 lists from six of the leading preview magazines:
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1.
Florida St.
2. Tennessee
3. Arizona
4. Penn State
5. T. A&M
6. Michigan
7. Florida
8. Ohio State
9. Kan. St.
10. Nebraska
11. Miami
12. Va. Tech
13. Wis.
14. Ga. Tech
15. N. Dame
16. Georgia
17. UCLA
18. Alabama
19. Colorado
20. Marshall
21. USC
22. Texas
23. Arkansas
24. LSU
25. Syracuse
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1.
Penn State
2. Florida St.
3. Tennessee
4. Arizona
5. Florida
6. Nebraska
7. Michigan
8. T. A&M
9. Wisconsin
10. UCLA
11. Ohio St.
12. Colorado
13. Miami
14. Ga. Tech
15. Georgia
16. Alabama
17. Texas
18. Ariz. St
19. USC
20. N. Dame
21. Purdue
22. BYU
23. Kan. St.
24. Arkansas
25. Marshall |
1.
Florida St.
2. Tennessee
3. Penn State
4. Arizona
5. T. A&M
6. Michigan
7. Nebraska
8. Wisconsin
9. Miami
10. Florida
11. Ga. Tech
12. Arkansas
13. Va. Tech
14. Kan. St.
15. Georgia
16. Ohio St.
17. Colorado
18. USC
19. N. Dame
20. Texas
21. Virginia
22. BYU
23. S. Miss.
24. Air Force
25. UCLA |
1.
Nebraska
2. Florida St.
3. Penn State
4. Florida
5. Tennessee
6. Va. Tech
7. Ohio State
8. USC
9. Wisconsin
10. T. A&M
11. Arizona
12. Colorado
13. Miami
14. Michigan
15. Alabama
16. Kan. St.
17. UCLA
18. Syracuse
19. Marshall
20. Virginia
21. N. Dame
22. LSU
23.Louisville
24. Mich. St.
25. Auburn |
1.
Florida St.
2. Tennessee
3. Ohio State
4. Arizona
5. Nebraska
6. Michigan
7. Penn State
8. Ga. Tech
9. Florida
10. Va. Tech
11. Georgia
12. T. A&M
13. Wis.
14. Purdue
15. Miss. St.
16. Virginia
17. N. Dame
18. Colorado
19. Arkansas
20. Miami
21. Texas
22. UCLA
23. Air Force
24. USC
25. Marshall |
1.
Florida St.
2. Penn State
3. Tennessee
4. Arizona
5. T. A&M
6. Va. Tech
7. Michigan
8. Wisconsin
9. Ga. Tech
10. Nebraska
11. USC
12. Alabama
13. Georgia
14. Miami
15. Ohio St.
16. Colorado
17. Florida
18. N. Dame
19. Virginia
20. BYU
21. Texas
22. UCLA
23. Kan. St.
24. Arkansas
25. Louisville |
Notes
on the consensus poll:
Mississippi
State has the biggest discrepency of any school. Street
& Smith's has them at 15th, while Athlon
pegs them at 57th. The highest-ranked team with the biggest difference
is Virginia Tech, who is No. 6 in Phil
Steele's and in Athlon,
but No. 30 in The Sporting
News.
Auburn
is Phil Steele's admitted
surprise top 25 pick at No. 25. The
Sporting News has the Tigers as low as No. 60. Before you laugh
at Phil Steele's poll, though,
remember he had Tennesee higher than any other preseason publication
last year at No. 7.
Five
of the six magazines have Arizona either No. 3 or No. 4. Phil
Steele's puts the Wildcats at No. 11.
Some
magazines rank all 114 Division I-A teams and, no surprise, the
teams considered the worst in Division I-A are the two new teams
this year: Buffalo (Athlon
and Lindy's) and
Middle Tennessee State (The Sporting
News).
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AQB's
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