|
The
Preseason Polls
| Consensus
|
AP |
ESPN/USA
Today |
1.
Ohio St.
2. Florida St.
3. Florida
4. Nebraska
5. Michigan
6. Kansas St.
7. LSU
8. Arizona St.
9. West Virginia
10. Tennessee
11. UCLA
12. Penn St.
13. Virginia
14. Texas A&M
15. Colorado St.
16. North Carolina
17. Syracuse
18. Wisconsin
19. Georgia
20. Notre Dame
21. Washington
22. Michigan St.
23. Arizona
24. USC
25. Southern Miss |
1.
Ohio St.
2. Florida St.
3. Florida
4. Nebraska
5. Michigan
6. Kansas St.
7. UCLA
8. Arizona St.
9. LSU
10. Tennessee
11. West Virginia
12. North Carolina
13. Penn St.
14. Texas A&M
15. Colorado St.
16. Virginia
17. Syracuse
18. Washington
19. Georgia
20. Wisconsin
21. Southern Miss
22. Notre Dame
23. Michigan St.
24. Arizona
25. Auburn
|
1.
Ohio St.
2. Florida St.
3. Nebraska
4. Florida
5. Michigan
6. Kansas St.
7. UCLA
8. LSU
9. Arizona St.
10. Tennessee
11. North Carolina
12. West Virginia
13. Penn St.
14. Syracuse
15. Texas A&M
16. Colorado St.
17. Washington
18. Georgia
19. Virginia
20. Wisconsin
21. Southern Miss
22. Auburn
23. Michigan St.
24. Notre Dame
25. Arizona |
- The
Consensus poll was formed by combining the preseason top 25 lists
of the seven preview magazines reviewed.
- 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 consensus poll matched eight of the top 10 teams in the AP poll
exactly and five of the top 10 in the ESPN poll. As a matter of
fact, the top six teams in the three polls are the same and in the
same order, except for Nebraska and Florida being switched in the
ESPN/USA Today poll.
Overall,
no major differences between the consensus poll and the AP poll.
The biggest discrepencies are UCLA (#7 AP, #11 consensus), North
Carolina (#12 AP, #16 consensus) and Southern Miss (#21 AP, #25
consensus).
No
major differences also between the consensus poll and the coaches
poll. The biggest discrepencies are Virginia (#19 coaches, #13 consensus)
and Auburn (#22 coaches, #29 consensus). Interestingly, the AP poll
split the difference in both cases - Virginia (#16) and Auburn (#25).
In
the magazines for the consensus poll, Arizona St. has the biggest
discrepency in rank among the teams in the top 10. The
Sporting News ranks the Sun Devils at 5, while Phil
Steele has them at 21. Overall, Georgia has the biggest
difference in the top 25, as Preview
Sports rates the Bulldogs at 12, while Phil
Steele sticks them at 40.
Athlon
costs Colorado a top 25 ranking in the consensus poll by plugging
them in at 40. Phil
Steele, on the other hand, has them at 8.
Some
magazines rank all 112 Division I-A teams, so for the record, here
are those teams considered the worst in I-A: Eastern Michigan (Athlon),
Northern Illinois (Lindy's)
and Idaho (The Sporting
News).
- To see the
best and worst of the college football magazines, click here.
- To see our
reviews of the college football magazines, click here.
- To go back
to the top, click here.
Here
are the seven magazines reviewed and their top 25 lists.
| TSN |
Lindy's |
Preview |
Griese |
Steele |
Street |
Athlon |
1.
Fla St.
2. Neb.
3. Ohio St.
4. Florida
5. Ariz. St.
6. Mich.
7. Kan. St
8. LSU
9. W. Va.
10. UCLA
11. Tenn.
12T A&M
13. UNC
14 Penn
St
15. Va.
16. N.D.
17. Wis.
18. Syra.
19. Colo St
20. USC
21. S. Miss
22. Ga.
23. Colo.
24. Utah
25. Wash. |
1.
Ohio St.
2. Florida
3. Mich.
4. Fla. St.
5. Neb.
6. Kan. St.
7. Ariz. St.
8. LSU
9. UCLA
10. UNC
11. W. Va.
12. Tenn.
13. Syra.
14. Va.
15T A&M
16 Penn St
17. Colo St
18. S. Miss
19. Wis.
20. N.D.
21. USC
22. Ariz.
23 G Tech
24. Colo.
25Mich St |
1.
Ohio St.
2. Fla. St.
3. Mich.
4. Kan. St.
5. Florida
6. Neb.
7. LSU
8. Ariz. St.
9. W. Va.
10. UCLA
11. Va.
12. Ga.
13. Wash.
14
Mich St
15T A&M
16. Tenn.
17. Syra.
18 Colo St
19 Penn St
20Auburn
21. Mo.
22. UNC
23. Wis.
24. S. Miss
25. N. M.
|
1.
Ohio St.
2. Fla. St.
3. Neb.
4. Florida
5. Kan. St.
6. Mich.
7. Ariz St
8. LSU
9 Penn St
10. Tenn.
11. UCLA
12. W. Va.
13 Colo St
14. Wis.
15 G Tech
16. Syra.
17. Ga.
18. Wash.
19. UNC
20. Texas
21 Purdue
22Mich St
23. Va.
24. N.D.
25T A&M |
1.
Ohio St.
2.
Fla. St.
3. Neb.
4. Mich.
5. Florida
6. Kan. St.
7. Tenn.
8. Colo.
9 Penn St
10. LSU
11. USC
12T A&M
13. Iowa
14.
W. Va.
15. Utah
16. UNC
17. Syra.
18. N. D.
19. Wash.
20Mich St
21 Ariz St
22. Wis.
23 Colo St
24. Va.
25. Ariz.
|
1.
Ohio St.
2. Fla. St.
3. Florida
4. UCLA
5. LSU
6. Neb.
7. Ariz St
8. Colo St
9. Kan St
10. Mich.
11. Va.
12. Tenn.
13. UNC
14Penn
St
15 Texas
16Auburn
17. Ariz.
18T A&M
19. W. Va.
20. N. D.
21. S Miss
22. Mo.
23 G Tech
24. Syra.
25. Wash. |
1.
Ohio St.
2. Kan. St.
3. Florida
4. Fla. St.
5. W. Va.
6. Mich.
7. LSU
8 Ariz St
9. Neb.
10. UCLA
11. Tenn.
12. Va.
13 Colo St
14T
A&M
15. Wis.
16. Ariz.
17. Ga.
18. Wash.
19. UNC
20Mich St
21. N. D.
22. Syra.
23Ol Miss
24 S Miss
25 Ok. St
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