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1997 Preseason Consensus


See the "notes" file for information on the preseason consensus. See the "1997 accuracy" file for a comparison between 1997 preseason predictions and final conference standings.

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National Top 25

Rank Team Total
Points
Athlon Lindy's Preview
Sports
Football
Action
Sporting
News
Game
Plan
Inside
Sports
C&PF
N'wkly
Street
& Smith
Mike
Wynn
Jeff
Allen
Bob
Griese
Jim
Feist
MSM F'ball
Fore-
cast
Sports-
form
Dick
Butkus
Phil
Steele
Mark
Gunn
ESPN
-net
F'ball
News
Sports
Illus.
ATS
Cons.
1 Florida 557 5 6 4 5 3 6 8 - 2 5 6 3 2 8 - 5 5 1 9 2 4 4 1
2 Tennessee 549 9 1 7 7 6 1 4 - 7 2 3 2 10 1 - 4 13 6 1 3 6 2 7
3 Penn State 543 2 8 5 2 2 7 2 - 8 15 4 6 5 15 - 2 2 4 5 1 3 1 9
4 Florida State 542 8 4 1 1 5 3 7 - 3 4 1 4 4 6 - 15 7 7 7 6 5 6 5
5 Nebraska 541 6 3 3 3 9 5 3 - 9 1 2 5 3 2 - 14 11 3 4 5 8 8 3
6 Washington 526 1 10 11 13 4 8 1 - 1 6 7 1 7 7 - 3 4 13 8 4 2 3 11
7 North Carolina 516 3 5 10 6 8 10 6 - 10 8 16 8 1 5 - 9 1 2 6 11 1 7 2
8 Colorado 481 12 9 20 8 1 4 9 - 11 3 17 7 6 9 - 8 3 14 2 9 7 5 6
9 Notre Dame 461 11 2 13 4 11 2 14 - 12 11 8 11 9 3 - 18 14 5 3 10 12 9 8
10 Ohio State 431 10 7 2 9 7 9 11 - 5 12 5 17 12 19 - 19 6 8 10 20 11 11 10
11 Texas 410 4 13 16 11 13 14 18 - 6 20 9 13 11 13 - 7 8 10 12 7 10 13 13
12 Louisiana St. 409 7 11 6 12 10 12 5 - 15 14 10 9 14 14 - 1 9 22 17 15 9 10 20
13 Michigan 368 16 14 15 20 16 11 19 - 4 7 12 14 - 4 - 10 17 11 16 19 15 18 4
14 Miami-Florida 363 15 12 9 15 14 15 10 - 14 16 13 16 8 10 - - 12 9 15 17 16 14 12
15 Syracuse 355 23 23 8 10 12 13 17 - 16 17 11 10 15 17 - 12 10 16 11 8 13 17 17
16 Auburn 302 13 18 19 18 19 16 13 - 22 19 14 12 - 18 - 6 16 20 13 13 17 20 22
17 Alabama 254 14 15 14 14 15 17 24 - - - 19 15 - 23 - - 25 17 20 21 14 12 14
18 Stanford 216 20 16 - - 17 - 15 - 13 - 15 19 - 12 - 11 22 21 - 14 19 19 -
19 Clemson 204 22 21 25 23 21 22 22 - 18 18 - 21 13 20 - - 15 - 23 18 18 21 23
20 Iowa 184 19 19 21 - - 18 16 - 20 - - 18 - 24 - - 19 15 25 22 20 - 19
21 Brigham Young 174 25 17 12 - - 23 25 - 19 9 - - - 16 - 13 - 24 14 16 - - -
22 Colorado State 133 - - - - 23 25 12 - 25 - - 25 16 22 - - 23 - 24 25 25 25 15
23 Kansas State 125 - 22 22 - 22 20 20 - 23 - - 23 - - - 17 - - 19 - 23 - 25
24 Michigan State 118 - - 24 - 18 - - - - - - 20 - 11 - - - 19 - - - 16 16
25 Southern Cal 113 24 25 - - 20 - - - 24 - - 24 - - - - - 12 - 23 21 - 18

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26 Texas A&M 101 18 - - 19 - 19 - - - - - - - - - - 21 18 22 - - - 24
27t Arizona State 99 - 20 18 - - - - - 17 13 - - - 21 - - - - 18 - - - -
27t Wisconsin 99 17 24 - 16 - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 24 25 - - 22 - -
29 Virginia Tech 85 - - 17 - 24 - - - - - - 22 - - - - 18 23 - - - 22 -
30 UCLA 72 21 - - 25 - - - - 21 - - - - - - 20 - - - - 24 23 -
31 Northwestern 71 - - - 17 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - 24 -
32 Georgia 69 - - - 24 - 21 21 - - - 20 - - - - - 20 - - - - - -
33 West Virginia 52 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 - - 21 24 - - -
34t Arizona 49 - - - - - - 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 -
34t Navy 49 - - - 21 - - - - - - 18 - - 25 - - - - - - - - -
36 Georgia Tech 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21
37 Utah 34 - - - 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
38 Wyoming 33 - - 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 Cincinnati 32 - - - - - 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
40 unranked 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Notes:

Jeff Allen and Mike Wynn, both from Jeff Allen's 1997 College Football Preview and Betting Guide, only predicted 20 teams (unranked = 5 points).

Jim Feist predicted a top ten and six other teams, which is treated as a top 15 list (unranked = 10 points).

Sportsform had several rankings, but the most official-looking one was only a top 20 list (unranked = 5 points).

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank Team Total
Points
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Football
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Mike
Wynn
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Griese
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Feist
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cast
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Dick
Butkus
Phil
Steele
Mark
Gunn
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ATS
Cons.
1 Florida State 32 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 - 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2
2 North Carolina 34 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 - 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
3 Clemson 68 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
4 Virginia 90 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5
5 Georgia Tech 108 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 - 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 3
6 Maryland 144 7 5 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 - 5 6 7 7 7 6 8 6 7 6 9 6 6
7 N.C. State 149 6 7 6 7 8 6 8 7 6 - 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 8 6 7 7
8 Wake Forest 178 8 9 9 8 7 8 9 8 8 - 9 9 8 8 8 8 6 9 8 7 8 8 8
9 Duke 187 9 8 8 9 9 9 6 9 9 - 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 7 9 9

Big East

Rank Team Total
Points
Athlon Lindy's Preview
Sports
Football
Action
Sporting
News
Game
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C&PF
N'wkly
Street
& Smith
Mike
Wynn
Jeff
Allen
Bob
Griese
Jim
Feist
MSM F'ball
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cast
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form
Dick
Butkus
Phil
Steele
Mark
Gunn
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Cons.
1 Miami-Florida 32 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 - 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1
2 Syracuse 36 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 - 4 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2
3 Virginia Tech 73 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 - 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3
4 West Virginia 79 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 - 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4
5 Boston College 114 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 - 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5
6 Pittsburgh 136 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 7 5 - 7 6 6 5 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 6
7 Rutgers 157 7 7 7 6 6 8 7 6 7 - 8 7 7 7 8 6 7 8 8 7 8 7 8
8 Temple 165 8 8 6 8 8 7 8 8 8 - 6 8 8 8 6 8 8 7 7 8 7 8 7

Big Ten

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N'wkly
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Wynn
Jeff
Allen
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Feist
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cast
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form
Dick
Butkus
Phil
Steele
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Gunn
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Cons.
1 Penn State 29 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 - 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
2 Ohio State 47 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - 1 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
3 Michigan 66 3 3 3 5 3 3 4 5 1 - 3 2 3 1 2 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 1
4 Iowa 99 5 4 4 4 6 4 3 3 4 - 8 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 7 5
5 Michigan State 125 7 6 6 6 4 8 7 7 8 - 7 5 5 2 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 3 4
6 Wisconsin 127 4 5 7 7 7 5 5 6 5 - 4 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 5 7 5 6 6
7 Northwestern 132 6 7 5 3 5 7 6 4 6 - 6 7 8 7 7 3 7 7 7 4 8 5 7
8 Purdue 193 8 10 11 9 10 6 10 9 9 - 5 9 9 8 8 9 10 8 8 8 9 10 10
9 Minnesota 197 10 9 8 10 9 9 9 10 7 - 9 8 6 10 11 10 9 9 10 10 7 8 9
10 Illinois 209 9 8 10 8 8 11 11 8 11 - 10 11 11 9 10 8 8 10 11 9 11 9 8
11 Indiana 228 11 11 9 11 11 10 8 11 10 - 11 10 10 11 9 11 11 11 9 11 10 11 11

Big 12

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Wynn
Jeff
Allen
Bob
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Jim
Feist
MSM F'ball
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cast
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form
Dick
Butkus
Phil
Steele
Mark
Gunn
ESPN
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F'ball
News
Sports
Illus.
ATS
Cons.
North
1 Nebraska 29 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1
2 Colorado 38 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 - 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
3 Kansas State 68 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 - 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 Missouri 91 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 - 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 Kansas 108 5 5 5 5 4 6 6 5 5 - 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 Iowa State 128 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 6 6 - 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
South
1 Texas 25 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Texas A&M 42 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 - 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 Oklahoma 77 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 - 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
4 Texas Tech 78 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 3 3 - 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4
5 Oklahoma St. 113 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 - 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 6 5
6 Baylor 127 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 - 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 6

Big West

Rank Team Total
Points
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Football
Action
Sporting
News
Game
Plan
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Sports
C&PF
N'wkly
Street
& Smith
Mike
Wynn
Jeff
Allen
Bob
Griese
Jim
Feist
MSM F'ball
Fore-
cast
Sports-
form
Dick
Butkus
Phil
Steele
Mark
Gunn
ESPN
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F'ball
News
Sports
Illus.
ATS
Cons.
1 Nevada 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 - - 1 - - 1 1 1 -
2 Utah State 29 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - 2 - - 2 - 3 - - 2 - - 2 2 2 -
3 Idaho 49 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 - 4 - - 4 - 2 - - 4 - - 3 5 3 -
4 North Texas 51 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 - 3 - - 3 - 4 - - 3 - - 4 4 4 -
5 Boise State 73 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 - 5 - - 5 - 6 - - 6 - - 6 3 6 -
6 New Mexico St. 78 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 - 6 - - 6 - 5 - - 5 - - 5 6 5 -

Note:

College & Pro Football Newsweekly plans to pick the Big West in a future issue.

Conference USA

Rank Team Total
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Steele
Mark
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ATS
Cons.
1 Southern Miss 54 2 1 2 5 1 3 1 - 1 - 5 1 4 1 4 5 2 4 4 1 2 2 3
2 Cincinnati 57 4 3 3 2 4 1 3 - 2 - 4 4 2 3 1 2 5 2 1 2 4 4 1
3 Louisville 64 3 4 5 3 3 2 4 - 4 - 3 5 1 4 2 3 4 1 2 3 3 3 2
4 East Carolina 67 1 2 1 4 2 4 2 - 5 - 7 2 3 2 7 4 1 3 7 4 1 1 4
5 Houston 84 5 5 6 1 5 5 5 - 3 - 1 3 5 5 3 1 3 5 3 5 5 5 5
6 Memphis 121 6 6 4 7 6 7 6 - 6 - 2 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
7 Tulane 141 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 - 7 - 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7

Notes:

College & Pro Football Newsweekly plans to pick Conference USA in a future issue.

Jeff Allen, Football Forecast and Mark Gunn left East Carolina out of their CUSA predictions (and listed the team with the independents).

Mid-American

Rank Team Total
Points
Athlon Lindy's Preview
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C&PF
N'wkly
Street
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Mike
Wynn
Jeff
Allen
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Jim
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MSM F'ball
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cast
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Dick
Butkus
Phil
Steele
Mark
Gunn
ESPN
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F'ball
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Sports
Illus.
ATS
Cons.
East
1 Miami-Ohio 21 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 - 2 - - 1 - 2 - - 2 - - 2 1 2 -
2 Marshall 28 3 2 2 4 1 2 4 - 1 - - 3 - 1 - - 1 - - 1 2 1 -
3 Ohio U. 44 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 - 4 - - 2 - 4 - - 3 - - 3 4 4 -
4 Bowling Green 53 2 4 4 2 6 4 3 - 3 - - 4 - 5 - - 6 - - 4 3 3 -
5 Akron 70 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 - 5 - - 5 - 3 - - 4 - - 6 5 6 -
6 Kent 78 6 6 5 6 4 6 6 - 6 - - 6 - 6 - - 5 - - 5 6 5 -
West
1 Toledo 24 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 - 2 - - 2 - 1 - - 4 - - 1 1 1 -
2 Central Michigan 38 2 3 4 5 2 2 2 - 3 - - 1 - 3 - - 3 - - 3 2 3 -
3t Ball State 40 4 2 3 1 3 4 4 - 1 - - 3 - 2 - - 2 - - 4 3 4 -
3t Eastern Michigan 40 3 4 1 3 1 3 3 - 4 - - 4 - 5 - - 1 - - 2 4 2 -
5 Western Michigan 69 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 - 5 - - 5 - 4 - - 5 - - 5 5 5 -
6 N. Illinois 83 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 - 6 - - 6 - 6 - - 6 - - 6 6 6 -

Note:

College & Pro Football Newsweekly plans to pick the MAC in a future issue.

Pacific 10

Rank Team Total
Points
Athlon Lindy's Preview
Sports
Football
Action
Sporting
News
Game
Plan
Inside
Sports
C&PF
N'wkly
Street
& Smith
Mike
Wynn
Jeff
Allen
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Feist
MSM F'ball
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cast
Sports-
form
Dick
Butkus
Phil
Steele
Mark
Gunn
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Illus.
ATS
Cons.
1 Washington 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
2 Stanford 67½ 2 2 3 2 6 2 3 2 - 7 2 3 2 5 3 2 3 4 2 2 3 3
3 UCLA 87½ 3 5 2 4 4 6 2 4 - 2 5 2 5 6 2 4 5 5 7 4 4 4
4 Southern Cal 91½ 4 4 8 3 2 4 8 5 - 3 3 5 7 3 8 3 1 3 3 3 5 2
5 Arizona State 103 5 3 6 4 5 5 5 4 3 - 6 7 4 3 2 4 5 8 2 4 5 6 7
6 Arizona 121½ 7 7 5 7 3 3 5 6 - 10 6 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 8 8 2 5
7 Washington St. 138 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 - 4 4 8 4 7 7 7 6 7 5 6 7 6
8 Oregon 178 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 - 5 8 9 9 8 9 8 7 9 6 7 8 8
9 California 182 9 9 9 6 9 9 8 6 8 - 8 9 7 8 9 6 9 9 8 9 9 9 9
10 Oregon State 218 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 - 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Note:

Preview Sports picked Arizona and UCLA tied for second; Southern Cal and Stanford tied for fourth; and Oregon, Oregon State, and California tied for eighth.

Southeastern

Rank Team Total
Points
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Football
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Sports
C&PF
N'wkly
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& Smith
Mike
Wynn
Jeff
Allen
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Griese
Jim
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Fore-
cast
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Dick
Butkus
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Steele
Mark
Gunn
ESPN
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F'ball
News
Sports
Illus.
ATS
Cons.
East
1 Tennessee 32 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 - 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2
2 Florida 34 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 - 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
3 Georgia 77 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 - 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3
4 South Carolina 78 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 - 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4
5 Kentucky 120 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 - 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6
6 Vanderbilt 121 4 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 - 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5
West
1 Louisiana St. 29 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 2
2 Auburn 51 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 - 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 3
3 Alabama 52 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 - 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 1
4 Arkansas 97 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 - 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5
5 Mississippi St. 106 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 6 - 6 6 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4
6 Mississippi 127 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 - 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Western Athletic

Rank Team Total
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Illus.
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Mountain
1 Brigham Young 35 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 - 3 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 1
2 Utah 49 3 3 4 1 2 2 4 1 3 - 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 4
3 Rice 59 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 - 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 2
4 New Mexico 101 4 7 5 3 5 4 6 3 6 - 6 5 4 4 5 3 6 2 4 7 4 5 3
5 S. Methodist 119 7 5 3 7 6 6 8 7 4 - 4 4 5 5 4 5 7 5 5 6 5 6 5
6 Tulsa 126 5 4 7 6 4 5 3 6 7 - 7 6 7 7 7 6 5 7 7 4 6 4 6
7 Texas Christian 128 6 6 6 5 7 7 5 5 5 - 2 7 6 6 6 7 4 6 6 5 7 7 7
8 Texas-El Paso 175 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 - 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Pacific
1 Colorado St. 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 San Diego St. 51 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 - 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
3 Wyoming 76 4 5 3 2 4 4 3 2 3 - 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 5 3 4 4
4 Air Force 84 5 3 6 6 3 2 4 6 4 - 2 3 4 5 3 6 4 3 2 3 4 3 3
5 Fresno State 115 3 6 5 5 7 5 5 5 5 - 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 6
6 UNLV 124 7 4 4 4 5 7 6 4 6 - 7 6 6 6 7 4 7 5 7 4 7 6 5
7 Hawaii 147 6 7 8 7 6 6 8 7 8 - 5 7 7 7 6 7 5 7 6 7 6 7 7
8 San Jose St. 173 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 - 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

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