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2001 Preseason Consensus


See the "notes" file for information on the preseason consensus. See the "2001 accuracy" file for a comparison between 2001 preseason predictions and final conference standings.

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National Top 25

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1 Florida 384 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
2 Miami-Florida 358 9 1 3 6 2 1 2 4 4 1 4 2 6
3 Texas 354 15 3 1 1 3 6 3 2 2 5 2 3 3
4 Oklahoma 338 5 4 4 7 4 2 5 7 12 3 3 5 4
5 Nebraska 331 2 7 9 3 7 5 7 6 7 4 9 4 2
6 Florida State 320 4 5 7 5 8 4 6 5 9 7 7 9 7
7 Tennessee 318 6 6 8 10 5 10 4 8 3 6 8 6 5
8 Virginia Tech 296 3 9 6 4 12 13 14 10 6 8 6 7 9
9 Oregon 257 8 21 5 15 11 7 10 3 11 11 5 8 -
10 Georgia Tech 254 13 11 12 12 9 15 9 - 5 10 10 10 17
11 Louisiana State 213 19 16 10 8 18 22 19 - 8 19 13 11 11
12 Kansas State 209 12 10 15 21 15 11 11 - - 13 18 13 8
13 Michigan 206 7 17 17 9 10 9 16 - - 14 20 16 15
14 UCLA 195 10 15 - 14 6 18 8 - 25 9 11 14 -
15 Notre Dame 189 14 12 16 13 16 14 22 - - 16 19 15 10
16 Northwestern 165 18 22 13 - 23 24 15 - 17 12 17 18 12
17t Mississippi St. 164 17 8 20 - 13 21 13 - - 15 21 19 14
17t Oregon State 164 11 20 11 - 22 8 18 - 13 - 15 12 -
19 Clemson 161 20 19 18 25 14 19 23 - 14 20 14 22 18
20 Washington 156 21 18 21 20 25 12 12 9 - 18 12 17 -
21 South Carolina 99 - - 19 16 - 16 20 - - 23 16 23 -
22 Colorado 93 - 14 - 11 20 - - - 10 - - - 22
23 Purdue 86 24 - 25 19 19 23 - - - 24 - 24 19
24 East Carolina 77 - 23 23 17 - - - - 16 - - 25 20
25 Georgia 68 - - - 23 - 20 - - - 25 - 21 13

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26 Wisconsin 67 - 13 - - - 17 25 - - 17 - - -
27 Pittsburgh 65 - 24 24 - 17 - - - 15 - 25 - -
28 Alabama 61 22 - 22 24 - - 17 - - - 24 - -
29 Southern Cal 53 - - 14 - - - - - 20 21 - - -
30 Ohio State 49 16 - - 22 21 - - - - - - - -
31 Louisville 48 25 - - - - - - - 23 - 22 - 21
32 Toledo 46 - - - - - - - - 18 - - 20 24
33 Texas A&M 40 - - - - - - - - 21 - - - 16
34 Colorado State 39 23 - - - - 25 21 - - - - - -
35 UNLV 32 - - - - - - - - 22 - 23 - -
36 N. C. State 29 - - - - 24 - - - 24 - - - -
37 Penn State 28 - - - 18 - - - - - - - - -
38t Illinois 27 - - - - - - - - 19 - - - -
38t Marshall 27 - 25 - - - - - - - - - - 25
40 Michigan State 24 - - - - - - - - - 22 - - -
41 Texas Christian 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - 23
42 Stanford 22 - - - - - - 24 - - - - - -
43 unranked 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

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1 Florida State 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Georgia Tech 26 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 Clemson 39 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 N.C. State 55 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
5 North Carolina 72 5 7 6 4 5 6 5 6 5 7 7 5 4
6 Virginia 76 6 6 5 7 6 4 6 5 7 6 5 6 7
7 Maryland 83 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 6
8 Wake Forest 106 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9
9 Duke 115 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8

Big East

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1 Miami-Florida 17 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2 Virginia Tech 24 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 Pittsburgh 37 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
4 Syracuse 58 4 7 5 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 Boston College 62 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 West Virginia 78 6 5 6 6 6 5 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
7 Temple 88 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
8 Rutgers 104 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

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Big Ten

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1 Michigan 26½ 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 3 2 2 2
2 Northwestern 34 3 3 1 9 4 1 3 1 1 1 1
3 Purdue 46 4 4 3 5 2 3 4 2 3 5 4 4 3
4 Wisconsin 62 6 1 4 6 2 3 8 3 6 4 8
5 Ohio State 65 2 5 5 4 3 5 6 6 9 6 3 4 7
6 Michigan State 76½ 7 8 6 2 6 10 7 1 4 7 6 6
7 Illinois 80 5 7 8 8 8 8 5 5 3 7 5 7 4
8 Penn State 97½ 8 6 7 1 9 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
9 Minnesota 113 9 9 9 11 7 7 8 7 11 8 8 8 11
10 Iowa 122½ 10 10 10 7 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
11 Indiana 135 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 5

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Big 12

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North
1 Nebraska 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Kansas State 29 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2
3 Colorado 36 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3
4 Iowa State 59 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 6
5 Missouri 62 5 6 4 4 4 6 4 5 4 6 5 5 4
6 Kansas 74 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5
South
1 Texas 18 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2
2 Oklahoma 21 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1
3 Texas A&M 44 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3
4 Texas Tech 47½ 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4
5 Oklahoma St. 65½ 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
6 Baylor 77 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5

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Conference USA

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1 East Carolina 17½ 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
2 Louisville 28 1 2 2 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 2
3 Southern Miss 38½ 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 4
4 UAB 52 4 5 4 2 5 4 5 4 5 4 5
5 Texas Christian 68 6 4 5 7 7 4 6 4 5 5 7 5 3
6 Tulane 88½ 7 7 7 5 6 7 5 6 7 6 8 9
7 Memphis 90 5 6 9 8 8 9 9 7 6 4 6
8 Cincinnati 97 9 9 6 6 10 6 7 8 8 8 7
9 Houston 108 8 8 8 9 5 8 8 9 10 9 9 9 8
10 Army 127½ 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

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Mid-American

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East
1 Marshall 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Ohio U. 30 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 5 2 2 2 2 2
3 Akron 45 4 3 3 5 4 2 4 2 5 3 3 4 3
4 Miami-Ohio 49 3 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5
5 Bowling Green 59 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4
6 Kent 81 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 7
7 Buffalo 87 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 7 6
West
1 Toledo 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Western Michigan 28 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 N. Illinois 39 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
4 Ball State 52 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4
5 Central Michigan 65 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 3 5 5 5 5
6 Eastern Michigan 76 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6

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Mountain West

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1 Colorado St. 19½ 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
2 UNLV 25 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
3 Brigham Young 43½ 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 3 4 3 1
4 San Diego St. 58 5 6 2 3 3 5 4 7 4 5 6 4 4
5 Air Force 67 4 5 6 6 5 4 7 4 7 6 3 5 5
6 Utah 70½ 6 4 7 5 6 6 6 3 4 5 6 7
7 New Mexico 80½ 7 7 5 7 7 7 5 6 7 7 7 6
8 Wyoming 104 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

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Pacific 10

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1 Oregon 26 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 4
2 UCLA 30 2 1 5 1 1 4 1 3 5 1 1 3 2
3t Oregon State 45 3 5 2 7 3 2 4 4 2 5 3 2 3
3t Washington 45 4 2 4 2 4 3 3 2 5 3 4 4 5
5 Southern Cal 62 6 6 3 5 5 6 6 6 2 4 6 6 1
6 Stanford 74 5 4 7 3 9 5 5 8 5 7 5 5 6
7 Arizona State 97½ 7 9 6 9 7 9 5 9 8 7 7 8
8 California 109½ 9 10 8 8 9 10 10 8 6 8 10 7
9t Arizona 113 8 7 10 10 8 8 8 7 10 10 10 8 9
9t Washington St. 113 10 8 9 6 10 10 7 9 7 9 9 9 10

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Southeastern

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East
1 Florida 13½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Tennessee 25½ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 South Carolina 45 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4
4 Georgia 46 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3
5 Vanderbilt 69 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6
6 Kentucky 74 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5
West
1 Louisiana St. 22 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 1
2 Mississippi St. 23 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2
3 Alabama 41 3 5 3 2 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 3
4 Arkansas 53 4 6 5 3 4 3 6 2 3 3 4 6 4
5t Auburn 67 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5
5t Mississippi 67 5 3 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 5 4 6

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Sun Belt

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1 Middle Tennessee 15 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
2 Idaho 26 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1
3 New Mexico St. 41 4 2 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 4 4 3 3
4 North Texas 52 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 7 3 3 4 4
5 Arkansas State 69 7 5 7 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 7
6 Louisiana-Lafay. 78 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 6
7 Louisiana-Monroe 83 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 5

Western Athletic

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1 Fresno State 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Texas-El Paso 48 2 2 2 6 2 3 6 8 3 5 2 3 4
3 San Jose St. 52 3 5 4 10 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 3
4 Boise State 60½ 4 8 3 9 4 2 5 4 6 6 2 2
5 Hawaii 61 5 4 5 2 6 9 4 2 3 3 4 6 8
6 Tulsa 76½ 6 3 6 3 8 4 8 5 7 5 7 9
7 Rice 81 8 7 7 4 8 7 2 6 9 4 7 5 7
8 S. Methodist 93½ 7 6 8 5 8 6 7 9 8 8 9 5
9 Louisiana Tech 104½ 10 9 9 8 4 8 10 7 9 9 8 6
10 Nevada 125 9 10 10 7 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10

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