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2003 Preseason Consensus


See the "notes" file for information on the preseason consensus. See the "2003 accuracy" file for a comparison between 2003 preseason predictions and final conference standings.

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National Top 25

Rank Team Total
Points
Athlon Street
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Sporting
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F'ball
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Feist
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1 Oklahoma 349 1 1 3 2 4 1 2 1 4 1 1 2
2 Ohio State 340 3 5 2 1 1 3 1 2 5 4 4 1
3 Miami-Florida 329 2 2 5 7 2 2 3 6 3 6 2 3
4 Texas 319 7 3 8 3 3 7 4 8 1 2 3 4
5 Auburn 289 5 7 1 15 5 6 6 5 8 5 11 9
6 Kansas State 288 4 6 7 14 9 5 7 4 13 3 5 7
7 Michigan 278 10 4 4 4 16 4 8 - 2 7 6 13
8 Virginia Tech 263 14 10 15 6 6 14 5 3 7 9 14 6
9 Pittsburgh 233 9 9 19 5 8 12 11 - 9 16 13 12
10 Georgia 230 8 13 11 17 11 13 12 10 25 8 9 5
11 Southern Cal 219 6 15 6 10 7 8 - 9 - 13 7 10
12 Washington 212 12 8 9 9 - 17 10 - 11 11 12 14
13 Tennessee 190 24 12 16 8 12 9 - - 6 22 15 16
14 Louisiana State 184 18 20 13 11 14 11 17 - 23 17 8 20
15 Florida State 179 15 16 14 13 25 18 14 - - 10 10 11
16 N. C. State 176 11 17 23 16 15 19 9 7 24 - 16 8
17 Maryland 174 17 11 17 18 10 10 - - 18 20 17 18
18 Notre Dame 156 22 22 20 19 19 15 16 - 12 19 19 17
19 Virginia 145 23 18 10 - 17 21 13 - 14 - 18 15
20 Purdue 140 19 - 12 20 23 16 18 - 10 12 24 -
21 Wisconsin 127 13 19 25 21 13 - 20 - 15 - 22 19
22 Oklahoma State 70 - 21 22 - - - - - 19 18 - 25
23t Alabama 67 21 25 - - 22 25 - - - 15 - -
23t Florida 67 20 - - - 21 - - - 16 - 20 -
25t Arizona State 64 - 14 - - - 23 - - - 21 - 22
25t Nebraska 64 - - - 12 - - - - - 14 23 -

Others receiving votes:

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27 Oregon State 59 16 - - - 18 - 15 - - - - -
28 Texas Christian 54 - - 24 25 - 24 19 - - 24 - -
29t Arkansas 52 - - - 23 - - - - 17 - 21 -
29t Colorado State 52 - 23 18 - - 20 - - - - - -
31 Penn State 51 - - - 24 - - - - 20 - 25 24
32t Colorado 38 - - - - - 22 - - 22 - - -
32t Texas A&M 38 - - - - - - - - - 23 - 21
34 Missouri 33 25 - - - 24 - - - - - - -
35 UCLA 31 - - - - 20 - - - - - - -
36t Fresno State 30 - - 21 - - - - - - - - -
36t West Virginia 30 - - - - - - - - 21 - - -
38 Mississippi 29 - - - 22 - - - - - - - -
39 Oregon 28 - - - - - - - - - - - 23
40 Minnesota 27 - 24 - - - - - - - - - -
41 Southern Miss 26 - - - - - - - - - 25 - -
42 unranked 20 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Notes:

Conference predictions

Atlantic Coast

Rank Team Total
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1 Florida State 22½ 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2
2t Maryland 29½ 3 1 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 4
2t N.C. State 29½ 1 3 4 2 2 3 4 1 3 2 1
4 Virginia 38½ 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 3
5t Clemson 70½ 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
5t Georgia Tech 70½ 7 6 7 5 5 7 5 5 5 5 8
7 Wake Forest 85½ 6 8 8 9 7 5 7 7 8 8 7
8 North Carolina 90 8 7 5 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 7 6
9 Duke 103½ 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 7 9 9

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Big East

Rank Team Total
Points
Athlon Street
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1 Miami-Florida 18 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2
2 Virginia Tech 26 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 1
3 Pittsburgh 28 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3
4 Boston College 56 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5
5 West Virginia 58 4 4 4 6 6 4 4 6 4 5 5 6
6 Syracuse 66 6 6 6 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 4
7 Temple 87 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7
8 Rutgers 93 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8

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Big Ten

Rank Team Total
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1 Ohio State 16 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1
2 Michigan 22 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 2
3 Wisconsin 46 3 3 4 4 3 4 8 3 3 4 3 4
4 Purdue 46½ 4 7 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 4 3
5 Penn State 69½ 5 6 5 5 6 4 8 5 5 5 8
6 Iowa 71½ 7 5 6 8 6 5 2 6 7 6 7
7 Minnesota 74½ 6 4 7 7 7 7 5 8 6 7 6
8 Illinois 87 8 9 8 6 8 6 7 8 8 5
9 Michigan State 112½ 9 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 10
10 Northwestern 120 11 8 11 9 10 11 10 11 11 9
11 Indiana 125½ 10 11 10 11 11 11 10 11 10 10 11

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Big 12

Rank Team Total
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North
1 Kansas State 14½ 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2 Nebraska 29½ 4 2 3 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 2
3 Colorado 33½ 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 4
4 Missouri 43½ 2 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 3
5 Iowa State 59 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 Kansas 72 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
South
1 Oklahoma 14 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
2 Texas 22 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
3 Oklahoma St. 38½ 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3
4 Texas A&M 47½ 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 5 4
5 Texas Tech 58 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
6 Baylor 72 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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Conference USA

Rank Team Total
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1 Texas Christian 18½ 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2
2 Southern Miss 25½ 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 1
3 Cincinnati 50½ 6 4 3 4 4 4 2 5 5 4 7
4 Tulane 56½ 4 6 7 3 4 3 5 3 6 6 3
5 Louisville 59½ 7 3 5 6 4 5 3 4 7 5 4
6 South Florida 67½ 3 5 4 7 9 6 11 7 4 3 6
7t Memphis 87½ 5 7 9 5 6 9 9 10 3 8 10
7t UAB 87½ 8 8 6 9 8 8 6 8 8 8 8
9 East Carolina 93½ 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 10 8 5
10 Houston 114½ 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 9 10 9
11 Army 131 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11

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Mid-American

Rank Team Total
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East
1 Miami-Ohio 24 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 1 1 3 2 1
2t Central Florida 25 1 4 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 3
2t Marshall 25 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 2
4 Akron 46½ 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
5 Ohio U. 66 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 7 5 5 6
6 Kent 67½ 6 7 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 5
7 Buffalo 82 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7
West
1 N. Illinois 18 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 1
2 Toledo 29 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 3
3 Bowling Green 30½ 4 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 3 2
4 Western Michigan 45 3 3 5 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
5 Ball State 62½ 6 6 4 5 4 6 5 5 6 5 6
6 Central Michigan 69 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 7
7 Eastern Michigan 82 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5

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Mountain West

Rank Team Total
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1 Colorado St. 14½ 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
2 New Mexico 29½ 2 3 2 2 1 2 5 2 4 2 1
3 Brigham Young 41½ 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 3 3
4 Air Force 42½ 4 2 3 4 6 4 2 5 3 4 4
5 Utah 66 6 7 5 6 4 7 6 3 5 5
6 UNLV 67½ 5 6 7 5 4 6 3 6 7 6 5
7 San Diego St. 76 8 4 6 7 7 5 7 7 6 7
8 Wyoming 94½ 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

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Pacific 10

Rank Team Total
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1 Southern Cal 20 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2
2 Washington 26 2 1 2 1 3 2 4 3 1 1 2 4
3 Arizona State 41 4 2 3 5 5 3 2 2 4 5 5 1
4 Oregon State 44½ 3 4 4 4 5 4 1 5 4 3 4
5 UCLA 59½ 5 6 5 3 2 5 6 4 7 7 6
6 Oregon 67 6 7 7 7 5 6 5 6 4 4 6 4
7 Washington St. 81 7 5 6 6 7 7 10 7 6 6 7 7
8 California 100½ 8 9 8 8 9 9 7 8 10 8 8
9 Stanford 106 9 8 9 9 8 8 9 10 10 9
10 Arizona 114½ 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 9 10 10

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Southeastern

Rank Team Total
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East
1 Tennessee 19 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
2 Georgia 22 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 2
3 Florida 31 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 3
4 South Carolina 52 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5
5 Kentucky 56 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4
6 Vanderbilt 72 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
West
1 Auburn 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
2 Louisiana St. 27 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 4 3 1 3
3 Arkansas 41 4 4 5 5 4 2 3 5 3 2
4 Alabama 43 3 3 3 5 3 3 4 4 4 2 4 5
5 Mississippi 54 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4
6 Mississippi St. 72 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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Sun Belt

Rank Team Total
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1 North Texas 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1
2 New Mexico St. 32 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3
3 Middle Tennessee 36 3 6 2 2 2 3 5 2 1 4 2 4
4 Arkansas State 44 4 4 5 4 4 4 1 5 3 3 5 2
5 Louisiana-Lafay. 64 5 3 4 5 5 5 6 4 8 5
6t Idaho 79½ 6 7 8 6 8 8 4 6 5
6t Utah State 79½ 7 5 7 8 6 8 7 5 7 5 8
8 Louisiana-Monroe 82 8 8 6 7 7 7 8 6 6 5

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Western Athletic

Rank Team Total
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1 Fresno State 19½ 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2
2 Hawaii 22 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 3 1
3 Boise State 30½ 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 3
4 Nevada 58½ 5 4 6 4 5 4 4 7 5 5 4
5 Louisiana Tech 66½ 6 5 5 7 6 6 8 4 5 4 5
6 San Jose St. 67 4 6 4 5 4 7 5 6 7 8 4 7
7 S. Methodist 81 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 8 5 6 8 6
8 Rice 88½ 8 8 8 6 7 8 7 5 7 7 8
9 Texas-El Paso 112 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 9
10 Tulsa 114½ 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 10

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