This page includes two tables on the accuracy of preseason magazines' conference predictions. The first table is for all years and the second for the most recent few years. In order to qualify for either table, a magazine must have been published for every year used in that table.

The "all-time" table has the advantage of including more data, which means that a single unusually lucky/unlucky year has less impact on the standings. The "all-time" table has the disadvantage of including fewer magazines; many of the magazines available today are not included because they were unavailable one or more of the years.

Notes:

• Lower scores are "better." The lower the score, the closer the magazine's predictions were to the actual results.
• Some magazines don't predict every I-A conference; those included in this table are shown in bold. (Their scores include the "average" of other magazines' scores for the non-predicted conferences, plus a two-point penalty per non-predicted conference.)
• Click on a magazine name to see a detailed review; or click here to visit the reviews index.
• See the notes file for further information on the scoring process.

This table presents all-time accuracy, only including those magazines which have been found for every year the preseason consensus has been produced.

This table ranks the magazines' conference predictions, by total score for the last three years.