1997 preseason raw data
LEGEND:
AT = Athlon
LI = Lindy
PS = Preview Sports
FA = Football Action
SN = Sporting News
GP = Game Plan
IS = Inside Sports
CP = College & Pro Football Newsweekly
SS = Street & Smith
JA = Jeff Allen's College 97 Preview and Betting Guide
WY = Mike Wynn's top 20 (printed in Jeff Allen's magazine)
BG = Bob Griese's
JF = Jim Feist's (top ten plus six others, treated as top 15)
MS = MSM Fantasy Preview
FF = Football Forecasts
SF = Sportsform
DB = Dick Butkus Football Network (web site)
ST = Phil Steele's
MG = Mark Gunn's
ES = ESPN SportsZone (web site)
FN = Football News
SI = Sports Illustrated
AC = ATS Consultants [provided in 1999]
National Top 25
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$-k Team AT LI PS FA SN GP IS CP SS WY JA BG JF MS FF SF DB ST MG ES FN SI AC
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+ Florida 5 6 4 5 3 6 8 - 2 5 6 3 2 8 - 5 5 1 9 2 4 4 1 {4}
+ Tennessee 9 1 7 7 6 1 4 - 7 2 3 2 10 1 - 4 13 6 1 3 6 2 7 {7}
+ Penn State 2 8 5 2 2 7 2 - 8 15 4 6 5 15 - 2 2 4 5 1 3 1 9 {16}
+ Florida State 8 4 1 1 5 3 7 - 3 4 1 4 4 6 - 15 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 {3}
+ Nebraska 6 3 3 3 9 5 3 - 9 1 2 5 3 2 - 14 11 3 4 5 8 8 3 {2}
+ Washington 1 10 11 13 4 8 1 - 1 6 7 1 7 7 - 3 4 13 8 4 2 3 11 {18}
+ North Carolina 3 5 10 6 8 10 6 - 10 8 16 8 1 5 - 9 1 2 6 11 1 7 2 {6}
+ Colorado 12 9 20 8 1 4 9 - 11 3 17 7 6 9 - 8 3 14 2 9 7 5 6 {u}
+ Notre Dame 11 2 13 4 11 2 14 - 12 11 8 11 9 3 - 18 14 5 3 10 12 9 8 {u}
+ Ohio State 10 7 2 9 7 9 11 - 5 12 5 17 12 19 - 19 6 8 10 20 11 11 10 {12}
+ Louisiana St. 7 11 6 12 10 12 5 - 15 14 10 9 14 14 - 1 9 22 17 15 9 10 20 {13}
+ Texas 4 13 16 11 13 14 18 - 6 20 9 13 11 13 - 7 8 10 12 7 10 13 13 {u}
+ Miami-Florida 15 12 9 15 14 15 10 - 14 16 13 16 8 10 - % 12 9 15 17 16 14 12 {u}
+ Michigan 16 14 15 20 16 11 19 - 4 7 12 14 @ 4 - 10 17 11 16 19 15 18 4 {1}
+ Syracuse 23 23 8 10 12 13 17 - 16 17 11 10 15 17 - 12 10 16 11 8 13 17 17 {21}
+ Auburn 13 18 19 18 19 16 13 - 22 19 14 12 @ 18 - 6 16 20 13 13 17 20 22 {11}
+ Alabama 14 15 14 14 15 17 24 - - % 19 15 @ 23 - % 25 17 20 21 14 12 14 {u}
+ Stanford 20 16 - - 17 - 15 - 13 % 15 19 @ 12 - 11 22 21 - 14 19 19 - {u}
+ Clemson 22 21 25 23 21 22 22 - 18 18 % 21 13 20 - % 15 - 23 18 18 21 23 {u}
+ Brigham Young 25 17 12 - - 23 25 - 19 9 % - @ 16 - 13 - 24 14 16 - - - {u}
+ Iowa 19 19 21 - - 18 16 - 20 % % 18 @ 24 - % 19 15 25 22 20 - 19 {u}
+ Kansas State - 22 22 - 22 20 20 - 23 % % 23 @ - - 17 - - 19 - 23 - 25 {8}
+ Colorado State - - - - 23 25 12 - 25 % % 25 16 22 - % 23 - 24 25 25 25 15 {17}
+ Michigan State - - 24 - 18 - - - - % % 20 @ 11 - % - 19 - - - 16 16 {u}
+ Southern Cal 24 25 - - 20 - - - 24 % % 24 @ - - % - 12 - 23 21 - 18 {u}
+ Arizona State - 20 18 - - - - - 17 13 % - @ 21 - % - - 18 - - - - {14}
+ Wisconsin 17 24 - 16 - - - - - 10 % - @ - - % 24 25 - - 22 - - {u}
+ Texas A&M 18 - - 19 - 19 - - - % % - @ - - % 21 18 22 - - - 24 {20}
+ Virginia Tech - - 17 - 24 - - - - % % 22 @ - - % 18 23 - - - 22 - {u}
+ UCLA 21 - - 25 - - - - 21 % % - @ - - 20 - - - - 24 23 - {5}
+ Northwestern - - - 17 25 - - - - % % - @ - - % - - - 12 - 24 - {u}
+ Georgia - - - 24 - 21 21 - - % 20 - @ - - % 20 - - - - - - {10}
+ West Virginia - - - - - - - - - % % - @ - - 16 - - 21 24 - - - {u}
+ Arizona - - - - - - 23 - - % % - @ - - % - - - - - 15 - {u}
+ Navy - - - 21 - - - - - % 18 - @ 25 - % - - - - - - - {u}
+ Utah - - - 22 - - - - - % % - @ - - % - - - - - - - {u}
+ Wyoming - - 23 - - - - - - % % - @ - - % - - - - - - - {u}
+ Cincinnati - - - - - 24 - - - % % - @ - - % - - - - - - - {u}
+ Georgia Tech - - - - - - - - - % % - @ - - % - - - - - - 21 {u}
+ unranked - - - - - - - - - % % - @ - - % - - - - - - - {u}
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Washington St. #9, Purdue #15, Southern Miss #19, Mississippi #22, Missouri #23,
Oklahoma State #24, Georgia Tech #25
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$-k Team AT LI PS FA SN GP IS CP SS WY JA BG JF MS FF SF DB ST MG ES FN SI AC
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$ACC
@ Florida State 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 - 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 {1}
@ North Carolina 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 - 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 {2}
@ Clemson 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 {5}
@ Virginia 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 {3-4}
@ Georgia Tech 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 - 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 {3-4}
@ Maryland 7 5 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 - 5 6 7 7 7 6 8 6 7 6 9 6 6 {8}
@ N.C. State 6 7 6 7 8 6 8 7 6 - 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 8 6 7 7 {6-7}
@ Wake Forest 8 9 9 8 7 8 9 8 8 - 9 9 8 8 8 8 6 9 8 7 8 8 8 {6-7}
@ Duke 9 8 8 9 9 9 6 9 9 - 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 7 9 9 {9}
$BIG EAST
@ Miami-Florida 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 - 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 {5-7}
@ Syracuse 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 - 4 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 {1}
@ Virginia Tech 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 - 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 {2}
@ West Virginia 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 - 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 {3-4}
@ Boston College 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 - 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 {5-7}
@ Pittsburgh 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 7 5 - 7 6 6 5 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 {3-4}
@ Rutgers 7 7 7 6 6 8 7 6 7 - 8 7 7 7 8 6 7 8 8 7 8 7 8 {8}
@ Temple 8 8 6 8 8 7 8 8 8 - 6 8 8 8 6 8 8 7 7 8 7 8 7 {5-7}
$BIG TEN
@ Penn State 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 - 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {2-4}
@ Ohio State 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - 1 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 {2-4}
@ Michigan 3 3 3 5 3 3 4 5 1 - 3 2 3 1 2 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 1 {1}
@ Iowa 5 4 4 4 6 4 3 3 4 - 8 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 7 5 {6-7}
@ Michigan State 7 6 6 6 4 8 7 7 8 - 7 5 5 2 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 3 4 {6-7}
@ Wisconsin 4 5 7 7 7 5 5 6 5 - 4 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 5 7 5 6 6 {5}
@ Northwestern 6 7 5 3 5 7 6 4 6 - 6 7 8 7 7 3 7 7 7 4 8 5 7 {8}
@ Purdue 8 10 11 9 10 6 10 9 9 - 5 9 9 8 8 9 10 8 8 8 9 10 10 {2-4}
@ Minnesota 10 9 8 10 9 9 9 10 7 - 9 8 6 10 11 10 9 9 10 10 7 8 9 {9-10}
@ Illinois 9 8 10 8 8 11 11 8 11 - 10 11 11 9 10 8 8 10 11 9 11 9 8 {11}
@ Indiana 11 11 9 11 11 10 8 11 10 - 11 10 10 11 9 11 11 11 9 11 10 11 11 {9-10}
$BIG XII-North
@ Nebraska 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 {1}
@ Colorado 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 - 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 {4-5}
@ Kansas State 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 - 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 {2}
@ Missouri 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 - 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 {3}
@ Kansas 5 5 5 5 4 6 6 5 5 - 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 {4-5}
@ Iowa State 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 6 6 - 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {6}
$BIG XII-South
@ Texas 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {4-5}
@ Texas A&M 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 - 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 {1}
@ Oklahoma 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 - 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 {4-5}
@ Texas Tech 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 3 3 - 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 {2-3}
@ Oklahoma St. 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 - 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 {2-3}
@ Baylor 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 - 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 {6}
$Big West
@ Nevada 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 - - 1 - - 1 1 1 - {1-2}
@ Utah State 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - 2 - - 2 - 3 - - 2 - - 2 2 2 - {1-2}
@ Idaho 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 - 4 - - 4 - 2 - - 4 - - 3 5 3 - {4-5}
@ North Texas 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 - 3 - - 3 - 4 - - 3 - - 4 4 4 - {4-5}
@ Boise State 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 - 5 - - 5 - 6 - - 6 - - 6 3 6 - {3}
@ New Mexico St. 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 - 6 - - 6 - 5 - - 5 - - 5 6 5 - {6}
$CUSA
@ Southern Miss 2 1 2 5 1 3 1 - 1 - 5 1 4 1 4 5 2 4 4 1 2 2 3 {1}
@ Cincinnati 4 3 3 2 4 1 3 - 2 - 4 4 2 3 1 2 5 2 1 2 4 4 1 {4-6}
@ Louisville 3 4 5 3 3 2 4 - 4 - 3 5 1 4 2 3 4 1 2 3 3 3 2 {7}
@ East Carolina 1 2 1 4 2 4 2 - 5 - 7 2 3 2 7 4 1 3 7 4 1 1 4 {3}
@ Houston 5 5 6 1 5 5 5 - 3 - 1 3 5 5 3 1 3 5 3 5 5 5 5 {4-6}
@ Memphis 6 6 4 7 6 7 6 - 6 - 2 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 {4-6}
@ Tulane 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 - 7 - 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 {2}
$MAC-East
@ Miami-Ohio 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 - 2 - - 1 - 2 - - 2 - - 2 1 2 - {2-3}
@ Marshall 3 2 2 4 1 2 4 - 1 - - 3 - 1 - - 1 - - 1 2 1 - {1}
@ Ohio U. 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 - 4 - - 2 - 4 - - 3 - - 3 4 4 - {2-3}
@ Bowling Green 2 4 4 2 6 4 3 - 3 - - 4 - 5 - - 6 - - 4 3 3 - {4-5}
@ Akron 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 - 5 - - 5 - 3 - - 4 - - 6 5 6 - {6}
@ Kent 6 6 5 6 4 6 6 - 6 - - 6 - 6 - - 5 - - 5 6 5 - {4-5}
$MAC-West
@ Toledo 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 - 2 - - 2 - 1 - - 4 - - 1 1 1 - {1}
@ Central Michigan 2 3 4 5 2 2 2 - 3 - - 1 - 3 - - 3 - - 3 2 3 - {5}
@ Ball State 4 2 3 1 3 4 4 - 1 - - 3 - 2 - - 2 - - 4 3 4 - {3}
@ Eastern Michigan 3 4 1 3 1 3 3 - 4 - - 4 - 5 - - 1 - - 2 4 2 - {4}
@ Western Michigan 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 - 5 - - 5 - 4 - - 5 - - 5 5 5 - {2}
@ N. Illinois 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 - 6 - - 6 - 6 - - 6 - - 6 6 6 - {6}
$PAC-10
@ Washington 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 {4}
@ Stanford 2 2 4.5 3 2 6 2 3 2 - 7 2 3 2 5 3 2 3 4 2 2 3 3 {7-8}
@ UCLA 3 5 2.5 2 4 4 6 2 4 - 2 5 2 5 6 2 4 5 5 7 4 4 4 {1-2}
@ Southern Cal 4 4 4.5 8 3 2 4 8 5 - 3 3 5 7 3 8 3 1 3 3 3 5 2 {5-6}
@ Arizona State 5 3 6 4 5 5 5 4 3 - 6 7 4 3 2 4 5 8 2 4 5 6 7 {3}
@ Arizona 7 7 2.5 5 7 3 3 5 6 - 10 6 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 8 8 2 5 {5-6}
@ Washington St. 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 - 4 4 8 4 7 7 7 6 7 5 6 7 6 {1-2}
@ Oregon 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 - 5 8 9 9 8 9 8 7 9 6 7 8 8 {7-8}
@ California 9 9 9 6 9 9 8 6 8 - 8 9 7 8 9 6 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 {9}
@ Oregon State 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 - 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 {10}
$SEC-East
@ Tennessee 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 - 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 {1}
@ Florida 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 - 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 {2-3}
@ Georgia 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 - 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 {2-3}
@ South Carolina 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 - 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 {4}
@ Kentucky 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 - 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 {5}
@ Vanderbilt 4 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 - 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 {6}
$SEC-West
@ Louisiana St. 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 {1-2}
@ Auburn 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 - 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 {1-2}
@ Alabama 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 - 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 1 {5-6}
@ Arkansas 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 - 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 {5-6}
@ Mississippi St. 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 6 - 6 6 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 {3-4}
@ Mississippi 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 - 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {3-4}
$WAC-Mountain
@ Brigham Young 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 - 3 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 {5}
@ Utah 3 3 4 1 2 2 4 1 3 - 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 {2-4}
@ Rice 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 - 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 {2-4}
@ New Mexico 4 7 5 3 5 4 6 3 6 - 6 5 4 4 5 3 6 2 4 7 4 5 3 {1}
@ S. Methodist 7 5 3 7 6 6 8 7 4 - 4 4 5 5 4 5 7 5 5 6 5 6 5 {2-4}
@ Tulsa 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 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 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 - 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 {6}
$WAC-Pacific
@ Colorado St. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {1}
@ San Diego St. 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 - 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 {4-6}
@ Wyoming 4 5 3 2 4 4 3 2 3 - 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 {4-6}
@ Air Force 5 3 6 6 3 2 4 6 4 - 2 3 4 5 3 6 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 {2}
@ Fresno State 3 6 5 5 7 5 5 5 5 - 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 {3}
@ UNLV 7 4 4 4 5 7 6 4 6 - 7 6 6 6 7 4 7 5 7 4 7 6 5 {7}
@ Hawaii 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. 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 - 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 {4-6}
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