1998 preseason raw data
LEGEND:
AT = Athlon [June 6 Big Ten, June 16 National]
LI = Lindy [June 16 Big Ten, June 20 National (mail-order)]
FA = Football Action [June 15]
SN = The Sporting News [June 20]
ST = Phil Steele [June 24 (mail-order)]
BG = Bob Griese [July 9]
SS = Street & Smith [July 16]
JF = Jim Feist [July 16]
GP = Game Plan [July 24]
PS = Preview Sports [July 30]
CP = College & Pro Football Newsweekly [July 16]
PA = Dunnavant's Paydirt Illustrated [July 24]
JA = Jeff Allen [July 26]
DP = Dan Pastorini's Top 20 (in Jeff Allen's preview)
SF = Sportsform [July 30]
DB = Dick Butkus [August 3]
JC = Jeff Cline's [August 8]
FN = Football News
LV = Las Vegas Sporting News [August 20]
SI = Sports Illustrated
PB = Playboy
AC = ATS Consultants
National Top 25
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$-nk Team AT LI DP SN ST BG SS GP PS JF CP PA JA SF DB JC FN LV SI PB AC
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+ Ohio State 1 1 6 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 - 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4
+ Florida State 4 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 - 2 2 2 2 2 3 6 2 3 3
+ Florida 3 2 2 4 5 4 3 7 5 10 - 3 3 4 3 5 4 8 4 7 2
+ Nebraska 9 5 5 2 3 3 6 3 6 6 - 9 4 5 5 6 6 11 5 6 5
+ Kansas State 2 6 4 7 6 5 9 4 4 3 - 4 # 6 8 3 2 7 3 1 10
+ Michigan 6 3 3 6 4 6 10 5 3 7 - 5 1 3 7 7 5 10 8 4 1
+ Louisiana St. 7 8 11 8 10 8 5 9 7 5 - 8 # 7 6 8 7 2 10 8 9
+ Arizona State 8 7 8 5 21 7 7 13 8 # - 6 # 8 10 9 8 5 7 5 13
+ Tennessee 11 12 7 11 7 10 12 6 16 9 - 7 8 9 14 10 15 16 9 9 6
+ UCLA 10 9 10 10 - 11 4 8 10 4 - 15 6 10 4 4 10 12 6 16 20
+ West Virginia 5 11 % 9 14 12 19 19 9 8 - 11 # 11 9 14 9 14 18 10 8
+ North Carolina 19 10 9 13 16 19 13 10 22 # - 10 9 19 15 12 12 - 15 11 7
+ Penn State - 16 % 14 9 9 14 14 19 # - 19 7 % 18 17 21 20 14 12 15
+ Virginia 12 14 19 15 24 23 11 21 11 # - - # 14 12 - 14 15 - % 18
+ Colorado State 13 17 12 19 23 13 8 25 18 # - 12 # 15 11 16 11 18 17 13 -
+ Syracuse 22 13 14 18 17 16 24 11 17 # - 13 # 13 19 11 17 - 11 18 -
+ Texas A&M 14 15 18 12 12 25 18 - 15 # - 16 # 16 13 24 16 - 21 % -
+ Washington 18 - 17 25 19 18 25 12 13 # - 14 10 % 17 15 23 - 12 % 22
+ Notre Dame 21 20 % 16 18 24 20 18 - # - - # 17 25 20 24 - 25 20 14
+ Wisconsin 15 19 % 17 22 14 - - 23 # - 23 # 12 - 13 13 4 - % 12
+ Michigan State 20 25 % - 20 22 - 15 14 # - 17 # % 24 22 22 13 13 % 17
+ Georgia 17 - 20 22 - 17 - - 12 # - - # % 16 23 - - 20 % -
+ Southern Cal - 21 % 20 11 - - 17 - # - - # % - - 18 - - % 11
+ Southern Miss 24 18 15 21 - - 21 - 24 # - 22 # 18 21 25 19 19 - 14 24
+ Arizona 16 22 % - 25 - 17 - - # - - # % - - 20 - - 17 16
+ Auburn - - 16 - - - 16 16 20 # - 18 # % - 18 - 9 23 % -
+ Colorado - 24 % 23 8 - - - - # - - # % - - - - - 15 -
+ Georgia Tech - 23 % - - 15 23 - - # - 20 # % - 19 - 22 - 19 -
+ Utah - - % 24 15 - - 24 - # - - # % - - - - - % -
+ Missouri - - % - - - 22 22 21 # - - # % 23 - - - 16 % -
+ Texas - - % - - 20 15 - - # - - # % - 21 25 3 - % 19
+ Iowa - - % - 13 - - - - # - 24 # % - - - - - % -
+ Oklahoma State 25 - % - - - - 20 - # - - # % 20 - - - - % 25
+ Air Force - - % - - - - - - # - 21 # % - - - - - % -
+ Purdue - - % - - 21 - - - # - - # % - - - - - % -
+ Mississippi 23 - 13 - - - - - - # - - # % - - - - - % -
+ Tulane - - % - - - - 23 - # - - # 20 - - - 17 - % -
+ Arkansas - - % - - - - - - # - - # % - - - 21 - % -
+ Miami-Florida - - % - - - - - - # - - # % 22 - - - 19 % 21
+ Oregon - - % - - - - - - # - - # % - - - 23 - % -
+ Wake Forest - - % - - - - - - # - - # % - - - 24 22 % 23
+ Central Florida - - % - - - - - - # - - # % - - - 25 - % -
+ Louisiana Tech - - % - - - - - - # - 25 # % - - - - - % -
+ New Mexico - - % - - - - - 25 # - - # % - - - - - % -
+ Kentucky - - % - - - - - - # - - # % - - - - 24 % -
+ unranked - - % - - - - - - # - - # % - - - - - % -
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$-nk Team AT LI FA SN ST BG SS GP PS JF CP PA JA SF DB JC FN LV SI PB AC
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$ACC
@ Florida State 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {1-2}
@ Virginia 2 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 {3}
@ North Carolina 3 2 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 {4-5}
@ Georgia Tech 5 4 2 4 6 2 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 6 {1-2}
@ Clemson 4 7 7 6 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 7 5 5 5 6 5 7 6 5 {8-9}
@ N.C. State 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 5 7 6 7 7 8 6 7 7 {4-5}
@ Wake Forest 8 5 8 5 5 8 6 7 7 7 5 7 6 6 8 8 5 6 3 5 4 {6-7}
@ Maryland 6 9 5 9 9 5 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 8 7 6 8 7 8 8 9 {8-9}
@ Duke 9 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 {6-7}
$BIG EAST
@ West Virginia 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 {2-4}
@ Syracuse 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 {1}
@ Miami-Florida 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 6 3 4 2 {2-4}
@ Virginia Tech 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 5 {2-4}
@ Boston College 5 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 7 5 6 4 {5}
@ Pittsburgh 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 5 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 {8}
@ Temple 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 4 7 7 7 {6-7}
@ Rutgers 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 {6-7}
$BIG TEN
@ Ohio State 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {1-3}
@ Michigan 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 {1-3}
@ Penn State 5 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 4 3 6 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 {5}
@ Wisconsin 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 3 5 4 3 5 3 3 3 5 4 3 {1-3}
@ Michigan State 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 4 3 4 5 3 6 5 4 5 5 4 3 5 5 {6}
@ Iowa 6 8 4 8 4 8 8 6 6 6 4 6 5 4 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 {7-10}
@ Purdue 7 6 7 6 9 5 6 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 6 8 8 6 7 7 {4}
@ Northwestern 8 7 9 7 7 7 7 9 7 8 9 8 7 10 7 8 9 7 8 8 8 {11}
@ Minnesota 11 10 8 9 10 10 9 8 10 10 8 9 9 8 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 {7-10}
@ Indiana 9 9 10 10 11 9 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 9 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 {7-10}
@ Illinois 10 11 11 11 8 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 {7-10}
$BIG XII-North
@ Nebraska 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 {2-3}
@ Kansas State 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {1}
@ Missouri 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 {2-3}
@ Colorado 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 4 3 4 {4}
@ Kansas 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 {5-6}
@ Iowa State 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 {5-6}
$BIG XII-South
@ Texas A&M 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 {1}
@ Texas 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 3 1 {2}
@ Oklahoma St. 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 2 {4-5}
@ Texas Tech 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 {3}
@ Oklahoma 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 5 {4-5}
@ Baylor 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 {6}
$BIG WEST
@ Nevada 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 4 - - 1 - - 1 - 3 - 1 3 4 {2-3}
@ Utah State 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 - - 2 - - 2 - 2 - 2 1 2 {4-5}
@ Boise State 3 3 4 3 1 1 3 2 1 - - 4 - - 3 - 1 - 3 4 1 {4-5}
@ Idaho 4 4 3 6 5 4 4 4 5 - - 5 - - 5 - 5 - 5 2 5 {1}
@ North Texas 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 - - 3 - - 4 - 4 - 4 5 3 {2-3}
@ New Mexico St. 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 3 - - 6 - - 6 - 6 - 6 6 6 {6}
$CUSA
@ Southern Miss 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 {2}
@ Tulane 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 {1}
@ Cincinnati 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 2 5 {7-8}
@ East Carolina 2 3 5 3 4 4 6 5 3 6 5 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 {4}
@ Memphis 5 5 6 4 7 7 4 4 5 4 6 5 6 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 4 {7-8}
@ Louisville 6 7 4 7 5 6 5 6 6 5 3 8 5 4 6 5 6 7 6 5 6 {3}
@ Houston 7 6 8 6 6 5 7 8 8 7 8 6 8 8 5 8 7 6 7 8 7 {5-6}
@ Army 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 6 8 {5-6}
$MAC-East
@ Marshall 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 {1-2}
@ Miami-Ohio 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 2 - - 2 - - 3 - 2 - 2 2 2 {1-2}
@ Ohio U. 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 - - 3 - - 2 - 3 - 3 3 3 {3-4}
@ Kent 5 5 5 4 6 4 6 4 5 - - 4 - - 4 - 4 - 4 4 5 {6}
@ Akron 6 4 4 5 4 5 5 6 6 - - 6 - - 5 - 5 - 5 6 4 {5}
@ Bowling Green 4 6 6 6 5 6 4 5 4 - - 5 - - 6 - 6 - 6 5 6 {3-4}
$MAC-West
@ Toledo 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 - 1 1 2 {1}
@ Western Michigan 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - 2 - 2 3 1 {2-3}
@ Ball State 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 - - 3 - - 4 - 3 - 3 4 3 {6}
@ Central Michigan 5 4 5 6 4 4 5 3 5 - - 5 - - 6 - 4 - 4 5 4 {2-3}
@ Eastern Michigan 6 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 - - 4 - - 5 - 5 - 6 2 5 {4}
@ N. Illinois 4 6 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 - - 6 - - 3 - 6 - 5 6 6 {5}
$PAC 10
@ UCLA 2 2 1 2 5 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 {1}
@ Arizona State 1 1 3 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 {5-6}
@ Washington 4 5 2 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 5 3 3 4 5 {5-6}
@ Arizona 3 4 4 5 2 5 3 5 5 5 4 6 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 {2}
@ Southern Cal 5 3 8 3 1 6 5 4 4 4 8 4 7 8 4 6 3 6 7 5 1 {3-4}
@ Oregon 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 8 7 6 7 5 7 6 {3-4}
@ Washington St. 8 7 5 9 10 8 7 9 6 7 5 5 6 5 6 5 7 5 8 8 8 {10}
@ Stanford 7 8 9 7 9 4 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 7 9 9 9 6 6 10 {8-9}
@ California 9 9 7 8 6 9 9 7 9 8 7 9 9 7 9 8 8 8 9 10 7 {7}
@ Oregon State 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 {8-9}
$SEC-East
@ Florida 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {2}
@ Tennessee 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 {1}
@ Kentucky 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 {4}
@ Georgia 3 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 2 5 5 3 4 5 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 {3}
@ South Carolina 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 {6}
@ Vanderbilt 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 {5}
$SEC-West
@ Louisiana St. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {5}
@ Auburn 5 5 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 {6}
@ Alabama 4 2 2 5 3 5 4 3 4 3 2 5 1 2 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 {3}
@ Mississippi 2 4 4 4 6 3 3 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 2 6 5 2 6 {4}
@ Arkansas 3 3 6 6 5 4 6 4 5 6 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 3 {1-2}
@ Mississippi St. 6 6 5 2 2 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 3 5 4 3 3 4 2 {1-2}
$WAC-Mountain
@ Colorado St. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {3-4}
@ Rice 3 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 2 3 4 5 {3-4}
@ Wyoming 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 2 2 4 4 3 1 4 2 2 2 4 4 3 1 {2}
@ Air Force 4 4 2 5 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 5 3 5 2 3 {1}
@ S. Methodist 5 3 5 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 6 4 6 5 5 5 3 5 2 5 6 {5-6}
@ UNLV 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 6 5 7 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 6 {8}
@ Texas Christian 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 7 7 5 7 6 6 8 6 6 7 4 {5-6}
@ Tulsa 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 6 8 {7}
$WAC-Pacific
@ Utah 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 5 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 {3-4}
@ Brigham Young 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 {1-2}
@ New Mexico 5 3 1 4 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 3 3 2 {7}
@ Fresno State 4 4 4 5 7 5 3 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 {3-4}
@ San Diego St. 3 5 5 3 4 3 5 6 7 6 5 4 7 5 4 4 3 4 4 6 5 {1-2}
@ Texas-El Paso 6 7 6 6 5 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 4 7 {5-6}
@ San Jose St. 7 6 7 8 6 8 6 8 5 8 7 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 {5-6}
@ Hawaii 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 {8}
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