Below is a set of "consensus" predictions, both for the top 25 and for each conference, derived from a collection of preview magazines. Special thanks to: Bob Dieckmann for Athlon's Big East, "Dr. J." Burch for Athlon's SEC, Ray Diep for Athlon's Pac-10 and Big West, Jason Fawcett for Athlon's ACC, and to Yvonne Lee for research help. ================================== LEGEND ==================================== Magazine abbreviations used below (presented in roughly the order I was able to find them, earliest publications first): SPR = Sport Magazine [8/94 issue] 1994 pro and college football preview LND = Lindy's Football '94 Annual {each conference issue has all predictions} TSN = The Sporting News 1994 College Football Yearbook ATH = Athlon Football 1994 {several volumes, one per major conference} CFN = College and Pro Football Newsweekly [v.20,no.1] college preview issue INS = Inside Sports [8/94 issue] NFL and College Preview FAC = Football Action '94 GPL = Game Plan's College Football 1994 Annual Preview S&S = Street & Smith's College Football 1994 FST = Jim Feist's College Football 1994 Annual CPV = College Football Preview 1994 (by Pro Preview Publishing Inc.) Note: Three of last year's magazines do not appear in this list. Two of them (NCA - NCAA College Preview, PTR - Petersen's) are, according to the owners, not being published this year. The third (COR - Lee Corso's) isn't available here; but I don't know if it has also been terminated, or is merely late. ================================== TOP 25 ==================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Florida State 1 3 2 5 1 1 1 1 3 4 8 30 2 Nebraska 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 2 2 1 1 33 3 Florida 3 1 4 8 2 2 2 3 1 2 7 35 4 Notre Dame 5 2 1 2 3 4 3 13 6 3 2 44 5 Michigan 6 6 3 4 5 5 5 12 4 5 4 59 6 Colorado 2 8 7 11 6 6 6 6 9 6 6 73 7 Miami (Florida) 9 5 6 1 7 11 7 9 5 7 - 87 8 Arizona 7 9 11 21 11 13 11 4 7 8 10 112 9 Alabama 12 7 9 16 13 7 13 5 16 9 12 119 10 Penn State 8 10 8 17 10 8 10 11 8 - - 125 11 Wisconsin 13 16 12 7 8 14 8 8 12 - 13 126 12 Tennessee 11 11 13 10 12 10 12 7 15 - - 136 13 Oklahoma 14 23 17 6 14 15 14 10 18 - 14 160 14 Southern Cal 15 20 19 14 15 19 15 19 11 - 5 167 15 Auburn 22 14 10 12 - 17 - 14 10 - 9 173 16 UCLA 19 21 14 19 18 12 18 17 17 - - 190 17 Texas A&M 20 22 18 18 20 9 20 15 19 10 - 191 18 Texas 17 18 16 9 - 20 - 22 14 - 11 192 19 North Carolina 18 19 15 - 17 18 17 16 13 - - 198 20 Ohio State 16 15 23 24 16 16 16 - 24 - - 215 21 Stanford 10 - - 13 9 22 9 - - - - 218 22 Virginia Tech 23 17 25 22 - 21 - 25 20 - - 238 23 Georgia 24 - - 20 - - - 20 - - 3 252 24 Illinois - 12 21 - - - - 18 - - - 256 25 Clemson - - 22 15 - 24 - - - - - 266 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Others receiving votes: ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 26 Boston College 21 13 - - - - - - - - - 269 27 Virginia - - - - 19 - 19 24 23 - - 270 28 Brigham Young - 24 24 23 - - - - - - 15 271 29 Washington - - 20 - - - - - 21 - - 276 30 Michigan State 25 - - - - - - - 22 - - 282 31 California - - - - - 25 - - 25 - - 285 32 Arizona State - - - - - - - 21 - - - 286 33t Kansas State - - - - - - - 23 - - - 288 33t Louisville - - - - - 23 - - - - - 288 35t Mississippi St. - - - 25 - - - - - - - 290 35t Syracuse - 25 - - - - - - - - - 290 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- For publications which list more than 25 teams, only the top 25 is used. "Not rated" (or "rated beyond the top 25") is indicated by a dash ("-") in the table. The point count assigned for a dash is five more than the highest ranking incorporated into the table (which varies by the size of the list). For magazines which rank 25 or more teams, "-" counts 30 points. Magazines which do not rank at least 25 teams nationally are: FST only gives a top 10 list (not ranked = 15 points) CPV only gives a top 15 list (not ranked = 20 points) CFN and FAC only give a top 20 list (not ranked = 25 points) ========================= CONFERENCE PREDICTIONS ============================= Note: Unlike the "top 25 table", dash "-" in the conference predictions means that I could not find the information for that team in the indicated magazine. Dashes are included for the following reasons: SPR did not include any conference predictions at all ATH rankings for Big 8, SWC, and WAC couldn't be tracked down INS did not predict the MAC, Big West, or WAC FST did not predict the MAC or Big West =================================== ACC ====================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Florida State - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 2 North Carolina - 2 2 5 5 2 2 2 2 3 3 28 3 Virginia - 4 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 5 33 4 Clemson - 3 3 2 3 3 4 6 4 4 2 34 5 N.C. State - 6 5 6 4 6 5 5 5 5 4 51 6 Georgia Tech - 5 6 4 6 5 6 4 6 6 6 54 7 Maryland - 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 9 7 9 75 8 Duke - 8 9 9 7 8 8 8 7 9 7 80 9 Wake Forest - 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 85 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ================================ BIG EAST ==================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Miami (Fla.) - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 11 2 Virginia Tech - 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 21 3 Boston College - 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 5 6 37 4 West Virginia - 5 2 3 3 5 5 4 4 3 7 41 5 Syracuse - 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 45 6 Rutgers - 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 3 60 7 Pittsburgh - 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 5 65 8 Temple - 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 80 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ================================== BIG 8 ===================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Nebraska - 1 1 - 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 2 Colorado - 2 2 - 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 18 3 Oklahoma - 3 3 - 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 26 4 Kansas State - 5 5 - 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 39 5 Kansas - 4 4 - 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 42 6 Missouri - 6 6 - 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 59 7 Iowa State - 8 7 - 6 7 6 6 7 8 7 62 8 Oklahoma State - 7 8 - 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 68 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ================================= BIG TEN ==================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Michigan - 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 12 2 Wisconsin - 5 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 26 3 Penn State - 2 2 3 4 2 4 2 2 5 4 30 4 Ohio State - 4 5 4 2 4 3 5 5 4 3 39 5 Illinois - 3 4 5 5 5 6 4 6 3 5 46 6 Michigan State - 6 8 7 7 8 8 6 4 6 6 66 7 Indiana - 9 7 6 8 6 7 7 8 7 7 72 8t Iowa - 7 9 8 9 7 9 10 7 8 8 82 8t Minnesota - 11 6 9 6 9 5 9 9 9 9 82 10 Purdue - 8 10 10 11 11 11 8 11 10 10 100 11 Northwestern - 10 11 11 10 10 10 11 10 11 11 105 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ================================= BIG WEST =================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 SW Louisiana - 7 1 1 2 - 1 1 1 - 8 22 2 New Mexico St. - 1 2 5 5 - 5 2 4 - 2 26 3t Nevada - 5 4 4 1 - 2 5 3 - 3 27 3t Utah State - 2 3 2 7 - 6 4 2 - 1 27 5 Pacific - 9 5 7 4 - 3 3 5 - 9 45 6 Louisiana Tech - 6 6 6 3 - 4 10 9 - 6 50 7 UNLV - 4 7 8 6 - 7 7 7 - 7 53 8 N. Illinois - 8 8 3 9 - 9 6 6 - 5 54 9 San Jose State - 3 9 9 8 - 8 8 8 - 4 57 10 Arkansas St. - - 10 10 10 - 10 9 10 - 10 69 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- =================================== MAC ====================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Bowling Green - 2 2 2 1 - 2 2 2 - 2 15 2 W. Michigan - 3 1 1 3 - 1 1 1 - 7 18 3 Ball State - 4 5 4 2 - 3 3 3 - 1 25 4 C. Michigan - 1 3 7 6 - 4 4 5 - 8 38 5 Miami (Ohio) - 6 4 6 4 - 8 6 4 - 5 43 6 Toledo - 5 6 5 5 - 5 9 7 - 4 46 7 Ohio U. - 10 7 3 9 - 9 5 8 - 3 54 8 E. Michigan - 8 8 8 7 - 6 8 6 - 10 61 9 Akron - 7 9 9 8 - 7 7 9 - 6 62 10 Kent - 9 10 10 10 - 10 10 10 - 9 78 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Note: CPV omits Miami-Ohio from the MAC predictions and does not have detailed descriptions for this conference. I have inserted Miami-Ohio into CPV's list at the "consensus" location (5th). ================================== PAC 10 ==================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Arizona - 1 1 4 4 2 3 1 1 1 2 20 2 UCLA - 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 3 22 3 Southern Cal - 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 4 1 27 4 Stanford - 6 7 1 1 4 2 8 7 3 4 43 5 Washington - 5 4 6 8 5 6 5 4 6 6 55 6 California - 4 5 7 6 6 8 6 5 5 8 60 7 Arizona St. - 7 6 5 5 7 10 4 6 7 5 62 8 Washington St. - 8 8 8 10 9 5 7 8 9 9 81 9 Oregon St. - 10 10 10 7 10 7 10 9 8 7 88 10 Oregon - 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 10 10 92 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ================================ SEC - EAST ================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Florida - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 11 2 Tennessee - 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 23 3 Georgia - 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 28 4t South Carolina - 3 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 44 4t Kentucky - 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 44 6 Vanderbilt - 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 60 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ================================ SEC - WEST ================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Alabama - 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 13 2 Auburn - 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 17 3 Mississippi St. - 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 3 37 4 Arkansas - 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 6 6 44 5 Mississippi - 6 5 6 4 3 4 6 6 3 4 47 6 Louisiana St. - 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 52 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- =================================== SWC ====================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Texas - 1 1 - 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 12 2 Texas A&M - 2 2 - 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 15 3 Baylor - 3 3 - 4 3 4 3 3 7 3 33 4 Texas Tech - 4 5 - 6 4 3 6 4 5 5 42 5 Texas Christian - 5 4 - 5 6 5 4 7 3 4 43 6 Rice - 6 7 - 3 7 7 5 5 4 6 50 7 Southern Methodist - 7 6 - 7 5 6 7 8 6 8 60 8 Houston - 8 8 - 8 8 8 8 6 8 7 69 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Note: CPV does not include Texas Christian in their list of SWC predictions. There are detailed descriptions for the conference, and the order of the detailed descriptions seems to almost match the predicted order for other conferences. I have used the order of descriptions to try to insert TCU at the appropriate location into their list. =================================== WAC ====================================== ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rank Team SPR LND TSN ATH CFN INS FAC GPL S&S FST CPV tot ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 Brigham Young - 1 1 - 3 - 1 1 1 1 1 10 2 Colorado St. - 5 3 - 4 - 2 2 2 2 2 22 3 Utah - 2 2 - 1 - 4 4 4 3 3 23 4 New Mexico - 9 7 - 2 - 3 3 3 7 4 38 5t Wyoming - 3 6 - 5 - 5 7 6 5 7 44 5t Fresno State - 4 4 - 7 - 6 6 5 4 8 44 7 San Diego St. - 6 5 - 6 - 7 8 7 6 6 51 8 Air Force - 7 9 - 9 - 8 9 8 8 5 63 9 Hawaii - 8 8 - 8 - 9 5 9 9 9 65 10 UTEP - 10 10 - 10 - 10 10 10 10 10 80 ---- ----------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ============================================================================== Chris Stassen (614) 366-9628 stassen@alc.com