From: "Kayla Fieseler" <amos1@gte.net> for Jake Decker
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 21:36:46 -0500

              Jake Decker's Preseason Conference Rankings

  1- Southeastern	
	East:				West:
		  1- Florida			  1- Louisiana State
		  2- Tennessee			  2- Auburn
		  3- Georgia			  3- Alabama
	 	  4- South Carolina		  4- Arkansas
		  5- Vanderbilt			  5- Mississippi State
		  6- Kentucky			  6- Mississippi
	Champion:
		Florida

  2- Big Ten
		  1- Penn State
		  2- Ohio State
		  3- Michigan
		  4- Wisconsin
		  5- Michigan State
		  6- Northwestern
		  7- Iowa
		  8- Minnesota
		  9- Illinois
		10- Indiana
		11- Purdue

  3- Big Twelve
	North:				South:
		  1- Nebraska			  1- Texas
		  2- Colorado			  2- Texas A&M
		  3- Kansas State		  3- Texas Tech
		  4- Missouri			  4- Oklahoma
		  5- Kansas			  5- Baylor
		  6- Iowa State			  6- Oklahoma State
	Champion:
		Nebraska

  4- Atlantic Coast
		  1- Florida State
		  2- North Carolina
		  3- Clemson
		  4- Virginia
		  5- N. C. State
	  	  6- Georgia Tech
		  7- Maryland
		  8- Wake Forest
		  9- Duke

  5- Pac Ten
		  1- Washington
		  2- Southern Cal
		  3- Stanford
		  4- UCLA
		  5- Washington State
		  6- Arizona State
		  7- Oregon
		  8- Arizona
		  9- Oregon State
		10- California

  6- Big East
		  1- Miami
		  2- Syracuse
		  3- Virginia Tech
		  4- West Virginia
		  5- Pittsburg
		  6- Boston College
		  7- Rutgers
		  8- Temple

  7- Western Athletic
	Mountain:			Pacific:
		  1- Brigham Young		  1- Colorado State
		  2- Utah			  2- San Diego State
		  3- Rice			  3- Wyoming
		  4- New Mexico			  4- Air Force
		  5- Tulsa			  5- UNLV
		  6- Southern Methodist		  6- Fresno State
		  7- Texas Christian		  7- Hawaii
		  8- Texas - El Paso		  8- San Jose State
	Champion:
		Brigham Young

  8- Conference USA
		  1- Southern Miss
		  2- East Carolina
		  3- Louisiville
		  4- Houston
		  5- Cincinnati
		  6- Memphis
		  7- Tulane

 9- Mid-American
          East:                       West:
                  1-  Marshall                1-  Ball State
                  2-  Ohio                    2-  Toledo
                  3-  Miami, OH               3-  Central Michigan
                  4-  Bowling Green           4-  Eastern Michigan
                  5-  Akron                   5-  Western Michigan
                  6-  Kent                    6-  Northern Illinois
        Champion:  Marshall

10- Big West
		  1- Nevada
		  2- North Texas
		  3- Utah State
		  4- Idaho
		  5- New Mexico State
		  6- Boise State

11- Independents
		  1- Notre Dame
		  2- Army
		  3- Navy
		  4- SW Louisiana 
		  5- Louisiana Tech
		  6- Central Florida
		  7- NE Louisiana
		  8- Alabama - Birmingham
		  9- Arkansas State

	If you have any disagreements please feel free to email me for debate.