So now that the majority of preseason magazines for the upcoming 2013 season of College Football have been released, it’s time to start looking at the numbers and then taking a look at each team. We’ll be using websites like these, preseason.stassen.com, to give us a broad look at all of the rankings from the major magazines. We’ll also look at the websites out there and their rankings for conference and overall wins. My next post will be the odds from Vegas for the over/under win totals for all of the FBS Teams.
National Top 25
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| 1 | Alabama | 150 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 142 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Oregon | 130 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Stanford | 129 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| 5 | Georgia | 120 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | 114 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 7 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 113 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 8 | Clemson | 110 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | Louisville | 105 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 99 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 14 |
| 11 | Florida | 98 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 10 |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 95 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 13 | Florida State | 89 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 17 |
| 14 | Texas | 88 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 13 |
| 15 | Louisiana State | 84 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 16 | Boise State | 75 | 17 | 11 | 15 | – | 6 |
| 17 | Michigan | 73 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 15 |
| 18 | Nebraska | 67 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 9 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 64 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 |
| 20 | Texas Christian | 45 | 22 | 20 | – | 21 | 16 |
| 21 | Southern Cal | 31 | 25 | – | – | 6 | – |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 30 | – | 19 | 24 | 20 | – |
| 23 | Fresno State | 27 | – | 22 | – | 22 | 22 |
| 24 | Baylor | 26 | 19 | – | 17 | – | – |
| 25 | Miami-Florida | 22 | 24 | – | 22 | 25 | – |
Others receiving votes:
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| 26t | Michigan State | 19 | 20 | – | – | 23 | – |
| 26t | UCLA | 19 | 23 | – | 20 | – | – |
| 26t | Virginia Tech | 19 | – | – | – | 12 | – |
| 29 | Northwestern | 18 | – | 24 | – | – | 20 |
| 30 | Oregon State | 14 | – | 25 | 23 | – | – |
| 31t | Arizona State | 8 | – | 23 | – | – | – |
| 31t | Northern Illinois | 8 | – | – | – | – | 23 |
| 33 | Kansas State | 7 | – | – | – | – | 24 |
| 34t | Mississippi | 6 | – | – | 25 | – | – |
| 34t | Tulsa | 6 | – | – | – | – | 25 |
| 36 | unranked | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
Conference predictions
AAC (former Big East)
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| 1 | Louisville | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Rutgers | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5½ | 2½ |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 15½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4½ |
| 4 | Central Florida | 17½ | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2½ |
| 5 | Houston | 30½ | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4½ |
| 6 | Connecticut | 31½ | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8½ |
| 7 | Southern Methodist | 33½ | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5½ | 7 |
| 8 | South Florida | 34 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | Memphis | 46 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Temple | 46½ | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8½ |
Notes:
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Rutgers and Southern Methodist for 5th-6th place in the AAC.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Central Florida and Rutgers for 2nd-3rd place in the AAC.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Cincinnati and Houston for 4th-5th place in the AAC.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Connecticut and Temple for 8th-9th place in the AAC.
Atlantic Coast
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| Atlantic | |||||||
| 1 | Clemson | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Florida State | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | N.C. State | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Maryland | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Wake Forest | 27 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Syracuse | 29 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | Boston College | 32 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Coastal | |||||||
| 1 | Miami-Florida | 6½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ |
| 2 | Virginia Tech | 11½ | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1½ |
| 3 | Georgia Tech | 15½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 4 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 16½ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3½ | 3 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 26½ | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5½ |
| 6 | Virginia | 29½ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5½ |
| 7 | Duke | 34 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Notes:
- Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Maryland, N.C. State, and Wake Forest, for 3rd-5th place in the ACC Atlantic division.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Georgia Tech and North Carolina for 3rd-4th place in the ACC Coastal division.
- Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Duke, Pittsburgh, and Virginia, for 5th-7th place in the ACC Coastal division.
- USA Today predicted a three-way tie between Maryland, Syracuse, and Wake Forest, for 4th-6th place in the ACC Atlantic division.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Miami-Florida and Virginia Tech for 1st-2nd place in the ACC Coastal division.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Pittsburgh and Virginia for 5th-6th place in the ACC Coastal division.
Big Ten
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| Leaders | |||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Penn State | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Indiana | 21 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Purdue | 24½ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5½ |
| 6 | Illinois | 29½ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5½ |
| Legends | |||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 8½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 2 |
| 2 | Nebraska | 9½ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 1 |
| 3 | Michigan State | 15½ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1½ | 4 |
| 4 | Northwestern | 16½ | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 3 |
| 5 | Iowa | 27 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 28 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Notes:
- Lindy’s swapped Purdue/Illinois and Iowa/Minnesota in their division predictions — they had Iowa/Monnesota in Leaders and Purdue/Illinois in Legends. Since they predicted each pair of teams 5th/6th (in the wrong division), I counted that as a prediciton of 5th/6th in the proper one.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan State and Nebraska for 1st-2nd place in the Big Ten Legends division.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Michigan and Northwestern for 3rd-4th place in the Big Ten Legends division.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Illinois and Purdue for 5th-6th place in the Big Ten Leaders division.
Big XII
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Texas | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Texas Christian | 22 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Baylor | 25½ | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6½ |
| 6 | Kansas State | 27 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 37 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 40½ | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6½ |
| 9 | Iowa State | 43 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9½ | 9½ |
| 10 | Kansas | 49 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9½ | 9½ |
Notes:
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas for 9th-10th place in the Big XII.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Baylor and West Virginia for 6th-7th place in the Big XII.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Iowa State and Kansas for 9th-10th place in the Big XII.
Conference USA
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| East | |||||||
| 1 | East Carolina | 7½ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1½ |
| 2 | Marshall | 9½ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1½ |
| 3 | Middle Tennessee | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Southern Miss | 20½ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3½ | 3 |
| 5 | UAB | 22 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3½ | 5½ |
| 6 | Florida Atlantic | 30 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6½ | 5½ |
| 7 | Florida Int’l | 34½ | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6½ | 7 |
| West | |||||||
| 1 | Tulsa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Rice | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4½ | 3½ |
| 4 | Texas-El Paso | 23 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | North Texas | 24 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4½ | 3½ |
| 6 | Tulane | 25 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | UTSA | 35 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Notes:
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Southern Mississippi and UAB for 3rd-4th place in CUSA East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Florida International for 6th-7th place in CUSA East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and North Texas for 4th-5th place in CUSA West.
- USA Today predicted a tie between East Carolina and Marshall for 1st-2nd place in CUSA East.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and UAB for 5th-6th place in CUSA East.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and North Texas for 3rd-4th place in CUSA West.
Mid-American
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| East | |||||||
| 1 | Bowling Green | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Ohio | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Buffalo | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Kent State | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Miami-Ohio | 25 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 6t | Akron | 32 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 6t | Massachusetts | 32 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| West | |||||||
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Toledo | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Ball State | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 21 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Central Michigan | 24 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 30 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Mountain West
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| West | |||||||
| 1 | Fresno State | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | San Diego State | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | San Jose State | 14½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4½ |
| 4 | Nevada | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Hawaii | 27½ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4½ |
| Mountain | |||||||
| 1 | Boise State | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Utah State | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Air Force | 15½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 3 |
| 4 | Wyoming | 22½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5½ |
| 5 | Colorado State | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3½ | 5½ |
| 6 | New Mexico | 28 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Notes:
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Air Force and Colorado State for 3rd-4th place in the MWC Mountain division.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Hawai’i and San Jose State for 4th-5th place in the MWC West division.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Colorado State and Wyoming for 5th-6th place in the MWC Mountain division.
Pacific 12
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| North | |||||||
| 1t | Oregon | 7½ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1½ |
| 1t | Stanford | 7½ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1½ |
| 3 | Oregon State | 16½ | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3½ |
| 4 | Washington | 18½ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3½ |
| 5 | California | 27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Washington State | 28 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| South | |||||||
| 1 | UCLA | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Arizona State | 10½ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2½ |
| 3 | Southern Cal | 11½ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2½ |
| 4 | Arizona | 19½ | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4½ |
| 5 | Utah | 24½ | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4½ |
| 6 | Colorado | 30 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Notes:
- USA Today predicted a tie between Oregon and Stanford for 1st-2nd place in the PAC 12 North.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Oregon State and Washington for 3rd-4th place in the PAC 12 North.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Arizona State and Southern Cal for 2nd-3rd place in the PAC 12 South.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Arizona and Utah for 4th-5th place in the PAC 12 South.
Southeastern
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| East | |||||||
| 1 | Georgia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 2½ |
| 3 | Florida | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 21½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5½ | 4 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 24½ | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5½ |
| 6 | Missouri | 29 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5½ | 5½ |
| 7 | Kentucky | 35 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| West | |||||||
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 10½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2 |
| 3 | Louisiana State | 14½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 3 |
| 4 | Mississippi | 20½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4½ |
| 5 | Mississippi State | 28 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6½ | 4½ |
| 6 | Arkansas | 29½ | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6½ |
| 7 | Auburn | 32 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6½ | 6½ |
Notes:
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida and South Carolina for 2nd-3rd place in the SEC East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Missouri and Vanderbilt for 5th-6th place in the SEC East.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisiana State and Texas A&M for 2nd-3rd place in the SEC West.
- Phil Steele predicted a tie between Auburn and Mississippi State for 6th-7th place in the SEC West.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Florida and South Carolina for 2nd-3rd place in the SEC East.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Missouri and Tenneessee for 5th-6th place in the SEC East.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Mississippi and Mississippi State for 4th-5th place in the SEC West.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Arkansas and Auburn for 6th-7th place in the SEC West.
Sun Belt
| Rank | Team | Total Points |
Lindy | Athlon | TSN | Phil Steele |
USA Today |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafay. | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2t | Louisiana-Monroe | 13½ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4½ |
| 2t | Western Kentucky | 13½ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2½ |
| 4 | Arkansas State | 17½ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4½ |
| 5 | Troy | 22½ | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2½ |
| 6 | Texas State | 30 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | South Alabama | 35 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Georgia State | 40 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Notes:
- Phil Steele predicted a three-way tie between Arkansas State, Louisiana-Monroe, and Western Kentucky, for 2nd-4th place in the Sun Belt.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Troy and Western Kentucky for 2nd-3rd place in the Sun Belt.
- USA Today predicted a tie between Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe for 4th-5th place in the Sun Belt.
RIVALS RUNDOWN 