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Preseason Rankings Comparison

Also See:
2006 Preseason Comparison
2007 Preseason Comparison
2008 Preseason Comparison

2007 Preseason Rankings Comparison
Updated 8/18/07

According to the sources listed below, Southern California is a unanimous pick to win the 2007 college football national title. The only teams to receive second-place predictions are LSU, Texas and West Virginia. Thirty-nine teams appear at least once in the rankings that we compare in this chart. Last year's champ, Florida, ranks no higher than 3rd. Ohio State, which lost to the Gators in the 2006 championship game, rates no higher than 5th.

The AP poll, though no longer a part of the BCS, still releases a preseason poll and regular weekly rankings. It could determine a number one team independent of the BCS. The Harris Interactive Poll, which replaced the AP in the BCS in 2005, will continue in that roll this year. Harris will not release its first rankings until September 23.

There are often amazing similarities between the preseason "voter polls" (coaches, Harris, AP) and the "computer rankings". Those similarities would seemingly defy logic. After all, there is an inherent difference between a "poll" and a "preseason magazine prediction". The magazines are picking where they think the teams will be at the end of the year. The polls are determining where the teams should be ranked to begin the year. The Congrove Computer Rankings (CCR) actually release one of each method. The CCR Preseason Rankings are the "projections" of what the rankings will look like at the end of the regular season, and the CCR Current Rankings are how the teams supposedly stack-up on day one of the season.

Here is a sampling of some of the preseason rankings, listed in alphabetical order of the teams that appeared on at least one published Top 25 list.

Abbreviation descriptions
TSN - The Sporting News
S&S - Street & Smith's
CCR Proj - Congrove Computer Rankings - Projected Final Regular Season Rankings
CCR Wk. 1 - Congrove Computer Rankings - Opening Week Rankings.
Cons. Rank - Consensus rankings exclude both Congrove Computer Rankings to allow for comparison to the CCR.

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Team Coach AP Athlon Lindy's Phil Steele TSN Gold Sheet S&S Cons. Rank CCR (Proj.) CCR (Wk.1)
Alabama
*
*
*
*
17
*
*
*
30
*
*
Arkansas
20
21
*
14
*
*
*
12
25
*
*
Auburn
14
18
21
23
*
16
*
14
20
19
17
Boise State
23
24
*
*
*
22
21
25
24
6
14
Boston College
*
*
*
24
*
*
*
*
34
*
19
BYU
*
*
*
*
25
*
*
*
37
21
23
California
12
12
11
12
*
12
24
11
17
17
11
Florida
3
6
6
11
14
5
3
6
6
12
10
Florida State
21
19
*
21
8
11
*
*
23
*
*
Georgia
13
13
16
17
11
14
8
16
11
*
*
Georgia Tech
*
*
14
*
*
*
*
*
29
23
25
Hawaii
24
23
19
19
12
*
18
*
21
15
*
Houston
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
16
*
Kentucky
*
*
*
*
*
*
25
*
37
*
*
Louisville
11
10
13
9
7
9
14
10
10
8
5
LSU
2
2
3
2
2
2
6
4
2
2
2
Miami (Fla.)
*
*
24
*
*
*
*
*
34
*
*
Michigan
5
5
8
3
5
3
4
5
4
20
21
Missouri
*
*
*
*
19
*
*
*
32
*
*
Nebraska
19
20
18
25
22
23
15
20
15
*
18
Ohio State
10
11
12
13
15
17
20
15
12
5
12
Oklahoma
8
8
7
10
3
13
7
7
8
3
3
Oregon
*
*
*
*
18
*
*
*
31
*
*
Oregon State
*
*
22
*
*
*
16
*
28
25
15
Penn State
18
17
17
*
10
15
*
13
19
*
*
Rutgers
16
16
10
16
*
19
17
19
18
18
16
South Carolina
*
*
*
*
13
*
22
*
27
*
20
South Florida
*
*
*
*
24
21
23
*
26
*
22
Southern Miss
*
*
*
*
*
24
*
*
34
24
*
TCU
22
22
25
15
23
20
13
23
16
13
13
Tennessee
15
15
20
7
25
18
19
21
14
22
24
Texas
4
4
2
5
6
6
11
8
5
7
4
Texas A&M
25
25
23
18
20
*
5
*
22
*
*
UCLA
17
14
15
22
21
10
12
17
13
9
7
USC
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Virginia Tech
9
9
9
8
9
7
9
9
9
11
9
Wake Forest
*
*
*
20
*
*
*
*
33
14
*
West Virginia
6
3
5
4
4
4
2
2
3
4
6
Wisconsin
7
7
4
6
16
8
10
3
7
10
8