2009
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Florida 3 2
2 Texas 2 0
3 Oklahoma NR (26) 23
4 USC 22 18
5 Alabama 1 4
6 Ohio St. 5 1
7 Virginia Tech 10 3
8 Mississippi 20 12
9 Penn St. 9 0
9 Oklahoma St. NR (30) 21
11 LSU 17 6
12 California NR (45+) 33
13 Georgia NR (33) 20
14 Boise St. 4 10
15 Georgia Tech 13 2
16 Oregon 11 5
17 TCU 6 11
18 Florida St. NR (34) 16
19 Utah 18 1
20 BYU 12 8
21 North Carolina NR (45+) 24
22 Iowa 7 15
23 Notre Dame NR (45+) 22
24 Nebraska 14 10
25 Kansas NR (45+) 20
The sum of the differences is 287.
There were eight teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.41201.
2008
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Georgia 13 12
2 Ohio St. 9 7
3 Southern Cal 3 0
4 Oklahoma 5 1
5 Florida 1 4
6 Missouri 19 13
7 LSU NR (28) 21
8 West Virginia 23 15
9 Clemson NR (38+) 29
10 Auburn NR (38+) 28
11 Texas 4 7
12 Texas Tech 12 0
13 Wisconsin NR (38+) 25
14 Kansas NR (37) 23
15 Arizona St. NR (38+) 23
16 BYU 25 9
17 Virginia Tech 15 2
18 Tennessee NR (38+) 20
19 South Florida NR (38+) 19
20 Illinois NR (38+) 18
21 Oregon 10 11
22 Penn St. 8 14
23 Wake Forest NR (38+) 15
24 Alabama 6 18
25 Pittsburgh NR (27) 2
The sum of the differences is 340.
There were eleven (11) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The preseason number one pick finished 13th and three of the teams picked in the top ten were not
ranked in the Top 25 at the end of the year.
The correlation coefficient is 0.32713.
2007
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 USC 3 2
2 LSU 1 1
3 West Virginia 6 3
4 Texas 10 6
5 Michigan 18 13
6 Florida 13 7
7 Wisconsin 24 17
8 Oklahoma 8 0
9 Virginia Tech 9 0
10 Louisville NR (40+) 30
11 Ohio St. 5 6
12 California NR (40+) 28
13 Georgia 2 11
14 UCLA NR (40+) 26
15 Tennessee 12 3
16 Rutgers NR (39) 23
17 Penn St. NR (27) 10
18 Auburn 15 3
19 Florida St. NR (40+) 21
20 Nebraska NR (40+) 20
21 Arkansas NR (31) 10
22 TCU NR (40+) 28
23 Hawaii 19 4
24 Boise St. NR (30) 6
25 Texas A&M NR (40+) 15
The sum of the differences is 293.
There were eleven (11) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.63974.
2006
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Ohio State 2 1
2 Notre Dame 17 15
3 Texas 13 10
4 Auburn 9 5
5 West Virginia 10 5
6 USC 4 2
7 Florida 1 6
8 LSU 3 5
9 California 14 5
10 Oklahoma 11 1
11 Florida State NR (34+) 23
12 Miami NR (34+) 22
13 Louisville 6 7
14 Michigan 8 6
15 Georgia 23 8
16 Iowa NR (34+) 18
17 Virginia Tech 19 2
18 Clemson NR (34+) 16
19 Penn State 24 5
20 Nebraska NR (27) 7
21 Oregon NR (34+) 23
22 TCU 22 0
23 Tennessee 25 2
24 Arizona State NR (34+) 10
25 Texas Tech NR (34+) 9
The sum of the differences is 213.
There were eight (8) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The top ten teams in the preseason poll all finished in the top 25 at the end of the season.
The correlation coefficient is 0.70912.
2005
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 USC 2 1
2 Texas 1 1
3 Tennessee NR (43+) 40
4 Michigan NR (28) 24
5 LSU 6 1
6 Ohio St. 4 2
7 Oklahoma 22 15
8 Virginia Tech 7 1
9 Miami 17 8
10 Florida 12 2
11 Iowa NR (31) 20
12 Louisville 19 7
13 Georgia 10 3
14 Florida St. 23 9
15 Purdue NR (43+) 28
16 Auburn 14 2
17 Texas A&M NR (43+) 26
18 Boise St. NR (34) 16
19 California 25 6
20 Arizona St. NR (38) 18
21 Texas Tech 20 1
22 Boston College 18 4
23 Pittsburgh NR (43+) 20
24 Fresno St. NR (32) 8
25 Virginia NR (33) 8
The sum of the differences is 271.
There were ten (10) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.52219.
2004
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 USC 1 0
2 Oklahoma 3 1
3 Georgia 7 4
4 LSU 16 12
5 Florida State 15 10
6 Miami 11 5
7 Texas 5 2
8 Michigan 14 6
9 Ohio State 20 11
10 West Virginia NR (30) 20
11 Florida NR (26) 15
12 California 9 3
13 Kansas State NR (38+) 25
14 Tennessee 13 1
15 Clemson NR (38+) 23
16 Virginia 23 7
17 Auburn 2 15
18 Missouri NR (38+) 20
19 Iowa 8 11
20 Utah 4 16
21 Wisconsin 17 4
22 Maryland NR (38+) 16
23 Oregon NR (38+) 15
24 Purdue NR (33) 9
25 Minnesota NR (35) 10
The sum of the differences is 261.
There were nine (9) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.54704 .
2003
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Oklahoma 3 2
2 Ohio State 4 2
3 Miami 5 2
4 Michigan 6 2
5 Texas 12 7
6 Auburn NR (30) 24
7 Kansas State 14 7
8 USC 1 7
9 Virginia Tech NR (36+) 27
10 Pittsburgh NR (32) 22
11 Georgia 7 4
12 Tennessee 15 3
13 Florida State 11 2
14 LSU 2 12
15 Maryland 17 2
16 NC State NR (32) 16
17 Washington NR (36+) 19
18 Virginia NR (28) 10
19 Purdue 18 1
20 Notre Dame NR (36+) 16
21 Wisconsin NR (36+) 15
22 Arizona State NR (36+) 14
23 Colorado State NR (36+) 13
24 Oklahoma State NR (26) 2
25 TCU 25 0
The sum of the differences is 231.
There were eleven (11) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.64598.
2002
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Miami 2 1
2 Oklahoma 5 3
3 Florida State 21 18
4 Texas 6 2
5 Tennessee NR (41+) 36
6 Florida NR (26) 20
7 Colorado 20 13
8 Georgia 3 5
9 Washington NR (41+) 32
10 Nebraska NR (41+) 31
11 Washington State 10 1
12 Michigan 9 3
13 Ohio State 1 12
14 LSU NR (31) 17
15 Oregon NR (41+) 26
16 Virginia Tech 18 2
17 Louisville NR (41+) 24
18 Michigan State NR (41+) 23
19 Marshall 24 5
20 USC 4 16
21 Maryland 13 8
22 South Carolina NR (41+) 19
23 Texas A&M NR (41+) 18
24 Penn State 16 8
25 Wisconsin NR (33) 8
The sum of the differences is 351.
There were ten (10) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
Four of the teams picked to be in the Top 10 did not finish in the Top 25.
The correlation coefficient is 0.31791.
2001
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Florida 3 2
2 Miami 1 1
3 Oklahoma 6 3
4 Nebraska 8 4
5 Texas 5 0
6 Florida State 15 9
7 Oregon 2 5
8 Tennessee 4 4
9 Virginia Tech 18 9
10 Georgia Tech 24 14
11 Oregon State NR (41+) 30
12 Michigan 20 8
13 Kansas State NR (41+) 28
14 LSU 7 7
15 Washington 19 4
16 Northwestern NR (41+) 25
17 UCLA NR (39) 22
18 Notre Dame NR (41+) 23
19 Clemson NR (34) 25
20 Mississippi State NR (41+) 21
21 South Carolina 13 8
22 Wisconsin NR (41+) 19
23 Ohio State NR (29) 6
24 Colorado State NR (41+) 17
25 Alabama NR (37) 12
The sum of the differences is 306.
There were eleven (11) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The top ten teams in the preseason poll all finished in the top 25 at the end of the season.
The correlation coefficient is 0.75143.
2000
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Nebraska 8 7
2 Florida State 5 3
3 Alabama NR (40+) 37
4 Wisconsin 23 19
5 Miami 2 3
6 Michigan 11 5
7 Texas 12 5
8 Kansas State 9 1
9 Florida 10 1
10 Georgia 20 10
11 Virginia Tech 6 5
12 Tennessee NR (26) 14
13 Washington 3 10
14 Purdue 13 1
15 USC NR (40+) 25
16 Ohio State NR (29) 13
17 Clemson 16 1
18 Mississippi NR (40+) 22
19 Oklahoma 1 18
20 TCU 21 1
21 Illinois NR (40+) 19
22 Penn State NR (40+) 18
23 Southern Miss. NR (31) 8
24 Colorado NR (40+) 16
25 Michigan State NR (40+) 15
The sum of the differences is 277.
There were ten (10) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.55001.
1999
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Florida State 1 0
2 Tennessee 9 7
3 Penn State 11 8
4 Arizona NR (38+) 34
5 Florida 12 7
6 Nebraska 3 3
7 Texas A&M 23 16
8 Michigan 5 3
9 Ohio State NR (38+) 29
10 Wisconsin 4 6
11 Georgia Tech 20 9
12 Miami 15 3
13 Virginia Tech 2 11
14 Georgia 16 2
15 Colorado NR (28) 13
16 UCLA NR (38+) 22
17 Texas 21 4
18 Notre Dame NR (38+) 20
19 USC NR (38+) 19
20 Alabama 8 12
21 Kansas State 6 15
22 Arkansas 17 5
23 Purdue 25 2
24 Virginia NR (38+) 14
25 Arizona State NR (38+) 13
The sum of the differences is 277.
There were eight (8) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.41748.
1998
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Ohio State 2 1
2 Florida State 3 1
3 Florida 5 2
4 Nebraska 19 15
5 Michigan 12 7
6 Kansas State 10 4
7 UCLA 8 1
8 Arizona State NR (36+) 28
9 LSU NR (36+) 27
10 Tennessee 1 9
11 West Virginia NR (31) 20
12 North Carolina NR (36+) 24
13 Penn State 17 4
14 Texas A&M 11 3
15 Colorado State NR (36+) 21
16 Virginia 18 2
17 Syracuse 25 8
18 Washington NR (36+) 18
19 Georgia 14 5
20 Wisconsin 6 14
21 Southern Miss. NR (36+) 15
22 Notre Dame 22 0
23 Michigan State NR (36+) 13
24 Arizona 4 20
25 Auburn NR (36+) 11
The sum of the differences is 273.
There were nine (9) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.40155.
1997
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Penn State 16 15
2 Florida 4 2
3 Florida State 3 0
4 Washington 18 14
5 Tennessee 7 2
6 Nebraska 2 4
7 North Carolina 6 1
8 Colorado NR (41+) 33
9 Ohio State 12 3
10 LSU 13 3
11 Notre Dame NR (38) 27
12 Texas NR (41+) 29
13 Miami NR (41+) 28
14 Michigan 1 13
15 Alabama NR (41+) 26
16 Auburn 11 5
17 Syracuse 21 4
18 Stanford NR (41+) 23
19 BYU NR (41+) 22
20 Clemson NR (31) 11
21 Iowa NR (39) 18
22 USC NR (41+) 19
23 Kansas State 8 15
24 Wisconsin NR (35) 11
25 Michigan State NR (34) 9
The sum of the differences is 337.
There were twelve (12) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.5308.
1996
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Nebraska 6 5
2 Tennessee 9 7
3 Florida State 3 0
4 Florida 1 3
5 Colorado 8 3
6 Notre Dame 19 13
7 USC NR (35+) 28
8 Texas 23 15
9 Ohio State 2 7
10 Syracuse 21 11
11 Penn State 7 4
12 Miami 14 2
13 Texas A&M NR (35+) 22
14 Michigan 20 6
15 Alabama 11 4
16 Virginia Tech 13 3
17 Auburn 24 7
18 Northwestern 15 3
19 LSU 12 7
20 Arizona State 4 16
21 Kansas State 17 4
22 Iowa 18 4
23 Virginia NR (33) 10
24 Kansas NR (35+) 11
25 Clemson NR (34) 9
The sum of the differences is 204.
There were only five (5) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.48245.
1995
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Florida State 4 3
2 Nebraska 1 1
3 Texas A&M 15 12
4 Penn State 13 9
5 Florida 2 3
6 Auburn 22 16
7 USC 12 5
8 Tennessee 3 5
9 Notre Dame 11 2
10 Alabama 21 11
11 Miami 20 9
12 Ohio State 6 6
13 Colorado 5 8
14 Michigan 17 3
15 Oklahoma NR (32+) 17
16 UCLA NR (32+) 16
17 Virginia 16 1
18 Texas 14 4
19 Arizona NR (32+) 13
20 North Carolina NR (29) 9
21 Wisconsin NR (32+) 11
22 Boston College NR (32+) 10
23 West Virginia NR (32+) 9
24 Virginia Tech 10 14
24 Washington NR (27) 3
The sum of the differences is 200.
There were eight (8) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The top 14 teams in the preseason poll all finished in the Top 25 at the end of the season.
The correlation coefficient is 0.65562.
1994
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Florida 7 6
2 Notre Dame NR (35+) 33
3 Florida State 4 1
4 Nebraska 1 3
5 Michigan 12 7
6 Miami 6 0
7 Arizona 20 13
8 Colorado 3 5
9 Penn State 2 7
10 Wisconsin NR (28) 18
11 Auburn 9 2
12 Alabama 5 7
13 Tennessee 22 9
14 UCLA NR (35+) 21
15 Texas A&M 8 7
16 Oklahoma NR (35+) 19
17 USC 13 4
18 Texas 25 7
19 North Carolina NR (27) 8
20 Ohio State 14 6
21 Illinois NR (29) 8
22 Virginia Tech NR (26) 4
23 Washington NR (30) 7
24 West Virginia NR (35+) 11
25 Clemson NR (35+) 10
The sum of the differences is 223.
There were only ten (10) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.23232.
1993
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Florida State 1 0
2 Alabama 14 12
3 Michigan 21 18
4 Texas A&M 9 5
5 Miami 15 8
6 Syracuse NR (36+) 30
7 Notre Dame 2 5
8 Nebraska 3 5
9 Florida 5 4
10 Tennessee 12 2
11 Colorado 16 5
12 Washington NR (33) 21
13 Georgia NR (36+) 23
14 Arizona 10 4
15 Stanford NR (36+) 21
16 Penn State 8 8
17 Ohio State 11 6
18 USC NR (26) 8
19 BYU NR (36+) 17
20 North Carolina 19 1
21 Boston College 13 8
22 Oklahoma 17 5
23 Clemson 23 0
24 Mississippi State NR (36+) 12
25 NC State NR (36+) 11
The sum of the differences is 249.
There were eight (8) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.44894.
1992
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Miami 3 2
2 Washington 11 9
3 Notre Dame 4 1
4 Florida 10 6
5 Florida State 2 3
6 Michigan 5 1
7 Texas A&M 7 0
8 Penn State NR (26) 18
9 Alabama 1 8
10 Syracuse 6 4
11 Nebraska 14 3
12 Colorado 13 1
13 Clemson NR (36+) 23
14 Georgia 8 6
15 Oklahoma NR (36+) 21
16 Iowa NR (36+) 20
17 Stanford 9 8
18 UCLA NR (36+) 18
19 Ohio State 18 1
20 California NR (36+) 16
21 Tennessee 12 9
22 Mississippi State 23 1
23 Georgia Tech NR (36+) 13
24 BYU NR (30) 6
25 Texas NR (36+) 11
The sum of the differences is 209.
There were nine (9) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.68578.
1991
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Florida State 4 3
2 Michigan 6 4
3 Miami 1 2
4 Washington 2 2
5 Florida 7 2
6 Notre Dame 13 7
7 Penn State 3 4
8 Georgia Tech NR (26) 18
9 Clemson 18 9
10 Oklahoma 16 6
11 Tennessee 14 3
12 Houston NR (35+) 23
13 Colorado 20 7
14 Texas NR (35+) 21
15 Nebraska 15 0
16 USC NR (35+) 19
17 Auburn NR (35+) 18
18 Iowa 10 8
19 BYU 23 4
20 Michigan State NR (35+) 15
21 Texas A&M 12 9
22 Alabama 5 17
23 Ohio State NR (29) 6
24 UCLA 19 5
25 Syracuse 11 14
The sum of the differences is 226.
There were seven (7) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.43573.
1990
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Miami 3 2
2 Notre Dame 6 4
3 Auburn 19 16
4 Florida State 4 0
5 Colorado 1 4
6 Michigan 7 1
7 Nebraska 24 17
8 Tennessee 8 0
9 USC 20 11
10 Clemson 9 1
11 Illinois 25 14
12 Alabama NR (32) 20
13 Texas A&M 15 2
14 Arkansas NR (41+) 27
15 Virginia 23 8
16 BYU 22 6
17 Ohio State NR (33) 16
18 Pittsburgh NR (41+) 23
19 UCLA 36 17
20 Washington 5 15
21 Penn State 11 10
22 Oklahoma 17 5
23 Michigan State 16 7
24 Houston NR (41+) 17
25 West Virginia NR (41+) 16
The sum of the differences is 259.
There were six (6) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.56257.
1989
Preseason Team Final Difference
1 Michigan 7 6
2 Notre Dame 2 0
3 Nebraska 11 8
4 Miami 1 3
5 USC 8 3
6 Florida State 3 3
7 LSU NR (35+) 28
8 Auburn 6 2
9 UCLA NR (35+) 26
10 Arkansas 13 3
11 Penn State 15 4
12 Clemson 12 0
13 Syracuse NR (28) 15
14 Colorado 4 10
15 Oklahoma NR (35+) 20
16 Alabama 9 7
17 West Virginia 21 4
18 Arizona 25 7
19 BYU 22 3
20 Pittsburgh 17 3
21 Houston 14 7
22 Illinois 10 12
23 Iowa NR (35+) 12
24 NC State NR (34) 10
25 Ohio State 24 1
The sum of the differences is 197.
There were six (6) teams that were ranked in the preseason that were not ranked in the final poll.
The correlation coefficient is 0.49141.
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