NCS Top 25 Preseason College Football Poll

2001 NCS College Football Top 25 Preseason Poll Average

August 20, 2001 - The NCS Poll is the average of all 23 major polls listed at the bottom of this page. If for example a team is ranked 5th then they are given 5 points for that poll. The 23 different rankings are then added and the total is divided by 23 giving the average. If a team did not make one of the polls they are given 30 points for the non-ranking. More polls will be added in as they are released. A link is provided to each poll where one is available.

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NATIONAL CHAMPS SYSTEM PREASEASON POLL
(the average Preseason Ranking for each team)

1. Florida (1.74)
2. Miami (2.43)
3. Oklahoma (3.83)
4. Texas (4.91)
5. Florida State (5.87)
6. Nebraska (5.91)
7. Tennessee (7.17)
8. Oregon (8.43)
9. Virginia Tech (8.61)
10. Georgia Tech (10.61)
11. Kansas State (13.09)
12. Michigan (14.30)
13. Oregon State (14.87)
14. Louisiana State (15.43)
15. Washington (16.04)
16. UCLA (16.65)
17. Notre Dame (17.70)
18. Northwestern (17.74)
19. Mississippi State (18.35)
20. Clemson (18.65)
21. South Carolina (20.74)
22. Alabama (25.04)
23. Wisconsin (25.48)
24. Colorado State (26.35)
25. Colorado (26.57)

THE RELEASED MAJOR 2001 PRESEASON POLLS

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NationalChamps.net
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1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Oklahoma
4. Nebraska
5. Texas
6. Florida State
7. Tennessee
8. Virginia Tech
9. Oregon
10. South Carolina
11. Washington
12. Georgia Tech
13. Michigan
14. Kansas State
15. Louisiana State
16. UCLA
17. Notre Dame
18. Northwestern
19. Oregon State
20. Clemson
21. Georgia
22. Mississippi State
23. Louisville
24. Colorado
25. Temple

1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Oklahoma
4. Nebraska
5. Texas
6. Florida State
7. Tennessee
8. Oregon
9. Kansas State
10. Virginia Tech
11. Georgia Tech
12. Oregon State
13. Washington
14. Michigan
15. Louisiana State
16. Northwestern
17. UCLA
18. South Carolina
19. Clemson
20. Mississippi State
21. Notre Dame
22. Ohio State
23. Colorado State
24. Louisville
25. Alabama

Athlon
.

1. Florida
2. Nebraska
3. Virginia Tech
4. Florida State
5. Oklahoma
6. Tennessee
7. Michigan
8. Oregon
9. Miami
10. UCLA
11. Oregon State
12. Kansas State
13. Georgia Tech
14. Notre Dame
15. Texas
16. Ohio State
17. Mississippi State
18. Northwestern
19. Louisiana State
20. Clemson
21. Washington
22. Alabama
23. Colorado State
24. Purdue
25. Louisville

CNN/Sports Illustrated
Stewart Mandel

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. Miami
5. Oregon
6. Virginia Tech
7. Florida State
8. Tennessee
9. Nebraska
10. Georgia Tech
11. UCLA
12. Washington
13. Louisiana State
14. Clemson
15. Oregon State
16. South Carolina
17. Northwestern
18. Kansas State
19. Notre Dame
20. Michigan
21. Mississippi State
22. Louisville
23. UNLV
24. Alabama
25. Pittsburgh

College Football News
.

1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Texas
4. Oklahoma
5. Tennessee
6. UCLA
7. Nebraska
8. Florida State
9. Georgia Tech
10. Michigan
11. Oregon
12. Virginia Tech
13. Mississippi State
14. Clemson
15. Kansas State
16. Notre Dame
17. Pittsburgh
18. Louisiana State
19. Purdue
20. Colorado
21. Ohio State
22. Oregon State
23. Northwestern
24. North Carolina State
25. Washington

Fox Sports
Darryl Richards

1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas
5. Oregon
6. Tennessee
7. Florida State
8. Georgia Tech
9. Nebraska
10. Virginia Tech
11. Washington
12. Kansas State
13. Oregon State
14. Louisiana State
15. Northwestern
16. UCLA
17. Mississippi State
18. Michigan
19. Clemson
20. Notre Dame
21. South Carolina
22. Colorado State
23. Stanford
24. Colorado
25. Alabama

cbs.sportsline
..

1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Texas
4. Tennessee
5. Oklahoma
6. Florida State
7. Oregon
8. Virginia Tech
9. Georgia Tech
10. Nebraska
11. Mississippi State
12. Kansas State
13. UCLA
14. Washington
15. Northwestern
16. Alabama
17. Michigan
18. Oregon State
19. Louisiana State
20. South Carolina
21. Colorado State
22. Clemson
23. Notre Dame
24. UNLV
25. Louisville

Lindy's Sports
.

1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Texas
4. Tennessee
5. Oklahoma
6. Florida State
7. Nebraska
8. UCLA
9. Georgia Tech
10. Oregon
11. Kansas State
12. Washington
13. Mississippi State
14. Virginia Tech
15. Northwestern
16. Michigan
17. Alabama
18. Oregon State
19. Louisiana State
20. South Carolina
21. Colorado State
22. Notre Dame
23. Clemson
24. Stanford
25. Wisconsin

Leonard's Losers
.

1. Oklahoma
2. Miami
3. Florida
4. Florida State
5. Tennessee
6. Nebraska
7. Texas
8. Oregon
9. Louisiana State
10. Oregon State
11. South Carolina
12. Washington
13. Georgia Tech
14. Clemson
15. Virginia Tech
16. Northwestern
17. UCLA
18. Kansas State
19. North Carolina State
20. Michigan
21. Georgia
22. Alabama
23. Mississippi State
24. Southern Miss
25. Colorado

The Sporting News
.

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Miami
4. Oklahoma
5. Oregon
6. Virginia Tech
7. Florida State
8. Tennessee
9. Nebraska
10. Louisiana State
11. Oregon State
12. Georgia Tech
13. Northwestern
14. Southern Cal
15. Kansas State
16. Notre Dame
17. Michigan
18. Clemson
19. South Carolina
20. Mississippi State
21. Washington
22. Alabama
23. East Carolina
24. Pittsburgh
25. Purdue

Preview Sports
Magazine

1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Oklahoma
5. Florida State
6. Tennessee
7. Nebraska
8. Mississippi State
9. Virginia Tech
10. Kansas State
11. Georgia Tech
12. Notre Dame
13. Wisconsin
14. Colorado
15. UCLA
16. Louisiana State
17. Michigan
18. Washington
19. Clemson
20. Oregon State
21. Oregon
22. Northwestern
23. East Carolina
24. Pittsburgh
25. Marshall

Blue Ribbon
Magazine

1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Oklahoma
4. Nebraska
5. Texas
6. Tennessee
7. Florida State
8. Virginia Tech
9. UCLA
10. Georgia Tech
11. Oregon
12. Northwestern
13. Kansas State
14. Michigan
15. Mississippi State
16. Notre Dame
17. Wisconsin
18. Washington
19. Louisiana State
20. Clemson
21. Southern Cal
22. Michigan State
23. South Carolina
24. Purdue
25. Georgia

Street & Smith
Magazine

1. Miami
2. Oklahoma
3. Florida
4. Florida State
5. Nebraska
6. Texas
7. Oregon
8. Oregon State
9. Michigan
10. Tennessee
11. Kansas State
12. Washington
13. Virginia Tech
14. Notre Dame
15. Georgia Tech
16. South Carolina
17. Wisconsin
18. UCLA
19. Clemson
20. Georgia
21. Mississippi State
22. Louisiana State
23. Purdue
24. Northwestern
25. Colorado State

Phil Steele
Magazine

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Nebraska
4. Virginia Tech
5. Florida State
6. Miami
7. Oklahoma
8. Louisiana State
9. Michigan
10. Tennessee
11. Colorado
12. Georgia Tech
13. Notre Dame
14. UCLA
15. Oregon
16. South Carolina
17. East Carolina
18. Penn State
19. Purdue
20. Washington
21. Kansas State
22. Ohio State
23. Georgia
24. Alabama
25. Clemson

WAJL10
..

1. Florida State
2. Miami
3. Virginia Tech
4. Nebraska
5. Florida
6. Kansas State
7. Oklahoma
8. Oregon
9. Washington
10. Michigan
11. Tennessee
12. Texas
13. Georgia Tech
14. Colorado State
15. Mississippi State
16. Oregon State
17. Notre Dame
18. Wisconsin
19. Clemson
20. Louisville
21. Texas Christian
22. Air Force
23. Alabama
24. Georgia
25. Southern Miss

Football News
Magazine

1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Virginia Tech
5. Oklahoma
6. Georgia Tech
7. Nebraska
8. Oregon
9. Florida State
10. Tennessee
11. Oregon State
12. Louisiana State
13. Northwestern
14. Kansas State
15. Michigan
16. Mississippi State
17. UCLA
18. South Carolina
19. Alabama
20. Clemson
21. Notre Dame
22. Wisconsin
23. Washington
24. Louisville
25. Georgia

ESPN The Magazine
,,

1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Oklahoma
5. Oregon
6. Florida State
7. Tennessee
8. Nebraska
9. Virginia Tech
10. Louisiana State
11. Georgia Tech
12. Oregon State
13. Clemson
14. Michigan
15. Kansas State
16. Washington
17. Mississippi State
18. Northwestern
19. Notre Dame
20. Colorado
21. Southern Cal
22. Ohio State
23. Alabama
24. Illinois
25. East Carolina

Football Digest
Magazine

1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. Miami
4. Florida State
5. Georgia Tech
6. Nebraska
7. Tennessee
8. Texas
9. Oregon
10. Kansas State
11. Northwestern
12. Virginia Tech
13. South Carolina
14. Clemson
15. Ohio State
16. Notre Dame
17. Louisiana State
18. UCLA
19. Colorado State
20. Oregon State
21. North Carolina State
22. Washington
23. Mississippi State
24. UNLV
25. Michigan

FWAA
Football Writers Association

1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Oklahoma
4. Oregon
5. Nebraska
6. Texas
7. Florida State
8. Tennessee
9. Virginia Tech
10. Oregon State
11. Georgia Tech
12. Michigan
13. Kansas State
14. Notre Dame
15. Louisiana State
16. Northwestern
17. Washington
18. Clemson
19. UCLA
20. Mississippi State
21. South Carolina
22. Wisconsin
23. Colorado
24. Alabama
25. Pittsburgh

Sports Illustrated
..

1. Oregon State
2. Florida
3. Miami
4. Texas
5. Oklahoma
6. Florida State
7. Oregon
8. Nebraska
9. Tennessee
10. Virginia Tech
11. Georgia Tech
12. Northwestern
13. Louisiana State
14. Michigan
15. Kansas State
16. Washington
17. Wisconsin
18. Notre Dame
19. South Carolina
20. Clemson
21. Texas A&M
22. Mississippi State
23. UCLA
24. East Carolina
25. UNLV

C.P.A. Rankings
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1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Texas
4. Nebraska
5. Oklahoma
6. Tennessee
7. Virginia Tech
8. Oregon
9. Florida State
10. Georgia Tech
11. Louisiana State
12. Oregon State
13. Kansas State
14. UCLA
15. Notre Dame
16. Michigan
17. Washington
18. Northwestern
19. Mississippi State
20. Toledo
21. Georgia
22. Clemson
23. South Carolina
24. Purdue
25. East Carolina