2001 NCS College Football Top 25 Preseason Poll Average

July 28, 2001 - Here are the teams ranked 26-50. Only six polls that registered a Top 50 were included in the calculation and are listed below. If a team did not make one of the polls they were given 55 points for the non-ranking. Using only six polls made very slight changes to the Top 25 list, so included will be a listing from 20-50.
26-50
(the average Preseason Ranking for each team)
20. UCLA (20.17)
21. South Carolina (23.00)
22. (tie) Georgia (24.50)
22. (tie) Alabama (24.50)
24. Ohio State (25.33)
25. Louisville (27.00)
26. (tie) Purdue (27.17)
26. (tie) Colorado State (27.17)
28. East Carolina (29.00)
29. Colorado (29.50)
30. Wisconsin (30.00)
31. Pittsburgh (30.50)
32. North Carolina State (31.00)
33. Southern Miss (33.67)
34. Texas A&M (34.67)
35. Southern Cal (35.50)
36. UNLV (39.83)
37. Syracuse (40.83)
38. Michigan State (42.17)
39. Auburn (42.33)
40. Arkansas (42.50)
41. (tie) Stanford (45.00)
41. (tie) Fresno State (45.00)
43. (tie) Penn State (45.17)
43. (tie) Toledo (45.17)
45. Illinois (45.67)
46. Temple (45.83)
47. UAB (47.00)
48. Mississippi (47.33)
49. Boston College (47.50)
50. Marshall (47.83)

PRESEASON POLLS RANKING 26-50

26. Purdue
27. Alabama
28. Wisconsin
29. East Carolina
30. Colorado State
31. Ohio State
32. Pittsburgh
33. Southern Miss
34. North Carolina State
35. Southern Cal
36. Texas A&M
37. UNLV
38. Illinois
39. Arkansas
40. Syracuse
41. UAB
42. Minnesota
43. West Virginia
44. Mississippi
45. Michigan State
46. Penn State
47. Fresno State
48. Auburn
49. Toledo
50. North Carolina
26. Georgia
27. Colorado
28. Pittsburgh
29. North Carolina State
30. Texas Tech
31. Brigham Young
32. East Carolina
33. South Carolina
34. Stanford
35. UNLV
36. Illinois
37. Southern Miss
38. Syracuse
39. Southern Cal
40. Wisconson
41. Fresno State
42. Toledo
43. Texas A&M
44. Boston College
45. Arkansas
46. Western Michigan
47. UTEP
48. Michigan State
49. North Carolina
50. Marshall

26. Georgia
27. South Carolina
28. Wisconsin
29. Michigan State
30. Syracuse
31. Alabama
32. Arkansas
33. Southern Cal
34. Texas A&M
35. East Carolina
36. UNLV
37. Colorado State
38. UAB
39. Fresno State
40. Louisville
41. Texas Tech
42. Southern Miss
43. Minnesota
44. Illinois
45. Auburn
46. Boston College
47. Toledo
48. North Carolina
49. Penn State
50. West Virginia

26. Louisville
27. Ohio State
28. Colorado State
29. East Carolina
30. Temple
31. UNLV
32. Texas A&M
33. Pittsburgh
34. Auburn
35. Purdue
36. Arkansas
37. Southern Cal
38. Notre Dame
39. Wisconsin
40. Mississippi
41. Michigan State
42. West Virginia
43. Penn State
44. North Carolina
45. Iowa State
46. Illinois
47. Syracuse
48. UAB
49. Indiana
50. Arizona

26. Colorado
27. Wisconsin
28. Louisville
29. Georgia
30. Ohio State
31. Colorado State
32. UCLA
33. Fresno State
34. Texas A&M
35. Michigan State
36. Auburn
37. Arizona State
38. North Carolina State
39. Penn State
40. Marshall
41. Southern Miss
42. San Diego State
43. Virginia
44. Boston College
45. UAB
46. Syracuse
47. Toledo
48. Texas Christian
49. Stanford
50. North Carolina

26. East Carolina
27. Ohio State
28. Boise State
29. Texas A&M
30. Northwestern
31. Toledo
32. Marshall
33. Louisiana State
34. Purdue
35. Mississippi
36. Auburn
37. Iowa State
38. South Carolina
39. Penn State
40. UCLA
41. Boston College
42. North Carolina State
43. UTEP
44. Syracuse
45. UNLV
46. Virginia
47. Stanford
48. Arkansas
49. Pittsburgh
50. Minnesota