NCAA D-1 Football Preseason Ratings
An Overview of Rankings by Eric Drummond Smith, PhD Amalgamated Rankings Number of Polls 
 (Unadjusted for Frequency) Ranked
Rivals.com Bleacher Report Scout.com NationalChamps.net Lindy's  Athlon Sporting News  Phil Steele USAToday/Coaches' Poll ESPN Intel pts. ACC 1 Florida 250 10
1 Florida Florida Florida  Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida 25 Big 10 2 Texas 238 10
2 Texas Texas Oklahoma Texas Texas Oklahoma Texas Texas Texas Texas 24 Big 12 3 Southern Cal 230 10
3 Southern Cal Oklahoma Texas Oklahoma Oklahoma Texas Oklahoma Southern Cal Oklahoma Oklahoma 23 Big East 3 Oklahoma 230 10
4 Oklahoma Southern Cal Southern Cal Southern Cal Southern Cal Southern Cal Southern Cal Oklahoma Southern Cal Southern Cal 22 PAC 10 5 Alabama 186 10
5 Louisiana State Virginia Tech Oklahoma State Alabama Virginia Tech Ohio State Ole' Miss Penn State Alabama Virginia Tech 21 SEC 6 Ohio State 183 10
6 Ohio State Alabama Louisiana State Oklahoma State Louisiana State Alabama Virginia Tech Ole' Miss Ohio State Ohio State 20 C-USA 7 Virginia Tech 179 10
7 Virginia Tech Ohio State Oregon Ohio State Alabama Penn State Oregon Notre Dame Virginia Tech Ole' Miss 19 Independent 8 Ole' Miss 175 10
8 Alabama Ole' Miss Ole' Miss Ole' Miss Ohio State Virginia Tech Louisiana State Alabama  Penn State Alabama 18 Mountain West 9 Oklahoma State 166 10
9 Boise State Oklahoma State North Carolina Virginia Tech Ole' Miss Oklahoma State Ohio State California Louisiana State Penn State 17 WAC 10 Penn State 160 10
10 Oklahoma State Oregon Alabama Louisiana State Oklahoma State Ole' Miss Oklahoma State Ohio State Ole' Miss Oklahoma State 16 11 Louisiana State 158 10
11 Georgia Tech Penn State Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Penn State California Georgia Tech Virginia Tech Oklahoma State Oregon 15 12 California 124 10
12 California Louisiana State Penn State Penn State California Boise State Penn State Boise State California Louisiana State 14 13 Oregon 123 9
13 Penn State Boise State Ohio State Georgia Boise State Oregon Alabama Georgia Georgia California 13 14 Georgia 109 10
14 Ole' Miss California California Utah Texas Christian Georgia Boise State Oklahoma State Oregon Boise State 12 15 Boise State 108 10
15 Oregon Georgia Tech Clemson Boise State Oregon Florida State Georgia Bringham Young Georgia Tech Georgia Tech 11 16 Georgia Tech 107 9
16 Florida State Georgia Georgia California Georgia Tech Nebraska Oregon State Rutgers Boise State Georgia  10 17 Utah  60 9
17 Utah  Texas Christian Nebraska  Iowa Georgia   Louisiana State Florida State Louisiana State Texas Christian Notre Dame 9 18 Florida State 59 8
18 Georgia North Carolina Virginia Tech Florida State Florida State Cincinnati Notre Dame Texas Christian Utah Texas Christian 8 19 North Carolina 56 8
19 Kansas  Utah Miami Oregon North Carolina North Carolina Utah Illinois Florida State Iowa 7 20 Notre Dame 44 6
20 Texas Tech Nebraska  Utah Kansas West Virginia Michigan State Texas Tech Iowa North Carolina Nebraska  6 21 Nebraska 43 7
21 Iowa  Florida State Tennessee Texas Tech Kansas Utah California Miami Iowa  North Carolina 5 22 Texas Christian 40 7
22 Bringham Young Iowa Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Nebraska Georgia Tech Bringham Young Nebraska Nebraska Kansas 4 23 Iowa  39 7
23 Notre Dame Kansas West Virginia North Carolina Utah Iowa North Carolina Pittsburgh Notre Dame Utah 3 24 Bringham Young 26 7
24 Southern Florida Oregon State Boise State Brigham Young Michigan State Notre Dame Texas Christian UCLA Bringham Young Bringham Young  2 25 Kansas  26 6
25 Oregon State Cincinnati Texas Christian East Carolina Bringham Young Oregon State Kansas Clemson Oregon State Florida State 1 26 Texas Tech 17 3
27 Oregon State 15 4
Citations:  28 Clemson 12 2
Rivals.com http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=898567 28 Miami 12 2
Bleacher Report http://bleacherreport.com/articles/190147-comprehensive-college-football-top-25-vol-2?search_query=preseason%20football%202009 30 Pittsburgh 11 3
Scout.com http://cfn.scout.com/2/834781.html 31 Cincinnati 9 2
NationalChamps.net http://www.nationalchamps.net/2009/earlybird/index.htm 31 West Virginia 9 2
Lindy's  http://www.lindyssports.com/ (rankings only found in publication) 33 Michigan State 8 2
Athlon Sports http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/16632/2009-preseason-top-25 34 Illinois 7 1
Sporting News http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa_football/ (complete rankings released over time) 35 Tennessee 5 1
Phil Steele http://philsteele.com/ (complete rankings released over time) 36 Southern Florida 2 1
USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-08-07-poll-capsules_N.htm 36 UCLA 2 1
ESPN Intel http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/insider/news/story?id=4301798&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncf%2finsider%2fnews%2fstory%3fid%3d4301798 37 East Carolina 1 1