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I read your thread the other day and got curious so checked around and found these, not sure if these are the polls you're looking for tho.
I posted this on another board this morning, I do most of my posting there...but, will post it here too since it was your question that got me lookin'.
Found these preseason polls on the official Conference Websites and CollegeFootballPolls.com. I also found another WAC poll write-up by David White of The Fresno Bee.
WAC
From CollegeFootballPoll.com
2005 WAC Media Poll:
1. Boise (43) 499
2. Fresno (14) 470
3. Hawaii 339
4. Nevada 336
5. La Tech 325
6. NMST 181
7. SJST 175
8 Utah St 125
9. Idaho 115
Fresno State adopts Boise State mantra as coaches tab both as favorites.
By David White / The Fresno Bee
Tied at the top
Results of the Western Athletic Conference's preseason football coaches poll, with total points awarded in voting by the nine coaches:
T-1. Fresno State: 60
T-1. Boise State: 60
3. Hawaii: 50
4. Louisiana Tech: 37
5. Nevada: 35
6. San Jose State: 28
7. New Mexico State: 21
8. Utah State: 20
9. Idaho: 13
The WAC gets a bit of a facelift this season. In are New Mexico State, Utah State and Idaho ... out are Rice, Texas-El Paso, Southern Methodist and Tulsa. What are your thoughts on this change? Does this strengthen or weaken the conference?
Mike R said: Fresno State (California State University at Fresno) will be just fine and quite competitive. If we continue to line ourselves...
RENO, Nev. ? Pat Hill didn't string together the letters B-C-S a single time. Not even one all-chips-are-in reference came from his uncommonly pursed lips.
If it wasn't for the Fu Manchu, you'd be certain Pat Hill wasn't Pat Hill at all Thursday. A Dan Hawkins clone, minus the moppy hair, was more like it during the final day of the Western Athletic Conference football media conference at the Reno Hilton.
The Fresno State football coach offered clich?s about taking it one week at a time, just as his Boise State contemporary has for years. He talked about winning a WAC title as a most urgent need, much like Hawkins does with robotic regularity.
The usual bravado and BCS-or-bust oaths were nowhere to be heard during Hill's 30-minute interview session, all replaced by an earth-tone presentation that readily conceded the Broncos as the unequivocal team to beat ? even if WAC coaches picked Fresno State and Boise State to tie for first in their preseason poll.
"If you're going to win in this conference, you've got to beat Boise," said Hill, entering his ninth season with the Bulldogs. "We're going through a cycle right now where Boise has been an outstanding program. Starting a program isn't hard. Maintaining a program is what's hard. What they've done the last three years is really amazing."
Here's a cheat-notes update on the Broncos:
Three straight WAC championships with 26 straight conference victories, the latter a WAC record.
Four straight victories against Fresno State, all on national television.
Fifty-four victories in five years, third-most in the nation behind Oklahoma (60) and Miami (55).
Perhaps Hill has decided if you can't beat them, talk like them. Bulldogs quarterback Paul Pinegar used the same game-to-game lingo Wednesday, while defensive lineman Garrett
McIntyre said the Broncos have gotten inside some of his teammates' heads.
"I think it's good it's in their head," Hill said. "That's fine with me. Would it be in your head if you lost four in a row?
"We need to focus our team and our program each week on each opponent and play every game as a Game 7. That's going to be more evident with me than it's ever been."
The unspoken inference is that the Bulldogs haven't focused on the task at hand in past seasons, at least when it came to less-appealing opponents. Fresno State's four most-recent losses came not against BCS conference teams but to its WAC peers.
Significant September victories against Washington and Kansas State last season were chased off by October losses to Louisiana Tech and Texas-El Paso. The same thing happened in 2001, when the eighth-ranked Bulldogs were railroaded in midseason by Boise State when the Broncos were still an unknown commodity.
"Our players understand how slowly the elevator moves up and they understand how quickly it moves down," Hill said. "Those are great lessons to be learned. Until we finish the job every week for an entire season, we'll never reach the goals we set."
Hawkins has bored audiences with such talk for years. Last season, when the Broncos were unbeaten and ranked in the
top 10, he blew off any questions about potentially playing in a BCS bowl and instead spoke with dread of playing San Jose State or Nevada.
He was no different Thursday.
"What happened last year doesn't mean anything to me or Coach Hill," Hawkins said. "Those rankings and preseason polls don't mean a whole lot to the other coaches, I'm sure. We have to go out there and re-establish some things. ? If you stay off the mountain and stay out of the gutter, you'll be fine in life. We've done a good job of avoiding that in this program."
The Broncos return quarterback Jared Zabransky and seven others to an offense that was second in the nation in scoring last season. They also return seven starters to a defense that ranked 10th nationally against the run.
The Bulldogs counter with 17 returning starters from a team that finished last season ranked 22nd in the nation. But ask new San Jose State coach Dick Tomey about the two, and he leaves no question who is superior.
"Fresno's been terrific and has made a great run, but Boise has been tremendously consistent," Tomey said. "Boise State has clearly been the class of the league. They haven't had any peaks or valleys. So, from that standpoint, I don't think you can compare Boise to anybody."
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BIG 12
DALLAS -- Colorado was picked to win the North division and Texas the South in a preseason poll of media that cover the Big 12 Conference.
Colorado returns 18 starters off of last year's Big 12 North championship team that went 8-5 and won the EV1.net Houston Bowl. The Buffs received 25 first place votes out of a possible 50 media ballots. Iowa State was picked second followed by Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas State and Kansas.
Texas has 17 starters back from last year's 11-1 squad that won the Rose Bowl and finished runner-up to Oklahoma in the Big 12 South. The Longhorns tallied 40 first place votes in the preseason poll. Defending Big 12 champion Oklahoma was chosen second followed by Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Baylor.
The winners of the North and South divisions will square off for the 2005 Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Dec. 3, at Houston's Reliant Stadium. The game will be telecast nationally by ABC at 12 p.m. CT.
Big 12 teams will be in Houston Tuesday-Thursday for the annual Big 12 Football Media Day. The regular season gets underway with a full slate of non-conference games on Sept. 3.
2005 Big 12 Media Preseason Football Poll (Media Vote)
North Division
1. Colorado (25) 257
2. Iowa State (14) 231
3. Nebraska (5) 204
4. Missouri (5) 170
5. Kansas State (1) 111
6. Kansas 78
South Division
1. Texas (40) 287
2. Oklahoma (9) 248
3. Texas A&M (1) 195
4. Texas Tech 162
5. Oklahoma State 104
6. Baylor 51
(first place votes in parenthesis)
I posted this on another board this morning, I do most of my posting there...but, will post it here too since it was your question that got me lookin'.
Found these preseason polls on the official Conference Websites and CollegeFootballPolls.com. I also found another WAC poll write-up by David White of The Fresno Bee.
WAC
From CollegeFootballPoll.com
2005 WAC Media Poll:
1. Boise (43) 499
2. Fresno (14) 470
3. Hawaii 339
4. Nevada 336
5. La Tech 325
6. NMST 181
7. SJST 175
8 Utah St 125
9. Idaho 115
Fresno State adopts Boise State mantra as coaches tab both as favorites.
By David White / The Fresno Bee
Tied at the top
Results of the Western Athletic Conference's preseason football coaches poll, with total points awarded in voting by the nine coaches:
T-1. Fresno State: 60
T-1. Boise State: 60
3. Hawaii: 50
4. Louisiana Tech: 37
5. Nevada: 35
6. San Jose State: 28
7. New Mexico State: 21
8. Utah State: 20
9. Idaho: 13
The WAC gets a bit of a facelift this season. In are New Mexico State, Utah State and Idaho ... out are Rice, Texas-El Paso, Southern Methodist and Tulsa. What are your thoughts on this change? Does this strengthen or weaken the conference?
Mike R said: Fresno State (California State University at Fresno) will be just fine and quite competitive. If we continue to line ourselves...
RENO, Nev. ? Pat Hill didn't string together the letters B-C-S a single time. Not even one all-chips-are-in reference came from his uncommonly pursed lips.
If it wasn't for the Fu Manchu, you'd be certain Pat Hill wasn't Pat Hill at all Thursday. A Dan Hawkins clone, minus the moppy hair, was more like it during the final day of the Western Athletic Conference football media conference at the Reno Hilton.
The Fresno State football coach offered clich?s about taking it one week at a time, just as his Boise State contemporary has for years. He talked about winning a WAC title as a most urgent need, much like Hawkins does with robotic regularity.
The usual bravado and BCS-or-bust oaths were nowhere to be heard during Hill's 30-minute interview session, all replaced by an earth-tone presentation that readily conceded the Broncos as the unequivocal team to beat ? even if WAC coaches picked Fresno State and Boise State to tie for first in their preseason poll.
"If you're going to win in this conference, you've got to beat Boise," said Hill, entering his ninth season with the Bulldogs. "We're going through a cycle right now where Boise has been an outstanding program. Starting a program isn't hard. Maintaining a program is what's hard. What they've done the last three years is really amazing."
Here's a cheat-notes update on the Broncos:
Three straight WAC championships with 26 straight conference victories, the latter a WAC record.
Four straight victories against Fresno State, all on national television.
Fifty-four victories in five years, third-most in the nation behind Oklahoma (60) and Miami (55).
Perhaps Hill has decided if you can't beat them, talk like them. Bulldogs quarterback Paul Pinegar used the same game-to-game lingo Wednesday, while defensive lineman Garrett
McIntyre said the Broncos have gotten inside some of his teammates' heads.
"I think it's good it's in their head," Hill said. "That's fine with me. Would it be in your head if you lost four in a row?
"We need to focus our team and our program each week on each opponent and play every game as a Game 7. That's going to be more evident with me than it's ever been."
The unspoken inference is that the Bulldogs haven't focused on the task at hand in past seasons, at least when it came to less-appealing opponents. Fresno State's four most-recent losses came not against BCS conference teams but to its WAC peers.
Significant September victories against Washington and Kansas State last season were chased off by October losses to Louisiana Tech and Texas-El Paso. The same thing happened in 2001, when the eighth-ranked Bulldogs were railroaded in midseason by Boise State when the Broncos were still an unknown commodity.
"Our players understand how slowly the elevator moves up and they understand how quickly it moves down," Hill said. "Those are great lessons to be learned. Until we finish the job every week for an entire season, we'll never reach the goals we set."
Hawkins has bored audiences with such talk for years. Last season, when the Broncos were unbeaten and ranked in the
top 10, he blew off any questions about potentially playing in a BCS bowl and instead spoke with dread of playing San Jose State or Nevada.
He was no different Thursday.
"What happened last year doesn't mean anything to me or Coach Hill," Hawkins said. "Those rankings and preseason polls don't mean a whole lot to the other coaches, I'm sure. We have to go out there and re-establish some things. ? If you stay off the mountain and stay out of the gutter, you'll be fine in life. We've done a good job of avoiding that in this program."
The Broncos return quarterback Jared Zabransky and seven others to an offense that was second in the nation in scoring last season. They also return seven starters to a defense that ranked 10th nationally against the run.
The Bulldogs counter with 17 returning starters from a team that finished last season ranked 22nd in the nation. But ask new San Jose State coach Dick Tomey about the two, and he leaves no question who is superior.
"Fresno's been terrific and has made a great run, but Boise has been tremendously consistent," Tomey said. "Boise State has clearly been the class of the league. They haven't had any peaks or valleys. So, from that standpoint, I don't think you can compare Boise to anybody."
===============
BIG 12
DALLAS -- Colorado was picked to win the North division and Texas the South in a preseason poll of media that cover the Big 12 Conference.
Colorado returns 18 starters off of last year's Big 12 North championship team that went 8-5 and won the EV1.net Houston Bowl. The Buffs received 25 first place votes out of a possible 50 media ballots. Iowa State was picked second followed by Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas State and Kansas.
Texas has 17 starters back from last year's 11-1 squad that won the Rose Bowl and finished runner-up to Oklahoma in the Big 12 South. The Longhorns tallied 40 first place votes in the preseason poll. Defending Big 12 champion Oklahoma was chosen second followed by Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Baylor.
The winners of the North and South divisions will square off for the 2005 Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Dec. 3, at Houston's Reliant Stadium. The game will be telecast nationally by ABC at 12 p.m. CT.
Big 12 teams will be in Houston Tuesday-Thursday for the annual Big 12 Football Media Day. The regular season gets underway with a full slate of non-conference games on Sept. 3.
2005 Big 12 Media Preseason Football Poll (Media Vote)
North Division
1. Colorado (25) 257
2. Iowa State (14) 231
3. Nebraska (5) 204
4. Missouri (5) 170
5. Kansas State (1) 111
6. Kansas 78
South Division
1. Texas (40) 287
2. Oklahoma (9) 248
3. Texas A&M (1) 195
4. Texas Tech 162
5. Oklahoma State 104
6. Baylor 51
(first place votes in parenthesis)
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BIG EAST
July 19, 2005
Newport, R.I. - Louisville, which begins its first season of BIG EAST competition in 2005, has been picked to win the league's football title in a preseason poll of media representatives who cover the league teams on a regular basis. The poll was announced at the league's media day in Newport, R.I., on Tuesday.
Louisville received 23 of a possible 24 first-place votes. The Cardinals are coming off an 11-1 season which included a 44-40 victory over Boise State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. The U of L's final rankings of sixth in the Associated Press poll and seventh in the ESPN/USA Today poll were the highest in school history. This season, the Cardinals, under coach Bobby Petrino, return 14 starters.
Pittsburgh was picked for second place and received the only other first-place vote. The Panthers, under new head coach Dave Wannstedt, welcome back 16 starters, including nine on offense. Last year, the Panthers were part of a four-way tie for the conference crown and were the BIG EAST's BCS representative in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Pitt finished 8-4 overall and 4-2 in league play.
West Virginia, the only team to earn a share of the BIG EAST title in each of the last two seasons, was tabbed for third place. Under coach Rich Rodriguez, the Mountaineers also finished 8-4 overall and 4-2 in the BIG EAST. WVU has appeared in bowl games in eight of the last 11 seasons.
Syracuse was projected for fourth place. The Orange will be led by new head coach Greg Robinson. SU returns nine defensive starters led by defensive end James Wyche and safety Anthony Smith. Offensively, the Orange averaged 36.8 points over the final four games of the regular season.
Connecticut, which will be competing in its second season of BIG EAST football, was picked fifth. The Huskies are led by coach Randy Edsall who directed the Huskies to an 8-4 record last year, which included the school's first bowl appearance and victory, a 39-10 triumph over Toledo in the Motor City Bowl. It was only UConn's third season of Division I competition.
Rutgers, under the direction of fifth-year head coach Greg Schiano, was placed sixth. On offense, the Scarlet Knights boast some of the league's top skill players, including quarterback Ryan Hart, running back Brian Leonard, wideout Tres Moses and tight end Clark Harris. The RU defense led the BIG EAST in sacks last season.
USF, another new member of the BIG EAST, was picked seventh. Head coach Jim Leavitt has been the architect of the Bulls' program which began in 1997. USF has compiled an overall record of 55-33. Running back Andre Hall, who rushed for 1,357 yards and 11 touchdowns last season, figures to be the cornerstone of the offense. Eight of 11 starters return on defense. Last year, the Bulls finished 4-7.
Cincinnati, a third new BIG EAST member, was put in the eighth position, despite the fact that the Bearcats finished 7-5 last season and won the PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl under first-year coach Mark Dantonio. This year, the offense will look to tight end Brent Celek who caught eight touchdown passes a year ago. The defense should be anchored by defensive end Adam Roberts.
BIG EAST PRESEASON MEDIA POLL (first-place votes in parentheses)
Rk. Team (First Place Votes), Pts
.1. Louisville (23), 190
2. Pittsburgh (1), 164
3. West Virginia, 145
4. Syracuse, 114
5. Connecticut, 80
6. Rutgers, 72
7. USF, 59
8. Cincinnati, 40
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MAC
Longtime MAC Football Rivals Predicted for League Championship Bowling Green (East) and Toledo (West) tabbed as favorites
DETROIT - Should the preseason predictions of the Mid-American Conference News Media Association (MNMA) hold true, defending league champion Toledo (West Division) and rival Bowling Green State University (East Division) will step onto the turf at Ford Field, Dec. 1, in the ninth annual MAC Championship game.
Before then, however, the 10 other league teams will have as much to offer in a challenge during the 48-game conference slate that begins the afternoon of Sept. 10.
The Falcons, who rejoined the MAC East Division after three years as a West Division member, are also tabbed to take the league's championship game. In five of the last six years, the MNMA poll has accurately picked the MAC Champion.
BGSU would have to unseat two-time defending East Division title holder Miami while Toledo is expected to be opposed by a challenge from Northern Illinois.
The two division favorites will both be led by quarterbacks of national stature. Toledo senior Bruce Gradkowski is the only player in I-A history to produce back-to-back seasons of 70 percent or better in pass completion accuracy. The Falcons' Omar Jacobs led the nation last year with a MAC record 41 touchdown passes and threw just four interceptions.
In addition, there could always be a surprise among the remaining MAC squads whose programs are on the rise. In the East, Ohio, Akron and Kent State are bunched closely in the poll, as are the three Michigan schools in the West. Ball State and Buffalo will be eyeing long odds in trying to duplicate the efforts of the league champion 1981 Toledo team that had finished eighth (in a 10-team league) in 1980.
2005 MAC News Media Association Poll
West DivisionSchool (first place votes)
1. Toledo (31) 237
2. Northern Illinois (11) 220
3. Eastern Michigan 133
4. Central Michigan 111
5. Western Michigan 103
6. Ball State 73
East DivisionSchool (first place votes) Points
1. Bowling Green (30) 241
2. Miami (12) 221
3. Ohio 125t-
4. Akron 122
t-4. Kent State 122
6. Buffalo 51
Championship Game Winner: Bowling Green (22); Toledo (10); Miami (6), Northern Illinois (4).
July 19, 2005
Newport, R.I. - Louisville, which begins its first season of BIG EAST competition in 2005, has been picked to win the league's football title in a preseason poll of media representatives who cover the league teams on a regular basis. The poll was announced at the league's media day in Newport, R.I., on Tuesday.
Louisville received 23 of a possible 24 first-place votes. The Cardinals are coming off an 11-1 season which included a 44-40 victory over Boise State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. The U of L's final rankings of sixth in the Associated Press poll and seventh in the ESPN/USA Today poll were the highest in school history. This season, the Cardinals, under coach Bobby Petrino, return 14 starters.
Pittsburgh was picked for second place and received the only other first-place vote. The Panthers, under new head coach Dave Wannstedt, welcome back 16 starters, including nine on offense. Last year, the Panthers were part of a four-way tie for the conference crown and were the BIG EAST's BCS representative in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Pitt finished 8-4 overall and 4-2 in league play.
West Virginia, the only team to earn a share of the BIG EAST title in each of the last two seasons, was tabbed for third place. Under coach Rich Rodriguez, the Mountaineers also finished 8-4 overall and 4-2 in the BIG EAST. WVU has appeared in bowl games in eight of the last 11 seasons.
Syracuse was projected for fourth place. The Orange will be led by new head coach Greg Robinson. SU returns nine defensive starters led by defensive end James Wyche and safety Anthony Smith. Offensively, the Orange averaged 36.8 points over the final four games of the regular season.
Connecticut, which will be competing in its second season of BIG EAST football, was picked fifth. The Huskies are led by coach Randy Edsall who directed the Huskies to an 8-4 record last year, which included the school's first bowl appearance and victory, a 39-10 triumph over Toledo in the Motor City Bowl. It was only UConn's third season of Division I competition.
Rutgers, under the direction of fifth-year head coach Greg Schiano, was placed sixth. On offense, the Scarlet Knights boast some of the league's top skill players, including quarterback Ryan Hart, running back Brian Leonard, wideout Tres Moses and tight end Clark Harris. The RU defense led the BIG EAST in sacks last season.
USF, another new member of the BIG EAST, was picked seventh. Head coach Jim Leavitt has been the architect of the Bulls' program which began in 1997. USF has compiled an overall record of 55-33. Running back Andre Hall, who rushed for 1,357 yards and 11 touchdowns last season, figures to be the cornerstone of the offense. Eight of 11 starters return on defense. Last year, the Bulls finished 4-7.
Cincinnati, a third new BIG EAST member, was put in the eighth position, despite the fact that the Bearcats finished 7-5 last season and won the PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl under first-year coach Mark Dantonio. This year, the offense will look to tight end Brent Celek who caught eight touchdown passes a year ago. The defense should be anchored by defensive end Adam Roberts.
BIG EAST PRESEASON MEDIA POLL (first-place votes in parentheses)
Rk. Team (First Place Votes), Pts
.1. Louisville (23), 190
2. Pittsburgh (1), 164
3. West Virginia, 145
4. Syracuse, 114
5. Connecticut, 80
6. Rutgers, 72
7. USF, 59
8. Cincinnati, 40
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MAC
Longtime MAC Football Rivals Predicted for League Championship Bowling Green (East) and Toledo (West) tabbed as favorites
DETROIT - Should the preseason predictions of the Mid-American Conference News Media Association (MNMA) hold true, defending league champion Toledo (West Division) and rival Bowling Green State University (East Division) will step onto the turf at Ford Field, Dec. 1, in the ninth annual MAC Championship game.
Before then, however, the 10 other league teams will have as much to offer in a challenge during the 48-game conference slate that begins the afternoon of Sept. 10.
The Falcons, who rejoined the MAC East Division after three years as a West Division member, are also tabbed to take the league's championship game. In five of the last six years, the MNMA poll has accurately picked the MAC Champion.
BGSU would have to unseat two-time defending East Division title holder Miami while Toledo is expected to be opposed by a challenge from Northern Illinois.
The two division favorites will both be led by quarterbacks of national stature. Toledo senior Bruce Gradkowski is the only player in I-A history to produce back-to-back seasons of 70 percent or better in pass completion accuracy. The Falcons' Omar Jacobs led the nation last year with a MAC record 41 touchdown passes and threw just four interceptions.
In addition, there could always be a surprise among the remaining MAC squads whose programs are on the rise. In the East, Ohio, Akron and Kent State are bunched closely in the poll, as are the three Michigan schools in the West. Ball State and Buffalo will be eyeing long odds in trying to duplicate the efforts of the league champion 1981 Toledo team that had finished eighth (in a 10-team league) in 1980.
2005 MAC News Media Association Poll
West DivisionSchool (first place votes)
1. Toledo (31) 237
2. Northern Illinois (11) 220
3. Eastern Michigan 133
4. Central Michigan 111
5. Western Michigan 103
6. Ball State 73
East DivisionSchool (first place votes) Points
1. Bowling Green (30) 241
2. Miami (12) 221
3. Ohio 125t-
4. Akron 122
t-4. Kent State 122
6. Buffalo 51
Championship Game Winner: Bowling Green (22); Toledo (10); Miami (6), Northern Illinois (4).
SEC
Media Selects Tennessee to Claim 2005 SEC Championship
7/28/05
Florida leads with nine players selected to Pre-Season All-SEC Media team; Vols have eight; Record attendence set at event
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Tennessee Volunteers, with 16 starters returning from last year's 10-3 team, has been predicted to win the Southeastern Conference Championship by media voting at the 2005 SEC Football Media Days, concluded today at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala.
The 2005 SEC Football Media Days was the highest attendence in the 21 years of SEC football media days. The media days event drew an attendance of 643, which was larger than last year's attendance of 550.
The Vols, last year's SEC Eastern Division Champions, were listed on 37 of the 87 ballots, while fellow Eastern Division rival Florida was listed on 21 ballots. LSU was predicted to win the league title on 16 entries while Georgia made six ballots followed by Auburn with four, Alabama two and Ole Miss one.
In the Eastern Division race, the Vols were listed first on 49 of the 87 ballots while Florida placed second (29 first place votes), Georgia third (nine first place votes), South Carolina fourth, Vanderbilt fifth and Kentucky sixth.
In the Western Division race, LSU was predicted to win the championship on 62 of 87 ballots while Auburn was second (12 first place votes), Alabama third (12 first place votes), Arkansas fourth, Ole Miss fifth (one first place vote) and Mississippi State sixth. On the All-SEC Team, Florida led all teams with nine total selections followed by Tennessee with eight, LSU and Auburn with seven apiece. Georgia and Ole Miss were the next highest with three selections. Every SEC school had someone make either the first and/or second team. Auburn led in first-team selections with six followed by Tennessee with four while LSU, Florida and Alabama each had three.
SEC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
SEC Champion - Tennessee (37), Florida (21), LSU (16), Georgia (6), Auburn (4), Alabama (2), Ole Miss (1). No. School Votes
Eastern Division
1. Tennessee (49) 134
2. Florida (29) 161
3. Georgia (9) 202
4. South Carolina 347
5. Vanderbilt 401
6. Kentucky 492
Western Division
1. LSU (62) 121
2. Auburn (12) 192
3. Alabama (12) 215
4. Arkansas 377
5. Ole Miss (1) 439
6. Mississippi State 478
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SUNBELT
From CollegeFootballPoll.com
2005 Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll:
1. NTexas (7) 63
2. Troy 50
3. MTSU 45
4. La-Laff 38
5. La Monroe (1) 33
6. Ark St 26
7 FAU 22
8. FIU 13
good luck to ya
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Media Selects Tennessee to Claim 2005 SEC Championship
7/28/05
Florida leads with nine players selected to Pre-Season All-SEC Media team; Vols have eight; Record attendence set at event
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Tennessee Volunteers, with 16 starters returning from last year's 10-3 team, has been predicted to win the Southeastern Conference Championship by media voting at the 2005 SEC Football Media Days, concluded today at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala.
The 2005 SEC Football Media Days was the highest attendence in the 21 years of SEC football media days. The media days event drew an attendance of 643, which was larger than last year's attendance of 550.
The Vols, last year's SEC Eastern Division Champions, were listed on 37 of the 87 ballots, while fellow Eastern Division rival Florida was listed on 21 ballots. LSU was predicted to win the league title on 16 entries while Georgia made six ballots followed by Auburn with four, Alabama two and Ole Miss one.
In the Eastern Division race, the Vols were listed first on 49 of the 87 ballots while Florida placed second (29 first place votes), Georgia third (nine first place votes), South Carolina fourth, Vanderbilt fifth and Kentucky sixth.
In the Western Division race, LSU was predicted to win the championship on 62 of 87 ballots while Auburn was second (12 first place votes), Alabama third (12 first place votes), Arkansas fourth, Ole Miss fifth (one first place vote) and Mississippi State sixth. On the All-SEC Team, Florida led all teams with nine total selections followed by Tennessee with eight, LSU and Auburn with seven apiece. Georgia and Ole Miss were the next highest with three selections. Every SEC school had someone make either the first and/or second team. Auburn led in first-team selections with six followed by Tennessee with four while LSU, Florida and Alabama each had three.
SEC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
SEC Champion - Tennessee (37), Florida (21), LSU (16), Georgia (6), Auburn (4), Alabama (2), Ole Miss (1). No. School Votes
Eastern Division
1. Tennessee (49) 134
2. Florida (29) 161
3. Georgia (9) 202
4. South Carolina 347
5. Vanderbilt 401
6. Kentucky 492
Western Division
1. LSU (62) 121
2. Auburn (12) 192
3. Alabama (12) 215
4. Arkansas 377
5. Ole Miss (1) 439
6. Mississippi State 478
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SUNBELT
From CollegeFootballPoll.com
2005 Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll:
1. NTexas (7) 63
2. Troy 50
3. MTSU 45
4. La-Laff 38
5. La Monroe (1) 33
6. Ark St 26
7 FAU 22
8. FIU 13
good luck to ya
h
