2001 preseason magazines & ratings
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Sports
1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Texas
4. Tennessee
5. Oklahoma
6. Florida St.
7. Nebraska
8. UCLA
9. Ga. Tech
10. Oregon
11. Kansas St.
12. Washington
13. Miss. St.
14. Va. Tech
15. Northwestern
16. Michigan
17. Alabama
18. Oregon St.
19. LSU
20. So. Carolina
21. Colo. St.
22. Notre Dame
23. Clemson
24. Stanford
25. Wisconsin
Athlon
Sports
1. Florida
2. Nebraska
3. Va. Tech
4. Florida St.
5. Oklahoma
6. Tennessee
7. Michigan
8. Oregon
9. Miami
10. UCLA
11. Oregon St.
12. Kansas St.
13. Ga. Tech
14. Notre Dame
15. Texas
16. Ohio St.
17. Miss. St.
18. Northwestern
19. LSU
20. Clemson
21. Washington
22. Alabama
23. Colorado St.
24. Purdue
25. Louisville
Preview
Sports
1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Oklahoma
5. Florida St.
6. Tennessee
7. Nebraska
8. Miss. St.
9. Va. Tech
10. Kansas St.
11. Ga. Tech
12. Notre Dame
13. Wisconsin
14. Colorado
15. UCLA
16. LSU
17. Michigan
18. Washington
19. Clemson
20. Oregon St.
21. Oregon
22. Northwestern
23. E. Carolina
24. Pittsburgh
25. Marshall
Sporting
News
1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Miami
4. Oklahoma
5. Oregon
6. Va. Tech
7. Florida St.
8. Tennessee
9. Nebraska
10. LSU
11. Oregon St.
12. Ga. Tech
13. Northwestern
14. USC
15. Kansas St.
16. Notre Dame
17. Michigan
18. Clemson
19. So. Carolina
20. Miss. St.
21. Washington
22. Alabama
23. E. Carolina
24. Pittsburgh
25. Purdue
Pigskin
Post
1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas
5. Florida St.
6. Oregon
7. Tennessee
8. Nebraska
9. Kansas St.
10. Ga. Tech
11. Va. Tech
12. Oregon St.
13. LSU
14. Washington
15. Michigan
16. Northwestern
17. So. Carolina
18. Notre Dame
19. Colorado
20. Clemson
21. UCLA
22. Ohio St.
23. Mich. St.
24. UNLV
25. Miss. St.
National
Champs.net
1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Oklahoma
4. Nebraska
5. Texas
6. Florida St.
7. Tennessee
8. Va. Tech
9. Oregon
10. So. Carolina
11. Washington
12. Ga. Tech
13. Michigan
14. Kansas St.
15. LSU
16. UCLA
17. Notre Dame
18. Northwestern
19. Oregon St.
20. Clemson
21. Georgia
22. Miss. St.
23. Louisville
24. Colorado
25. Temple
James
Howell
1. Florida St.
2. Nebraska
3. Kansas St.
4. Va. Tech
5. Florida
6. Miami
7. Michigan
8. Tennessee
9. Washington
10. Oregon
11. Oklahoma
12. Wisconsin
13. Ohio St.
14. Texas A&M
15. Texas
16. Ga. Tech
17. Notre Dame
18. So. Miss.
19. Miss. St.
20. Colorado St.
21. Oregon St.
22. Purdue
23. Georgia
24. Clemson
25. Air Force
SW!-
TECH
1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Nebraska
4. Oklahoma
5. Texas
6. Oregon St.
7. Ga. Tech
8. So. Carolina
9. Tennessee
10. Toledo
11. Va. Tech
12. Oregon
13. Colorado
14. Miss. St.
15. Florida St.
16. Michigan
17. TCU
18. So. Miss
19. Notre Dame
20. E. Carolina
21. Texas A&M
22. Wisconsin
23. Stanford
24. Ohio St.
25. Northwestern
Blue Ribbon
CFB Yearbook
1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Oklahoma
4. Nebraska
5. Texas
6. Tennessee
7. Florida St.
8. Va. Tech
9. UCLA
10. Ga. Tech
11. Oregon
12. Northwestern
13. Kansas St.
14. Michigan
15. Miss. St.
16. Notre Dame
17. Wisconsin
18. Washington
19. LSU
20. Clemson
21. Southern Cal
22. Michigan St.
23. So. Carolina
24. Purdue
25. Georgia
Street
& Smith's
1. Miami
2. Oklahoma
3. Florida
4. Florida St.
5. Nebraska
6. Texas
7. Oregon
8. Oregon St.
9. Michigan
10. Tennessee
11. Kansas St.
12. Washington
13. Va. Tech
14. Notre Dame
15. Ga. Tech
16. So. Carolina
17. Wisconsin
18. UCLA
19. Clemson
20. Georgia
21. Miss. St.
22. LSU
23. Purdue
24. Northwestern
25. Colorado St.
College
FB News
1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Texas
4. Oklahoma
5. Tennessee
6. UCLA
7. Nebraska
8. Florida St.
9. Ga. Tech
10. Michigan
11. Oregon
12. Va. Tech
13. Miss. State
14. Clemson
15. Kansas St.
16. Notre Dame
17. Pittsburgh
18. LSU
19. Purdue
20. Colorado
21. Ohio State
22. Oregon St.
23. Northwestern
24. N.C. State
25. Washington
Sonny Moore's
Power Ratings
1. Miami
2. Oklahoma
3. Florida St.
4. Nebraska
5. Oregon St.
6. Texas
7. Va. Tech
8. Florida
9. Michigan
10. Kansas St.
11. Washington
12. Ga. Tech
13. Oregon
14. Georgia
15. LSU
16. Purdue
17. Tennessee
18. So. Carolina
19. TCU
20. Toledo
21. Wisconsin
22. Notre Dame
23. Northwestern
24. Clemson
25. Texas A&M
Sports-
Central.org
1. Miami
2. Oregon
3. Nebraska
4. Tennessee
5. Florida
6. Ga. Tech
7. Texas
8. Florida St.
9. Oklahoma
10. Va. Tech
Phil
Steele
1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Nebraska
4. Va. Tech
5. Florida St.
6. Miami
7. Oklahoma
8. LSU
9. Michigan
10. Tennessee
11. Colorado
12. Ga. Tech
13. Notre Dame
14. UCLA
15. Oregon
16. So. Carolina
17. E. Carolina
18. Penn St.
19. Purdue
20. Washington
21. Kansas St.
22. Ohio St.
23. Georgia
24. Alabama
25. Clemson
Football
News
1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Va. Tech
5. Oklahoma
6. Ga. Tech
7. Nebraska
8. Oregon
9. Florida St.
10. Tennessee
11. Oregon St.
12. LSU
13. Northwestern
14. Kansas St.
15. Michigan
16. Miss. St.
17. UCLA
18. So. Carolina
19. Alabama
20. Clemson
21. Notre Dame
22. Wisconsin
23. Washington
24. Louisville
25. Georgia
FB Writers
Assoc. of Amer.
1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Oklahoma
4t. Oregon
4t. Nebraska
6. Texas
7. Florida St.
8. Tennessee
9. Va. Tech
10. Oregon St.
11. Ga. Tech
12. Michigan
13. Kansas St.
14. Notre Dame
15. LSU
16. Northwestern
17. Washington
18. Clemson
19. UCLA
20. Miss. St.
21. So. Carolina
22. Wisconsin
23. Colorado
24. Alabama
25. Pittsburgh
WAJL10.com
1. Florida St.
2. Miami
3. Va. Tech
4. Nebraska
5. Florida
6. Kansas St.
7. Oklahoma
8. Oregon
9. Washington
10. Michigan
11. Tennessee
12. Texas
13. Ga. Tech
14. Colo. St.
15. Miss. St.
16. Oregon St.
17. Notre Dame
18. Wisconsin
19. Clemson
20. Louisville
21. TCU
22. Air Force
23. Alabama
24. Georgia
25. Southern Miss
Dallas
Morning News
1. Oklahoma
2. Tennessee
3. Florida
4. Oregon
5. Kansas St.
6. Texas
7. Miami
8. Michigan
9. Va. Tech
10. Florida St.
11. LSU
12. Louisville
13. Washington
14. Clemson
15. Oregon St.
16. Nebraska
17. Miss. St.
18. Alabama
19. UCLA
20. Ga. Tech
21. Colorado
22. UNLV
23. Northwestern
24. Colo. State
25. Pittsburgh
Sports
Illustrated
1. Oregon St.
2. Florida
3. Miami
4. Texas
5. Oklahoma
6. Florida St.
7. Oregon
8. Nebraska
9. Tennessee
10. Va. Tech
11. Ga. Tech
12. Northwestern
13. LSU
14. Michigan
15. Kansas St.
16. Washington
17. Wisconsin
18. Notre Dame
19. So. Carolina
20. Clemson
21. Texas A&M
22. Miss. State
23. UCLA
24. E. Carolina
25. UNLV
Associated
Press
1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Oklahoma
4. Nebraska
5. Texas
6. Florida St.
7. Oregon
8. Tennessee
9. Va. Tech
10. Ga. Tech
11. Oregon St.
12. Michigan
13. Kansas St.
14. LSU
15. Washington
16. Northwestern
17. UCLA
18. Notre Dame
19. Clemson
20. Miss. St.
21. So. Carolina
22. Wisconsin
23. Ohio St.
24. Colo. St.
25. Alabama
ESPN The
Magazine
1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Oklahoma
5. Oregon
6. Florida St.
7. Tennessee
8. Nebraska
9. Va. Tech
10. LSU
11. Ga. Tech
12. Oregon St.
13. Clemson
14. Michigan
15. Kansas St.
16. Washington
17. Miss. State
18. Northwestern
19. Notre Dame
20. Colorado
21. USC
22. Ohio State
23. Alabama
24. Illinois
25. E. Carolina
Houston
Chronicle
1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. Miami
4. Texas
5. Florida St.
6. Nebraska
7. Oregon
8. Michigan
9. Tennessee
10. Oregon St.
11. Kansas St.
12. Washington
13. Va. Tech
14. Notre Dame
15. LSU
16. Ga. Tech
17. UCLA
18. Clemson
19. So. Carolina
20. Alabama
21. Wisconsin
22. Northwestern
23. Texas A&M
24. Miss. St.
25. Texas Tech
N.Y.
Times
1. Florida
2. Miami
3. Tennessee
4. Oklahoma
5. Nebraska
6. Texas
7. Florida St.
8. Va. Tech
9. Oregon
10. Ga. Tech
11. Kansas St.
12. UCLA
13. Miss. St.
14. Oregon St.
15. Michigan
16. Northwestern
17. LSU
18. Washington
19. So. Carolina
20. Notre Dame