CONFERENCE RANKINGS

ACC

1. Florida State
2. Virginia
3. Clemson
4. North Carolina
5. Georgia Tech
6. Maryland
7. N.C. State
8. Duke
9. Wake Forest

Big East

1. Syracuse
2. Miami
3. Virginia Tech
4. West Virginia
5. Boston College
6. Pittsburgh
7. Temple
8. Rutgers

Big Ten

1. Northwestern
2. Penn State
3. Michigan
4. Iowa
5. Ohio State
6. Purdue
7. Michigan State
8. Wisconsin
9. Illinois
10. Minnesota
11. Indiana

Big 12

North
1. Nebraska
2. Colorado
3. Kansas State
4. Kansas
5. Iowa State
6. Missouri

South
1. Texas
2. Texas A&M
3. Texas Tech
4. Baylor
5. Oklahoma
6. Oklahoma State

Big West

1. Nevada
2. New Mexico State
3. North Texas
4. Utah State
5. Boise State
6. Idaho

Conference USA

1. Cincinnati
2. Louisville
3. Southern Miss
4. Houston
5. Memphis
6. Tulane

Mid-American

1. Miami (Ohio)
2. Toledo
3. Ball State
4. Eastern Michigan
5. Bowling Green
6. Western Michigan
7. Central Michigan
8. Kent State
9. Akron
10. Ohio

Pac-10

1. USC
2. Oregon
3. Arizona State
4. Washington
5. Arizona
6. California
7. Stanford
8. UCLA
9. Washington State
10. Oregon State

SEC

East
1. Tennessee
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. Kentucky
5. South Carolina
6. Vanderbilt

West
1. Louisiana State
2. Auburn
3. Alabama
4. Arkansas
5. Mississippi State
6. Mississippi

WAC

Mountain Division
1. Utah
2. Brigham Young
3. Tulsa
4. Texas Christian
5. Southern Methodist
6. Rice
7. New Mexico
8. UTEP

Pacific Division
1. Air Force
2. East Carolina
3. Army
4. Navy
5. Southwestern Louisiana
6. Louisiana Tech
7. Northern Illinois
8. Northeast Louisiana
9. Arkansas State
10. Central Florida
11. Alabama-Birmningham

TWO COLOR PHOTOS: ROBERT ROGERS (2) [Football player; player running with football]

COLOR PHOTO: RONALD C. MODRA[Quarteback preparing to accept snap from center]