All the Rest Our Rankings from 26 to 117

2002 RETURNING
RANK TEAM( FINAL 2002 RANK) RECORD STARTERS
THE SKINNY (2002 STATS)

26 PURDUE 7-6 19
Senior FS Stuart Schweigert has 13 career INTs, two more than
Boilermakers great Rod Woodson
27 COLORADO STATE 10-4 15
Bradlee Van Pelt, son of former NFL LB Brad, is WAC's best
quarterback (206.6 yards per game total offense)
28 TCU (23) 10-2 11
Entire front four back from top-ranked defense that held
opponents to 240.2 yards a game
29 FRESNO STATE 9-5 16
Sophomore QB Paul Pinegar (2,929 passing yards, 20 TDs) could be
next David Carr
30 ALABAMA (11) 10-3 16
Senior TB Shaud Williams and sophomore QB Brodie Croyle are new
coach Mike Shula's top weapons
31 MINNESOTA 8-5 17
Gophers should go bowling, with home games against Michigan and
Wisconsin, and no Ohio State on schedule
32 NEBRASKA 7-7 15
Huskers will need better performance from erratic senior QB
Jammal Lord (12 TD passes, 12 INTs)
33 UCLA 8-5 14
Former Denver Broncos wide receivers coach Karl Dorrell (age 39)
brings new energy to Westwood
34 FLORIDA 8-5 9
Wide-open race among three candidates to succeed Rex Grossman at
quarterback
35 OREGON STATE 8-5 17
Junior TB Steven Jackson was busy Beaver, rushing for
school-record 1,690 yards last season
36 MISSISSIPPI 7-6 17
Eli Manning can throw to superior set of wideouts in senior
Chris Collins (55 receptions) and junior Bill Flowers (53)
37 COLORADO (20) 9-5 11
Olympic skier and sophomore WR Jeremy Bloom is punt-return
mogul: 15.0 yard average, 2 TDs
38 MISSOURI 5-7 17
Sophomore QB Brad Smith (3,362 total yards) leads group of nine
returning starters on offense
39 IOWA (8) 11-2 12
Junior-college transfer Nathan Chandler takes over at QB for
Heisman runner-up Brad Banks
40 ARKANSAS 9-5 19
Injury-plagued fifth-year TB Cedric Cobbs hopes to fulfill
promise of '99, when he was Hogs' best-ever freshman rusher
41 WEST VIRGINIA (25) 9-4 10
Junior Rasheed Marshall's 666 rushing yards broke Big East QB
mark Michael Vick set at Virginia Tech
42 MIAMI (OHIO) 7-5 12
RedHawks are touting junior QB Ben Roethlisberger (3,238 passing
yards, 22 TDs) for Heisman
43 WASHINGTON STATE (10) 10-3 14
Junior wideout Devard Darling (54 receptions, 11 TDs) has surest
hands in Pac-10
44 NEW MEXICO 7-7 19
Hope to build on success of RB DonTrell Moore (1,134 yards, 13
TDs), Mountain West Freshman of the Year
45 MARSHALL (24) 11-2 12
Junior QB Stan Hill (52 of 83, 536 yards) has big shoes to fill,
taking over for departed Byron Leftwich
46 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 8-4 14
Senior TB Michael (the Burner) Turner set MAC ablaze with
conference-record 1,915 rushing yards
47 AIR FORCE 8-5 17
Senior QB Chance Harridge is fifth Cadet to both rush and pass
for 1,000 yards in same season
48 CLEMSON 7-6 14
CB Justin Miller led ACC with eight INTs and school-record 35.1
yards per punt return last year as freshman
49 SOUTH FLORIDA 9-2 15
Automatica III? Junior PK Santiago Gramatica--younger brother of
NFL's Martin and Bill--hit 16 of 21 field goals

2002 RETURNING
RANK TEAM (FINAL 2002 RANK) RECORD STARTERS
THE SKINNY (2002 STATS)

50 HAWAII 10-4 14
Junior QB Timmy Chang aims for Hawaii Five-O00--as in 5,000
passing yards--after monster season (349 of 624, 4,474 yards)
51 TULANE 8-5 12
Wave's offense led by QB J.P. Losman (2,468 yards passing) and
RB Mewelde Moore (1,138 rushing)
52 GEORGIA TECH 7-6 12
Senior DE Greg Gathers (school-best 31 career sacks) returns
after missing '02 with kidney disorder
53 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 7-6 15
Thorpe Award semifinalist Etric Pruitt (139 tackles) provides
senior leadership at free safety
54 SOUTH CAROLINA 5-7 9
Gamecocks will shift from 3-3-5 alignment to four-man front
under new defensive coordinator Chris Cosh
55 MICHIGAN STATE 4-8 16
New coach John L. Smith led Louisville to five consecutive bowl
games
56 CINCINNATI 7-7 10
Junior QB Gino Guidugli set Bearcats marks for attempts (472),
completions (258) and yards (3,543)
57 CENTRAL FLORIDA 7-5 10
Senior QB Ryan Schneider (3,770 yards, 31 TDs ) should surpass
Daunte Culpepper's career marks
58 NORTH CAROLINA 3-9 15
All-ACC FS Dexter Reid was second in nation with 13.8 tackles
per game as junior
59 ILLINOIS 5-7 14
Senior FB Carey Davis is Illini's leading returning rusher (319
yards) and receiver (201 yards)
60 CALIFORNIA 7-5 9
Cal was golden last season, but having just two starters back on
defense could make for more bearish year
61 BOISE STATE (15) 12-1 10
Nation's best offense in '02 has senior QB Ryan Dinwiddie (20
TDs, 3 INTs) back but little else
62 BYU 5-7 18
Bring the Payne could be special teams' rallying call as junior
punter Matt Payne led nation with 47.6-yard average
63 BOSTON COLLEGE 9-4 12
Senior TB Derrick Knight (1,432 yards) should give Eagles sixth
straight year with 1,000-yard rusher
64 IOWA STATE 7-7 16
Senior WR Lane Danielson led Cyclones with 63 catches for 1,073
yards
65 NORTH TEXAS 8-5 14
Senior LB Brandon Kennedy, the Sun Belt MVP, had 24 tackles for
loss (second in nation), team-best nine sacks
66 BOWLING GREEN 9-3 14
New coach Gregg Brandon has two-way threat in senior QB Josh
Harris (2,425 yards passing, 737 rushing)
67 KENTUCKY 7-5 12
Jumbo-sized (6'4", 260 pounds) senior QB Jared Lorenzen also had
big-time stats (24 TDs, only five INTs)
68 MISSISSIPPI STATE 3-9 15
Coach Jackie Sherrill, now in his 12th season, has gone 6-17 in
past two years
69 LOUISVILLE 7-6 14
Junior QB Stefan LeFors (49 yards) replaces three-time C-USA
Player of the Year, Dave Ragone
70 SYRACUSE 4-8 13
Coach Paul Pasqualoni had first losing season in 12
years--Orange fans unlikely to accept repeat
71 STANFORD 2-9 13
Bad news: Offense must break in eight new starters. Good news:
Offense was 111th in country and needed overhaul
72 ARIZONA 4-8 15
Coach John Mackovic survived player revolt, but nonconference
games against LSU and Purdue could do him in
73 WAKE FOREST 7-6 12
Heralded freshman QB Ben Mauk set national high school records
last year with 6,540 passing yards, 76 TDs

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RANK TEAM (FINAL 2002 RANK) RECORD STARTERS
THE SKINNY (2002 STATS)

74 TEXAS TECH 9-5 14
Senior QB B.J. Symons (329 passing yards) takes over for Kliff
Kingsbury (11,918 career yards of total offense)
75 NORTHWESTERN 3-9 18
Good news: Nine starters are back on defense. Bad news: Defense
allowed 502.3 yards a game, second worst in I-A
76 UTAH 5-6 12
Utes hope incoming coach Urban Meyer can work same magic he did
at Bowling Green (six-win improvement in first year)
77 EAST CAROLINA 4-8 15
New head man John Thompson, former Florida defensive
coordinator, has dumped 3-4 defense for 4-3
78 DUKE 2-10 22
Senior LB Ryan Fowler could become the first Blue Devil to lead
team in tackles in four straight seasons
79 INDIANA 3-9 14
Wake up the echoes: Notre Dame transfer Matt LoVecchio gives
Hoosiers hope at QB
80 TEMPLE 4-8 11
Junior QB Mike McGann must cut down on giveaways after throwing
for 22 INTs and 13 TDs
81 TOLEDO 9-5 15
Star tackles Erik Faasen and Nick Kaczur clear road for sleek
sophomore TB Astin Martin
82 VANDERBILT 2-10 12
Sophomore RB Kwane Doster, SEC's top freshman last season, had
798 rushing yards, best ever for first-year back
83 ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM 5-7 17
In just eight starts freshman QB Darrell Hackney threw for 1,977
yards, 14 TDs
84 KANSAS 2-10 15
Senior QB Bill Whittemore, Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the
Year, had 1,666 passing yards, 549 rushing yards
85 BAYLOR 3-9 12
Bears broke 29-game Big 12 losing streak with win over Kansas in
'02; rematch is Oct. 18 in Lawrence
86 CONNECTICUT 6-6 16
Sophomore RB Terry Caulley is short in stature (5'7") but not in
production (124.7 rushing yards per game)
87 MEMPHIS 3-9 17
Junior DT Albert Means, academically ineligible last year, could
have huge impact if he makes grades
88 SAN DIEGO STATE 4-9 14
Senior QB Adam Hall had two of top five NCAA passing games in
'02, with 500-yarders against Arizona State and Idaho
89 TROY STATE 4-8 10
Will be tough to match '02 win total with schedule that includes
Kansas State, Nebraska, Minnesota, Virginia and Marshall
90 SAN JOSE STATE 6-7 15
Senior DE Philip Perry was tied for third nationally in forced
fumbles, with seven
91 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 4-8 15
Senior LT Brandon Westbrook, two-time All-Sun Belt First Teamer,
anchors Blue Raiders' line
92 BALL STATE 6-6 14
Homecoming king: New coach Brady Hoke, a former Michigan
assistant, captained Cardinals as senior LB in 1980
93 UNLV 5-7 13
Junior Earvin Johnson provides magic at wideout, but who will
replace showtiming QB Jason Thomas?
94 AKRON 4-8 17
All 11 starters return on offense, including junior QB Charlie
Frye, who threw for 2,824 yards
95 WESTERN MICHIGAN 4-8 11
Senior DE Jason Babin (15 sacks) was named top defensive player
in MAC
96 NEVADA 5-7 18
Junior RB Chance Kretschmer (1,732 yards in '01; missed '02 with
torn ACL) gives Wolf Pack much needed boost

2002 RETURNING
RANK TEAM (FINAL 2002 RANK) RECORD STARTERS
THE SKINNY (2002 STATS)

97 OHIO 4-8 12
Junior LB Dennis Chukwuemeka had six games with 10 or more
tackles
98 WYOMING 2-10 16
Cowboys, 5-29 over past three years, hope for change of fortunes
with new coach Joe Glenn (39-6 at I-AA Montana)
99 NEW MEXICO STATE 7-5 14
Returning QB platoon of sophomore Paul Dombrowski and junior
Buck Pierce combined for 3,324 yards and 15 rushing TDs
100 LOUISIANA TECH 4-8 13
Cool Hand Luke: Senior QB Luke McCown has most career passing
yards (9,420 yards) of any current QB in nation
101 KENT STATE 3-9 13
Junior QB Joshua Cribbs can become first I-A player to both pass
and rush for 1,000 yards in each of first three seasons
102 RICE 4-7 11
Senior LB Jeff Vanover (92 tackles) hurts people on field but
off field is studying to help them (he's premed)
103 HOUSTON 5-7 12
First-year coach Art Briles is first former Cougars player (he
was WR from '74 to '77) to run program
104 NAVY 2-10 15
Senior QB Craig Candeto (775 rushing yards, 16 TDs) anchored
nation's No. 3 ground offense (270.8 yard average)
105 RUTGERS 1-11 12
Scarlet Knights look to Moses--promising junior WR Tres
Moses--to deliver after his injury-plagued '02
106 TULSA 1-11 15
Golden Hurricane has lost 21 of last 23 games; hope is that
seven returning starters on offense can turn things around
107 SMU 3-9 18
Mustangs' D will rely on senior D.D. Johnson at outside
linebacker and junior D.D. Lee at middle linebacker
108 ARKANSAS STATE 6-7 16
Sun Belt's No. 2 defense gets boost from addition of junior
college All-America free safety LeUndo Adams
109 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 4-8 14
Chippewas need senior HB Terrence Jackson to return to form of
2001 (1,194 yards rushing)
110 TEXAS-EL PASO 2-10 16
Redshirt freshman Jordan Palmer, brother of Heisman winner
Carson, among three vying for starting QB position
111 ARMY 1-11 13
West Point for coach Todd Berry (5-29) looks to improve in Black
Knights' final year in Conference USA
112 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 3-9 11
Senior WR Fred Stamps delivers: just second Ragin' Cajun to top
1,000 receiving yards
113 EASTERN MICHIGAN 3-9 19
New defensive coordinator Tim Rose has 10 starters back from
nation's worst defense (519.9 yards per game)
114 BUFFALO 1-11 17
TB Aaron Leeper (917 rushing yards, 10 TDs) was MAC Freshman of
the Year
115 LOUISIANA-MONROE 3-9 16
New coach Charlie Weatherbie is Indians' third in less than 12
months
116 IDAHO 2-10 13
Senior QB Brian Lindgren led Sun Belt in total offense (242.2
yards per game)
117 UTAH STATE 4-7 12
Game equivalent of Mr. Irrelevant Award: Aggies travel to Idaho
on Nov. 22 for season finale

COLOR PHOTO: TOM HAUCK/ICON SMI TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW Air Force and Cal will look to crack therankings after flirting with the Top 25 last season.

COLOR PHOTO: ISAAC MENASHE/ICON SMI ZIP-ZIP HOORAY Frye leads a high-flying Akron offense that hasall 11 starters back, but the Zips face a hard road in the competitive MAC East.

COLOR PHOTO: DAMIAN STROHMEYER WHY NOT 2K? Kent State's Cribbs aims to be the first player toboth rush and pass for 1,000 yards in three straight seasons.