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By Joey Johnston
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(Defending champions in bold; *will make bowl game)

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
1. Clemson*
2. Wake Forest*
3. Florida State*
4. N.C. State*
5. Boston College*
6. Maryland

Coastal Division
1. Virginia Tech*
2. North Carolina*
3. Miami*
4. Georgia Tech*
5. Virginia
6. Duke

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
1. West Virginia*

2. Pittsburgh*
3. South Florida*
4. Cincinnati*
5. Connecticut*
6. Rutgers*
7. Louisville
8. Syracuse

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

BIG 12 CONFERENCE
North Division
1. Missouri*
2. Kansas*
3. Nebraska*
4. Colorado*
5. Kansas State
6. Iowa State



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

CONFERENCE USA
East Division
1. Central Florida*
2. Southern Miss*
3. Memphis
4. East Carolina
5. Marshall
6. UAB

West Division
1. Tulsa*
2. Houston*
3. UTEP*
4. SMU
5. Tulane
6. Rice

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East Division
1. Miami, Ohio*
2. Bowling Green*
3. Temple
4. Buffalo
5. Ohio
6. Akron
7. Kent State

West Division
1. Ball State*
2. Central Michigan*
3. Western Michigan
4. Toledo
5. Northern Illinois
6. Eastern Michigan

MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE
1. BYU*
2. Utah*
3. TCU*
4. Air Force*
5. New Mexico
6. Wyoming
7. Colorado State
8. San Diego State
9. UNLV

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

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
East Division
1. Georgia*
2. Florida*
3. Tennessee*
4. South Carolina*
5. Kentucky
6. Vanderbilt

West Division
1. LSU*

2. Auburn*
3. Alabama*
6. Mississippi State*
5. Mississippi*
4. Arkansas

SUN BELT CONFERENCE
1. Florida Atlantic*

2. Troy*
3. Arkansas State
4. Middle Tennessee
5. Louisiana-Lafayette
6. Louisiana-Monroe
7. Florida International
8. North Texas

WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
1. Fresno State*
2. Boise State*
3. Nevada*
4. Louisiana Tech*
5. Hawaii
6. San Jose State
7. New Mexico State 
8. Idaho
9. Utah State

INDEPENDENTS
1. Notre Dame*
2. Navy*
3. Army
4. Western Kentucky

Joey Johnston writes regularly for NBCSports.com and is a columnist for the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune.

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