Friday, July 1, 2011

Official 2011 Pre-Season Power Rankings.

Part of Wasatch Swagger's 2011 College Football Preview.

PAC-12

1. Oregon Ducks
2. Stanford Cardinal
3. Southern California Trojans*
4. Arizona State Sun Devils
5. Arizona Wildcats
6. Utah Utes
7. Washington Huskies
8. Oregon State Beavers
9. California Golden Bears
10. UCLA Bruins
11. Colorado Buffaloes
12. Washington State Cougars

By Division

North

1. Oregon
2. Stanford
3. Washington
4. Oregon State
5. California
6. Washington State

South

1. USC*
2. Arizona State
3. Arizona
4. Utah
5. UCLA
6. Colorado

Bowl Projections:

Rose--Oregon vs. Penn State
Sugar--Stanford vs. LSU
Alamo--Arizona State vs. Oklahoma State
Holiday--Arizona vs. Texas A&M
Sun--Utah vs. Maryland
Las Vegas--Washington vs. TCU
Kraft Fight Hunger--Oregon State vs. Nevada
New Mexico--UCLA vs. Utah State

*USC is ineligible for the post season and the conference championship game.

Football Bowl Subdivision Independents

1. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2. Brigham Young Cougars
3. Navy Midshipmen
4. Army Black Knights

Bowl Projections
Champ Sports--Notre Dame vs. Clemson
Armed Forces--BYU vs. Tulsa
Military--Navy vs. North Carolina State

WAC

1. Hawaii Warriors
2. Nevada Wolfpack
3. Fresno State Bulldogs
4. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
5. Utah State Aggies
6. Idaho Vandals
7. San Jose State Spartans
8. New Mexico State Aggies

Bowl Projections:
Hawaii--Hawaii vs. Houston
Kraft Fight Hunger--Nevada vs. Oregon State
Poinsettia--Fresno State vs. Air Force
Humanitarian--Louisiana Tech vs. Ohio
New Mexico--Utah State vs. UCLA

(For those of you that care...)
MWC
Fiesta--Boise State vs. Wisconsin
Las Vegas--TCU vs.Washington
Poinsettia--Air Force vs. Fresno State
Independence--San Diego State vs. Wake Forest
New Mexico--No Representation...Utah State vs. UCLA

BCS Games.

NC Game--Alabama vs. Oklahoma

Rose--Oregon vs. Penn State
Sugar--Stanford vs. LSU
Fiesta--Boise State vs. Wisconsin
Orange--Florida State vs. Cincinnati


Big Sky

1. Eastern Washington Eagles
2. Montana State Bobcats
3. Montana Grizzlies
4. Weber State Wildcats
5. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
6. Portland State Vikings
7. Sacramento State Hornets
8. Northern Colorado Bears
9. Idaho State Bengals

Playoff Projection
Eastern Washington, Montana State and Montana

Great West Football Conference

1. Southern Utah Thunderbirds
2. California Davis Aggies
3. California Polytechnic Mustangs
4. North Dakota Fighting Sioux
5. South Dakota Coyotes

Playoff Projection
Southern Utah

2 comments:

B.D.Bronco said...

I am curious how you came up with your Bowl predictions.

1) I noticed that you have Stanford (P12) vs. Florida State (ACC) in the Sugar Bowl. But the Sugar Bowl has chosen an SEC team to play every year since 2000, even when the SEC champ went onto the BCS-CG.

2) You have Oregon and Stanford as #1 and #2 in the P12, yet neither is in the BCS-CG, which means you do not believe a P12 team will be represented in the BCS-CG. Who then do you think will play in the BCS-CG?

3) You have TCU (MWC) in the Las Vegas Bowl vs. Washington (P12). Since the MWC champ always gets the LV Bowl and Boise State will be the MWC champ I'm assuming you have the BSU in either the Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, or BCS-CG. Which is it?

Ben H said...

Stanford corrected. Yes, I believe that the PAC-12 will get the Rose Bowl and one of the at-large bids. And I believe that Boise State will be in the Fiesta Bowl. Here are humble BCS Picks...

NC-Game: Alabama (SEC) vs. Oklahoma (Big 12)
Sugar: Stanford (At-Lagre) vs. LSU (At-Large)
Orange: Florida State (ACC) vs. Cincinnati (Big East)
Fiesta: Boise State (At-Large) vs. Wisconsin (At-large)
Rose: Oregon (Pac-12) vs. Penn State (Big 10)