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Conference predictions

By Joey Johnston
NBCSports.com contributor

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

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

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

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
1. Cincinnati*

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

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

BIG 12 CONFERENCE
North Division

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

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

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

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

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East Division
1. Buffalo*

2. Temple*
3. Bowling Green*
4. Ohio
5. Miami, Ohio
6. Akron
7. Kent State

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

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

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

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
East Division
1. Florida*

2. Georgia*
3. Tennessee*
4. South Carolina*
5. Kentucky*
6. Vanderbilt

West Division
1. Alabama*

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

SUN BELT CONFERENCE
1. Arkansas State*
2. Troy
3. Florida Atlantic
4. Middle Tennessee
5. Louisiana-Lafayette
6. Louisiana-Monroe
7. Florida International
8. North Texas
9. Western Kentucky

WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
1. Boise State*

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

INDEPENDENTS
1. Notre Dame*
2. Navy*
3. Army

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

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