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Conference predictions

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

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

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

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
1. Pittsburgh*
2. West Virginia*
3. Cincinnati*
4. Connecticut
5. South Florida*
6. Rutgers*
7. Louisville
8. Syracuse

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

BIG 12 CONFERENCE
North Division

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

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

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

West Division
1. Houston*

2. SMU*
3. Tulsa
4. UTEP
5. Rice
6. Tulane

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

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

MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE
1. TCU*

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

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

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
East Division
1. Florida*

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

West Division
1. Alabama*

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

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

WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
1. Boise State*

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