Campus Confidential

Back from a world without Internet. I had a lot of catching up to do, but I think we'll start with some polls.

According to the media, here is how the conference standings will look come bowl season:

Pac 10
1. USC (38 first-place votes), 389 total points
2. Arizona State, 330
3. Oregon, 295
4. Cal (1), 274**
5. UCLA, 204
6. Oregon State, 192
7. Arizona, 185
8. Washington, 139
9. Stanford, 76
10. Washington State, 61
**Jeff Tedford is not a member of the media.

Atlantic Coast
Atlantic Division
Clemson (59) 383**
Wake Forest (5) 304
Florida State (1) 265
Boston College 154
Maryland 147
N.C. State 112

Coastal Division
Virginia Tech (58) 383
North Carolina (4) 288
Miami (1) 253
Georgia Tech (1) 195
Virginia (1) 161
Duke 85
**Picked to win conference

Big 12
North
1. Missouri (51) 306
2. Kansas 234
3. Nebraska 183
4. Colorado 181
5. Kansas State 108
6. Iowa State 59

South
1. Oklahoma (49) 304
2. Texas (2) 230
3. Texas Tech 227
4. Oklahoma State 140
5. Texas A&M 118
6. Baylor 52

Southeastern
Eastern Div.
1. Florida (45) 98**
2. Georgia (23) 121
3. Tennessee (2) 222
4. South Carolina 266
5. Kentucky 356
6. Vanderbilt 407

Western Div.
1. Auburn (48) 99
2. LSU (21) 120
3. Alabama 228
4. Mississippi State 299
5. Ole Miss (1) 338
6. Arkansas 386
**Picked to win conference

The Big Ten's poll is nowhere to be found. They're above that, perhaps? Do they think very little of the men that cover the conference? However, I was able to gather, and as Mike reported, that Ohio State is picked to win the conference, Wisconsin second and Illinois third. I also read that Michigan State is ranked ahead of Michigan. I'll assume that Penn State was picked fourth, making Michigan sixth at best.

The Big East media day is tomorrow. So I'll be sure to provide the pundits' preseason poll.

--AA