(As of Dec. 23, 2002)
Rank School ('02 Final Record) Points Final '02 Rank
1. Texas (57-15) 496 1
*2. Florida St. (60-14) 493 9
3. Southern California (37-24) 490 12
4. Rice (52-14) 489 7
*5. Georgia Tech. (52-16) 485 5
6. Louisiana St. (44-22) 484 11
7. Cal. St. Fullerton (37-22) 479 28
8. South Carolina (57-18) 477 2
9. Stanford (47-18) 475 4
10. Houston (48-17) 470 10
11. Mississippi St. (34-24-1) 468 NR
12. Arizona St. (37-21) 464 26
13. Long Beach St. (39-21) 462 27
14. Miami, Fla. (34-29) 458 17
*15. Wake Forest (47-13-1) 457 14
16. Richmond (53-13) 456 13
17. Baylor (36-26) 450 NR
*18. Clemson (54-18) 449 3
19. Notre Dame (50-18) 447 6
20. South Alabama (42-19) 445 25
21. Florida Atlantic (46-21) 440 15
22. Nebraska (47-21) 438 8
23. Tulane (36-27) 437 NR
24. S.W. Missouri St. (43-21) 432 NR
25. California (29-27) 430 NR
26. Central Florida (41-22) 424 NR
27. Oklahoma (35-27) 423 NR
28. James Madison (44-16) 419 NR
29. Ohio St. (38-20-1) 416 NR
30. Wichita St. (47-17) 411 22
31. Kent St. (37-22) 408 NR
32. Stetson (42-19) 405 NR
33. Georgia (32-29) 403 NR
*34. North Carolina (43-21) 398 19
35. Texas Tech. (42-20) 395 24
36. East Carolina (43-20-1) 392 NR
37. Southern (45-10) 390 NR
38. Florida International (41-20) 386 NR
39. Oklahoma St. (37-21) 380 NR
40. Auburn (34-26) 379 NR
5 out of 9 ACC teams are in the preseason rankings