The Preview Magazines: Consensus Top 25

October 13th, 2008 by Shawn Siegel

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Don't like how CHN is ranking teams? Here's what the major annual preview magazines have to say, including a consensus average based on all three. Note some of the variance of opinions about teams like Duke, Michigan State, Texas, Oklahoma, and USC.

SN = Sporting News

	TEAM	ATHLON	LINDY'S	SN	AVG
1	UNC	1	1	1	1.0
2	UCONN	2	2	2	2.0
3	LVILLE	3	6	3	4.0
4	PITTSBURGH	7	3	9	6.3
5	UCLA	4	8	8	6.7
6	DUKE	12	4	7	7.7
7	GONZAGA	8	11	4	7.7
8	MICHIGAN STATE	14	5	5	8.0
9	TEXAS	6	14	6	8.7
10	NOTRE DAME	5	9	12	8.7
11	PURDUE	9	12	13	11.3
12	OKLAHOMA	10	7	22	13.0
13	MEMPHIS	13	16	10	13.0
14	TENNESSEE	11	10	21	14.0
15	ARIZONA STATE	16	13	15	14.7
16	MIAMI	15	18	14	15.7
17	MARQUETTE	17	17	18	17.3
	**below, only in two rankings
18	USC	23		11	17.0
19	WAKE FOREST	18		17	17.5
20	DAVIDSON		15	20	17.5
21	WISCONSIN	20	20		20.0
22	BAYLOR	19		25	22.0
23	GEORGETOWN	21	22		21.5
24	UNLV	24		24	24.0
	**below, only in one ranking
25	FLORIDA			16	16

	**other teams in one ranking
	VILLANOVA		19		19
	XAVIER			19	19
	TEXAS A&M		21		21
	KANSAS	22			22
	SAINT MARY'S			23	23
	VIRGINIA TECH		23		23
	OHIO STATE		24		24
	SYRACUSE	25			25
	ARIZONA		25		25