2008 Season Outlook Part 1: Conference Predictions

This is part one in a three part series that will look at conference winners, how the big six conferences rank in 2008, and then finally a look at who will be playing in the BCS games when it's all over.

ACC

Coastal

1. Virginia Tech

2. Miami

3. Georgia Tech

4. Virginia

5. North Carolina

6. Duke

Atlantic

1. Clemson

2. Wake Forest

3. Florida State

4. Boston College

5. Maryland

6. North Carolina State

ACC Championship game: Clemson vs. Virginia Tech
Champion: Clemson

Big 10

1. Ohio State

2. Wisconsin

3. Illinois

4. Penn State

5. Michigan

6. Michigan State

7. Indiana

8. Purdue

9. Iowa

10. Minnesota

11. Northwestern

Champion: Ohio State

Big 12

North

1. Missouri

2. Kansas

3. Nebraska

4. Kansas State

5. Colorado

6. Iowa State

South

1. Oklahoma

2. Texas

3. Texas Tech

4. Texas A&M

5. Oklahoma State

6. Baylor

Big 12 Championship game: Missouri vs. Oklahoma
Champion: Oklahoma

Big East

1. West Virginia

2. South Florida

3. Pittsburgh

4. Cincinnati

5. Louisville

6. Rutgers

7. Connecticut

8. Syracuse

Champion: West Virginia

Pac 10

1. USC

2. Arizona State

3. Oregon

4. California

5. UCLA

6. Washington

7. Arizona

8. Oregon State

9. Washington State

10. Stanford

Champion: USC

SEC

East

1. Georgia

2. Florida

3. Tennessee

4. South Carolina

5. Kentucky

6. Vanderbilt

West

1. Auburn

2. LSU

3. Alabama

4. Mississippi State

5. Ole Miss

6. Arkansas

SEC Championship game: Georgia vs. Auburn
Champion: Georgia

Conference USA

East

1. East Carolina

2. Central Florida

3. Southern Mississippi

4. Memphis

5. UAB

6. Marshall

West

1. Tulsa

2. Houston

3. SMU

4. UTEP

5. Tulane

6. Rice

Conference USA Championship game: East Carolina vs. Tulsa
Champion: Tulsa

MAC Champion: Central Michigan

Mountain West Champion: BYU

WAC Champion: Fresno State

Sun Belt Champion: Florida Atlantic