Preseason Football Magazine Prognostications

Seth Marler

The calendar may say that it's only mid-July, but a trip to the newsstand reveals that football season is right around the corner. Louisville is a consensus Top 20 team in the publications that have been released, while 10 different Conference USA players have been named first, second or third team preseason All-American by at least one publication.

Below is a synopsis of national rankings, All-Americans and position rankings as well as the predicted order of conference finish by the different publications:

NATIONAL RANKINGS

Athlon’s
16-Louisville

Football Action
19-Louisville

Football News
19-Louisville

Lindy’s
20-Louisville

Phil Steele’s
32-Louisville

The Sporting News
13-Louisville
26-Southern Miss

Street & Smith’s
20-Louisville

C-USA PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
Athlon Sports
1-Louisville
2-Southern Miss
3-Cincinnati
4-Memphis
5-East Carolina
6-TCU
7-UAB
8-Tulane
9-Army
10-Houston

Football Action
1-Louisville
2-Cincinnati
3-Southern Miss
4-TCU
5-UAB
6-Memphis
7-East Carolina
8-Tulane
9-Houston
10-Army

Lindy’s
1-Louisville
2-Southern Miss
3-Cincinnati
4-TCU
5-East Carolina
6-UAB
7-Memphis
8-Houston
9-Tulane
10-Army

Phil Steele’s
1-Louisville
2-Southern Miss
3-East Carolina
4-TCU
5-Cincinnati
6-Memphis
7-Tulane
8-Army
9-Houston
10-UAB

The Sporting News
1-Louisville
2-Southern Miss
3-TCU
4-Cincinnati
5-Memphis
6-East Carolina
7-Tulane
8-Houston
9-UAB
10-Army

Street & Smith’s
1-Louisville
2-Southern Miss
3-Cincinnati
4-TCU
5-Memphis
6-East Carolina
7-UAB
8-Houston
9-Army
10-Tulane

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS

Athlon Sports
First Team
Seth Marler, K, Tulane

Second Team
Ronnie Ghent, TE, Louisville
Dewayne White, DE, Louisville

Third Team
Josh Gardner, OL, Cincinnati
Anthony Floyd, DB, Louisville

Football Action
First Team
Seth Marler, K, Tulane

Second Team
Rod Davis, LB, Southern Miss
Jonathan Ruffin, K, Cincinnati

Football News
First Team
Seth Marler, K, Tulane
Dewayne White, DE, Louisville

Third Team
Brian Rimpf, OL, East Carolina
Rod Davis, LB, Southern Miss
Anthony Floyd, DB, Cincinnati

Lindy’s
First Team
Dewayne White, DE, Louisville

Second Team
Seth Marler, K, Tulane

Phil Steele’s
First Team
Seth Marler, K, Tulane

Second Team
Dewayne White, DE, Louisville

Third Team
Dave Ragone, QB, Louisville

Fourth Team
Kirt Doolin, OL, Cincinnati

Sporting News
First Team
Seth Marler, K, Tulane

Second Team
Dewayne White, DE, Louisville

Street & Smith’s
Second Team
Dewayne White, DE, Louisville

Honorable Mention
Dave Ragone, QB, Louisville
Mewelde Moore, RB, Tulane
LaDaris Vann, WR, Cincinnati
Ronnie Ghent, TE, Louisville
Brian Rimpf, OL, East Carolina
Rex Hadnot, OL, Houston
Antwan Peek, DE, Cincinnati
LaMarcus McDonald, LB, TCU
Rod Davis, LB, Southern Miss
Anthony Floyd, DB, Louisville
Hanik Milligan, DB, Houston
Jason Goss, DB, TCU
Jermain Woodard, DB, Houston
Seth Marler, K, Tulane


PRESEASON NATIONAL POSITION RANKINGS

Athlon Sports
Top Quarterback Units
8-Louisville

Top Defensive Line Units
10-Louisville

Top WR/TE Units
9-Cincinnati

Top Defensive Back Units
1-Louisville

Lindy’s
Top Quarterbacks
6-Dave Ragone, Louisville
25-Gino Guidugli, Cincinnati

Top Running Backs
9-Mewelde Moore, Tulane

Top Tight Ends
8-Ronnie Ghent, Louisville

Top Offensive Tackles
7-Brian Rimpf, East Carolina

Top Defensive Ends
2-Dewayne White, Louisville
8-Antwan Peek, Cincinnati

Top Inside Linebackers
12-Rod Davis, Southern Miss

Top Inside Safeties
6-Anthony Floyd, Louisville

Top Kickers
2-Seth Marler, Tulane

Top Punters
7-Jarad Preston

The Sporting News

Top Backfields
5-Louisville

Top Defensive Lines
6-Southern Miss
10-Louisville

Top Secondaries
3-Louisville

Top Quarterbacks
4-Dave Ragone, Louisville
21-Gino Guidugli, Cincinnati

Top Running Backs
14-Mewelde Moore, Tulane

Top Wide Receivers
21-LaDaris Vann, Cincinnati

Top Tight Ends
7-Ronnie Ghent, Louisville

Top Offensive Tackles
17-Brian Rimpf, East Carolina

Top Guards
8-Torrin Tucker, Southern Miss

Top Centers
16-Jamal Powell, TCU
24-Jimond Pugh, Memphis

Top Defensive Ends
3-Dewayne White, Louisville
19-Antwan Peek, Cincinnati

Top Middle Linebackers
9-Rod Davis, Southern Miss

Top Outside Linebackers
9-Michael Brown, Louisville
16-LaMarcus McDonald, TCU
24-John Williamson, East Carolina

Top Cornerbacks
16-Greg Brooks, Southern Miss
21-Jason Goss, TCU

Top Free Safeties
3-Anthony Floyd, Louisville
19-Hanik Milligan, Houston

Top Kickers
1-Seth Marler, Tulane
17-Kevin Miller, East Carolina
18-Jonathan Ruffin, Cincinnati

Top Punters
24-Jarad Preston, East Carolina

Top Kick Returners
4-LaTarence Dunbar, TCU
22-Marvin Townes, East Carolina