Preseason Football Magazine Prognostications
CHICAGO - The calendar may say its 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 Mentions

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