Ramblings from the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist

 Here are my surprise teams in order of the relative disparity between my picks and the experts’ average while also taking into account the relevance of the pick.  The experts’ average, which is represented in parentheses, consists of the avg. of the Athlon, Phil Steele, Sporting News, CBS, and various other sources.

1.   Illinois- 10^th in nation (32); 1^st in Big 10 (5)

2.  South Florida- 17^th in nation (44); 1^st in Big East (T-4)

3.  Kansas- 9^th in nation (23); 1^st in Big 12 North (T-1)

4.  South Carolina- 15^th in nation (49); 2^nd in SEC East (4)

5.  Stanford- 38^th in nation (63); 5^th in Pac-10 (T-7)

6.  Clemson- 16^th in nation (29); 1^st in ACC Atlantic (3)

7.  UAB- 80^th in nation (106); 3^rd in C-USA East (6)

8.  Kent State- 88^th in nation (110); 3^rd in MAC East (6)

9.  Oregon State- 23^rd in nation (33); 3^rd in Pac-10 (4)

10.  Army- 92nd in nation (115)