by By Rodney McKissic , Buffalo News

East Division

1. UB

2. Bowling Green

3. Temple

4. Ohio

5. Miami (Ohio)

6. Akron

7. Kent State

West Division

1. Western Michigan

2. Central Michigan

3. Northern Illinois

4. Ball State

5. Toledo

6. Eastern Michigan

TSN's All-MAC team includes James Starks, Naaman Roosevelt and Davonte Shannon. Among its "Four Fearless Forecasts" is Temple getting a bowl bid and Gill, Central Michigan's Butch Jones and the Owls Al Golden as coaches who will move on to a BCS program. Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't understand everyone's fascination with Golden and Temple.

Anyway, TSN lists UB as a program that's ascending but in its recruiting round up, the Bulls ranked 12th out of 13 with the Owls bringing up the rear. In its rating the players section, Starks is the most elusive, Roosevelt the best athlete and the top impact freshman is LB Darius Willis. TSN's game to watch for UB is Central Michigan, which could be a preview of the MAC Championship Game and the magazine projects the Bulls to return to the International Bowl. The Bulls top five recruits are DE Matt Jones, RB Branden Oliver, WR Fred Lee, CB Carlos Lammons and TE Peter Gagliardi.

TSN's pre-season No. 1 is (who else?) Florida. Rounding out the top 10 are Texas, Oklahoma, USC, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Oregon, LSU and Ohio State and Oklahoma State.

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