Fernández was a preseason All-Atlantic 10 First Team selection as a senior.

(The Times put the Seminoles at No. 3 and the Wolverines No. 2 in its preseason selections.)

The team is expected to be a top 10 preseason selection when the preseason rankings are finalized.

Vermont, a semifinalist at the national championships last March, was the coaches' preseason selection for the second year in a row to finish first in the ECAC.

Boston College (3-2-1) was the preseason selection to win the conference and was ranked No. 1 in the nation before splitting two games at North Dakota in mid-October.

Brackman was a preseason all-American selection by Baseball America, but his stock might have dropped because of physical concerns.

Had Artest stayed, St. John's would almost certainly have been a preseason top-five selection.

In both 2005 and 2007, only two preseason selections made the regular season team.

Hummer was the unanimous preseason selection as Ivy League Player of the Year by a wide variety of media outlets, including Rivals.com and CBS Sports.

We can take all the old guidelines, all the checkpoints that frame our college football outlook, and place them in the same circular file with our preseason selections.