From: bill@gaza.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (William J. King)
Subject: Looking back at PreSeason Predictions.......
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:59:27 GMT

NOT that I am a Steeler fan, but one lone publication (see below)
predicted the Steelers to be first in the AFC Central. 


                    Magazine Prediction Table : NFC                    1st Place


East:         |A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z|Total  Votes
Washington    |1|2|1|1|2|2|2|2|3|1|1|1|2|1|3|1|2|1|2|2|1|3|3|3|1|2|  46    11
Philadelphia  |2|1|2|2|1|3|1|1|1|3|3|3|3|3|1|3|1|2|1|1|2|1|1|2|2|3|  49    11
Dallas        |3|3|3|3|3|1|3|3|2|2|2|2|1|2|2|2|3|3|4|3|3|2|2|1|3|1|  62     4
N.Y. Giants   |4|4|4|4|4|4|5|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|3|4|4|4|4|4|4|4| 104     -
Phoenix       |5|5|5|5|5|5|4|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5| 129     -

Central:
Chicago       |2|1|2|2|1|1|2|1|3|1|1|1|1|1|2|2|2|2|1|2|1|1|1|1|1|1|  37    16
Detroit       |1|2|1|1|2|2|1|2|1|2|2|2|2|3|1|1|1|1|2|1|2|2|2|2|2|2|  43    10
Minnesota     |4|4|4|3|3|5|4|3|2|3|3|3|5|2|3|3|4|4|3|3|3|3|4|3|5|3|  89     -
Tampa Bay     |3|3|3|5|5|3|3|4|4|5|4|5|4|4|5|5|5|3|5|4|5|5|3|4|3|4| 106     -
Green Bay     |5|5|5|4|4|4|5|5|5|4|5|4|3|5|4|4|3|5|4|5|4|4|5|5|4|5| 115     -

West 
San Francisco |2|1|1|2|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|2|1|2|1|1|2|1|1|1|1|1|  31    21
New Orleans   |3|2|2|1|3|3|2|2|2|3|3|3|2|2|2|1|2|3|2|3|3|3|2|2|2|3|  61     2
Atlanta       |1|3|3|3|2|2|3|3|3|2|2|2|3|3|3|3|3|1|3|2|1|2|3|3|3|2|  64     3
L.A. Rams     |4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4| 104     -

                    Magazine Prediction Table : AFC                    1st Place

East:         |A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z|Total  Votes
Buffalo       |1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|2|1|1|1|2|  28    24
N.Y. Jets     |2|3|2|3|3|2|2|3|2|3|2|2|2|2|4|3|2|2|2|2|2|3|2|2|2|1|  60     1
Miami         |4|2|3|2|2|3|4|2|3|2|3|3|3|3|2|2|3|3|3|3|3|1|3|3|3|3|  71     1
New England   |3|5|4|4|4|4|3|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|5|4|4|4|4|4|5|4|4|4|4|4| 105     -
Indianapolis  |5|4|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|3|5|5|5|5|5|4|5|5|5|5|5| 126     -

Central 
Houston       |2|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|2|1|1|1|2|1|1|1|1|  29    23
Cleveland     |3|2|2|3|2|3|2|3|2|2|2|2|2|2|3|2|2|3|2|2|2|1|2|2|2|3|  58     1
Pittsburgh    |1|4|3|2|3|2|3|2|4|3|3|4|4|3|2|3|3|1|3|3|3|4|3|4|3|2|  75     2
Cincinnati    |4|3|4|4|4|4|4|4|3|4|4|3|3|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|3|4|3|4|4|  98     -

West 
Denver        |1|1|2|1|1|1|2|3|1|1|2|1|1|1|3|2|2|1|1|3|1|2|1|3|3|1|  42    15
Kansas City   |2|2|1|2|3|4|1|2|2|2|1|2|2|2|1|1|1|2|3|1|2|1|2|1|1|3|  47    10
L.A. Radiers  |4|4|3|3|2|2|4|1|4|3|3|3|3|3|2|3|3|4|2|4|3|3|3|4|2|2|  77     1
San Diego     |3|3|4|4|4|3|3|4|3|5|4|5|4|4|4|5|4|3|5|2|4|4|4|2|4|4|  98     -
Seattle       |5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|5|4|5|4|5|5|5|4|5|5|4|5|5|5|5|5|5|5| 126     -
 

Key to Table: (all are summer/fall 1992 annuals/specials/articles)

 A - Athlons Pro Football                N - Jim Fiests Football Annual
 B - Football Action                     O - Official Pro Football Preview
 C - Petersens Preview                   P - Don Heinrichs Pro Preview
 D - Game Plan Pro Football              Q - Sporting News Football Yearbook
 E - NFL Kickoff/Pro Football            R - College & Pro Newsweekly
 F - Street and Smith's                  S - NFL '92 Pro Football Preview
 G - NFL Football Preview (FB Digest)    T - Inside Sports
 H - Football Forecast                   U - Gridiron
 I - Pro Football Illustrated            V - Sport 1992 NFL & College Preview
 J - Lindys Pro Football                 W - Playboy
 K - Pro Football Weekly Preview         X - Pro Preview
 L - Pro Football Scene                  Y - USA Today
 M - Fantasy Football Pro Forecast 1992  Z - Sports Illustrated
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