It is that mid-summer moment when the arrival of the college football preseason magazines give us something to scry over as we try and forget there are still weeks upon weeks before our glorious game has returned to us. As usual, Alabama is among the top teams of most magazine's pre-season polls and, as usual, there's some new hotness they've chosen to put above the Crimson Tide. Except for USA Today, who seem to have a reasonable amount of common sense even though they can't figure out exactly why. So here's the tally with the SEC teams in bold.
2012 Season Preview Magazines' Top 25
|
USA Today |
Phil Steele |
Athlon |
Lindy's |
1 |
Alabama |
Florida State |
USC |
LSU |
2 |
USC |
Oklahoma |
LSU |
USC |
3 |
LSU |
LSU |
Alabama |
Alabama |
4 |
Oregon |
USC |
Oregon |
Oklahoma |
5 |
Oklahoma |
Alabama |
Oklahoma |
Oregon |
6 |
S. Carolina |
Oregon |
Ohio State |
Georgia |
7 |
Florida State |
Texas |
Michigan |
Michigan |
8 |
Ohio State |
Georgia |
Georgia |
Florida State |
9 |
Michigan |
Wisconsin |
Florida State |
Arkansas |
10 |
Arkansas |
Florida |
S. Carolina |
West Virginia |
11 |
Texas |
Ohio State |
Texas |
S. Carolina |
12 |
Georgia |
Oklahoma St. |
West Virginia |
Michigan St. |
13 |
West Virginia |
UNC |
Arkansas |
Clemson |
14 |
Florida |
Clemson |
Nebraska |
Ohio State |
15 |
TCU |
UCF |
Clemson |
TCU |
16 |
Wisconsin |
Arkansas |
Virginia Tech |
Oklahoma St. |
17 |
Oklahoma St. |
Nebraska |
Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
18 |
Nebraska |
Stanford |
Michigan St. |
Virginia Tech |
19 |
Notre Dame |
Michigan St. |
Oklahoma St. |
Texas |
20 |
Michigan St. |
USF |
Notre Dame |
Florida |
21 |
Stanford |
Notre Dame |
Stanford |
Stanford |
22 |
Boise State |
Michigan |
TCU |
Kansas State |
23 |
Clemson |
S. Carolina |
Louisville |
Louisville |
24 |
Virginia Tech |
Virginia Tech |
Boise State |
Boise State |
25 |
Kansas State |
West Virginia |
Washington |
Nebraska |
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