Athlon's top 25 countdown Finally a SEC team is named to the Athlon pre-season top-25. Auburn and Florida are getting no love. So far . . . 25. Washington 24. Boise St. 23. Louisville 22. TCU 21. Stanford 20. Notre Dame 19. Oklahoma St. 18. Michigan State 17. Wisconsin 16. Va. Tech 15. Clemson 14. Nebraska 13. Arkansas
I only see 13-25 in reverse order. Can't imagine that ARKy is the only top 25 SEC team. Certainly, LSU, ALA, and UGA are in the top 12.
It's a countdown, amigo. They are releasing one team a week starting with 25. The interesting thing is that the SEC teams will be clustering in the top half. Many expected Auburn and FLorida to get into the top-25.
Completely understandable. What did either team do last year to instill confidence about this year? Both teams lost their OCs, and both have very serious issues at QB. Florida's coach is still very unproven, and Chizik has underwhelmed outside of the Cam Newton campaign. Neither program really seemed to gain any momentum last year, so it's hard not to be skeptical of them for 2012.
Hogs are overvalued at 13. Close your position or monitor closely. Too much internal turmoil within. Aggies notch their first SEC win on this group.
It would seem that at least four SEC teams would have to be clustered in that top 12. LSU, Bama, Georgia, USCe all deserve top 12 consideration. USCe is debatable in the top 12 but no way they don't belong in the top-25.
TerryP thinks Georgia will be a bust this year. I think they have the pieces if they can pull them all together. I still think Richt is a good coach.
