the numbers in parentheses is what Athlon ranked them in their last poll. Kansas State was #21 and dropped out and was replaced with Stanford. the top 12 will be: SEC -- LSU, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina Big 12 -- Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia Pac 12 -- USC, Oregon Big Ten -- Michigan, Ohio State ACC -- Florida State here's how 7 sportswriters (including that last Athlon one) ranked their Top 25 for 2012, top 12 rankings in bold: SEC #1/#1/#1/#1/#1/#1/#2 LSU #3/#3/#3/#3/#3/#3/#3 Bama #4/#4/#5/#8/#9/#9/#11 Georgia #5/#7/#7/#8/#10/#11/#11 South Carolina #6/#6/#7/#8/#8/#12/#13 Arkansas #13/#19/#20/NR/NR/NR/NR Florida #17/NR/NR/NR/NR/NR/NR Missouri #22/#23/NR/NR/NR/NR/NR Auburn Big 12 #5/#5/#5/#5/#6/#6/#7 Oklahoma #4/#8/#9/#10/#11/#12/#13 West Virginia #8/#12/#12/#13/#18/#19/#21 Texas #11/#12/#14/#14/#15/#18/#19 TCU #15/#15/#15/#18/#21/#22/NR Kansas State #16/#20/#22/#23/#24/#25/#25 Oklahoma State Big Ten #7/#8/#9/#9/#11/#13/#14 Michigan #9/#10/#11/#12/#13/#14/#15 Michigan State #6/#14/#15/#17/#19/#22/#23 Wisconsin #10/#17/#18/#21/#22/NR/NR Ohio State #14/#17/#17/#18/#20/#24/#25 Nebraska Pac Ten #1/#2/#2/#2/#2/#2/#2 USC #4/#4/#4/#4/#6/#6/#7 Oregon #12/#14/#16/#24/#20/NR/NR Stanford #20/#21/#21/#23/#25/NR/NR Washington #24/#24/NR/NR/NR/NR/NR Utah ACC #5/#7/#9/#10/#10/#13/#17 Florida State #10/#16/#19/#21/#21/#22/#23 Virginia Tech #15/#16/#16/#19/#19/NR/NR Clemson #16/#17/#24/#25/#25/NR/NR Georgia Tech Other #16/#18/#18/#20/NR/NR/NR Notre Dame #20/#24/#25/NR/NR/NR/NR Boise State #22/#23/#23/NR/NR/NR/NR Louisville from: Athlon (Steven Lassan) Sports Illustrated (Andy Staples) ESPN (Mark Schlabach) Sporting News (Matt Hayes) CFN/Scout (Staff) Yahoo/Rivals (Mike Huguenin) Times-Picayune (Ted Lewis)
Yeah, that is what I thought. I was really responding to GDF who had indicated only one SEC team in the top 25, so I wondered whether it was supposed to be a longer list, as opposed to a countdown they are releasing serially.
Lindy's Top 40 for 2012 SEC #1 LSU #3 Alabama #6 Georgia #9 Arkansas #11 South Carolina #20 Florida #29 Texas A&M #30 Missouri #31 Auburn #37 Tennessee Big 12 #4 Oklahoma #10 West Virginia #15 TCU #16 Oklahoma State #19 Texas #22 Kansas State #40 Texas Tech Big Ten #7 Michigan #12 Michigan State #14 Ohio State #17 Wisconsin #25 Nebraska #27 Penn State ACC #8 Florida State #13 Clemson #18 Virginia Tech #28 North Carolina State #34 Virginia #35 Georgia Tech Pac 12 #2 USC #5 Oregon #21 Stanford #26 Utah #32 Washington Big East #23 Louisville #36 Rutgers #38 UCF Other #24 Boise State (MWC) #33 Notre Dame (Independent) #39 BYU (Independent)
