USA Today Coaches Preseason Poll Released

NCAA Football Preseason Rankings 2012

 

It’s hard to fathom the idea of a NCAA poll, and Penn State is nowhere to be found! As sad as that is, life goes on and other decent colleges will all be in the dream for a national championship.

 

LSU is list as the No. 1-ranked team heading into the new college football season! That should be no surprise to a lot of people, meanwhile defending BCS national champion, Alabama, comes in at No. 2. LSU edged ‘Bama by just 4 points, leaving the question: Who really is #1?

Rounding out the top five are:  USC, Oklahoma and Oregon, in that order. Even though the Trojans received 19 first-place votes, one more than LSU, but the SEC takes preference over the Pac-12 when all is said and done.

Boise State a one-loss team from a season ago is at No. 22, while Georgia begins the New Year ranked No. 6 despite even though they dropped four games in 2011! Ohio State Buckeyes are a notable program missing from the preseason Top 25 in many years. Every one else in the poll seems situated as they should be, with no surprises.

Looking forward to the upcoming season and hopefully all the games will be close ones.

12 USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll Top 25

Rank	Team (first-place votes)	Record	Points
1	LSU (18)	13-1	1,403
2	Alabama (20)	12-1	1,399
3	Southern California (19)	10-2	1,388
4	Oklahoma (1)	10-3	1,276
5	Oregon	12-2	1,258
6	Georgia	10-4	1,061
7	Florida State (1)	9-4	1,055
8	Michigan	11-2	1,023
9	South Carolina	11-2	981
10	Arkansas	11-2	948
11	West Virginia	10-3	833
12	Wisconsin	11-3	743
13	Michigan State	11-3	717
14	Clemson	10-4	598
15	Texas	8-5	549
16	Nebraska	9-4	501
17	TCU	11-2	499
18	Stanford	11-2	497
19	Oklahoma State	12-1	476
20	Virginia Tech	11-3	461
21	Kansas State	10-3	398
22	Boise State	12-1	271
23	Florida	7-6	250
24	Notre Dame	8-5	166
25	Auburn	8-5	66

That’s all I wrote, folks!