SEC Dominates USA Today’s Pre-Season Top 25 Poll

georgiagamedayr | August 2, 2012 at 2:31 pm | 2 Comments

The SEC is once again making headlines for football. This time the headlines came in the USA Today’s top 25 pre-season poll. The most dominate conference of the past decade has put five teams in the top ten and seven in the top 25.

LSU and Alabama rank at the top, #1 and #2, respectively. The SEC East favorite, Georgia, was voted #6, while South Carolina and Arkansas rounded out the top ten at #9, and #10. Florida and Auburn also made the top 25, at #23 and #25.

The SEC led all conferences with seven total teams in the top 25. The Big 12 was in second with six teams total. At the other end of the spectrum was the Big East, as they once again failed to put one team in the top 25. With the loss of West Virginia to the Big 12, the Big East is not looking good.

Below is the entire USA Today Pre-Season Top 25 :

Rank	Team (first-place votes)	2011 Record	Points	Final 2011 rank
1.	LSU (18)	13-1	1,403	2
2.	Alabama (20)	12-1	1,399	1
3.	Southern California (19)	10-2	1,388	NR
4.	Oklahoma (1)	10-3	1,276	15
5.	Oregon	12-2	1,258	4
6.	Georgia	10-4	1,061	20
7.	Florida State (1)	9-4	1,055	23
8.	Michigan	11-2	1,023	9
9.	South Carolina	11-2	981	8
10.	Arkansas	11-2	948	5
11.	West Virginia	10-3	833	18
12.	Wisconsin	11-3	743	11
13.	Michigan State	11-3	717	10
14.	Clemson	10-4	598	22
15.	Texas	8-5	549	NR
16.	Nebraska	9-4	501	24
17.	TCU	11-2	499	13
18.	Stanford	11-2	497	7
19.	Oklahoma State	12-1	476	3
20.	Virginia Tech	11-3	461	17
21.	Kansas State	10-3	398	16
22.	Boise State	12-1	271	6
23.	Florida	7-6	250	NR
24.	Notre Dame	8-5	166	NR
25.	Auburn	8-5	66	NR