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Old 05-22-2012, 09:20 AM   #1
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Icon1 Phil Steele's 2012 Top 40

Steele has been releasing two teams a day for the last week or so. The link below will take you to PS's website where you can view the pages from the 2012 magazine for today's teams (pdf format), as well as his preseason all-conference teams and his projection for the initial AP poll.

http://www.philsteele.com/

NOTE: THIS IS NOT STEELE'S POWER POLL. THIS IS HIS OPINION OF WHERE EACH TEAM WILL FINISH THE SEASON, AND AS SUCH REFLECTS FACTORS SUCH AS STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE THAT ARE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY OTHER PUBLICATIONS.

40. Rutgers
39. Georgia Tech
38. Iowa
37. Kansas State
36. TCU
35. BYU
34. Louisville
33. Utah
32. Houston
31. Ohio
30. Texas A&M
29. Auburn
28. Mississippi State
27. Tennessee
26. Boise State
25. West Virginia
24. Virginia Tech
23. South Carolina
22. Michigan
21. Notre Dame
20. South Florida
19. Michigan State
18. Stanford
17. Nebraska
16. Arkansas
15. UCF
14. Clemson
13. North Carolina
12. Oklahoma State
11. Ohio State
10. Florida
9. Wisconsin
8. Georgia
7. Texas
6. Oregon
5. Alabama
4. USC
3. LSU
2. Oklahoma
1. Florida State


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Old 05-22-2012, 09:25 AM   #2
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Re: Phil Steele's 2012 Top 40

Steele's projected AP top 24 (note that this is not his top 24 that will appear in the magazine).
  1. LSU
  2. USC
  3. ALABAMA
  4. OREGON
  5. OKLAHOMA
  6. GEORGIA
  7. ARKANSAS
  8. MICHIGAN
  9. FLORIDA STATE
  10. SOUTH CAROLINA
  11. WEST VIRGINIA
  12. MICHIGAN STATE
  13. KANSAS STATE
  14. CLEMSON
  15. TCU
  16. WISCONSIN
  17. VIRGINIA TECH
  18. OHIO STATE
  19. NEBRASKA
  20. STANFORD
  21. BOISE STATE
  22. TEXAS
  23. OKLAHOMA STATE
  24. FLORIDA
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Old 05-22-2012, 09:33 AM   #3
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Re: Phil Steele's 2012 Top 40

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Originally Posted by coogrfan
NOTE: THIS IS NOT STEELE'S POWER POLL. THIS IS HIS OPINION OF WHERE EACH TEAM WILL FINISH THE SEASON, AND AS SUCH REFLECTS FACTORS SUCH AS STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE THAT ARE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY OTHER PUBLICATIONS.
I love it when he writes something in all caps for emphasis, I dunno why.

Also, Texas A&M at 30? That seems a bit high to me.
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Re: Phil Steele's 2012 Top 40

Phil's mag is great. I love all of his raw data. He has some pretty good insight and some decent formulas to predict teams on the rise and decline. If you're a numbers geek it's a great publication. He still has some decent write-ups, but it's not the visual layout and easy read of an Athlon. I highly recommend it for the college football junkie in all of us.
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#26 Boise State
http://www.philsteele.com/Pdf/2012To.../26BoiseSt.pdf

#25 West Virginia
http://www.philsteele.com/Pdf/2012To...stVirginia.pdf

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Re: Phil Steele's 2012 Top 40

Trojans are going to be way overrated this year. USC will be good, but I just don't see how they're top 3 or 4 good.
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Re: Phil Steele's 2012 Top 40

I know his top 15. #1 surprised me. A lot.
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Re: Phil Steele's 2012 Top 40

Steele tends to take more time in his magazine highlighting his previous correct predictions (while ignoring his incorrect predictions, of course) than he does actually making new predictions...
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Tennessee in the top 30 is laughable............should be outside looking in imo
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I've never bought into hardly anything Phil Steele predicts.
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