The first sign of the upcoming college football season is about to hit newsstands and bookstores as its officially preseason magazine time. This week marks the launching of the 50th edition of the Athlon Sports college football preview magazine. The 2017 preseason magazine will be in stores Tuesday, May 23 and is also currently available online purchase at Athlon Sports’ online store.

While there are tons of features and insights in the book itself, one of the more noteworthy sections includes the annual list of Top 25 teams heading into the season. Athlon defines these teams as its projected Top 25 teams in college football and where they will finish the 2017 season, as opposed to a simple preseason Top 25 poll.

The list contains six SEC teams, five ACC teams, four Big 10, Big 12 and Pac-12 teams, USF and Notre Dame. The full list can be viewed here.

The SEC teams ranked in Athlon’s Top 25:

1. Alabama – Athlon predicts the Tide to win the SEC and National Championship

9. Auburn

11. LSU

15. Georgia

16. Florida

19. Tennessee

Judging by the rankings, the divide between the league’s East and West divisions won’t be getting narrowed this season. What do you think of these rankings?