Phil Steele releases preseason Top 25: Defending SEC East champs Florida failed to make the cut

More good news for fans dying for some college football content as the new Phil Steele college football preview magazine is available for purchase.

The annual preview magazine is widely viewed as one of the best on the market and features several sections that make for great offseason debates.

Chief among those topics is the preseason top 25 listed by Steele, which is a section in this year’s magazine that caught our attention.

Somehow, only four SEC teams made the cut: No. 2 Alabama, No. 5 Georgia, No. 6 Texas A&M and No. 17 LSU.

The Florida Gators, the reigning SEC East champions, are not found on the list. Neither was Ole Miss, which beat Steele’s preseason No. 18 team Indiana in the bowl game last season.

Here is Steele’s complete preseason top 25:

#1 Oklahoma

#2 Alabama

#3 Ohio State

#4 Clemson

#5 Georgia

#6 Texas A&M

#7 Notre Dame

#8 Iowa State

#9 Washington

#10 Cincinnati

#11 Wisconsin

#12 North Carolina

#13 USC

#14 Penn State

#15 Utah

#16 Miami

#17 LSU

#18 Indiana

#19 Oregon

#20 Texas

#21 Arizona State

#22 Louisiana

#23 Iowa

#24 Coastal Carolina

#25 TCU

Thoughts on the list?

SDS Staff

Saturday Down South reports and comments on the news around the Southeastern Conference as well as larger college football topics.