Playboy Announces Its 2012 College Football All America Team And Predicts Season's Top 25 Teams In Annual Pigskin Preview

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Playboy's 56^th annual College Football Pigskin Preview appears in the magazine's September issue (on newsstands and on i.Playboy.com now), and predicts the University of Southern California will go undefeated this year to become college football's national champions.

The article not only includes former ESPN scribe and current CBS Sports analyst Bruce Feldman's picks for the NCAA's top 25 teams, but also features Playboy's Preseason All America Team, which lauds the best players in the nation by position.

Following are Playboy's 2012 predictions and honors:

Top 25 Teams:

1. USC
2. LSU
3. Alabama
4. Oregon
5. Oklahoma
6. Florida State
7. West Virginia
8. Georgia
9. Michigan State
10. TCU
11. Virginia Tech
12. South Carolina
13. Arkansas
14. Wisconsin
15. Clemson
16. Ohio State
17. Stanford
18. Michigan
19. Oklahoma State
20. Nebraska
21. Utah
22. Texas
23. Notre Dame
24. BYU
25. Kansas State

Preseason All America Team:

• Coach of the Year: Nick Saban - Alabama
• Quarterback: Matt Barkley - USC
• Running Backs: Montee Ball - Wisconsin; Knile Davis - Arkansas
• Wide Receivers: Tavon Austin - West Virgina; Sammy Watkins - Clemson
• Tight End: Tyler Eifert - Notre Dame
• Offensive Linemen: Khaled Holmes - USC; Barrett Jones - Alabama; Ricky Wagner - Wisconsin; Chance Warmack - Alabama; D.J. Fluker - Alabama
• Defensive Linemen: William Gholston - Michigan State; Star Lotulelei - Utah; Kawann Short - Purdue; Jadeveon Clowney - South Carolina
• Linebackers: Jarvis Jones - Georgia; Manti Te'o - Notre Dame; Chase Thomas - Stanford
• Defensive Backs: Tyrann Mathieu - LSU; David Amerson - NC State; Eric Reid - LSU; Nickell Robey - USC
• Kicker: Caleb Sturgis - Florida
• Punter: Brad Wing - LSU
• Kick Returner: De'Anthony Thomas - Oregon

SOURCE Playboy

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