2008 SI College Preview Cover

[Buckskin86]

Ohio State is ranked No. 2 in the country in the preseason Sports Illustrated rankings, behind No. 1 Georgia.

Other Big Ten teams in the magazine's top 20 are Wisconsin at No. 10 and .... uh ... anyone?

That's it.

But the real question is ... is Todd Boeckman OK after squatting on a helmet?


In the name of public interest, here's SI's entire top 20.

1. Georgia

2. Ohio State

3. USC

4. Missouri

5. Florida

6. Oklahoma

7. Auburn

8. Texas Tech

9. LSU

10. Wisconsin

11. Clemson

12. Tennessee

13. Texas

14. West Virginia

15. Kansas

16. Arizona State

17. BYU

18. Oregon State

19. Pittsburgh

20. Oregon

Ohio State football: Sports Illustrated ranks Buckeyes No. 2 - Buckeye Blog by The Plain Dealer's Doug Lesmerises - cleveland.com

 

[reagdog]

Oregon State #18???????? That sounds crazy! Maybe they will give Penn State a run for their money this year?

 

[Taosman]

The Beavers have been traditionally very good against the run, and with State Penn breaking in a new(relatively) QB you have to question the offense ability to score on the Beavers. Will be a very interesting game. :tongue2:

 

[buckeyes_rock]

Okay, why are our guys the only ones squatting? TB is too big to do that...or maybe he was too much taller than the other two when the had him standing him up huh?

 

[CHU]

Okay, why are our guys the only ones squatting? TB is too big to do that...or maybe he was too much taller than the other two when the had him standing him up huh?

They're all squatting on their respective regional cover and when showing the other regional covers the players are standing.

Sanchez is on the helmet in the middle of Cushing and Maualuga for USC.

 

[elliemae]

Nice cover!:)

 

[fourteenandoh]

there are a lot of overrated teams in that top 20.

 

[CleveBucks]

Pitt in the top 20? They would not finish above 8th in the Big Ten.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Pitt in the top 20? They would not finish above 8th in the Big Ten.

maybe because of coaching....but on paper they should be pretty good.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

In the name of public interest, here's SI's entire top 20.

1. Georgia

2. Ohio State

3. USC

4. Missouri

5. Florida

6. Oklahoma

7. Auburn

8. Texas Tech

9. LSU

What? Only four SEC teams in the top nine?

 

[CCI]

When SI hits the stands I'll be buying this issue.

 

[DaytonBuck]

Pitt in the top 20? They would not finish above 8th in the Big Ten.

Give all the credit on that to this guy

 

[mercer_buckeye]

When SI hits the stands I'll be buying this issue.

When does it come out?

 

[martinss01]

i enjoy crotch shots on the swim suit edition. when they are featuring college football? not so much...

 

[zincfinger]

What? Only four SEC teams in the top nine?

Auburn at 7 kind of surprises me. Other than the recent pro-SEC and anti-BigTen sense out there, I don't see how Auburn is looking particularly better than Penn State right now. Maybe not as good.