Mizzou

Mizzou

The preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll was just released and the defending SEC East Division champs are left just outside at number 26.  Division rival South Carolina is ranked ninth and Georgia 12th.  Florida, who was picked ahead of Mizzou in the SEC Media poll, finished just behind the Tigers.

Florida State was picked number one, with Alabama second.  Oklahoma, Oregon and Auburn round out the top five.  LSU (13), Ole Miss (19) and Texas A & M (20), round out the SEC representatives.

1 Florida State Seminoles
2 Alabama Crimson Tide
3 Oklahoma Sooners
4 Oregon Ducks
5 Auburn Tigers
6 Ohio State Buckeyes
7 UCLA Bruins
8 Michigan State Spartans
9 South Carolina Gamecocks
10 Baylor Bears
11 Stanford Cardinal
12 Georgia Bulldogs
13 LSU Tigers
14 Wisconsin Badgers
15 USC Trojans
16 Clemson Tigers
17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
18 Arizona State Sun Devils
19 Mississippi Rebels
20 Texas A&M Aggies
21 Kansas State Wildcats
22 Nebraska Cornhuskers
23 North Carolina Tar Heels
24 Texas Longhorns
25 Washington Huskies

Others Receiving Votes
Missouri 126; Florida 122; Central Florida 102; Mississippi State 74; Oklahoma State 56; TCU 54; Michigan 53; Iowa 49; Miami (Fla.) 45; Duke 41; Louisville 32; Marshall 27; Brigham Young 18; Boise State 13; Louisiana-Lafayette 12; Virginia Tech 12; Texas Tech 8; Minnesota 6; Cincinnati 6; Northwestern 5; Oregon State 4; Fresno State 4; GeorgiaTech 2; Houston 2; Arkansas 1; Arizona 1; Northern Illinois 1.