Phil Steele not only produces the best football magazine, but maybe the greatest magazine of all time on any topic. Granted, the Phil Steele college football edition only comes out once a year, but the wealth of information in this thick magazine surpasses that of any publication I’ve ever known. Unlike pro sports, college football has over 100 teams in the league! What’s more, the players in college football change every 3-4 years as they graduate and move on. The recruiting season takes place only a few months before later summer football practice begins and long before the actual rosters have been announced. One has to wonder how a football expert or group of experts can know so much about every team and get it published before summer camp begins. Phil Steele delivers more than just a wealth of college football information; but the most accurate forecasts. Other college football magazines don’t even come close.
Ratings on Best Football Magazine
There is no sense rating them, Phil Steele puts the other college football magazines to shame. The only other college football magazines that come to mind when I look for Phil Steele in the magazine stands are Lindy’s and Athlons. You could paste both Lindy’s and Athlons together and they still wouldn’t have as much information as the 2012, 344-page Phil Steele College Football Preview this year. But it’s more than just information, but meaningful information that sets Phil Steele’s College Football Preview apart from the rest. But if we must, let’s rate the other college football magazines:
If it seems like I am being a little harsh or exaggerating then you simply haven’t compared Phil Steele’s with the rest of them. All college football magazines publish statistics, rosters and their predictions for the upcoming season, but Steele takes it to a new level. Steele not only provides statistics and predictions, but gives interesting and meaningful incite and stories to help you make your own conclusions. Even if you don’t use the magazine to help you predict the games, you will enjoy reading about all of the conferences, teams and players. It really is amazing that there can be so much information packed into one publication each and every year. Phil Steele is hands-down the best football magazine on the planet.
Top-25 College Football Rankings
Athlons Sports Top-25
- USC Trojans
- LSU Tigers
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Oregon Ducks
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Michigan Wolverines
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Florida State Seminoles
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- Texas Longhorns
- West Virginia Mountaineers
- Arkansas Razorbacks
- Nebraska Cornhuskers
- Clemson Tigers
- Virginia Tech Hokies
- Wisconsin Badgers
- Michigan State Spartans
- Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Stanford Cardinal
- TCU Horned Frogs
- Louisville Cardinals
- Boise State Broncos
- Washington Huskies
Lindy’s Sports Top-25
- LSU Tigers
- USC Trojans
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Oregon Ducks
- Georgia Bull Dogs
- Michigan Wolverines
- Florida State Seminoles
- Arkansas Razorbacks
- West Virginia Mountaineers
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- Michigan State Spartans
- Clemson Tigers
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- TCU Horned Frogs
- Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Wisconsin Badgers
- Virginia Tech Hokies
- Texas Longhorns
- Florida Gators
- Standford Cardinal
- Kansas State Wildcats
- Louisville Cardinals
- Boise State Broncos
- Nebraska Cornhuskers
Phil Steele’s College Football 2012 Top-25
- Florida State Seminoles
- Oklahoma Sooners
- LSU Tigers
- USC Trojans
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Oregon Ducks
- Texas Longhorns
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Wisconsin Badgers
- Florida Gators
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Oklahoma State Cowboys
- North Carolina Tarheels
- Clemson Tigers
- UCF Knights
- Arkansas Razorbacks
- Nebraska Cornhuskers
- Stanford Cardinal
- Michigan State
- South Florida Bulls
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Michigan Wolverines
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- Virginia Tech Hokies
- West Virginia Mountaineers