Post-National Signing Day preseason Top 25

With National Signing Day all said and done, there’s some “dead time” between now and college football spring practice.

This gives me the perfect opportunity to release another way-too-early preseason Top 25.

Now that we know which players are departing for the 2013 NFL Draft – along with where every high-profile recruit has landed – the rankings that were released right after the BCS National Championship game can be toyed with a bit.

That said, here’s an updated version of the preseason Top 25 for this upcoming fall.

Ranking	Prev. Ranking	Team	2012 record
1	1	Alabama Crimson Tide	13-1 (7-1 SEC)
2	3	Texas A&M Aggies	11-2 (6-2 SEC)
3	5	Ohio State Buckeyes	12-0 (8-0 Big Ten)
4	4	Stanford Cardinal	12-2 (8-1 Pac-12)
5	7	Georgia Bulldogs	12-2 (7-1 SEC)
6	8	LSU Tigers	10-3 (6-2 SEC)
7	2	Oregon Ducks	12-1 (8-1 Pac-12)
8	6	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	12-1
9	9	Louisville Cardinals	11-2 (5-2 Big East)
10	12	Florida Gators	11-2 (7-1 SEC)
11	11	South Carolina Gamecocks	11-2 (6-2 SEC)
12	13	Clemson Tigers	11-2 (7-1 ACC)
13	10	Texas Longhorns	9-4 (5-4 Big 12)
14	16	Oklahoma Sooners	10-3 (8-1 Big 12)
15	15	TCU Horned Frogs	7-6 (4-5 Big 12)
16	19	Florida State Seminoles	12-2 (8-1 ACC)
17	17	Oregon State Beavers	9-4 (6-3 Pac-12)
18	15	Ole Miss Rebels	7-6 (3-5 SEC)
19	20	UCLA Bruins	9-5 (6-3 Pac-12)
20	21	Nebraska Cornhuskers	10-4 (7-1 Big Ten)
21	22	Boise State Broncos	11-2 (7-1 MWC)
22	NR	Michigan Wolverines	8-5 (6-2 Big Ten)
23	NR	Northwestern Wildcats	10-3 (5-3 Big Ten)
24	NR	Oklahoma State Cowboys	8-5 (5-4 Big 12)
25	NR	Kansas State Wildcats	11-2 (8-1 Big 12)

Others to watch: USC, Vanderbilt, Fresno State, North Carolina, Miami (Fla.), Wisconsin, East Carolina, Arizona, Cincinnati, Virginia Tech.