SI mult-marketing college football covers
USC is ranked (yawn) No. 1 in the Sports Illustrated college football issue that hits newsstands on Wednesday, and with it comes a cover shot of running backs Emmanuel Moody, C.J. Gable and Chauncy Washington under the headline "Big Run for No. 1."
But that's just one fifth of the story.
As you can see below, SI has a cover going to the midwest with Michigan's Mike Hart. And one for the East with West Virginia's Steve Slaton. For the Southwest, it's Oklahoma's Allen Patrick. All of them are carrying the ball under that same title, "Big Run for No. 1."
A special South market issue, however, will get Arkansas' Darren McFadden, with the headline: "The No.1 back in the land," with a story on him by Phil Taylor.
Austin Murphy has a story on the stable of USC tailbacks under the headline "The Year of the Running Back.
As for SI’s Top 20:
1. USC
2. LSU
3. Florida
4. West Virginia
5. Louisville
6. Michigan
7. Virginia Tech
8. Texas
9. Oklahoma
10. Wisconsin
11. Ohio State
12. Rutgers
13. Arkansas
14. Penn State
15. Boise State
16. Auburn
17. Tennessee
18. Nebraska
19. Georgia
20. Cal