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The 2012 FBS College Football Media Guides

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With August almost upon us, fall practices are about to begin and the stretch run to the 2012 college football season will have begun in earnest. While you may have perused through a few season preview magazines over the past few months now it time to start studying up for real.

Knowing your team's starting lineup is one thing but what about that out-of-conference cupcake lurking in week three? Or any of these newcomers that have just joined your conference? Now's the time to start doing your homework particularly if you intend to write with authority on the subject.

In the past few years it has become extremely common for teams and conferences to post their media guides online or in a downloadable format. These are almost always a treasure trove of information but it can be a hassle to track them down. So, as a public service, we've done the searching for you.

Here are the 2012 football media guides for the FBS conferences. The name of the conference links to its website's football page and the hotlink on "2012 Media Guide" goes directly to the guide itself.

ACC 2012 Media Guide
Big XII 2012 Media Guide
Big East 2012 Media Guide
Big Ten 2012 Media Guide*
Conference USA 2012 Media Guide
Mid-American 2012 Media Guide
Mountain West 2012 Media Guide
PAC 12 2012 Media Guide
SEC 2012 Media Guide*
Sun Belt 2012 Media Guide
Western Athletic 2012 Media Guide*

After the jump, you will find every FBS school listed by conference with links to the school's football page and this year's media guide arranged in the same format. An asterisk symbol (*) denotes a direct link to a PDF document. A dagger symbol (†) indicates the link is to a "quick facts" page and for more information you need to go to the team's website. I'll keep checking these in case a normal media guide is posted. All of the quick facts pages have now been replaced with the actual guides.

Obviously, not every program has posted their 2012 guide yet but if we've missed any please let us know in the comments. We will be updating this post every few days over the next few weeks and changes will be noted in the comments as well.

Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Boston College 2012 Media Guide
Clemson 2012 Media Guide
Florida State 2012 Media Guide
Maryland 2012 Media Guide
North Carolina State 2012 Media Guide
Wake Forest 2012 Media Guide
Coastal Division
Duke 2012 Media Guide
Georgia Tech 2012 Media Guide*
Miami 2012 Media Guide*
North Carolina 2012 Media Guide
Virginia 2012 Media Guide
Virginia Tech 2012 Media Guide*
Big 12 Conference
Baylor 2012 Media Guide
Iowa State 2012 Media Guide
Kansas 2012 Media Guide
Kansas State 2012 Media Guide
Oklahoma 2012 Media Guide
Oklahoma State 2012 Media Guide
Texas 2012 Media Guide
Texas Tech 2012 Media Guide
West Virginia 2012 Media Guide
Big East Conference
Cincinnati 2012 Media Guide*
Connecticut 2012 Media Guide
Louisville 2012 Media Guide
Pittsburgh 2012 Media Guide
Rutgers 2012 Media Guide
South Florida 2012 Media Guide
Syracuse 2012 Media Guide
Temple 2012 Media Guide
Big Ten Conference
Legends Division
Iowa 2012 Media Guide
Michigan 2012 Media Guide
Michigan State 2012 Media Guide
Minnesota 2012 Media Guide*
Nebraska 2012 Media Guide
Northwestern 2012 Media Guide*
Leaders Division
Illinois 2012 Media Guide
Indiana 2012 Media Guide*
Ohio State 2012 Media Guide
Penn State 2012 Media Guide
Purdue 2012 Media Guide*
Wisconsin 2012 Media Guide*
Conference USA
East Division
East Carolina 2012 Media Guide
Memphis 2012 Media Guide
Marshall 2012 Media Guide*
UAB 2012 Media Guide
UCF 2012 Media Guide
Southern Mississippi 2012 Media Guide
West Division
Houston 2012 Media Guide
Rice 2012 Media Guide*
SMU 2012 Media Guide
Tulane 2012 Media Guide
Tulsa 2012 Media Guide*
UTEP 2012 Media Guide*
Mid American Conference
East Division
Akron 2012 Media Guide*
Bowling Green 2012 Media Guide
Buffalo 2012 Media Guide*
Kent State 2012 Media Guide*
UMass 2012 Media Guide
Miami 2012 Media Guide*
Ohio 2012 Media Guide
West Division
Ball State 2012 Media Guide
Central Michigan 2012 Media Guide
Eastern Michigan 2012 Media Guide
Northern Illinois 2012 Media Guide
Toledo 2012 Media Guide
Western Michigan 2012 Media Guide*
Mountain West Conference
Air Force 2012 Media Guide
Boise State 2012 Media Guide
Colorado State 2012 Media Guide*
Fresno State 2012 Media Guide
Hawaii 2012 Media Guide
Nevada 2012 Media Guide*
New Mexico 2012 Media Guide
San Diego State 2012 Media Guide
UNLV 2012 Media Guide
Wyoming 2012 Media Guide*
Pacific 12 Conference
North Division
California 2012 Media Guide
Oregon 2012 Media Guide
Oregon State 2012 Media Guide
Stanford 2012 Media Guide
Washington 2012 Media Guide
Washington State 2012 Media Guide*
South Division
Arizona 2012 Media Guide*
Arizona State 2012 Media Guide
Colorado 2012 Media Guide
UCLA 2012 Media Guide
Southern California 2012 Media Guide
Utah 2012 Media Guide
Southeastern Conference
East Division
Florida 2012 Media Guide*
Georgia 2012 Media Guide
Kentucky 2012 Media Guide
Missouri 2012 Media Guide*
South Carolina 2012 Media Guide
Tennessee 2012 Media Guide
Vanderbilt 2012 Media Guide
West Division
Alabama 2012 Media Guide
Arkansas 2012 Media Guide
Auburn 2012 Media Guide
LSU 2012 Media Guide
Ole Miss 2012 Media Guide
Mississippi State 2012 Media Guide
Texas A&M 2012 Media Guide
Sun Belt Conference
Arkansas State 2012 Media Guide
Florida Atlantic 2012 Media Guide*
Florida International 2012 Media Guide*
Louisiana-Lafayette 2012 Media Guide*
Louisiana-Monroe 2012 Media Guide
Middle Tennessee 2012 Media Guide
North Texas 2012 Media Guide
South Alabama 2012 Media Guide
Troy 2012 Media Guide
Western Kentucky 2012 Media Guide*
Western Athletic Conference
Idaho 2012 Media Guide
Louisiana Tech 2012 Media Guide
New Mexico State 2012 Media Guide
San Jose State 2012 Media Guide
Texas State 2012 Media Guide*
Texas-San Antonio 2012 Media Guide*
Utah State 2012 Media Guide
Independents
Army 2012 Media Guide
Brigham Young 2012 Media Guide
Georgia State 2012 Media Guide*
Navy 2012 Media Guide
Notre Dame 2012 Media Guide