It's that time of year again. Tweedy professors are blowing the dust off their syllabi. Fraternity pledges are gritting their teeth and taking it like men. ("Thank you, sir, may I have another?") The NCAA football season is under way, the stadiums packed on Saturdays with rabid fans clutching cups of cold beer and urging the Fighting Whatevers on to victory. Fall is here, and school is in session. In accord with age-old tradition, we're throwing our own back-to-school party by featuring some of the world's most beautiful coeds in a student-body pictorial. You won't find many teams of near-nude women playing tug-of-war on most campuses, but you'll find one here.
This year, Playboy's team of photographers explored America's heartland to bring you this, the girls of the Big 12. You'll find Sooners, Wildcats, Tigers and Cornhuskers. We photographed Jayhawks, Buffaloes and Longhorns. You'll meet the beautiful and sharp-minded Allie Love of Kansas, who likes to hit the books in the library--in panties, kneesocks and nothing else. And Susana Rose, a gorgeous Texas native we photographed sitting atop a John Deere tractor, nude except for a pair of cowboy boots. One feeling we get when we look at these photographs: School spirit in this country is alive and flourishing.
See more girls of the Big 12 at cyber.playboy.com.
