SportSavant said:
r u sure? looks like the annual is 10.95 and the regionals 8.95... from that link above anyway
The Annual is $8.95 on the newstand and $10.95 direct from Northcoast Sports. Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks, Borders, Hastings, etc. have the magazine on the rack now. The $6.99 quoted is directly from Northcoast Sports but doesn't include shipping and handling. With S&H it is $8.95. If you order direct from them, they add S&H but do send them priority mail which is 2 days in the U.S.
The point I was trying to make is that I suspect, though I may be wrong, that the regional magazines are a breakdown version of the Annual for those that want to only concentrate on specific conferences. They offer 5 regionals: SEC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac 10, and ACC/Big East while the Annual includes all the Conferences including the Independents, Mid-Majors, Small Conferences, etc. Unless you are specifically interested in one conference, the Annual is more then sufficient.