The Senior Bowl unveiled its first ever “Watch List” Thursday, highlighting 312 seniors and top NFL draft prospects from 114 different schools to keep an eye on during the 2012 college football season.

The top 100 seniors in the country will be invited to participate in the 2013 Senior Bowl, set for Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 in Mobile’s Ladd-Peebles Stadium.

“The Senior Bowl is very pleased to announce our first-ever 'official' Watch List,” said Phil Savage, the Senior Bowl's executive director. “We want both college and pro football fans to enjoy tracking the players on our list as they begin their journey toward the Senior Bowl and the 2013 NFL draft. We have included prospects from almost every level of the college game and look forward to monitoring their progress throughout the upcoming season.”

The SEC, which has produced the last six BCS national champions, leads all conferences with 71 players on the list. Two SEC schools, Alabama and Georgia, are tied with Nebraska for the most players on the list (nine). Arkansas and LSU are tied with Ohio State for second with eight players apiece.

The Big Ten has the second most players on the Watch List with 46. The Senior Bowl Watch List also includes 29 players from non-FBS schools.

Invitations for the 2013 Senior Bowl will start being sent out in the next few weeks and continue throughout the 2012 season.

Here's the 2013 Senior Bowl watch list (alphabetical by school):