It looks like the Oklahoma Sooners could be at the top of the Big 12 again this season. Oklahoma is the
overwhelming favorite to win the Big 12 football championship this season, according the preseason poll among the conference media announced Thursday.
The Sooners, the defending champion and College Football Playoff participant last season, received 24 of 26 first-place votes in the poll with 258 points. TCU was picked second with Kansas State at the No. 8 position and Kansas in the No. 10 spot.
BIG 12 PRESEASON MEDIA POLL
Team (1st-place votes) … Pts.
- Oklahoma (24) … 258
- TCU (2) … 222
- Oklahoma State … 202
- Baylor … 156
- Texas … 151
- Texas Tech … 141
- West Virginia … 126
- Kansas State … 88
- Iowa State … 59
- Kansas … 27