Texas Football Voted 4th in preseason Big 12 media poll

Here’s how the voting panned out:

Big 12's preseason poll

TEAM

2016 RECORD

FIRST-PLACE VOTES

TOTAL SCORE

1

Oklahoma

11-2

19

303

2

Oklahoma State

10-3

12

294

3

Kansas State

9-4

1

231

4

Texas

5-7

0

213

5

TCU

6-7

0

202

6

West Virginia

10-3

0

183

7

Baylor

7-6

0

129

8

Texas Tech

5-7

0

85

9

Iowa State

3-9

0

83

10

Kansas

2-10

0

37

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OU is the default pick because they return a lot and they win the Big 12 constantly.

OSU has a superpowered offense, but a susceptible defense.

KSU returns a good bit but lacks ceiling.

TCU and Texas are the true X factors - any finish between 1st and 5th is possible.

West Virginia will take a step down, but I suspect it will be even steeper than imagined.