Big 12 Preseason Rankings

Oklahoma Sooners
2018 Rank: 6
2017 Rank: 7
2017 Ended: One of the best college football games in playoff history, a 54-48, double overtime loss to Georgia.
2018 Starts With: Florida Atlantic (17)
Coached By: Lincoln Riley, 12-2, (2nd Season)
TCU Horned Frogs
2018 Rank: 16
2017 Rank: 14
2017 Ended: Remembering the Alamo Bowl and their 39-37 win over Stanford.
2018 Starts With: Southern (131)
Coached By: Gary Patterson, 160-57 (18th Season)
Oklahoma State Cowboys
2018 Rank: 21
2017 Rank: 19
2017 Ended: Camping World win over Virginia Tech 30-21.
2018 Starts With: Missouri St (131)
Coached By: Mike Gundy's mullet, 114-53 (14th Season)
Iowa State Cyclones
2018 Rank: 31
2017 Rank: 27
2017 Ended: Limiting a high powered Memphis to just 20 points in a 21-20 Liberty Bowl win.
2018 Starts With: South Dakota St (131)
Coached By: Matt Campbell, 11-14, (3rd Season)
 West Virginia Mountaineers
2018 Rank: 35
2017 Rank: 65
2017 Ended: A Heart of Dallas Bowl loss to Utah.
2018 Starts With: Tennessee (91)
Coached By: Dana Holgorsen, 53-37 (8th Season)
Kansas State Wildcats
2018 Rank: 36
2017 Rank: 46
2017 Ended: Sticking it to UCLA in the Cactus Bowl.
2018 Starts With:South Dakota (131)
Coached By: Bill Snyder, 210-110-1 (27th season, with a four year break from 05-08)
Texas Longhorns
2018 Rank: 43
2017 Rank: 63
2017 Ended: Beating old Big 12 rival Missouri in the Texas Bowl.
2018 Starts With: Maryland (83) and finding out what Tom Herman did on recruiting trips while at Ohio State.
Coached By: The aforementioned Herman, 7-6 (2nd Season)
Texas Tech Red Raiders
2018 Rank: 64
2017 Rank: 80
2017 Ended: A narrow loss to USF in the Birmingham Bowl to finish with a losing season for the second straight season.
2018 Starts With: Ole Miss (62)
Coached By: Heartthrob Kilff Kingsbury, 30-33 (6th Season)
Baylor Bears
2018 Rank: 103
2017 Rank: 127
2017 Ended: About as bad as it could've in a 1-11 season that saw losses to Liberty and UTSA, a 45-22 loss to TCU.
2018 Starts With: Abilene Christian (131)
Coached By: Matt Rhule, 1-11 (2nd Season)
Kansas Jayhawks
2018 Rank: 114
2017 Rank: 129
2017 Ended: With 11 straight losses, including Baylor,after a win over Southeast Missouri St.
2018 Starts With: Nicholls St (131)
Coached By: David Beaty...for now, 3-33 (4th season)