Big 12 Preseason Ranking Predictions

The Big 12 preseason conference rankings come out tomorrow. This ranking is notoriously awful, mind-numbingly stupid and aggressively frustrating.  It makes all fans simultaneously stabby for a multitude of reasons.  So to prepare ourselves for this day of days, Steven and I have come up with our versions of the rankings.  Wouldn't life be better if we ran the world?  July 18th certainly would be.

My rankings:

1. TCU
2. K-State
3. Oklahoma State
4. Oklahoma
5. Baylor
6. Texas
7. Texas Tech
8. West Virginia
9. Iowa State
10. KU

Yes, I know, I have TCU ahead of K-State.  Yes, I know, that is sacrilegious and wrong.  But... I have a good (bad) feeling about TCU this year and there are a lot of question marks on our team.  Like, a lot a lot.  Like, so many that in August, there will be almost a full month of blog posts breaking down all the new people and positions and units and coaches.  A full month devoted to question marks.  That's a lot of uncertainty, and therefore, a #2 ranking.  I'm sure I'll immediately regret it when Les Miles stomps the horns off the frogs on opening weekend, but for now, this is what I'm sticking with.

What I think the dummies in charge will do:

1. Oklahoma
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma State
4. TCU
5. Baylor
6. K-State
7. West Virginia
8. Texas Tech
9. Iowa State
10. KU

This is what it always is, but I'm comforted this year by the fact that K-State landed 5 players on the preseason all Big 12 team while OU only had 2.  That's a big change from 2 years ago when they had 9.  Realistically though, Texas and OU will always top this list because they'll always have the best recruiting class.  Then in October, we'll realize that they still can't coach worth a lick and the cream (TCU, K-State, OSU, Baylor) will rise to the top.    

Steven's rankings

What they will say:
1-OU
2-TCU
3-OSU
4-Texas
5-Baylor
6-Texas Tech
7-K-State
8-Iowa State
9-West Virginia
13-KU

What they should say:
1-K-State
2-OSU
3-TCU
4-Iowa State
5-OU
6-Baylor
7-Texas
8-Tech
9-West Virginia
93-KU

Join us tomorrow to rant and rave and take a walk through the many, many, many years that the preseason rankings have been horribly, offensively, wrong.  Fear not, K-State faithful.  This will all get sorted out on the field.