Texas is picked to finish fourth in the Big 12 pre-season football media poll. Oklahoma is the overwhelming choice to win the conference with West Virginia second and the TCU Horned Frogs third. Then comes Texas in fourth. Texas Tech finishes eighth and Baylor ninth in the balloting.
2018 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll
1. Oklahoma (46) 509
2. West Virginia (2) 432
3. TCU (1) 390
4. Texas (1) 370
5. Oklahoma State 300
6. Kansas State (2) 283
7. Iowa State 250
8. Texas Tech 149
9. Baylor 125
10. Kansas 52
first-place votes in parenthesis
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