The Big 12 Conference released it’s media preseason football poll on Thursday. After winning last season’s Big 12 Football Championship, Baylor was picked to repeat as champion this season. The Bears garnered 17 first place votes, edging out Oklahoma in second with 12 top nods. Iowa State was voted 6th in the preseason poll and did get one top vote.

2022 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll
1.    Baylor (17), 365
2.    Oklahoma (12), 354
3.    Oklahoma State (9), 342
4.    Texas (2), 289
5.    Kansas State, 261
6.    Iowa State (1), 180
7.    TCU, 149
8.    West Virginia, 147
9.    Texas Tech, 119
10.    Kansas, 48
First-place votes in parenthesis.