Big 12 preseason poll is out - ISU picked 9th

[ChrisMWilliams]

Here she is.

2017 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll

1.
Oklahoma (19)

303

2. Oklahoma State (12)
294

3. K-State (1)
231

4. Texas
213

5. TCU
202

6. West Virginia
183

7. Baylor
129

8. Texas Tech
85

9. Iowa State
83

10. Kansas
37

 

[vortec22]

Have to show some results before anyone will vote us any higher. Pretty much as expected I guess.

 

[TXCyclones]

I would have optimistically put us 7th with the rest of the order staying pretty much as shown.

 

[VeloClone]

Pretty close at 1/2 between OU and OSU. Bedlam should be fun this year. Also even closer between ISU and Tech at 8/9 so it isn't quite as bad as it seems.

 

[jbindm]

Sounds about right. If things break right I could see ISU leapfrogging TT and Baylor. I'd feel better about it if either the Baylor or WVU game was in Ames instead of on the road. I do like the timing of their trip down to Lubbock for TT. By mid October the Red Raiders could be a full-on dumpster fire. Who knows? Maybe a home loss to ISU is the straw that breaks the camel's back for Kingsbury.

I like OSU to win the conference this year, but it seems like they always find a way to screw up a good thing. They have a couple tricky road games that I could easily see them dropping - @ Pitt in Week 3, @ WVU in late October, and maybe (fingers crossed) a rapidly improving and upset-minded Cyclones squad in mid November.

 

[mj4cy]

Can't complain until we prove otherwise.

 

[VeloClone]

Can't complain until we prove otherwise.

Oh you can always complain. My coworkers remind me of that every day.

 

[heitclone]

No shock, I feel like they got the right top 6 teams and the bottom 3, just maybe not in the right order. Baylor is a big question mark but I can't see them finishing any worse than where they have them. I'm not buying K State as a contender, I think they'll be a solid 8 or 9 win team but will finish in the middle of the pack. TCU is my biggest surprise, I'd have them with a similar record to Texas and K State but beating them head to head.

 

[cyclonpediaJoe]

The poll is good on 2 fronts. 1: We are still off most teams radar. 2: The confidence of the players and coaches could, best case scenario for this, shift us into that mid tier of teams. Assuming Baylor kicks rocks.

 

[Cycsk]

Interesting. To get 303, it seems like OU must have been placed 4th on someone's ballot!

10 x 19 = 190
9 x 10 = 90
8 x 2 = 16
7 x 1 = 7

Probably the same writer who led Athlon to pick UT as 2nd.

 

[jbindm]

The poll is good on 2 fronts. 1: We are still off most teams radar. 2: The confidence of the players and coaches could, best case scenario for this, shift us into that mid tier of teams. Assuming Baylor kicks rocks.

I don't necessarily agree with your first point. I think ISU was ohsoclose in so many games last year that other Big 12 teams have taken notice. Put it this way - they were competitive enough last season that I don't think they're going to sneak up on anyone this year. Now KU, on the other hand? There's a team that apparently nobody in the Big 12 is quite ready to take seriously.

 

[cyclones500]

Time for Campbell to begin proving his mettle. Last season was transitional. None of us should expect a massive surge into conference title contention or anything, but baby steps are necessary. Rise at least to the level above also-ran, and build from there.

 

[Cycsk]

To get to our 83, I'm guessing it was like this:

5th place. 6 points x 1 = 6 (CW's vote?)
6th place. 5 points x 0 = 0
7th place. 4 points x 4 = 16
8th place. 3 points x 10 = 30
9th place. 2 points x 14 = 28
10th place. 1 point x 3 = 3

 

[weR138]

Pretty close at 1/2 between OU and OSU. Bedlam should be fun this year. Also even closer between ISU and Tech at 8/9 so it isn't quite as bad as it seems.

The ISU / TTU game being in Lubbock probably tipped it to the Raiders...

 

[jbindm]

The ISU / TTU game being in Lubbock probably tipped it to the Raiders...

Could be. It's too bad ISU doesn't get any of the midtier teams at home this year - TT, WVU, and Baylor are all road games. I feel like they're closing the gap on those programs, but it'll be difficult to get evn one out of those three games. If I had to guess I'd say they'll probably go 1-2 in those three, with the win coming at TT. Baylor's kind of a wild card. I don't know when their lack of depth is going to start showing, and I don't know if fans are going to turn out for their games in the post-Briles era. It might not be much of a homefield advantage anymore other than that Waco is a creepy-ass place.

 

[mj4cy]

Oh you can always complain. My coworkers remind me of that every day.

A year ago I took a new job to work at home....never will I ever look back. My biggest 'coworker' problem is sometimes I get a bit stir crazy, but I'll just meet a friend up for a beer and life is good again.

 

[JM4CY]

Who the hell voted for K state?

 

[The_Gent]

Maybe im crazy but I think Tech is in the cellar this year with Kansas right above them. I like Beatty and what he's doing there.

 

[cyclonpediaJoe]

I don't necessarily agree with your first point. I think ISU was ohsoclose in so many games last year that other Big 12 teams have taken notice. Put it this way - they were competitive enough last season that I don't think they're going to sneak up on anyone this year. Now KU, on the other hand? There's a team that apparently nobody in the Big 12 is quite ready to take seriously.

Last year when Kansas won their first game I was rooting for them to beat Ohio and Rhode Island? I think it was. Would love to see that group get more than 1 win in their first couple games.

That's fair to disagree with ISU sneaking up on people. Just feel like we don't have the full scale upset identity yet.

 

[jbindm]

Maybe im crazy but I think Tech is in the cellar this year with Kansas right above them. I like Beatty and what he's doing there.

Could happen. I think Mahomes covered up a lot of their weaknesses and they're about to get exposed.