(big12) The Big 12 Media Preseason Football Poll is out. Texas is the top pick with 41 first-place votes. Kansas State is 2nd with 14 first-place votes.
Oklahoma is 3rd and Texas Tech 4th both have 4 first-place votes. TCU is 5th they received 3 first-place votes followed by Baylor. Oklahoma State is 7th and received 1 first-place vote.
Central Florida is 8th. Kansas is picked 9th. Iowa State, BYU, Houston, Cincinnati, and West Virginia round out the poll.
Big 12 Football Media Days, Presented by Old Trapper will be conducted next Wednesday and Thursday, July 12-13. Coverage from both days will be provided on ESPNU and Big 12 Now on ESPN+. For additional information, follow Big12Sports.com and the Conference’s official social media platforms.
The Big 12 Conference announced it has entered into a football officiating alliance with the American Athletic (FBS), Mountain West (FBS), and Southland (FCS) conferences. The alliance will be in effect for the upcoming 2023 season.
Over 300 officials will be under the alliance’s umbrella, ensuring consistent training, evaluation and grading processes across the conferences. The alliance conferences will use this pipeline to develop a “bench” of officials that have been trained and evaluated under consistent philosophies and mechanics.
Each conference will have its own coordinator of officials to manage their respective officiating programs, with the alliance overseen by Big 12 Coordinator of Officials, Greg Burks.
