Still waiting for Saragin and FEI to release their preseason rankings, but taking an average ranking of AP, Coaches, SP+ and FPI, here's the Big 12 so far.
1. Utah (17.5)
2. Kansas State (18.5)
3. Oklahoma State (20.3)
4. Arizona (23.5)
5. Kansas (24.0)
6. West Virginia (33.8)
7. TCU (34.0)
8. Iowa State (35.3)
9. Texas Tech (37.7)
10. UCF (40.0)
11. Colorado (46.0)
12. Baylor (54.0)
13. Cincinnati (63.5)
14. Arizona State (71.0)
14. BYU (71.0)
16. Houston (77.0)
Here's conference SOS rankings based on these numbers. I didn't factor home/away.
1. Colorado (33.2 conf opp avg ranking)
2. Arizona State (35.1)
3. West Virginia (35.2)
4. Houston (37.9)
5. BYU (38.4)
6. TCU (39.7)
7. Iowa State (40.7)
8. Baylor (42.1)
9. Texas Tech (42.4)
10. Oklahoma State (42.6)
11. Cincinnati (43.7)
12. UCF (43.9)
13. Utah (46.4)
14. Arizona (47.5)
15. Kansas (48.9)
16. Kansas State (49.1)
Fair to say we got a favorable schedule. We'll need it, considering we don't have any true home games.
Not sure how KSU fans could complain. They play 5 of the bottom 6 (all of the bottom 4) and only 1 of the top 4, in which they are home.
Colorado, Arizona State and BYU play all 5 of the Top 5 teams. ASU has 3/5 on the road, while BYU only has 1 (Utah).
After getting an easy schedule last year, West Virginia is getting a tough one this year. They are one of the top ten teams. Of the other 9, they have to play 7 of them. They also don't get any of the bottom 3. The only good thing about their schedule is they don't have to play Utah.
If we win all 5 of the double digit seed games and split the 4 against the single digits, that's 7-2.
7-2 probably gets you tied for top 2 in the conference. Will be important to win in Manhattan.
Illinois would be 13th (61.5)
UNLV would be 14th (69.7)
If healthy, I'd say it's pretty reasonable to suggest a 10-2 record heading into the postseason.
1. Utah (17.5)
2. Kansas State (18.5)
3. Oklahoma State (20.3)
4. Arizona (23.5)
5. Kansas (24.0)
6. West Virginia (33.8)
7. TCU (34.0)
8. Iowa State (35.3)
9. Texas Tech (37.7)
10. UCF (40.0)
11. Colorado (46.0)
12. Baylor (54.0)
13. Cincinnati (63.5)
14. Arizona State (71.0)
14. BYU (71.0)
16. Houston (77.0)
Here's conference SOS rankings based on these numbers. I didn't factor home/away.
1. Colorado (33.2 conf opp avg ranking)
2. Arizona State (35.1)
3. West Virginia (35.2)
4. Houston (37.9)
5. BYU (38.4)
6. TCU (39.7)
7. Iowa State (40.7)
8. Baylor (42.1)
9. Texas Tech (42.4)
10. Oklahoma State (42.6)
11. Cincinnati (43.7)
12. UCF (43.9)
13. Utah (46.4)
14. Arizona (47.5)
15. Kansas (48.9)
16. Kansas State (49.1)
Fair to say we got a favorable schedule. We'll need it, considering we don't have any true home games.
Not sure how KSU fans could complain. They play 5 of the bottom 6 (all of the bottom 4) and only 1 of the top 4, in which they are home.
Colorado, Arizona State and BYU play all 5 of the Top 5 teams. ASU has 3/5 on the road, while BYU only has 1 (Utah).
After getting an easy schedule last year, West Virginia is getting a tough one this year. They are one of the top ten teams. Of the other 9, they have to play 7 of them. They also don't get any of the bottom 3. The only good thing about their schedule is they don't have to play Utah.
If we win all 5 of the double digit seed games and split the 4 against the single digits, that's 7-2.
7-2 probably gets you tied for top 2 in the conference. Will be important to win in Manhattan.
Illinois would be 13th (61.5)
UNLV would be 14th (69.7)
If healthy, I'd say it's pretty reasonable to suggest a 10-2 record heading into the postseason.
