The picks are in from the Big 12 and the league’s media is picking Oklahoma to win its fifth consecutive league title in 2019.
The Sooner won the vote by a wide margin when it comes to first-place votes, OU got 68 to Texas’ nine, but the overall voting was close between the two teams atop the preseason poll.
The SEC has a few regular season games scheduled against the Big 12 including LSU’s Week 2 trip to Texas, Missouri hosting West Virginia that same week, and Kansas State making the trip to Mississippi State Week 3 of the season.
Jalen Hurts was voted Big 12 Newcomer of the Year but the honor for All-Big 12 Preseason QB went to Texas signal-caller Sam Ehlinger.
2019 Big 12 Media Preseason Poll
- #1 Oklahoma (68) — 761 total points
- #2 Texas (9) — 696
- #3 Iowa State — 589
- #4 TCU — 474
- #5 Oklahoma State — 460
- #6 Baylor — 453
- #7 Texas Tech — 281
- #8 West Virginia — 241
- #9 Kansas State — 191
- #10 Kansas — 89
* first-place votes in parathesis
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
