Last year the Big 12 had an unexpectedly tight race at the top as 4 teams were in the title race. Baylor surprised everyone with a very good team and won the Big 12. Texas despite a down year was still in the championship race. We expect another tight race in the Big 12 this year as again 3 teams should compete for the crown with Oklahoma State bowing out with a very young group. However look for Oklahoma State to play the spoiler as they will get better throughout the season as they gain experience. There seem to be 3 tiers divided equally in the Big 12 this year. The top tier is Texas, Oklahoma, and Baylor, the 2nd tier is Texas Tech, Oklahoma St, and Kansas St, the third tier is Iowa St, TCU, and West Virginia. Then you have the ugly…Kansas (They don’t even get a tier).
Onward we go to the 2014 Big 12 preview:
OKLAHOMA:
Overall Rating – 4.51
Big 12 Win Share – 6.63 (Total of 9.38)
TEXAS:
Overall Rating – 4.39
Big 12 Win Share – 6.04 (Total of 8.17)
BAYLOR:
Overall Rating – 4.28
Big 12 Win Share – 5.78 (Total of 8.48)
OKLAHOMA STATE:
Overall Rating – 3.95
Big 12 Win Share – 4.82 (Total of 6.72)
TEXAS TECH:
Overall Rating – 3.85
Big 12 Win Share – 4.39 (Total of 6.89)
KANSAS STATE:
Overall Rating – 3.81
Big 12 Win Share – 4.08(Total of 6.38)
TCU:
Overall Rating – 3.69
Big 12 Win Share – 3.94 (Total of 6.21)
IOWA STATE:
Overall Rating – 3.68
Big 12 Win Share – 3.73 (Total of 5.56)
WEST VIRGINIA:
Overall Rating – 3.62
Big 12 Win Share – 3.48 (Total of 4.87)
KANSAS:
Overall Rating – 3.22
Big 12 Win Share – 2.11 (Total of 4.03)
We have Oklahoma winning the Big 12 championship.
Top 5 Offenses:
Baylor
Oklahoma
Texas Tech
Kansas State
Iowa State
Top 5 Defenses:
Texas
TCU
Oklahoma
Kansas State
Kansas (more a statement of how bad the defenses are in this conference than it is about them being good…)
Storylines to watch for:
- Will Baylor’s offense be able to keep up it’s frenetic pace?
- Will Charlie Strong be able to transform Texas’ fortunes and capitalize on it’s talent?
- Will Kansas finally see Charlie Weis’ decided schematic advantage on offense?
- Will Trevor Knight be the QB that we saw in the bowl game, or the rest of the season?
- Will the Big 12 champ be able to get into the Playoff with 1 loss?
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