Each morning, Longhorns Wire scours the web for the top Big 12 headlines that are happening around the conference. Today’s stories are courtesy of 247Sports and College Football News.
Head coach rankings
College Football News released their head coach rankings by conference. When grading these coaches, they combined their resumes, experience, how they perform at the toughest places, and who has the most longevity. It’s a very loose criteria.
10. Dave Aranda, Baylor
9. Matt Wells, Texas Tech
8. Neal Brown, West Virginia
7. Les Miles, Kansas
6. Chris Klieman, Kansas State
5. Tom Herman, Texas
4. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
3. Gary Patterson, TCU
2. Matt Campbell, Iowa State
1. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma
Key offensive player on each Big 12 team
247Sports listed one offensive player to watch on each Big 12 team heading into the 2020 season. For the first time since 2013, the conference doesn’t return a 1,000-yard receiver from the previous season.
However, the conference does include three 3,000-yard passers, the top rusher in the FBS, and two other 1,000-yard rushers.
- Baylor: QB Charlie Brewer
- Iowa State: QB Brock Purdy
- Kansas: RB Pooka Williams Jr.
- Kansas State: QB Skylar Thompson
- Oklahoma: QB Spencer Rattler
- Oklahoma State: RB Chuba Hubbard
- TCU: QB Max Duggan
- Texas: QB Sam Ehlinger
- Texas Tech: QB Alan Bowman
- West Virginia: WR Sam James
Big 12 preseason rankings
College Football News released their preseason rankings for the Big 12 based on talent. It’s widely projected to be a four-team race for the conference title in 2020 between Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Iowa State. However, this particular list has a different program making a run for the top four.
10. Kansas Jayhawks
9. Texas Tech Red Raiders
8. West Virginia Mountaineers
7. Baylor Bears
6. Kansas State Wildcats
5. Iowa State Cyclones
4. TCU Horned Frogs
3. Oklahoma State Cowboys
2. Texas Longhorns
1. Oklahoma Sooners