The college football season is always full of surprises and this year is poised to include some fantastic moments.
The Big 12 very well may be in its final year, after the two faces of the conference, Texas and Oklahoma, announced they will be leaving for greener pastures in the SEC.
It was certainly breaking news to fans across college football, but it was also news to the other eight teams in the Big 12, and reportedly one team in the SEC (you know the one).
With that being said, ESPN’s Football Power Index, which ranks how teams will finish the season using team strengths along with their offensive, defensive and special teams projected value, ranked the Big 12 as one of the best conferences in the nation. The rankings had six Big 12 teams in the top 35, and seven in the top 40, making it the second-toughest conference in the nation behind the SEC.
There are huge expectations for the conference as a whole, as Oklahoma has a great team that is hoping to get that first elusive playoff win, Iowa State is looking to show they are contenders and not pretenders, and Texas has a new coach in Steve Sarkisian that is expected to lead the team to the promised land.
Here are my five bold predictions for the upcoming football season.