We are just a week away from Big 12 media days in Las Vegas, Nevada. In anticipation of the upcoming season, the conference announced the poll and all-conference team as voted on by the media.
Last season the Oklahoma State Cowboys finished second in the conference to the champion Texas Longhorns. With the latter moving on to the SEC, the Big 12 is guaranteed to have a new champion in 2024. They will earn an automatic bid to the 12-team College Football Playoff in the upcoming season.
With anticipation mounting, we break down the media poll and the all-conference teams for offense and defense.
Big 12 media poll
The media poll was released with first-place votes in parenthesis. The top three on the list were viewed as the most likely teams to contend for the Big 12 title in 2024. The Utes have won two of the last three Pac-12 titles and now set their sights on taking home the first Big 12 title of the new era.
- Utah Utes: 906 (20)
- Kansas State Wildcats: 889 (19)
- Oklahoma State Cowboys: 829 (14)
- Kansas Jayhawks: 772 (5)
- Arizona Wildcats: 762 (3)
- Iowa State Cyclones: 661
- West Virginia Mountaineers: 581
- UCF Knights: 551
- Texas Tech Red Raiders: 532
- TCU Horned Frogs: 436
- Colorado Buffaloes: 400
- Baylor Bears: 268
- BYU Cougars: 215
- Cincinnati Bearcats: 196
- Houston Cougars: 157
- Arizona State Sun Devils: 141
Big 12 media all-conference team
The preseason Player of the Year selections are as follows:
Offensive Player of the Year: Ollie Gordon II, RB, Oklahoma State
Defensive Player of the Year: Travis Hunter, DB, Colorado
Newcomer of the Year: KJ Jefferson, QB, Central Florida
All-Big 12 Offense
- Shedeur Sanders, QB: Colorado
- Ollie Gordon II, RB: Oklahoma State
- Tahj Brooks, RB: Texas Tech
- Stevo Klotz, FB: Iowa State
- Tetairoa McMillan, WR: Arizona
- Kobe Hudson, WR: Central Florida
- Jayden Higgins, WR: Iowa State
- Brennan Presley, WR: Oklahoma State
- Brant Kuithe, TE: Utah Utes
- Jonah Savaiinaea, OL: Arizona
- Luke Kandra, OL: Cincinnati
- Dalton Cooper, OL: Oklahoma State
- Joe Michalski, OL: Oklahoma State
- Wyatt Milum, OL: West Virginia
- Tyler Loop, PK: Arizona
- Drae McCray, KR/PR: Texas Tech
All-Big 12 Defense
- Tyler Batty, DL: BYU
- Dontay Corleone, DL: Cincinnati
- BJ Green II, DL: Colorado
- Lee Hunter, DL: UCF
- Junior Tafuna, DL: Utah
- Jacob Manu, LB: Arizona
- Nick Martin, LB: Oklahoma State
- Collin Oliver, LB: Oklahoma State
- Tacario Davis, DB: Arizona
- Travis Hunter, DB: Colorado
- Jeremiah Cooper, DB: Iowa State
- Cobee Bryant, DB: Kansas
- Mello Dotson, DB: Kansas
- Jack Bouwmeester, P: Utah