The Big 12 is certainly home to elite talent and is looking to assert itself as a dominant conference throughout the college football world. Although Oklahoma has made the College Football Playoff multiple times, they’ve lost and practically been blown out every time.
On top of that, it was a down year as a whole for the Big 12 last season. There were no playoff representatives and the conference did not produce a single first round pick in the 2021 NFL draft.
For 2021, the conference has the potential to have at least three teams vying for a playoff spot and there are many playmakers across the board. So much in fact that Iowa State’s star tight end Charlie Kolar was narrowly left off of this list.
Here are the top 10 players in the Big 12 conference heading into the 2021 college football season: