Post-spring Big 12 power rankings continue to roll in from national media outlets. Heartland Sports, a foremost authority on Big 12 sports, is the one source to have ranked the teams in the conference.
Several publications have the Texas Longhorns ranked as the top team. Heartland is not one of those publications. Texas checks in behind Kansas as the No. 2 ranked team in returning production among Big 12 teams.
The Longhorns would seem a logical pick to win the conference given how much more they return than most of the teams in the conference. There’s a wide chasm between Texas and the rest of the field. Among those returners are bonafide All-American candidates in left tackle Kelvin Banks, linebacker Jaylan Ford and wide receiver Xavier Worthy.
Let’s break down what Heartland got right and what they got wrong in this prediction.