Earlier this year, I dipped my toes into writing about Colorado’s new home, the Big 12 Conference. The reactions were passionate, so we might as well start making more frenemies as the Buffaloes football team prepares to enter its first season in the remade Big 12.
The Big 12 is in a weird position ahead of next season. The conference has a massive footprint that spans nearly the entire country, but it does not have a clear-cut conference favorite, as Texas and Oklahoma are leaving for the SEC.
We are still far away from the start of spring football, but I’ll try my best to rank each of the Big 12 teams as I currently see them: