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In advance of next week's Big 12 Media Days in Arlington on Wednesday and Thursday, July 11 and 12th, the Big 12 has released the 2023 college football preseason media poll.
Sixty-seven media members participated in the poll. All work for outlets that cover the conference.
Of those 67 members, 41 voted Texas No. 1. It's the first time since 2009 that the Longhorns were that highly regarded in the poll.
For the record, these polls aren't historically worth much when it comes to predicting the actual outcome of a season. The 2022 poll, which had 41 participants, had Baylor finishing first, ahead of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Kansas State, Iowa State, TCU, West Virginia, Texas Tech and Kansas. Neither Kansas State or TCU received a single first-place vote. Of course, Kansas State won the conference title while TCU advanced to the National Championship and got thumped by Georgia. Meanwhile, the Bears finished tied for 5th and the Sooners tied for 7th. Texas came in third.
In 2021, Oklahoma was a near-unanimous first-place vote collector while eventual champion Oklahoma State was picked 4th.
There are far more voters this year as the conference swells from 10 to 14 teams with the additions of Brigham Young, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston. The UCF Knights land at No. 8, while the other three newcomers are in the bottom four.
Regardless, let's check out the entire 2023 poll.
1. Texas (41), 886
2. Kansas State (14), 858
3. Oklahoma (4), 758
4. Texas Tech (4), 729
5. TCU (3), 727
6. Baylor, 572
7. Oklahoma State (1), 470
8. UCF, 463
9. Kansas, 461
10. Iowa State, 334
11. BYU, 318
12. Houston, 215
13. Cincinnati, 202
14. West Virginia, 129
First-place votes in parenthesis.
Offensive Player of the Year: Jalon Daniels, Kansas, QB, 6-0, 215, Jr., Lawndale, Calif.
Defensive Player of the Year: Jaylan Ford, Texas, LB, 6-3, 236, Sr., Frisco, Texas
Newcomer of the Year: Treshaun Ward, Kansas State, RB, 5-10, 194, Sr., Plant City, Fla.
OFFENSE
Pos Name School Ht Wt Class Hometown
QB Jalon Daniels 2 Kansas 6-0 215 Jr. Lawndale, Calif.
RB Richard Reese 3 Baylor 5-9 175 So. Bellville, Texas
RB Devin Neal 3 Kansas 5-11 210 Jr. Lawrence, Kan.
FB Ben Sinnott 1! Kansas State 6-4 245 Jr. Waterloo, Iowa
WR Brennan Presley 3 Oklahoma State 5-8 175 Sr. Tulsa, Okla.
WR Xavier Worthy 2!^ Texas 6-1 164 Jr. Fresno, Calif.
WR Jerand Bradley 3 Texas Tech 6-5 215 So. Frisco, Texas
TE Ja’Tavion Sanders 1 Texas 6-4 241 Jr. Denton, Texas
OL Kingsley Suamataia BYU 6-6 315 So. Orem, Utah
OL Mike Novitsky 2 Kansas 6-5 305 R-Sr. Victor, N.Y.
OL Cooper Beebe 1! Kansas State 6-4 335 Sr. Kansas City, Kan.
OL Kelvin Banks Jr. 2 Texas 6-4 318 So. Humble, Texas
OL Zach Frazier 1@ West Virginia 6-3 310 Jr. Fairmont, W. Va.
PK Griffin Kell 1 TCU 6-0 193 Sr. Arlington, Texas
KR/PR Phillip Brooks 1 Kansas State 5-8 171 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo.
DEFENSE
DL Dontay Corleone Cincinnati 6-2 318 R-So. Cincinnati, Ohio
DL Ethan Downs 2 Oklahoma 6-4 263 Jr. Weatherford, Okla.
DL Damonic Williams 3 TCU 6-2 320 So. Torrance, Calif.
DL Byron Murphy II Texas 6-1 300 Jr. DeSoto, Texas
DL Jaylon Hutchings 3 Texas Tech 6-0 305 Sr. Forney, Texas
LB Collin Oliver 2 Oklahoma State 6-2 235 Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla.
LB Johnny Hodges 2 TCU 6-2 240 Jr. Darnestown, Md.
LB Jaylan Ford 1 Texas 6-3 236 Sr. Frisco, Texas
DB T.J. Tampa 2 Iowa State 6-2 185 Sr. St. Petersburg, Fla.
DB Cobee Bryant 1 Kansas 6-0 175 Jr. Evergreen, Ala.
DB Kobe Savage 2 Kansas State 5-11 207 Sr. Paris, Texas
DB Kendal Daniels 2 Oklahoma State 6-4 213 R-So. Beggs, Okla.
DB Josh Newton 1 TCU 6-0 195 Sr. Monroe, La.
P Mason Fletcher Cincinnati 6-7 215 Jr. Melbourne, Australia
Players listed alphabetically by school. ^ Unanimous Preseason Team selection.
1 2022 All-Big 12 First Team selection; 2 2022 All-Big 12 Second Team selection; 3 2022 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; ! 2021 All-Big 12
First Team Selection; @ 2021 All-Big 12 Second Team Selection.