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Big 12 Football Power Rankings: Week 1

Looking at where each team sits in the Big 12 Conference.
Barry Lewis|
Big 12 Football Power Rankings: Week 1
Big 12 Football Power Rankings: Week 1

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The college football season has arrived. 2023 is the first year of the expanded Big 12, with 14 teams now in the conference after BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF joined last month.

UCF gets the honor of the season's first game among Big 12 teams as they host Kent State on Thursday night.

Each week, we will provide our weekly Power Rankings as voted on by our group of participants. Below are the Week 1 Power Rankings before the first games.

How Power Rankings Are Determined

Once again, we have brought together a group from across the league to vote each week during the season on the Big 12 Power Rankings.

  • 44 Total Participants
  • TCU FanNation (KillerFrogs) Editorial Staff (13)
    • Not all are TCU homers – fans of teams in the SEC and Big Ten are part of our editorial staff.
  • One to two fans from each of the other current schools in the Big 12 (23)
    • Currently, we don’t have any fans from Cincinnati. We certainly would like to find 1-2 Bearcats.
  • Two fans from each of the 2024 incoming “Four Corners” schools (8)
  • Each week, each participant provides their rankings 1-10. Those rankings are compiled, and the average rank is then listed below.

    • Here's where our panel of voters ranked the teams this week:

    Big 12 Power Rankings – Week 1

    14. West Virginia

    Visits at #7 Penn State

    13. Cincinnati

    Hosts Eastern Kentucky

    12. Houston

    Hosts UTSA

    11. Iowa State

    Hosts Northern Iowa

    10. BYU

    Hosts Sam Houston State

    9. Kansas

    Hosts Missouri State

    8. UCF

    Hosts Kent State

    7. Oklahoma State

    Hosts Central Arkansas

    6. Baylor

    Hosts Texas State

    5. Texas Tech

    Visits Wyoming

    4. #20 Oklahoma

    Hosts Arkansas State

    3. #17 TCU

    Hosts Colorado

    2. #16 Kansas State

    Hosts SE Missouri State

    1. #11 Texas

    Hosts Rice

    Other FanNation Power Rankings

    How do other FanNations rank the Big 12? Check them out here:

    Other Big 12 FanNation sites have not yet published a Power Rankings article. We will monitor their sites all season to see if others add them in later weeks.

    Note: Power Rankings are determined by a group of fans representing most schools in the Big 12 Conference.

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Barry Lewis
BARRY LEWIS

Barry is the managing editor/publisher of TCU Horned Frogs On SI and oversees a team of 15+ writers, photographers, and podcasters covering all 22 of TCU’s sports. He writes on football, basketball (men’s and women’s), baseball, men’s tennis, and other sports as needed. His weekly articles include Big 12 Power Rankings and Poll Watching during the football, basketball, and baseball seasons. He is a frequent guest on one of the many podcasts that TCU Horned Frogs On SI writers host covering football, baseball, basketball, and other sports. Barry is a member of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). He has represented TCU Horned Frogs On SI at the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, the 2023 College Football National Championship, the 2023 College World Series, the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tennis National Championship, Big 12 Football Media Days, and Big 12 Basketball Media Days. Barry has followed TCU sports since the Jim Wacker days. He is an avid sports fan and traveler, and he loves any opportunity to see a sporting event in person. He has been to 18 of the 30 MLB ballparks, experienced game day at 25 college football stadiums, seen 21 NFL stadiums, and been to 16 bowl games.

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