Oklahoma State No. 11 in Preseason Coaches Poll

The Cowboys will start the 2022 season just outside the Top 10 and in a clump of Big 12 schools.

Oklahoma State was voted 11th in the preseason AFCA Coaches Poll, which released Monday. That puts the Cowboys third among Big 12 squads with Oklahoma (No. 9) and Baylor (No. 10) just ahead of the Cowboys.

Rank	Team	Points
1	Alabama (54)	1,634
2	Ohio State (5)	1,564
3	Georgia (6)	1,542
4	Clemson	1,356
5	Notre Dame	1,284
6	Michigan	1,232
7	Texas A&M	1,219
8	Utah	1,134
9	Oklahoma	1,027
10	Baylor	891
11	Oklahoma State	859
12	Oregon	734
13	NC State	726
14	Michigan State	711
15	USC	602
16	Pittsburgh	450
17	Miami	433
18	Texas (1)	383
19	Wake Forest	381
20	Wisconsin	369
21	Kentucky	353
22	Cincinnati	339
23	Arkansas	334
24	Ole Miss	327
25	Houston	257

The Cowboys ended last season ranked seventh in the Coaches Poll, again, a spot behind Baylor. Notre Dame, a team OSU beat in the Fiesta Bowl, finished last season ranked ninth but jumped to No. 5 in the preseason poll.

Elsewhere in the Big 12, Texas (after missing a bowl game in 2021) will start the year ranked 18th. In what must be some cruel joke, the Longhorns also received a first-place vote. Kansas State is in the receiving votes category and would be 45th in an expanded poll.

There are two future Big 12 teams in the Top 25 with Cincinnati coming in at No. 22 after making the College Football Playoff last season. Houston enters the year ranked 25th. In an expanded poll BYU would be No. 29, and UCF would be No. 32.