Before I release the first Big 12 power ranking of the year, I want you to know what to expect, so bear with me for a few moments. Or just skip to the rankings if you’d like.
We use polls, rankings and ratings as way to measure talent and reward performance. They make sense of a world where we’re unable to keep track of 100+ teams playing across the country every week.
There’s the AP Top 25, a traditional polling of curiously confident sportswriters. Then there’s the Coaches Poll, a marketing arm of USA Today and something called Amway.