Brown Must Exceed 8th Place Expectation

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesAhead of the upcoming Big 12 Media Days next week, the preseason Big 12 poll has been released and the Mountaineers find themselves being picked 8th out of a possible 10 teams this season.

2022 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll

1. Baylor (17), 365

2. Oklahoma (12), 354

3. Oklahoma State (9), 342

4. Texas (2), 289

5. Kansas State, 261

6. Iowa State (1), 180

7. TCU, 149

8. West Virginia, 147

9. Texas Tech, 119

10. Kansas, 48

First-place votes in parenthesis.

The poll offers a look at the minds of the writers and its clear that there are tiers in the groupings. Baylor, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are expected to vie for a conference title with Texas…