Coaches in the conference selected the order of finishing in a list that was announced Thursday.
TCU, which won the league in 2015, has been picked to win again in 2016. The Horned Frogs garnered three first-place votes, but so did Oklahoma State and Texas. TCU came away with 57 points, while the Cowboys and Longhorns had 55 and 53, respectively.
According to WVIllustrated, the preseason frontrunner has gone on to win the regular season on six occasions and the postseason title four times.
In West Virginia’s first season in the Big 12, 2013, the Mountaineers made it all the way to the conference semifinals.