Big 12 Cancels Preseason Media Poll—Smart Move or Soft?

Heartland College Sports: Big 12 College Football Podcast

Pete Mundo

Football, Basketball, Sports

4.9 • 836 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The Big 12 has officially scrapped its annual preseason football media poll—and the timing couldn’t be more suspicious. After media voters completely whiffed on Arizona State, Utah, and Oklahoma State in 2024, is this the right move for 2025 and beyond?

Heartland College Sports' Pete Mundo breaks down the decision, what it means for fans and media, and why the league might regret this move. But also, why it could be the right one.

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0:00.0	The Big 12 makes a move that shocked a lot of fans, but you know what?
0:04.6	There is a lot of upside to it.
0:06.5	Welcome in.
0:07.3	I'm Pete Mundo.
0:08.4	We are Heartland College Sports and we cover the Big 12.
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0:20.2	And we are so glad to have you
0:21.8	here. Let us know where you're watching from. That way. We can give you a shout out live during
0:28.6	the show here. So the Big 12 has scrapped the media poll. That poll that last year had Utah
0:36.1	winning the Big 12 and Arizona State finishing in
0:39.8	dead last. Obviously, it turned out basically upside down. BYU, Colorado, Arizona State, all
0:47.8	predicted near the bottom of the Big 12 finished at the very top of the Big 12.
0:53.3	Meantime, Utah, Oklahoma State picked at the top of the Big 12. Meantime, Utah, Oklahoma State picked at the top of the Big 12, finished near the bottom.
0:59.9	So the Big 12 through Brett McMurphy, who had the first report from Action Network,
1:05.3	announced that the Big 12 had eliminated the league's preseason media poll.
1:11.0	This was a decision by the Big 12 athletic directors and coaches.
1:15.1	And of course, you know that Brett Yormock, the commissioner, had a say in this.
1:19.0	Now, there's two schools of thought here.
1:21.9	One is, this is the worst thing ever.
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