IRVING, Texas-Thursday, the Big 12 released its annual football preseason media poll with BYU ranked No. 11 in their inaugural season in the conference.

The Cougars are coming off of an 8-5 season that included wins over No. 9 Baylor, Boise State and Stanford.

The Cougars are returning five offensive starters, including redshirt sophomore offensive tackle Kingsley Suamataia, who was named to the 2023 preseason all-Big 12 football team.

Defensively, BYU returns eight starters.

The preseason standings for the Big 12 are as follows:

1. Texas-886 points, 41 first-place votes
2. Kansas State-858 points, 14 first-place votes
3. Oklahoma-758 points, 4 first-place votes
4. Texas Tech-729 points, 4 first-place votes
5. Texas Christian-727 points, 3 first-place votes
6. Baylor-572 points
7. Oklahoma State-470 points, 1 first-place vote
8. Central Florida-463 points
9. Kansas-461 points
10. Iowa State-334 points
11. BYU-318 points
12. Houston-215 points
13. Cincinnati-202 points
14. West Virginia-129 points