For a second consecutive season, the Big 12 Conference had five teams ranked in the Preseason US LBM Coaches Poll. Arizona State was the highest ranked Big 12 program at 11th and was followed by Kansas State (20th), Iowa State (21st), BYU (23rd) and Texas Tech (24th).
Baylor, Colorado, Kansas, TCU and Utah gave the Conference five additional teams receiving votes in the preseason poll.
Preseason US LBM Coaches Poll Notes
• The Sun Devils’ No. 11 ranking is the highest for a Big 12 team in the preseason poll since 2022 and the program’s best since 1998.
• The 2025 Preseason Coaches Poll marked the third consecutive season that Kansas State has been ranked in the initial poll.
• Iowa State’s inclusion pushes its rankings streak to 16 consecutive coaches’ polls, the Conference’s longest active streak.
• Going back to Week Five of last season, BYU has now been ranked in 14 consecutive US LBM Coaches Polls.
• Texas Tech, the 24th-ranked team in the preseason coaches poll, is back in the preseason poll for the second time in three years, matching its ranking from 2023.
The Big 12 will kick off its 30th season of football with a trio of teams competing in Week 0. Iowa State and Kansas State will face off in a Conference game in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland at 11 a.m. CT on Saturday, Aug. 23 on ESPN. Kansas will host Fresno State in the first game in newly-renovated David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium at 5:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, Aug. 23 on FOX.
