School Preseason Rank Avg. Rank of Conf. Opponents # of top 5 played
Utah 1 9.7 2
Kansas State 2 9.9 2
Oklahoma State 3 9.0 2
Kansas 4 10.2 1
Arizona 5 10.0 1
Iowa State 6 8.0 3
West Virginia 7 7.0 4
UCF 8 9.2 2
Texas Tech 9 9.4 2
TCU 10 7.9 4
Colorado 11 6.4 5
Baylor 12 8.7 2
BYU 13 7.3 5
Cincinnati 14 9.3 1
Houston 15 7.4 4
Arizona State 16 6.6 5