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Oklahoma St picked to win Big 12 in preseason poll

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July 18th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State is picked to win the Big 12 and Oklahoma is picked second in a preseason poll of media who cover the league. Results of the poll were announced Thursday by the conference. The Cowboys are the Big 12 favorite for the first time in school history after receiving 15 of 43 possible first-place votes. Oklahoma is next after getting eight first-place votes.

OSU and OU are followed by TCU, which was named on nine first-place ballots, and Texas, which received eight first-place votes. Baylor received two first-place votes and Kansas State received one to rank fifth and sixth in the poll.

Texas Tech; West Virginia; Iowa State; and Kansas round out the poll.