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In its final season in the Big 12 – before jumping to the SEC – Texas was selected as the top team in the conference in a media poll Wednesday. It is the first time the Longhorns have been atop the poll since 2009.
Texas had 41 first-place votes and 886 points. Kansas State was second with 14 first-place votes and 858 points. Oklahoma was third with four first-place votes and 758 points. Other teams receiving first-place votes were Texas Tech (4), TCU (3) and Oklahoma State (1).
The Longhorns have not won the conference since the 2009 season, when it played in the 2010 BCS Championship game. A loss to Oklahoma, which also is leaving for the SEC next year, in the 2018 Big 12 title game is as close as Texas has come to a league title since.
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