Colorado football's Big 12 preseason ranking revealed in USA TODAY Sports' preseason poll
Despite the absence of an official preseason media poll, multiple media outlets have released their own poll ahead of the 2025 season. We have already analyzed one from 247Sports, and now we have another one from our friends at USA TODAY Sports.
Sports writers covering markets in or near all 16 Big 12 teams voted on the predicted standings.
Kansas State came out as the team to beat, which should not come as a surprise after the Wildcats went 9-4 last year and enter 2025 with a dark horse Heisman candidate in quarterback Avery Johnson.
Colorado ranks as the No. 10 team in the conference, which was the same spot it received in the 247Sports poll. The rankings seem apt, considering Deion Sanders' squad will look quite different this year without Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter.
Here is the entire USA TODAY Sports preseason media poll:
USA TODAY Sports Big 12 preseason poll
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