Media Picks TCU to Win the Big 12 in 2015 College Football Season

If the Big 12 ends up having just "One True Champion" in football this season, the smart money is on TCU being the team to come out on top in the eyes of the league's media members.

The Horned Frogs were the overwhelming choice to claim their first outright Big 12 title, collecting 32 of 42 first-place votes in results the conference released Wednesday. Baylor, which was picked to finish second, got the other 10 first-place votes.

Team (1st Place Votes)	Total votes	2014 Finish
TCU (32)	408	T-1st
Baylor (10)	384	T-1st
Oklahoma	312	T-4th
Oklahoma State	289	7th
Texas	245	T-4th
West Virginia	204	T-4th
Kansas State	201	3rd
Texas Tech	139	8th
Iowa State	83	10th
Kansas	45	9th

Oklahoma, last year's media favorite (which ended up tying for fourth place), was picked third, followed by Oklahoma State, Texas, West Virginia, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Iowa State and Kansas.

TCU was picked to finish seventh last year but shared the Big 12 title with Baylor. Both teams were shut out of the playoffs, but TCU went on to crush Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl to finish with a 12-1 record. The Horned Frogs return 17 starters from that team, including senior quarterback Trevone Boykin (whom the media picked as the preseason Offensive Player of the Year) and four other players who were named to the league's preseason squad.

Boykin currently sits as the Heisman Trophy favorite, according to Odds Shark, given 6-1 odds to win the award given to college football's top player.

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Since going back to a single division in 2011, only one team that the media has picked to win the Big 12 has accomplished that feat. That was Oklahoma in 2012.

The Big 12 media days are set for July 20-21 in Dallas.

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