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Oklahoma State Ranked No. 12 in Associated Press Top 25 Preseason Poll

August 15, 2022
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STILLWATER – The Associated Press released its 2022 Top 25 Preseason Poll on Monday morning and, the Cowboys make their debut at No. 12.

This marks just the second time in the past five years the Cowboys find themselves in the AP’s Preseason Top 25 rankings.

This coincides with the USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll as the Cowboys are ranked No. 11 there.

Associated Press Top 25 Preseason Poll

  1. Alabama (54)
  2. Ohio State (6)
  3. Georgia (3)
  4. Clemson
  5. Notre Dame
  6. Texas A&M
  7. Utah
  8. Michigan
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Baylor
  11. Oregon
  12. Oklahoma State
  13. North Carolina State
  14. USC
  15. Michigan State
  16. Miami (FL)
  17. Pittsburgh
  18. Wisconsin
  19. Arkansas
  20. Kentucky
  21. Ole Miss
  22. Wake Forest
  23. Cincinnati
  24. Houston
  25. BYU

Others receiving votes:

Tennessee 180, Texas 164, Iowa 163, Penn State 160, LSU 55, Fresno State 32, Minnesota 31, UCF 27, Purdue 17, Mississippi State 15, Auburn 15, Kansas State 14, Florida 14, North Carolina 9, Boise State 5, Air Force 4, Appalachian State 4, UCLA 2, San Diego State 2, South Carolina 2, Utah State 2, Nebraska 1

*First place votes in parentheses*

The Cowboys are fresh off a 12-2 campaign in 2021, which was capped by multiple top-25 wins, including a 37-33 win over No. 10 Oklahoma in Bedlam and a 37-35 win over No. 5 Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.

Mike Gundy returns redshirt senior quarterback Spencer Sanders, who’s coming off a stellar 2021 season as he was tabbed the first team All-Big 12 quarterback. He finished the season having completed 243 of 392 passes for 2,839 passing yards and 20 touchdowns. He also rushed for 668 yards and six touchdowns.

He needs just nine more wins to pass Mason Rudolph for most wins as a starting quarterback in Oklahoma State history.

The Cowboys receiving corps also looks to be strong this season as they return nearly every player, most of which logged a significant amount of playing time last season, including Jaden Bray, Brennan Presley and John Paul Richardson. The Cowboys will also have redshirt senior Braydon Johnson as he missed the 2021 season with a medical issue.

The running backs will be without Jaylen Warren, who is currently playing quite well in training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers. So, the Pokes are turning to junior Dominic Richardson to carry the load this season, who will be backed up by Jaden Nixon, Ollie Gordon and Deondre Jackson.

The offensive line will be with graduates Danny Godlevske and Josh Sills, but they return Hunter Woodard and Preston Wilson and will be looking towards guys like Caleb Etienne, Jason Brooks, Tyrone Webber and Taylor Miterko and others to step up this season.

The defense lost a lot of talent from last year to either the draft or the transfer portal, such as Jarrick Bernard-Converse to LSU and Tanner McCalister to Ohio State and Malcolm Rodriguez, Devin Harper, Christian Holmes, Kolby Harvell-Peel and Israel Antwine to the NFL.

But new defensive coordinator Derek Mason has returning starter Jason Taylor II on the back end, a player who has a chance to play for Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, as well as a lot of young talent to plug into positions, such as Korie Black and Jabbar Muhammad at corner, Kendall Daniels at safety and transfer Xavier Benson at linebacker.

The 2022 season kicks off for the Pokes on Thursday, September 1 as Central Michigan comes to town for a 6 p.m. CT kick on FS1.

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Oklahoma State Ranked No. 12 in Associated Press Top 25 Preseason Poll

1,986 Views | 5 Replies | Last: 1 yr ago by CaliforniaCowboy
CaliforniaCowboy
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congrats Pokes!!!


What???? No Texas?
backphil
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Does the AP use player "stars" from the various rating services to rank their teams, and do they consider season-ending injuries in fall camp to projected starters? Anybody know objectively?
Orangeheart72
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ND at #5 says a lot about what "factors/data are used" to determine team strength.
CaliforniaCowboy
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Orangeheart72 said:

ND at #5 says a lot about what "factors/data are used" to determine team strength.
yeah, it says NONE. No data.

It's the freaking AP, the media bozo's... the only criteria that they use is brand name and what would make the best story for them to write about.

If OSU is going to remain relevant, then Gundy is going to have to up his game and go on a python hunt in the Florida Everglades, with his bare hands.
CaliforniaCowboy
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backphil said:

Does the AP use player "stars" from the various rating services to rank their teams, and do they consider season-ending injuries in fall camp to projected starters? Anybody know objectively?
Objectively? It's the media voters, each one votes how they want, based on what they want.

Here this article might shed some light on it for you, it's from 2021, using the 2019 polls, since 2020 covid was not realistic.

https://thedatajocks.com/2019-ap-top-25-voter-rankings/
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