big 12 preview

to complete this year's preview, i ranked each team in the north & south divisions in 6 categories:
1. stability - overall program stability (coaching regimes, ncaa/legal issues, transfers)
2. experience - returning starters, quantity and quality
3. & 4. offense & defense
5. coaching - quality of coaching staff
6. schedule - relative ease/difficulty of conference schedule

i completed all of the rankings, and then summed the total points, to get the predicted order of finish. i think this eliminates any bias when trying to determine some of the close calls in the middle of the pack.

as you can see, i have ou slightly edging out texas in the south, and nebraska bumping mizzou & kstate up north. texas a&m gets highly penalized by a brutal, brutal conference schedule. ou defeats nebraska 27-17 in san antonio. booooooooooooo.....