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<blockquote data-quote="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals" data-source="post: 131716644" data-attributes="member: 1759980">No one went out on a limb for the 2021 predictions.Let the numbers do the talking.In comparing the 2020 preseason Big 12 projections with the actual 2020 final Big 12 standings:The ONLY bad misses were Baylor, picked to finish 5th but wound up 9th, and Iowa State, picked to finish 4th and wound up in first place. Not bad.Kansas State and Kansas were called accurately for 7th and 10th place.Predictors were only 1 off on Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, TCU and Texas Tech.And only 2 off on WVU, which did 2 better than the predictions.The worst predictions were for Baylor, which finished 4 notches lower than the predictions, and Iowa State, which finished 3 notches higher than the predictions.Pretty good job. If 2021 is as accurate then WVU could be in trouble.On the other hand, the 2021 predictions come pretty close to the 2020 final standings. NO TEAM was picked more than one notch different for 2021 than it actually finished in 2020.Blindfolded monkeys could have done that well.2020 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Pollfirst place votes in parenthesis1.&nbsp; &nbsp; Oklahoma (80)&nbsp; &nbsp; 8882.&nbsp; &nbsp; Oklahoma State (6)&nbsp; &nbsp; 7423.&nbsp; &nbsp; Texas (4)&nbsp; &nbsp; 7274.&nbsp; &nbsp; Iowa State&nbsp; &nbsp; 6075.&nbsp; &nbsp; Baylor&nbsp; &nbsp; 4896.&nbsp; &nbsp; TCU&nbsp; &nbsp; 4777.&nbsp; &nbsp; Kansas State&nbsp; &nbsp; 3668.&nbsp; &nbsp; West Virginia&nbsp; &nbsp; 2879.&nbsp; &nbsp; Texas Tech&nbsp; &nbsp; 26710.&nbsp; &nbsp; Kansas&nbsp; &nbsp; 100&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Actual 2020 finishIowa State picked to finish 4th&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 too lowOklahoma picked to finish 1st&nbsp; 1 too highOklahoma State picked to finish 2nd 1 too lowTexas picked to finish 3rd&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 too lowTCU picked to finish 6th&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1 too lowWVU picked to finish 8th 2 too lowKansas State picked to finish 7th ON THE MONEYTexas Tech picked to finish 9th 1 too lowBaylor picked to finish 5th 4 too highKansas picked to finish 10th ON THE MONEY BUT AN EASY RIGHT GUESS2021 Big 12 Football Media Preseason PollOklahoma (35) 386 SECOND in 20202. Iowa State (4) 351&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FIRST in 20203. Texas 273&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; FOURTH in 20204. Oklahoma State 266&nbsp; &nbsp; THIRD in 20205. TCU 255&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; FIFTH (same) in 20206. West Virginia 185&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SIXTH (same) in 20207. Kansas State 163&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SEVENTH (same) in 20208. Baylor 124&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; NINTH in 20209. Texas Tech 103&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; EIGHTH in 202010. Kansas 39&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TENTH (same) in 2020</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals, post: 131716644, member: 1759980"] No one went out on a limb for the 2021 predictions. Let the numbers do the talking. In comparing the 2020 preseason Big 12 projections with the actual 2020 final Big 12 standings: The ONLY bad misses were Baylor, picked to finish 5th but wound up 9th, and Iowa State, picked to finish 4th and wound up in first place. Not bad. Kansas State and Kansas were called accurately for 7th and 10th place. Predictors were only 1 off on Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, TCU and Texas Tech. And only 2 off on WVU, which did 2 better than the predictions. The worst predictions were for Baylor, which finished 4 notches lower than the predictions, and Iowa State, which finished 3 notches higher than the predictions. Pretty good job. If 2021 is as accurate then WVU could be in trouble. On the other hand, the 2021 predictions come pretty close to the 2020 final standings. NO TEAM was picked more than one notch different for 2021 than it actually finished in 2020. Blindfolded monkeys could have done that well. 2020 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll first place votes in parenthesis 1. Oklahoma (80) 888 2. Oklahoma State (6) 742 3. Texas (4) 727 4. Iowa State 607 5. Baylor 489 6. TCU 477 7. Kansas State 366 8. West Virginia 287 9. Texas Tech 267 10. Kansas 100 Actual 2020 finish Iowa State picked to finish 4th 3 too low Oklahoma picked to finish 1st 1 too high Oklahoma State picked to finish 2nd 1 too low Texas picked to finish 3rd 1 too low TCU picked to finish 6th 1 too low WVU picked to finish 8th 2 too low Kansas State picked to finish 7th ON THE MONEY Texas Tech picked to finish 9th 1 too low Baylor picked to finish 5th 4 too high Kansas picked to finish 10th ON THE MONEY BUT AN EASY RIGHT GUESS 2021 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll Oklahoma (35) 386 SECOND in 2020 2. Iowa State (4) 351 FIRST in 2020 3. Texas 273 FOURTH in 2020 4. Oklahoma State 266 THIRD in 2020 5. TCU 255 FIFTH (same) in 2020 6. West Virginia 185 SIXTH (same) in 2020 7. Kansas State 163 SEVENTH (same) in 2020 8. Baylor 124 NINTH in 2020 9. Texas Tech 103 EIGHTH in 2020 10. Kansas 39 TENTH (same) in 2020 [/QUOTE]

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