The Big 12 preseason poll dropped on Thursday, October 16, and ASU was picked to finish dead last in the conference. The Big 12 coaches voted on the poll, and the coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team. The opposing coaches are not sold on ASU after its 13-20 (4-16) season last year.

Big 12 coaches picked ASU to finish last in the conference, while they predicted a fourth-place finish for the Arizona Wildcats.

The Big 12 released its preseason coaches poll for men’s basketball on Thursday, with coach Tad Boyle’s Buffaloes finishing 15th with 37 points. That is the same placement and point total the Buffs received last year, but an 0-13 start in league play ultimately doomed them to a last-place finish in the regular season.

The Big 12 released its preseason coaches poll and All-Big 12 team for the 2025-26 season. See where Iowa State basketball landed.

The projected 10th-place finish for the Cougars is the highest BYU has appeared in the preseason Big 12 poll since joining the league. The Cougars were picked to finish 11th in 2022-23 and 12th last season. BYU went 4-14 in conference play last season and 13-17 overall, finishing in a tie for 12th in the conference standings.

Iowa State and Arizona State are the only teams to start 2-0 in Big 12 conference play. Arizona State returned to the Top 25 in both the Coaches Poll and the AP poll after its win over TCU. The Big 12 football race is off to a wacky start in conference ...

Haggerty, who transferred from Memphis this offseason, was one of 10 players named to the league’s preseason team. He’s one of three newcomers to the league that made the team, along with Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson and BYU freshman AJ Dybantsa.