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Oklahoma State Baseball Picked To Finish Sixth In Big 12
January 24, 2006 | Cowboy Baseball
Defending NCAA champion Texas was picked to capture the league crown and received eight of the 10 first-place votes. Nebraska, the defending Big 12 champion, received a first-place vote and finished second in the poll, while Missouri also garnered a first-place vote and finished third in the balloting.
Each coach ranked the conference's teams 1-9 and was not allowed to vote for their own team.
Oklahoma State finished sixth in the Big 12 standings in 2005 with a 12-15 mark (34-25 overall). The Cowboys, under third-year head coach Frank Anderson, will open their season February 10 against South Alabama in Mobile, Ala.
The league vote is as follows:
School (First Place Votes) Points
1. Texas (8) 79
2. Nebraska (1) 70
3. Missouri (1) 66
4. Baylor 54
5. Oklahoma 44
6. Oklahoma State 41
7. Texas A&M 36
t8. Kansas 24
Texas Tech 24
10. Kansas State 11
(Points are based on nine for first place, eight for second, etc.)
