Morris took 21 players with him from North Texas, including quarterback Drew Mestemaker, the national passing leader last season as a freshman with 4,379 yards. The Mean Green were ranked for the only time since 1959 and missed out on a CFP berth after losing to Tulane in the American Conference championship game. The Green Wave made the playoff.

Expectations are higher than ever for the BYU Cougars after going 23-4 over the last two seasons and appearing in the Big 12 Conference championship game last season.

Texas Tech is estimated to be spending around $40 million on its football roster, which is more closely aligned with SEC and Big Ten powers than the rest of the Big 12. Now the rest of the league has to try to keep up.

BYU has a more decorated history, but Texas Tech's spending could allow them to dominate the conference. Ron Jenkins / The U.S. may have exited the World Cup, but World Cup-related college football questions haven’t exited the Mailbag just yet.

Big 12 football prediction for how each team finishes in the conference in 2026, including Texas Tech, BYU, Arizona State, Colorado, UCF, Baylor, TCU.

Building the future of the Big 12 on and off the Field

The Big 12 Conference will hold games overseas for the second straight year. ASU will be part of one of those games, and it will be a challenge.

Though he’s been a college coach for nearly two decades, Morgan Scalley did something Wednesday that he had never done before. He took the mic as head coach at a football media days event, representing his Utah team on the podium at The Star,