The Oklahoma State women’s soccer team comes into the season ranked second in the Big 12, according to the conference coaches’ poll.
The Cowgirls, the reigning Big 12 champions, received 69 points with one first-place vote. West Virginia, the team that won the previous five championships before OSU, is marked first with 79 points. Eight of the 10 coaches picked WVU as the top team in the Big 12.
Of the other teams ranked, Texas is the only other team to receive a first-place vote. In-state rival Oklahoma garnered 29 points and ranks eighth.
Ten players return for Colin Carmichael’s 13th year as coach.