Coming off a fantastic finish in the 2016 Alamo Bowl with a 38-8 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes, the no. 11 Oklahoma State football team finished 10-3 (7-2 Big 12). ESPN ranked the Cowboys no. 7 in their Way Too Early 2017 College Football Rankings list. Other Big 12 teams on the list include the no. 10 Oklahoma Sooners, no. 17 Kansas State Wildcats, no. 19 TCU Horned Frogs, and no. 25 Texas Longhorns.
The Cowboys ranked so high on the ESPN’s list for multiple reasons.