The 2025-26 preseason Big 12 men’s basketball coaches poll was released on Thursday, and Colorado, unsurprisingly, was picked to finish second-to-last in the 16-team conference.
The Buffaloes are exactly where they were in last year’s poll: 15th, with the same 37 points. Tad Boyle’s squad is a young team coming off a challenging first season in the Big 12, during which the program lost all ten away contests and went 2-17 in conference play.
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Throughout the offseason, during which the program spent time overseas in Australia, the team is more physical and primed to compete in one of the top conferences in college basketball.
Here’s a complete look at the preseason poll, with national runner-ups Houston leading the way.
Big 12 men’s basketball preseason coaches poll
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West Virginia Mountaineers
Sometimes it is good to be under the radar, and that is what the Colorado men’s basketball program is doing entering the season. The expectations are low, so simply being more competitive within the conference should be considered a significant win.
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