The deadline for media to turn in All-Big 12 ballots to the conference office comes Friday. The official All-Big 12 team won't be released until Big 12 media days in Dallas in a couple weeks.
But below, the Big 12 blog team released the ballots we turned in to the office to you for your viewing pleasure.
Later this morning we'll go into more depth about how we went about selecting our ballots.
But before we do that, the ballots:
BRANDON CHATMON'S BALLOT
Offense
WR: Tyler Lockett, Kansas State
TE: E.J. Bibbs, Iowa State
OL: Spencer Drango, Baylor
OL: Le'Raven Clark, Texas Tech
C: Dominic Espinosa, Texas
OL: Cody Whitehair, Kansas State
OL: Daryl Williams, Oklahoma
WR: Antwan Goodley, Baylor
QB: Bryce Petty, Baylor
RB: Malcolm Brown, Texas
RB: Shock Linwood, Baylor
PK: Michael Hunnicutt, Oklahoma
PR: Levi Norwood, Baylor
Defense
DL: Devonte Fields, TCU
DL: Ryan Mueller, Kansas State
DL: Cedric Reed, Texas
DL: Charles Tapper, Oklahoma
LB: Eric Striker, Oklahoma
LB: Bryce Hager, Baylor
LB: Ben Heeney, Kansas
DB: Kevin White, TCU
DB: Daryl Worley, West Virginia
DB: Kevin Peterson, Oklahoma State
DB: Sam Carter, TCU
P: Trevor Pardula, Kansas
KR: B.J. Catalon, TCU
Player of the Year Awards
Offensive Player of the Year: Bryce Petty, Baylor
Defensive Player of the Year: Devonte Fields, TCU
Newcomer of the Year: Nick Harwell, Kansas
Quick explainer: The Big 12 features more proven stars heading into this season than it did in 2013 but that didn't make my preseason All-Big 12 team any easier. Several young players seem ready to take their contributions to another level at the expense of established playmakers. The receiver position was a no-brainer (although two receivers on the squad seems a little odd), while the running back position is so littered with unknowns I considered just throwing a darts at the dart board and hoping for the best. Overall I ended up going with proven production over up-and-coming stars, meaning my postseason All-Big 12 squad could look much different than this version.
MAX OLSON'S BALLOT
Offense
WR: Tyler Lockett, Kansas State
TE: E.J. Bibbs, Iowa State
OL: Le'Raven Clark, Texas Tech
OL: Cody Whitehair, Kansas State
C: B.J. Finney, Kansas State
OL: Quinton Spain, West Virginia
OL: Spencer Drango, Baylor
WR: Antwan Goodley, Baylor
QB: Bryce Petty, Baylor
RB: Malcolm Brown, Texas
RB: Shock Linwood, Baylor
PK: Michael Hunnicutt, Oklahoma
PR: Levi Norwood, Baylor
Defense
DL: Devonte Fields, TCU
DL: Chucky Hunter, TCU
DL: Malcom Brown, Texas
DL: Cedric Reed, Texas
LB: Eric Striker, Oklahoma
LB: Bryce Hager, Baylor
LB: Ben Heeney, Kansas
DB: Quandre Diggs, Texas
DB: Zack Sanchez, Oklahoma
DB: Sam Carter, TCU
DB: Chris Hackett, TCU
P: Nick O'Toole, West Virginia
KR: B.J. Catalon, TCU
Player of the Year Awards
Offensive Player of the Year: Bryce Petty, Baylor
Defensive Player of the Year: Devonte Fields, TCU
Newcomer of the Year: Tyreek Hill, Oklahoma State
Quick explainer: Petty, Lockett and Goodley are easy choices, but from there it gets tricky and you can make a case for a ton of players being deserving of preseason all-conference honors. On defense, the Big 12's ballot provides flexibility with DL, LB and DB as the three position categories, but I still tried to put together a unit with true defensive tackles and safeties. When in doubt, I went by 2013 production. How well these guys would all fit together on a playing field, who knows? But there's plenty of star power and proven talent in this lineup.
JAKE TROTTER'S BALLOT
Offense
WR: Tyler Lockett, Kansas State
TE: E.J. Bibbs, Iowa State
OL: Spencer Drango, Baylor
OL: Le'Raven Clark, Texas Tech
C: B.J. Finney, Kansas State
OL: Quinton Spain, West Virginia
OL: Cody Whitehair, Kansas State
WR: Antwan Goodley, Baylor
QB: Bryce Petty, Baylor
RB: Johnathan Gray, Texas
RB: Keith Ford, Oklahoma
PK: Michael Hunnicutt, Oklahoma
PR: Daje Johnson, Texas
Defense
DL: Devonte Fields, TCU
DL: Chucky Hunter, TCU
DL: Malcom Brown, Texas
DL: Shawn Oakman, Baylor
LB: Eric Striker, Oklahoma
LB: Ben Heeney, Kansas
LB: Bryce Hager, Baylor
DB: Daryl Worley, West Virginia
DB: Kevin White, TCU
DB: Sam Carter, TCU
DB: Quandre Diggs, Texas
P: Nick O'Toole, West Virginia
KR: Corey Coleman, Baylor
Player of the Year Awards
Offensive Player of the Year: Bryce Petty, Baylor
Defensive Player of the Year: Devonte Fields, TCU
Newcomer of the Year: Tyreek Hill, Oklahoma State
Quick explainer: The official Big 12 ballot doesn't differentiate between offensive tackles and guards, defensive tackles and ends and cornerbacks and safeties. But like Max, I still tried to keep position integrity, which made putting this ballot together significantly more difficult. But unlike Max and Brandon, I attempted to project out this year's all-conference team instead of leaning on rehashing last year's, which is why Worley, Oakman and Ford made my preseason team over more conventional selections like Sanchez, Mueller and Linwood. Those three gambles could make me look incredibly smart at the end of the year -- or incredibly dumb. Time will tell.