Oklahoma received 47 of a possible 56 first-place votes to land the No. 1 spot in the Big 12's preseason media poll released Thursday.

The Sooners topped the league's preseason standings for the third time in the past four seasons, and have been picked to win their conference or division nine times in Bob Stoops' tenure.

Baylor finished No. 2 in the poll with nine first-place votes, followed by Kansas State, Texas and Oklahoma State.

Since the conference went to a 10-team, round-robin schedule in 2011, the Big 12 preseason poll has yet to correctly identify the conference's eventual outright champion (excluding OU's shared title in 2012). The last correct preseason media poll was 2010, when league media members tabbed Oklahoma and Nebraska as the division favorites.

Last year, Baylor took the No. 5 spot in the preseason poll but was one of six teams that received first-place votes. Oklahoma State, OU, TCU and Texas were all picked ahead of the Big 12 champs.

The poll confirms what most preseason publications suggested this summer: the No. 3 through No. 7 spots are a real toss-up with a substantial gap between OU, Baylor and everyone else. Texas was two poll points away from surpassing Kansas State for the No. 3 spot. Oklahoma State and Texas Tech were separated by just four points, with Texas Tech and TCU separated by 11.