In the final season before the Big 12 becomes cool again, it’s hard to know what to expect. Lincoln Riley (and half of his team)’s departure from Oklahoma, Texas’ inability to convert talent into meaningful wins and questions surrounding the continuity of results at Baylor and Oklahoma State leave the top of the league murky.

Half of the league will have a first- or second-year head coach. If we’re being generous, somewhere between one and three programs seem actually settled into their quar…