When the 2020 college football season arrives, the Big 12 Conference will be without a fair share of its top talent from a season ago. Gone is a group that includes receivers among the likes of Oklahoma's CeeDee Lamb, Texas' Devin Duvernay and TCU's Jalen Reagor, defensive talent such as Baylor defensive end James Lynch, and plenty at other positions. But at the same time, a good count of familiar faces will be back, and they can only hope that the latest chapter at their respective school is the most memorable one yet.

The folks over at Pro Football Focus recently took it upon themselves to rank the top 10 returning football players in the Big 12 Conference for the 2020 season. Needless to say, there were some surprises -- Oklahoma State running back and 2019 leading rusher Chuba Hubbard checked in outside the top five -- on a list in which several schools had multiple players make the cut.

Here's a look at how things stacked up, as prescribed by PFF.