Spring practice ends.

Transfers come and go.

The top of the Big 12 power rankings have an awfully familiar look from what everybody thought back in January. Is anyone not picking Oklahoma and Texas atop the conference less than 100 days from the first college games? Iowa State may be pretty close to a consensus No. 3 pick when all is said and done.

That said, the Big 12 has seldom been that predictable. You can make a case than any team between fourth and ninth (sorry, Kansas) could challenge for a top three spot.

That said, here's a look at one person's version of the Big 12 power rankings:

1. Oklahoma

2019 Outlook: After four consecutive Big 12 titles, who else are you going to pick? The pickup of graduate transfer Jalen Hurts from Alabama removed a major quarterback mark at quarterback. He's looked as good if not better than advertised in the spring game. Concerns include the defense (of course), even with new coordinator Alex Grinch, and the loss of four starting offensive lineman to the NFL.

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2. Texas

2019 Outlook: OK, so Texas is back, kind of, sort of. Can it stay there? Quarterback Sam Ehlinger accounted for 42 touchdowns last season and has new offensive tools in two freshmen, converted running back Jordan Whittington and transfer receiver Bru McCoy, if Texas ever gets around to filing that NCAA waiver request. Even with Jeffrey McCulloch back, linebacker could be an adventure and not in a good way, one reason Texas signed junior college linebacker Juwan Mitchell late in the 2019 recruiting cycle.

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3. Iowa State

2019 Outlook: Yeah, Iowa State. Matt Campbell's crew is coming off consecutive eight-win seasons and returns quarterback Brock Purdy and a fully intact offensive line, usually a very good sign. Arkansas grad transfer La'Michael Pettway isn't the next Hakeem Butler but he's 6-3 and caught 30 passes last season. The defense again should again be capable of frustrating spread offenses.

4. TCU

2019 Outlook: OK, after the top three teams, the Big 12 is basically a Magic-8 Ball on a giant roulette wheel. Who do you like? Or trust? In this case, history shows Gary Patterson has a knack for bouncing back from offseason. The defense will be fine. The Horned Frogs still need a starting quarterback, for starters. They have plenty of candidates but not clear-cut No. 1 yet.

5. Baylor

2019 Outlook: Last time we saw the Bears, they were beating Vanderbilt in the Texas Bowl to get to seven wins and Clemson's Dabo Swinney was praising their intensity. Charlie Brewer is still the quarterback and Jon Lovett is now a safety who might be get short-yardage carries. Matt Rhule has done a solid rebuilding job. One X-factor is the NCAA probe and the possibility of penalties (if any) landing just before the start of the season.

6. Oklahoma State

2019 Outlook: No Big 12 team and few teams nationally had so many high highs and low lows as the Cowboys last season. Neither Spencer Sanders nor Dru Brown seemed to separate in the spring at quarterback. A defense that wasn't very good in a lot of games will have a reworked line. This decade, the Cowboys have averaged 9.4 wins a season so underestimate coach Mike Gundy at your own peril

7. Texas Tech

2019 Outlook: Of all the new coaches in the Big 12, Matt Wells may have the best chance for instant success if quarterback Alan Bowman stays healthy. Tech fans know the story all too well: Tech was 5-2 and leading Oklahoma at halftime in Lubbock when Bowman suffered a recurrence of a collapsed lung. Tech didn't win another game. Bowman was back, impressing in the spring. Wells will have -- count 'em -- five transfers for instant help including running back Armand Shyne (Utah) and slot receiver McLane Mannix (Nevada).

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8. West Virginia

2019 Outlook: New coach Neal Brown is already building good will in Morgantown. Assembling a contender may take longer. West Virginia lost a lot of talent from a team that fell to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in shootouts by a combined seven points. The defense may have to carry the load early against a non-conference schedule that includes Missouri and North Carolina State. Neither Jack Allison nor Oklahoma transfer Austin Kendall seized the job in the spring.

9. Kansas State

2019 Outlook: If you're looking for a fun fact that may come in handy this season, new coach Chris Klieman lost exactly six games in five seasons at North Dakota State. Avoiding more than six losses his first season might be a neat achievement, even though Skylar Thompson left no doubt about the starting quarterback in the spring. Klieman came up with a potential grad transfer gem in James Gilbert, who ran for 2,806 yards at Ball State.

10. Kansas

2019 Outlook: Here's the situation facing new coach Les Miles: it's been 10 years since Kansas won more than three games in a single season. Yeah, it will take time. No wonder than athletic director Jeff Long was lobbying at the meetings in Phoenix for the Big 12 to relax it's hard cap of 25 scholarships a year so Kansas could rebuild its depleted roster numbers.

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