KenPom — widely regarded as the go-to college basketball analytics — released its first rankings of the 2024-2025 season and has BYU at #21. BYU is the 8th highest ranked Big 12 team, which highlights just how deep the conference is expected to be. Below are the full Big 12 rankings and where they rank nationally out of 364 D1 teams.

1 — Houston

6 — Kansas

7 — Iowa State

8 — Arizona

11 — Baylor

15 — Texas Tech

17 — Cincinnati

21 — BYU

49 — Kansas State

58 — TCU

66 — UCF

71 — Arizona State

80 — Colorado

82 — Utah

87 — West Virginia

89 — Oklahoma State

The Big 12 is rated just behind the SEC as the top-ranked conference, who also has all 16 teams in the top 100.

KenPom projects BYU to finish the season 20-10 and 11-9 in conference play. It ranks BYU 18 nationally in offensive efficiency and 31 defensively. BYU is favored in all 10 non-conference games KenPom projects; BYU will also play either Purdue or NC State in the second game of the Rady Children’s Invitational the day after they play Ole Miss on Thanksgiving. Purdue is rated #10 and NC State is #52.

Below are KenPom’s preseason rankings for each team on BYU’s schedule and BYU’s win probability. BYU finished last season ranked #18 in KenPom after starting the year at #36.