The Big 12 Conference announced in late June the coaches of the league will not participate in the annual preseason poll. On Tuesday, Big 12 commissioner Brett

As he enters his three-year anniversary on the job, Yormark is now among college sports' power brokers. And he remains bullish on the 16-team Big 12, as the college landscape goes through more change with revenue sharing with student-athletes and future College Football Playoff expansion.

College football stakeholders have been hard at work this offseason shaping the future of the College Football Playoff, and they made significant headway in finalizing a 5+11 model in another potential wave of bracket expansion.