This morning, the media covering the Big 12 — Disclosure: I don’t vote — named West Virginia center Tyler Orlosky and defensive end Noble Nwachukwu to the preseason all-conference team. Just those two. As many as Iowa State. More than Texas Tech (one) and Kansas (zero) combined. No love for Fish Smithson?!?!

That said, the Mountaineers have linemen on the all-conference teams and no skill position players or defensive backs. You’ll never forget where you were when that happened.

Thirteen offensive players made the team, and Orlosky is one of five offensive linemen, which is good. Fifteen defensive players made the team, and Nwachukwu was one of seven defensive linemen, which is weird. Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield is the preseason offensive player of the year, Texas linebacker Malik Jefferson, who last year was the defensive freshman of the year, is the preseason defensive player of the year. TCU quarterback Kenny Hill is the preseason newcomer of the year, so it’s good to know his hype train didn’t slow on the way out of College Station two years ago.

This is the latest honor for Orlosky, who was previously included in the Outland Trophy and Rimington Award watch lists and named a preseason third-team All-American by Athlon.

Previously, quarterback Skyler Howard was named to Maxwell Award watch list, and Nwachukwu, who’s had a touted offseason the likes I’ve never seen, was named to the Bednarik Award watch list. Kicker Josh Lambert, who’s suspended the first three games, made the Groza Award watch list. He was a finalist in 2014. Receiver Shelton Gibson today made the Biletnikoff Award watch list.

Granted, you made a few of those watch lists and that person next to you in traffic this morning was on a couple others, but that’s a pretty good haul.

Yet Sports Illustrated has named its top 100 players, from a punter to a defensive end to a running back, and it’s a cool and curious list. There are no quarterbacks in the top five and there’s one receiver in the top 10, where you’ll find an offensive lineman, a cornerback, a safety and a linebacker as well as three running backs, which seems to go against the modern grain.