This will be the most intriguing vote of the season even more so than the POY. I assume Mike Leach will win it because nobody expected this out of Texas Tech but there are other candidates as well. Gary Pinkel from Missouri and Mark Mangino from Kansas have actually underachieved so they're out. Bob Stoops won't get it because Oklahoma might not even go to the Big 12 Title game. Mack Brown's got a shot but I believe everyone knew how good Texas was.

I would say it's between Leach and Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy. The Cowboys are 9-2 and if they can upset Oklahoma in the final game of the year, he'd have an outside chance. At this point it's Leach's to lose.