Meanwhile, Cincinatti had 9 players drafted while we had 2 (or 3 if you count Jelani Woods). We better not believe the "OKstate should be the cream of the new Big12 crop talk" so much that we take for granted the difficulty of competing even in a conference without OU.
Houston also had 3 picks—all defense, interestingly, since last year's Houston D allowed* 22, 24, 30, & 28 in one four-game span against the likes of Tulane, East Carolina, SMU, & South Florida, while our D allowed* a max of 24 points all season—yet Houston had more defensive players drafted than us.
*this subtracts out defensive and special teams scores
BYU and UCF both had 1 drafted.