Big 12 · Eric Morris, year 1 (2-1) · Boone Pickens Stadium · 55,509 · 51,601 avg in 2026
LastW 59–0 vs Murray State · Sat Sep 19 · Drew Mestemaker 324 pass yds, 5 TD
Nextat West Virginia · Sat Sep 26 · 7 pm ET · Milan Puskar Stadium · West Virginia by 1 · series 10-6, last win 2023 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #262 | #107 | -13✗ | @Tulsa | L 10–24 143 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #263 | #2 | +24.5✓ | OregonTop 10 win | W 39–31 142 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #234 | #255 | -56.5✓ | Murray State | W 59–0 119 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #198 | #140 | +1 | @West Virginia | |||
| 6 | Oct 10 | UCF | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Houston | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Colorado | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Iowa State | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Kansas State | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Texas Tech | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | @Arizona State | ||||||
| 13 | Nov 28 | Kansas |
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | Murray State | W 59–0 | 662 | 1 | 35:08 | +0.589 | 64.0% | 119.2% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Sep 12 | Oregon | W 39–31 | 554 | 2 | 36:54 | -0.036 | 43.7% | 113.5% | One-score win |
| Sep 5 | @Tulsa | L 10–24 | 368 | 4 | 31:05 | -0.071 | 36.4% | 103.1% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Season average (3 games) | 528 | 2.3 | +0.161 | 48.0% | 111.9% | ||||
Oklahoma State spent twenty years as Mike Gundy's program — then fired him three games into a 1-11 collapse and handed a flattened roster to Eric Morris, the first sitting FBS coach Stillwater has ever hired.
The fanbase spent a generation insisting Stillwater was its own program, not a satellite of the school 80 miles south. A 1-11 season handed Oklahoma every easy joke — and the room is daring Morris…
The season in chapters
What fans said
Real posts from the day of the game, chosen by community score · usernames not shown
What it is like to watch them2025 · 1-11 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Big 12 teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Cooling. 2-8 over the last 10, and won the last two.
There’s a clock that’s got to go off in your head when you step up, nothing’s there
Next Sep 26
vs West Virginia · away
✓ fact on line · ~ our read on style
Market outlook
Sportsbook consensus · best odds across multiple books · 2026-09-22
the open questionis the portal class enough to move the needle?
Kyran Duhon and Wendell Gregory arrive as Oklahoma State's top-3 Big 12 portal class tries to salvage a 1-11 season with Mike Gundy's identity on the line.
our readfront page
Eric Morris, who previously coached at North Texas, inherits a 1-11 roster and a program that hasn't defined itself since Mike Gundy's era — the identity vacuum is as stark.
our readbackground
Eric Morris took over as Oklahoma State's head coach, replacing Doug Meacham.
our readbackground
Gundy's second straight top-10 portal class arrives after a 1-11 season with 44% production returning — Mestemaker and Hawkins fill holes in a program defined by defiance.
our readfront page
Eric Morris inherits a 1-11 losing record and a program identity built around being not-Oklahoma, raising questions about how he redefines it in his first season.
our readbackground
Mike Gundy's 10th season opens with a 1-11 losing record and a #49 talent rank, raising questions about whether Oklahoma State can cross into bowl eligibility with its current trajectory.
our readdeveloping
Eric Morris inherits a 1-11 losing record at Oklahoma State, a program long defined by its contrast to Oklahoma, now facing identity uncertainty in his first season.
our readdeveloping
Kalib Hicks sees a real spike in usage once the game is out of reach, and his efficiency in competitive snaps sits below the position baseline -- the numbers lean on the opponent giving up.
our readdeveloping
Gavin Freeman is used almost exclusively underneath -- a low share of his targets are downfield shots.
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Rodney Fields Jr. does NOT see a usage spike in garbage time -- his workload holds steady regardless of score.
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Oklahoma State: coordinator change reshaping a unit.
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Outcome band · Oklahoma State · 2026
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
Oklahoma State signed a top-20 transfer-portal class — 40 additions headlined by Hauss Hejny (QB) from TCU and Banks Bowen (QB) from Tulsa. It is a top-2 portal class in the Big 12 this cycle. Portal pickups don't redshirt. The coverage sees this as a targeted, ready-to-contribute class built for snap competition, not depth-chart filler. The coverage reads this as a credible, targeted haul.
The 'portal class fills the gaps' believers -- upgrades at real positions of need.
The 'portal is a gamble' counter -- departure losses and the 'plug-and-play doesn't work' read.
Nothing in our corpus yet — this door stays open for when there is.
This event was in 37 of 2787 board posts (1%) over the last 60 days — engaged but not consumed. Fan text shown verbatim, attributed to the community not the individual poster.
The boards ≠ the fanbase: a vocal, self-selected slice.
Doug Meacham took over as Oklahoma State's head coach, replacing Mike Gundy. It is replaces 21-year head coach Mike Gundy (170-90). The hire has receded from the front page. The roster and recruiting pipeline are the real measure now. The discourse has moved on; what's left is the quiet work of building something.
The 'show me the body of work' counter -- resume gaps, scheme fits, and 'not that guy' reads.
Nothing in our corpus yet — this door stays open for when there is.
Only 11 of 2787 board posts mention it — below our floor to call a community stance. Shown as texture, not a verdict.
The boards ≠ the fanbase: a vocal, self-selected slice.
Fan mood index · most recent r/cfb data
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Oklahoma State is the program that lived in Mike Gundy's mullet for 20 years and built a Big 12 identity around being not-Oklahoma.
The program ledger
since 2025Oklahoma State's Iman Oates granted temporary restraining order in eligibility case against NCAA
A temporary restraining order forcing the NCAA's hand on a 2022 athlete's eligibility isn't just one player's fight — Morris gets a potential depth add at WR while a class ranked 69th nationally needs every live body it can claim.
Odaefe Oruru flips to Oklahoma State
Oruru flips from Arkansas to Stillwater with dress rehearsal week already here — an OL add for a class ranked 69th that needed the pressure room shored up before the opener.
S Markeith Williams transfer commits from Miami
Safety room bled 12 out and added 10 back, but Landyn Cleveland's exit left a starter-shaped hole — Williams coming out of Miami's ACC program is the answer Gundy needed at the top of that depth chart.
Win total: 5.5 → 4.5 (▼1)
Win total dropped from 5.5 to 4.5 with conference peers flat — the books see something program-specific.
Oklahoma State depth chart breakdown published
Mestemaker's walk-on-to-QB1 arc is the feel-good story, but the depth chart drop reveals the real anxiety — WR depth at class rank #69 is a structural problem Morris hasn't solved before Big 12 defenses start scheming it.
Win total: 5.5 → 6.5 (▲1)
Win total jumped from 5.5 to 6.5 with conference peers flat — the books see something program-specific.
Top 3 commits
Recruiting Footprint · 2026
TX leads the 2026 class with 7 commits. National footprint reaching 9 states.
Where they recruit · 2023-2026
84 signees across 16 states, 2023-2026. TX leads the pull.
Miles from home · 2026 roster
The median Oklahoma State player grew up 316 miles from campus.
Half this roster came from closer than that; half came from farther.
Straight-line distance from each player's listed hometown to Boone Pickens Stadium. Hometowns are placed at city-centroid precision, not street address — fine at this scale, but a player's true door-to-door number can differ by a few miles. 113 of 117 listed players have a geocoded hometown. Source: CFBD roster hometowns.
Top community posts · last 12 months · r/cfb
Fan confidence in a typical range for this program right now
69th percentile among FBS programs
9 of 68 AP voters have them ranked, AP ballot, week 3 (2026) — from #21, Adam Lichtenstein (South Florida Sun-Sentinel), to #24, Randy Johnson (Minneapolis Star Tribune). 59 voters left them off the ballot entirely.
Individual AP Top 25 ballots, AP ballot, week 3, 2026 — 68 voters tracked.
Cashing in at a normal clip: 15% of disrupted passes intercepted, close to ~19% league-wide.
2 interceptions of 13 disrupted passes (11 deflected, 2 intercepted), 2026 only.
The flags have favored them: 20 penalties drawn on opponents vs. 11 committed, 69 yards to the good.
119 penalty yards committed vs. 188 drawn on opponents, 2026 season total.
Outcome band · Oklahoma State · 2026
Recruiting Footprint · 2026