4Oklahoma signed a top-15 recruiting class.
Brent Venables' top-15 class arrives as Oklahoma navigates 7 NFL exits and a Texas rivalry that signed a top-7 class — the crown still shines, but the throne is contested.
4Brent Venables' top-15 class arrives as Oklahoma navigates 7 NFL exits and a Texas rivalry that signed a top-7 class — the crown still shines, but the throne is contested.
The Sooners are the seven-title program that crossed leagues and made the Playoff in year three of the SEC — then watched a 17-0 lead and the doubt they came to bury both slip away in one half against Alabama.
Ever since the leagues changed, the take has been that the Sooners showed up late and out of their depth; the fanbase points to a Playoff berth in year three and says the doubters got the answer, then…
Approaching
30 days
until kickoff · vs UTEP · Sat Sep 5 · 00:00 UTC
Oklahoma is a crown program crossing leagues and still carrying the crown.
Oklahoma returns 53% of its roster but lost seven players to the NFL draft and faces significant transfer departures. The team's #15 recruiting class offers hope for long-term improvement.
Owen Field is quiet. Seven titles do not insulate a program from the present.
the open questiondoes the recruiting haul translate on the field?
Michael Fasusi (#5 OT nationally) headlines Oklahoma's eighth straight top-20 class as Brent Venables navigates 7 NFL exits and a Texas rivalry that just signed No. 1.
Oklahoma has reached elite-tier consistency — the 22-14 three-year mark raises the question of whether Venables' fourth season can sustain a top-14% power rating without a return to the national title conversation.
Brent Venables begins his fourth season with a 10-3 record and a #8 AP finish, reinforcing Oklahoma's status as a crown program adapting to the SEC's demands.
Oklahoma jumped 19 spots in SP+ — the gap between the ranking and its 10-3 record is the story Brent Venables has to answer in Big 12 this year.
Brent Venables' top-15 class arrives as Oklahoma navigates 7 NFL exits and a Texas rivalry that signed a top-7 class — the crown still shines, but the throne is contested.
Oklahoma has slipped from elite-tier consistency — the first time below the top-14% tier since 2024, and the market projects 7.5 wins, raising questions about whether Venables' system can reset.
Jaren Kanak is used almost exclusively underneath -- a low share of his targets are downfield shots.
Brent Venables begins his fifth season with a 10-3 record, but the crown program's uneasy fanbase questions if the SEC move can sustain elite-tier consistency.
Eligibility ruling impacts Oklahoma players
The five-for-five ruling buys Venables a critical bridge year — seven starters drafted and a WR room under pressure means every extra snap of eligibility is real depth, not just paperwork.
Oklahoma wing Tae Davis granted fifth year of eligibility
Class of 2022 ruling lands perfectly for a WR room already sweating seven draft departures — Davis staying means Venables has a veteran body where the pressure was loudest.
Owen Heinecke cleared to play
Seven drafted off last year's roster and the WR room already drawing heat — Heinecke's clearance is a quiet depth win Venables needed before fall camp pressure got louder.
Jaiden Fields commits to Oklahoma
Seven draft departures carved real holes in this roster, and the WR room felt the pressure most — Fields is Venables patching a spot where the class needed a playmaker, not just a body.
Bode Sparrow commits to Oklahoma
Seven starters gone to the NFL and the WR room still needs playmakers — Sparrow's athleticism profile adds the kind of versatility Venables can deploy before the SEC era gets real.
Four-star ATH Bode Sparrow commits to Oklahoma
Seven starters gone to the draft and the WR room under pressure — Sparrow's athleticism gives Venables a Swiss-army option who can stress a secondary before the formation is even set.
Top 3 commits
Fan confidence lower than any point since 2021
7th percentile among FBS programs
Market outlook
Sportsbook consensus · best odds across multiple books · 2026-08-06
Oklahoma · Next-Season Outcome Band
Final-season-aware projection: floor / base / ceiling include conference title and CFP games where the model supports them, so a ceiling can exceed a 12-game regular season.
Oklahoma signed a top-17 recruiting class. It is eighth consecutive top-20 recruiting class. A class ranked in the teens won the trail competition. The depth-chart work starts now. The bulls are loud — the coverage treats this class as a program-level statement.
The optimistic read: the class is real, the program is a destination again.
The 'rankings don't tell the whole story' counter -- development gaps, position holes still open.
Nothing in our corpus yet — this door stays open for when there is.
This event was in 48 of 1021 board posts (5%) over the last 60 days — engaged but not consumed. Fan text shown verbatim, attributed to the community not the individual poster.
Board health this week (667 posts): 15% positive · 47% neutral · 38% negative. Team-level weekly mood — not specific to this event. The boards ≠ the fanbase: a self-selected vocal slice.
Oklahoma has climbed into dynasty-caliber territory — into the top 14% of FBS by power rating over the last three seasons, up from the top 16% a year ago. It is a 22-14 record over the last three regular seasons. Three-year power ratings tell a structural story — the room is split on whether the schedule will confirm it.
The 'resurgence is real' read: the numbers are starting to back the hype.
The 'wait and see' counter -- power shifts often get overread before the season proves them.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Four of five. The board favors this trend.
Opens Sep 5
vs UTEP · at home
✓ fact on line · ~ our read on style
Fan mood index · most recent r/cfb data
Recruiting Footprint · 2026
TX leads the 2026 class with 6 commits. National footprint reaching 12 states.
Where they recruit · 2023-2026
100 signees across 26 states, 2023-2026. TX leads the pull.
Top r/cfb community posts · last 12 months
66 of 66 AP voters have them ranked, final AP ballot (2025) — from #9, Kevin Carter (CBS Sports), to #15, Damien Sordelett (The Roanoke Times).
Individual AP Top 25 ballots, final AP ballot, 2025 — 66 voters tracked.
12 games with TV coverage: 9 national broadcast, 1 ESPN, 2 conference network
Kickoff windows: 4 noon, 5 afternoon, 3 primetime
36% recovery rate on the fumbles they've forced — below the ~49% league baseline.
4 of 11 forced fumbles recovered; 6 of 10 own fumbles recovered themselves, 2025 only.
18% of tipped/broken-up passes have turned into picks — about the ~19% league average.
9 interceptions of 51 disrupted passes (42 deflected, 9 intercepted), 2025 only.
88 penalties committed, 58 drawn on opponents — ceding 326 yards of field position.
795 penalty yards committed vs. 469 drawn on opponents, 2025 season total.
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
Fanbase Signals
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners
The split, staged
How Oklahoma fans actually talk real · top-upvoted
The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement
All 12 corners of the fanbase
Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.
What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
~ our readOklahoma fans are down on the program, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.
✓ counted We read 667 posts from Oklahoma fans this week.
Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read
Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
Hi Joel! Could you please let us know your opinion of the pressure on Brett Venables at Oklahoma University? I don't live in OK anymore, but I've got to think that the fans there are putting him in the "it's time" category. What do you think?
Venables at # 8 is an absolute disgrace!!!! Oklahoma had arguably the hardest schedule in college football last year and they made the playoffs!!!! What an absolute joke. He's definitely not at the top, but 8 is just stupid!!!
Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Jul 16, 2026–Jul 27, 2026 · via Josh Pate's College Football Show, The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast
JJF is a football terrorist, every time we would put a TE out there to block it was either penalty or a loss of yards because they can't block for shit.
JJF is the worst assistant in Oklahoma history. Our starting TE is a converted LB because he can't recruit for shit and he's an AWFUL developmental coach.
Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Aug 30, 2025–Nov 16, 2025 · via CFB
The QB/WR connection looks much better, we will probably win more because those look good.
Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Aug 31, 2025 · via CFB
The offense had carried OU all year, and while the defense was holding their own in the 4th quarter and OT, that wasn’t the time to start trusting the defense.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 30, 2026 · via CFB
Bob Stoops is obviously beloved. There was a time though from like 2010-2014 where he was definitely under appreciated.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 29, 2026 · via CFB
I think for OU it will really depend on if we have a run game or not. Without one we were too easy to defend against and it was made worse once mateer got hurt.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 28, 2026 · via CFB
We somehow stumbled into a baseball natty out of the (very needed) investment into the baseball program and Brent has OU playing smash mouth defense and winning games after fixing the roster.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 22, 2026 · via CFB
2017-2018. Absolutely elite offenses with bottom 5 in the country defenses. Although 2017 I think was a better team overall with Baker at the helm (the Rose Bowl is one of the only OU games I can't rewatch) the 2018 offense with Kyler actually put up some better numbers. The defense was just even worse.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 20, 2026 · via CFB
I really don't understand how to look at Brent Venables coaching tenure here so far. Half of me wants him fired for some of the horse shit presented in this game and the season, but then you see the moments of excellence that shines through the shit.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Nov 2, 2025 · via CFB
If we had this defense and the Riley era offense, we could have realistically won four in a row from 2015-2018 with Baker and Kyler.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 5, 2025 · via CFB
Your giants at OL against our DL will tell the tale of how the game will go. If we can shut down your running game and make Arnold throw, it will be a long day.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 13, 2025 · via CFB
Love seeing Venables calling the defense. He's so good at it.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 31, 2025 · via CFB
“This defense is the real deal. And Mateer looks good too, now bring on Jackson Arnold!”— r/CFB
“Well I don't center my thoughts and feelings on how my football team does outside of the game. And I certainly don't let talking heads dictate my feelings. You should try that”— r/CFB
“Fire those refs into the sun, holy shit... GG Cocks. Nothing against you guys, y'all were pretty cool in the game thread”— r/CFB
“Legitimately I think you have to fire Lebby after that. That game was literally unloseable.”— r/CFB
“Kansas and Missouri fought a war, with actual deaths and burning of cities. Oklahoma and Texas fought over a bridge, and Oklahoma won without firing a shot.”— r/CFB
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Fanbase Health Index · Oklahoma · high confidence
This is kind of what I’d assume would need to happen, but also this would spread nil VERY thin.
Hawai'i defense: "fine, I'll do it myself"
Our entire offense is ass so theres that
FBS rankings · 2025 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocket Passer · +0.25 EPA/play | 10 | 12 | 247 / 397 | 62.2 | 2885 #44 FBS | 7.3 | 14 | 11 | 129.4 | 67.6 | 6.0 | 5.9 | |
Yards by week → Pocket PasserBalanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile. Watch-list name — on at least one major award watch list, no hardware yet — trending, not yet confirmed. The most common profile in its group this season — 97 of 183 classified this way. Played in 12 of 21 games this season · junior Aura Tax — perception-vs-production gap across 4 tracked snapshots, 343 mentions | |||||||||||||
| +0.23 EPA/play | 3 | 2 | 15 / 27 | 55.6 | 167 | 6.2 | 3 | 0 | 144.2 | 43 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | 3rd Dn Use | Pass Dn Use | Stuff% | 10+% | Tgt Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Back · -0.03 EPA/play | 6 | 12 | 120 | 482 | 4.0 | 4 | 25 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 21.8 | 14.3 | 5.1% (19/371) | |
Yards by week → Balanced BackPlays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension. Starter — over 60% of the snaps, holding the job. 186 of 349 RBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / carry5.0 bottom 14th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Yards / reception5.9 bottom 30th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Trait fingerprint Plays like View Tory Blaylock's full player page | |||||||||||||
| Workhorse · +0.14 EPA/play | 24 | 10 | 83 | 421 | 5.1 | 4 | 65 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 5.1% (19/371) | |
Yards by week → Workhorse· Boom-or-bustBuilt to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value. his yards come in chunks — feast or famine Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 52 of 349 RBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Weight239 lb 99th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Yards / carry6.4 76th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Trait fingerprint View Xavier Robinson's full player page | |||||||||||||
| +0.19 EPA/play | — | 5 | 21 | 68 | 3.2 | 0 | 12 | 2.9 | 4.7 | — | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | 3rd Dn Use | Pass Dn Use | Tgt Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slot Technician · +0.57 EPA/play | 5 | 12 | 65 | 949 #29 FBS | 14.6 | 8 #23 FBS | 87 | 18.1 | 16.4 | 25.3% (94/371) | |
Yards by week → Slot Technician· Boom-or-bustRuns precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. The rare part: the passing game runs through him — and every touch moves the offense, too 97 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Reception volume65 95th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Total EPA (college ability)51.4 96th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions — the part the label misses Trait fingerprint Plays like our readSustained Ascent: his CFB Index score shows two real climbs in a row — 5th to 54th to 94th percentile among FBS WRs | |||||||||||
| Slot Technician · +0.30 EPA/play | 4 | 13 | 57 | 620 | 10.9 | 4 | 45 | 5.3 | 9.3 | 22.1% (82/371) | |
Yards by week → Slot TechnicianRuns precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 97 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Reception volume57 89th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions EPA / play (adj)0.3 bottom 22th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like our readBounce-Back: his CFB Index score shows a real arc: 80th percentile among FBS WRs, fell to 32nd, now back up to 77th | |||||||||||
| Complete TE · +0.70 EPA/play | 12 | 13 | 44 | 533 | 12.1 | 0 | 48 | 7.0 | 8 | 14.6% (54/371) | |
Yards by week → Complete TENo single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike. 177 of 223 TEs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception13.2 73th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Reception volume44 97th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Jaren Kanak's full player page | |||||||||||
| Possession Receiver · +0.44 EPA/play | 9 | 7 | 21 | 243 | 11.6 | 2 | 28 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.4% (31/371) | |
Yards by week → Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. The most common profile in its group this season — 332 of 558 classified this way. Played in 7 of 21 games this season · senior View Keontez Lewis's full player page | |||||||||||
| Possession Receiver · +0.55 EPA/play | 11 | 9 | 18 | 199 | 11.1 | 1 | 38 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 7.3% (27/371) | |
Yards by week → Possession Receiver· Money-downReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. lives on the sticks and moves the chains 332 of 558 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception13.1 bottom 47th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Reception volume18 bottom 18th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View JaVonnie Gibson's full player page | |||||||||||
| +0.78 EPA/play | 84 | 4 | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 0 | 22 | 3.3 | 4.9 | — | |
Yards by week → | |||||||||||
| +0.93 EPA/play | 18 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 2.6 | 2.6 | — | |
Yards by week → | |||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nose Anchor | — | 13 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 1.5 | 6 |
Nose AnchorThe heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile. Starter — over 60% of the snaps, holding the job. 152 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Weight310 lb 83th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like our readBreakout: his CFB Index score climbed from the 5th percentile to the 75th among FBS IDLs | |||||||
| 3-Tech Penetrator | 44 | 13 | 39 | 22 | 15 #21 FBS | 7 #39 FBS | 6 |
3-Tech PenetratorDisruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield. Starter — over 60% of the snaps, holding the job. 269 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate38.5% 99th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Taylor Wein's full player page | |||||||
| 3-Tech Penetrator | 56 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 |
3-Tech PenetratorDisruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 269 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate21.2% 75th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Gracen Halton's full player page | |||||||
| Two-Gap Base | 65 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 388 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate17.9% 63th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like our readFading: his CFB Index score moved from the 87th to 62nd percentile among FBS IDLs | |||||||
| Nose Anchor | 52 | 11 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Nose AnchorThe heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 152 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Weight323 lb 92th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Damonic Williams's full player page | |||||||
| 3-Tech Penetrator | 32 | 9 | 26 | 18 | 9.5 | 6.5 #55 FBS | 3 |
3-Tech PenetratorDisruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 269 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate36.5% 99th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like our readFading: his CFB Index score now sits at the 71st percentile among FBS IDLs, up from the 98th | |||||||
| 3-Tech Penetrator | 8 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
3-Tech PenetratorDisruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield. 269 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate25.0% 86th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Marvin Jones Jr.'s full player page | |||||||
| 3-Tech Penetrator | 34 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
3-Tech PenetratorDisruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield. 269 of 809 IDLs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate26.7% 90th percentile · FBS interior linemen, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Adepoju Adebawore's full player page | |||||||
| 99 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage 'Backer | 10 | 13 | 76 | 38 | 38 | 10.5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Coverage 'BackerCarries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 99 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate5.3% 83th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Tackle volume76 82th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like our readSustained Ascent: his CFB Index score shows two real climbs in a row — 42nd to 69th to 90th percentile among FBS LBs | |||||||||
| Coverage 'Backer | 38 | 13 | 74 | 34 | 40 | 12 #51 FBS | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Coverage 'BackerCarries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 99 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate5.4% 84th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles TFL rate16.2% 83th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like our readUnranked recruit — top-quartile production against his own recruiting profile our readBreakout: his CFB Index score climbed from the 0th percentile to the 87th among FBS LBs | |||||||||
| Thumper | 5 | 13 | 54 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
ThumperDownhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 97 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate18.5% 90th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles PD rate5.6% 85th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like our readFading: his CFB Index score climbed from the 96th percentile to the 63rd among FBS LBs | |||||||||
| Coverage 'Backer | 7 | 13 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 4.5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Coverage 'BackerCarries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 99 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate6.0% 89th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Sack rate4.0% 55th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like our readSustained Ascent: his CFB Index score shows two real climbs in a row — 0th to 31st to 62nd percentile among FBS LBs | |||||||||
| Thumper | 11 | 10 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ThumperDownhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. 97 of 660 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TFL rate20.3% 94th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles PD rate0.0% bottom 18th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Kobie McKinzie's full player page | |||||||||
| 17 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Safety | 3 | 13 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 |
Box SafetyLives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker. Starter — over 60% of the snaps, holding the job. 166 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume59 79th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Robert Spears-Jennings's full player page | |||||||
| Centerfielder | 22 | 12 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
CenterfielderSingle-high range who erases the deep middle of the field. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 133 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate15.2% 83th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like our readUnranked recruit — top-quartile production against his own recruiting profile our readReinvented: changed shape entirely — Hybrid Nickel to Centerfielder, his CFB Index score now sits at the 84th percentile among FBS Ss, up from the 12th | |||||||
| Centerfielder | 4 | 13 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
CenterfielderSingle-high range who erases the deep middle of the field. Part-time starter — splitting the role or filling in on injury. 133 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt View Courtland Guillory's full player pagePD rate17.1% 89th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles | |||||||
| Hybrid Nickel | 13 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. 419 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate3.2% bottom 26th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Reggie Powers III's full player page | |||||||
| Box Safety | 25 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 |
Box SafetyLives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker. 166 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume31 bottom 30th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like our readAscending: his CFB Index score went from the 0th percentile among FBS Ss to the 20th | |||||||
| Centerfielder | 23 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Centerfielder· Takeaway threatSingle-high range who erases the deep middle of the field. the kind of DB who takes it back the other way 133 of 801 Ss we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate12.5% 73th percentile · FBS safeties, min. 15 tackles Plays like View Eli Bowen's full player page | |||||||
| 12 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | 29 | 13 | 24/27 | 88.9 | 35/35 | 107 | 55 |
| 95 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slot Technician · +0.57 EPA/play | 5 | 12 | 20 | 255 | 12.8 | 0 | 43 |
2025 stat leaders
finalRoster
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| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 30 | #26 | #138 | -38.5 | Illinois State | W 35–3 115 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 6 | #29 | #17 | -3.5 | MichiganTop 25 win | W 24–13 130 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #18 | #73 | -24.5 | @Temple | W 42–3 132 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #12 | #41 | -6.5 | AuburnTop 25 win | W 24–17 128 | 4-0 | 1-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #17 | #257 | -46.5 | Kent State | W 44–0 120 | 5-0 | 1-0 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #18 | #9 | +2.5 | Texas (N) | L 6–23 128 | 5-1 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #22 | #31 | -4 | @South Carolina | W 26–7 134 | 6-1 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #13 | #21 | -5.5 | Ole Miss | L 26–34 147 | 6-2 | 2-2 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #21 | #14 | +3 | @TennesseeTop 25 win | W 33–27 144 | 7-2 | 3-2 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #19 | #7 | +6.5 | @AlabamaTop 10 win | W 23–21 126 | 8-2 | 4-2 |
| 13 | Nov 22 | #19 | #21 | -4.5 | MissouriTop 25 win | W 17–6 133 | 9-2 | 5-2 |
| 14 | Nov 29 | #19 | #34 | -11.5 | LSU | W 17–13 121 | 10-2 | 6-2 |
| College Football Playoff | ||||||||
| 17 | Dec 20 | #19 | #11 | -2.5 | Alabama | L 24–34 | 10-3 | 6-3 |
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20 | Alabama | L 24–34 | — | — | — | -0.006 | 31.2% | 143.2% | |
| Nov 29 | LSU | W 17–13 | 393 | 3 | 30:41 | +0.028 | 30.4% | 170.8% | Most explosive |
| Nov 22 | Missouri | W 17–6 | 276 | 0 | 27:12 | -0.038 | 29.2% | 128.3% | |
| Nov 15 | @Alabama | W 23–21 | 212 | 0 | 25:32 | -0.055 | 27.8% | 140.7% | One-score win |
| Nov 1 | @Tennessee | W 33–27 | 351 | 2 | 30:07 | +0.005 | 45.6% | 95.7% | One-score win |
| Oct 25 | Ole Miss | L 26–34 | 359 | 1 | 24:24 | +0.085 | 33.3% | 168.3% | Defense's roughest night |
| Oct 18 | @South Carolina | W 26–7 | 319 | 0 | 33:38 | +0.146 | 43.9% | 97.2% | |
| Oct 11 | Texas | L 6–23 | 258 | 3 | 29:02 | -0.063 | 34.8% | 121.9% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Oct 4 | Kent State | W 44–0 | 355 | 0 | 31:02 | +0.203 | 52.2% | 102.6% | Best defensive stand |
| Sep 20 | Auburn | W 24–17 | 306 | 1 | 24:26 | +0.062 | 41.9% | 115.3% | One-score win |
| Sep 13 | @Temple | W 42–3 | 515 | 1 | 32:16 | +0.268 | 53.2% | 117.8% | Best success rate |
| Sep 6 | Michigan | W 24–13 | 408 | 2 | 32:12 | +0.211 | 45.9% | 118.8% | |
| Aug 30 | Illinois State | W 35–3 | 495 | 2 | 32:56 | +0.479 | 50.7% | 140.0% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Season average (13 games) | 354 | 1.2 | +0.102 | 40.0% | 127.7% | ||||
Oklahoma fields a struggling offense behind an elite, gives up the big play defense.
Opponent-adjusted percentiles vs all FBS. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Team identity · competitive snaps only
20th percentile quality, 80th percentile boom-dependency. Garbage time excluded from both axes — the same correction that changes the Q4 story below.
| Team | Quality percentile | Boom-share percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Air Force | 86th | 11th |
| Akron | 12th | 89th |
| Alabama | 58th | 17th |
| App State | 35th | 47th |
| Arizona | 64th | 37th |
| Arizona State | 41st | 62nd |
| Arkansas | 90th | 12th |
| Arkansas State | 17th | 66th |
| Army | 57th | 43rd |
| Auburn | 47th | 53rd |
| BYU | 78th | 19th |
| Baylor | 69th | 25th |
| Boise State | 66th | 20th |
| Boston College | 37th | 54th |
| Bowling Green | 2nd | 98th |
| Buffalo | 11th | 88th |
| California | 28th | 48th |
| Central Michigan | 52nd | 64th |
| Cincinnati | 89th | 16th |
| Clemson | 51st | 48th |
| Coastal Carolina | 17th | 83rd |
| Colorado | 18th | 84th |
| Colorado State | 16th | 83rd |
| Delaware | 38th | 58th |
| Duke | 80th | 14th |
| East Carolina | 63rd | 36th |
| Eastern Michigan | 49th | 42nd |
| Florida | 30th | 67th |
| Florida Atlantic | 62nd | 59th |
| Florida International | 42nd | 50th |
| Florida State | 83rd | 32nd |
| Fresno State | 26th | 73rd |
| Georgia | 81st | 3rd |
| Georgia Southern | 73rd | 21st |
| Georgia State | 36th | 70th |
| Georgia Tech | 84th | 5th |
| Hawai'i | 64th | 41st |
| Houston | 27th | 65th |
| Illinois | 75th | 26th |
| Indiana | 95th | 1st |
| Iowa | 44th | 40th |
| Iowa State | 68th | 22nd |
| Jacksonville State | 54th | 38th |
| James Madison | 65th | 44th |
| Kansas | 85th | 28th |
| Kansas State | 71st | 49th |
| Kennesaw State | 56th | 30th |
| Kent State | 21st | 86th |
| Kentucky | 15th | 85th |
| LSU | 14th | 81st |
| Liberty | 43rd | 56th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 73rd |
| Louisiana Tech | 39th | 61st |
| Louisville | 48th | 64th |
| Marshall | 55th | 39th |
| Maryland | 30th | 74th |
| Memphis | 80th | 24th |
| Miami | 76th | 5th |
| Miami (OH) | 34th | 67th |
| Michigan | 67th | 33rd |
| Michigan State | 27th | 75th |
| Middle Tennessee | 39th | 52nd |
| Minnesota | 29th | 77th |
| Mississippi State | 22nd | 77th |
| Missouri | 61st | 30th |
| Missouri State | 55th | 46th |
| NC State | 86th | 23rd |
| Navy | 94th | 17th |
| Nebraska | 48th | 57th |
| Nevada | 3rd | 97th |
| New Mexico | 58th | 60th |
| New Mexico State | 9th | 87th |
| North Carolina | 13th | 89th |
| North Texas | 98th | 7th |
| Northern Illinois | 8th | 92nd |
| Northwestern | 52nd | 36th |
| Notre Dame | 99th | 20th |
| Ohio | 67th | 18th |
| Ohio State | 93rd | 4th |
| Oklahoma | 20th | 80th |
| Oklahoma State | 5th | 95th |
| Old Dominion | 83rd | 45th |
| Ole Miss | 89th | 2nd |
| Oregon | 91st | 10th |
| Oregon State | 2nd | 98th |
| Penn State | 73rd | 33rd |
| Pittsburgh | 60th | 39th |
| Purdue | 25th | 78th |
| Rice | 6th | 94th |
| Rutgers | 70th | 27th |
| SMU | 74th | 42nd |
| Sam Houston | 4th | 96th |
| San Diego State | 24th | 76th |
| San José State | 45th | 69th |
| South Alabama | 36th | 58th |
| South Carolina | 23rd | 86th |
| South Florida | 87th | 23rd |
| Southern Miss | 40th | 55th |
| Stanford | 10th | 90th |
| Syracuse | 5th | 95th |
| TCU | 72nd | 35th |
| Temple | 70th | 34th |
| Tennessee | 96th | 11th |
| Texas | 45th | 55th |
| Texas A&M | 82nd | 14th |
| Texas State | 92nd | 8th |
| Texas Tech | 77th | 31st |
| Toledo | 50th | 61st |
| Troy | 14th | 80th |
| Tulane | 79th | 15th |
| Tulsa | 20th | 70th |
| UAB | 61st | 45th |
| UCF | 33rd | 82nd |
| UCLA | 23rd | 79th |
| UConn | 95th | 13th |
| UL Monroe | 11th | 92nd |
| UNLV | 88th | 9th |
| USC | 98th | 2nd |
| UTEP | 1st | 99th |
| UTSA | 77th | 51st |
| Utah | 97th | 6th |
| Utah State | 46th | 63rd |
| Vanderbilt | 100th | 0th |
| Virginia | 59th | 27th |
| Virginia Tech | 32nd | 71st |
| Wake Forest | 42nd | 72nd |
| Washington | 92nd | 8th |
| Washington State | 33rd | 52nd |
| West Virginia | 7th | 93rd |
| Western Kentucky | 53rd | 29th |
| Western Michigan | 31st | 68th |
| Wisconsin | 0th | 100th |
| Wyoming | 8th | 91st |
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 9th percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it climbs to the 10th — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Standard downs vs. passing downs
39th percentile success on standard downs, 41st on passing downs — little dropoff between the two — a schedule-independent identity.
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Air Force | 82nd | 69th |
| Akron | 20th | 36th |
| Alabama | 47th | 76th |
| App State | 41st | 80th |
| Arizona | 54th | 54th |
| Arizona State | 40th | 37th |
| Arkansas | 90th | 97th |
| Arkansas State | 51st | 40th |
| Army | 37th | 44th |
| Auburn | 73rd | 24th |
| Austin Peay | 56th | 13th |
| BYU | 91st | 46th |
| Ball State | 5th | 3rd |
| Baylor | 70th | 77th |
| Boise State | 42nd | 63rd |
| Boston College | 56th | 54th |
| Bowling Green | 10th | 17th |
| Bryant | 7th | 2nd |
| Buffalo | 29th | 20th |
| California | 25th | 66th |
| Central Michigan | 57th | 11th |
| Charlotte | 7th | 7th |
| Cincinnati | 89th | 65th |
| Clemson | 49th | 34th |
| Coastal Carolina | 16th | 22nd |
| Colorado | 8th | 48th |
| Colorado State | 29th | 35th |
| Delaware | 66th | 31st |
| Duke | 82nd | 63rd |
| East Carolina | 63rd | 91st |
| Eastern Michigan | 46th | 67th |
| Florida | 52nd | 45th |
| Florida Atlantic | 44th | 61st |
| Florida International | 50th | 26th |
| Florida State | 65th | 90th |
| Fresno State | 22nd | 71st |
| Georgia | 95th | 69th |
| Georgia Southern | 64th | 84th |
| Georgia State | 22nd | 75th |
| Georgia Tech | 92nd | 89th |
| Hawai'i | 33rd | 87th |
| Houston | 61st | 29th |
| Idaho | 30th | 78th |
| Idaho State | 93rd | 14th |
| Illinois | 79th | 95th |
| Indiana | 97th | 98th |
| Iowa | 74th | 19th |
| Iowa State | 80th | 58th |
| Jacksonville State | 59th | 56th |
| James Madison | 77th | 52nd |
| Kansas | 99th | 82nd |
| Kansas State | 37th | 59th |
| Kennesaw State | 44th | 67th |
| Kent State | 15th | 5th |
| Kentucky | 62nd | 29th |
| LSU | 18th | 52nd |
| Lafayette | 0th | 12th |
| Liberty | 65th | 53rd |
| Lindenwood | 4th | 1st |
| Long Island University | 24th | 78th |
| Louisiana | 24th | 23rd |
| Louisiana Tech | 41st | 24th |
| Louisville | 84th | 32nd |
| Maine | 3rd | 18th |
| Marshall | 71st | 62nd |
| Maryland | 11th | 86th |
| Massachusetts | 5th | 9th |
| Memphis | 75th | 68th |
| Merrimack | 1st | 83rd |
| Miami | 80th | 64th |
| Miami (OH) | 33rd | 39th |
| Michigan | 73rd | 74th |
| Michigan State | 48th | 39th |
| Middle Tennessee | 69th | 47th |
| Minnesota | 35th | 33rd |
| Mississippi State | 52nd | 35th |
| Missouri | 76th | 50th |
| Missouri State | 32nd | 50th |
| Murray State | 1st | 6th |
| NC State | 58th | 71st |
| Navy | 95th | 72nd |
| Nebraska | 78th | 51st |
| Nevada | 17th | 16th |
| New Mexico | 38th | 60th |
| New Mexico State | 16th | 33rd |
| North Carolina | 14th | 30th |
| North Texas | 100th | 97th |
| Northern Illinois | 9th | 5th |
| Northwestern | 48th | 88th |
| Notre Dame | 88th | 99th |
| Ohio | 69th | 76th |
| Ohio State | 99th | 99th |
| Oklahoma | 39th | 41st |
| Oklahoma State | 14th | 7th |
| Old Dominion | 72nd | 79th |
| Ole Miss | 83rd | 95th |
| Oregon | 93rd | 55th |
| Oregon State | 54th | 25th |
| Penn State | 76th | 73rd |
| Pittsburgh | 35th | 56th |
| Purdue | 46th | 88th |
| Rice | 20th | 0th |
| Rutgers | 71st | 84th |
| SMU | 50th | 57th |
| Sam Houston | 26th | 4th |
| San Diego State | 84th | 1st |
| San José State | 68th | 70th |
| South Alabama | 53rd | 28th |
| South Carolina | 31st | 8th |
| South Carolina State | 10th | 3rd |
| South Florida | 86th | 46th |
| Southern Miss | 27th | 38th |
| Stanford | 12th | 12th |
| Syracuse | 19th | 10th |
| TCU | 63rd | 82nd |
| Temple | 85th | 22nd |
| Tennessee | 97th | 81st |
| Texas | 27th | 61st |
| Texas A&M | 88th | 59th |
| Texas State | 60th | 93rd |
| Texas Tech | 45th | 65th |
| Toledo | 67th | 42nd |
| Troy | 18th | 27th |
| Tulane | 81st | 86th |
| Tulsa | 43rd | 43rd |
| UAB | 34th | 94th |
| UCF | 39th | 20th |
| UCLA | 28th | 48th |
| UConn | 96th | 37th |
| UL Monroe | 13th | 14th |
| UNLV | 78th | 85th |
| USC | 94th | 90th |
| UT Martin | 2nd | 41st |
| UTEP | 3rd | 10th |
| UTSA | 67th | 92nd |
| Utah | 87th | 96th |
| Utah State | 31st | 49th |
| Vanderbilt | 90th | 100th |
| Virginia | 36th | 73rd |
| Virginia Tech | 59th | 21st |
| Wake Forest | 21st | 31st |
| Washington | 98th | 93rd |
| Washington State | 61st | 44th |
| West Virginia | 12th | 18th |
| Western Kentucky | 55th | 80th |
| Western Michigan | 86th | 16th |
| Wisconsin | 6th | 27th |
| Wyoming | 23rd | 15th |
Halftime identity
1st-half offense ranks 48th percentile in FBS; 2nd-half, 11th — competitive snaps only, garbage time excluded from both halves.
Schedule mirage
Raw EPA/play through week 21 is 0.10; 30th percentile once opponent strength is stripped out, it's 0.01. The widest gap came in week 1: 0.48 raw vs. 0.04 adjusted.
Oklahoma reads strongest in success rate allowed (top 1%) and epa allowed (top 2%); the crux lives in rushing epa, where Oklahoma sits at the 16th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Most Similar Programs · Oklahoma
Static-attribute similarity across tier, archetype, conference, and voice. Not a prediction — a calibration.
Home-Field Advantage · Oklahoma · 2018-present
86% home win rate vs 64% on the road. margin runs +12.5 better at home. Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) seats 86,112, averaging 97% full (83,665 attendance, 27 games reported).
Positional competition · RB room
Tory Blaylock and Xavier Robinson split the carries (118/199 vs 81/199) -- but the job isn't split the same way. Xavier Robinson produces in bigger chunks.
Positional competition · WR/TE room
Isaiah Sategna (WR) and Jaren Kanak (TE) split the targets (89/142 vs 53/142) -- but the job isn't split the same way. Jaren Kanak produces in bigger chunks.
What changed
The biggest shift: red-zone pass rate moved down 7 points. The rest held closer to steady.
The biggest shift: red-zone pass rate moved down 7 points. The rest held closer to steady.
Defensive identity · pass zones
On short passes, Oklahoma’s defense allows a completion rate below the FBS mean (65.3% vs 65.9% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 145-play sample) — mid-pack, 57 of 133 qualifying defenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball leaderboard here: at the defense level, most teams face well under 30 rich-feed deep targets all season — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess.
Historical echo
Programs whose stature fell in the same shape. The grey line is their decline; the color is what came next for them.
An analogy on the shape of a program’s Zeitgeist stature arc — not a prediction. Interim calibration, medium confidence; matched among current FBS programs at a comparable level.
70°F average kickoff temp; 7% of games had measurable precipitation; 10 mph average wind.
Based on 76 home games with weather data.
12 seasons inside the CFP era, no bids yet — the era the program is still trying to break into.
Oklahoma's 2014–2025 record is 116-39. The era is still being written; the CFP line is the one the program is arguing for.
Week-by-week rivalry heat isn't tracked yet for this matchup — check back as the 2026-27 season approaches and real fan-intel signal accumulates.
Who's more worked up right now
Cross-fanbase rivalry sentiment for this matchup hasn't been measured yet this week — both sides show as neutral until real signal comes in.
THE LAST 5 · year-by-year
All-Time Record
since 1902 · 124 seasons · .700 win rate
Oklahoma made the Playoff in year three of the SEC — the vindication the move demanded. Then the Sooners led Alabama 17-0, gave up 27 straight points, and lost 34-24. The doubt came back, wearing a different jersey.
Seven national titles and the highest winning percentage of the modern era. The 47-game winning streak Bud Wilkinson built from 1953 to 1957 is the longest in major college football history and has never been seriously threatened. Barry Switzer's wishbone dynasty. Bob Stoops' 2000 championship over Florida State. Seven Heisman winners — tied for most of any program in the sport. The Sooner Schooner, two white ponies pulling a covered wagon at 25 miles per hour around Gaylord Family Stadium after every score, the only mascot of its kind anywhere. Oklahoma is not a program that performs confidence; it carries the standard as a structural fact and organizes its public life around the conviction that it belongs at the top of the sport in whatever league it joins.
Year three of the SEC answered the first question. Brent Venables and transfer quarterback John Mateer — 2,885 passing yards, 431 rushing yards through a midseason hand injury — built a 10-3 team that returned to the 12-team Playoff, the program's first postseason appearance since the Lincoln Riley era. The 5-0 start, Ben Arbuckle's redesigned offense, the rebuild after the 6-7 2022 season that invited every 'they don't belong in this league' take: the berth itself was the answer. Then the Fiesta Bowl arrived, and Oklahoma led Alabama 17-0 in the first half and lost 34-24, dropping Venables to 0-5 in the postseason and turning a vindicating year into a half-game the fanbase cannot unsee.
Mateer returns for 2026. The program is back in the field — nobody serious disputes that after a Playoff berth in year three of the toughest league in the sport. The open question, the one the 2026 SEC schedule will adjudicate, is whether the Sooners can win the league they chose to join. The eighth title that would make the realignment look like destiny — not a gamble, not an ego play, but a coronation — requires Oklahoma to do in the SEC what it did in the Big 12: be the program everyone else measures itself against. The standard doesn't negotiate about which conference it travels through.
Crown-program-in-transition: historically tempo-driven and explosive, now reconfigured for SEC line-of-scrimmage demands. Arbuckle's system under Venables uses Mateer's dual-threat ability as the operating lever — quick-game RPO concepts, designed QB runs, and play-action off the threat of it. The defensive identity is 4-2-5 under Venables, built on speed and assignment discipline, still developing the depth required to hold leads in SEC fourth quarters. The Sooner Schooner rides after every score; the standard is still the standard.
Oklahoma 2016–2025. Holding the line. The 10-year slope (-0.15 rungs / yr) doesn't tilt either way — the program lives at roughly Tier 5.
12 seasons on file
down middle peak CFP year
Season Standing · 2025 · 10-3 · CFP #8 / AP #8
Oklahoma: Top 15 nationally. NY6-bowl conversation.
SEC Standing · 2025
Oklahoma is 7th of 16 in the SEC at 6-3. The path to the title is steep — the focus is on bowl access and rivalry wins.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Miss | 8-1 |
| 2 | Alabama | 8-2 |
| 3 | Georgia | 8-2 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 7-1 |
| 5 | Texas | 6-2 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 6-2 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 6-3 |
| 8 | Missouri | 4-4 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 4-4 |
| 10 | LSU | 3-5 |
| 11 | Florida | 2-6 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 2-6 |
| 13 | Auburn | 1-7 |
| 14 | Mississippi State | 1-7 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 1-7 |
| 16 | Arkansas | 0-8 |
Coaching Era · Oklahoma
Brent Venables has held the program for 5 seasons — the era is established.
Things this fanbase does every Saturday — none of them invented in the last decade.
since 1964
The covered wagon, pulled by two white ponies named Boomer and Sooner, races across the field after every score. The schooner is a Conestoga wagon — a direct reference to the 1889 Land Rush 'Sooners' who entered Oklahoma Territory before the legal start. The 1985 Orange Bowl tipping incident is part of the lore.
since 1905
Written by Arthur Alden in 1905 — set to the tune of Yale's 'Boola Boola' (which OU borrowed and arguably improved). The most-played college fight song per minute of game time. The 'Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Sooners!' breakdown is the signature; visiting fans learn it by osmosis.
since 1990s
Players walk from Switzer Center through fans into Owen Field. Less codified than Auburn's or Michigan's equivalents but central to the gameday rhythm. Bob Stoops formalized it; Lincoln Riley and Brent Venables continued. The walk passes the Heisman statues — every Oklahoma Heisman winner cast in bronze along the route.
since 1904
The marching band's halftime performance — distinguished by the 'Boomer Sooner' fan-tradition culminating in the script 'OKLAHOMA' formation. Less photogenic than Script Ohio but more athletic — the band's fast tempo through OU formations is its signature. Drumline solos are a fixture.
since 1900
The neutral-site game vs Texas during the State Fair of Texas. The stadium is split exactly in half — crimson on one sideline, burnt orange on the other. The Golden Hat trophy goes to the winner. Calendar-marker rivalry that organizes the OU season the way The Game organizes Ohio State's.
Program memory
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
1957
Wilkinson's Sooners run off the longest winning streak in major college history
1985
Three national titles under Barry Switzer — 1974, 1975 and 1985, the last of six Oklahoma won between 1950 and 1985
Stoops beats Florida State in the Orange Bowl for the program's seventh championship
2025
Oklahoma leads Alabama 17-0 in its CFP game, then loses 34-24 at home
Heartbreak
Moment of the Year · Oklahoma · 2025
Week 12 of 2025. Beat a top-4 opponent on the road.
Bowl / Postseason Ledger
Most recent: 2025 — loss 24-34 (home). Last 5 postseason: 1-4.
NFL Draft Pipeline
2022–202624 picks last 5 cycles. 2 first-round picks. Recruits with NFL ambitions notice.
Unit lineage
FBS-relative efficiency percentile per season (2014–2025), same population as the Coordinator Mirror board. Dashed vertical lines mark a coordinator change.
Hired for 2026: Todd Bates — not yet reflected in on-field data.
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