2016 The Top-10 Year

Oklahoma finished 2016 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 11-2
Final Result 11-win season
AP Final #7 post-bowls
SP+ +11.7 last-week
Era The Bob Stoops Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Houston 23-33 W vs UL Mon 59-17 L vs Ohio St 24-45 W @ TCU 52-46 W vs Texas 45-40 W vs Kans Sta 38-17 W @ Texa Tec 66-59 W vs Kansas 56-3 W @ Iowa St 34-24 W vs Baylor 45-24 W @ West Vir 56-28 W vs Okla St 38-20 W vs Auburn 35-19 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2016.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Oklahoma 56, Kansas 3. A 53-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Oklahoma 24, Ohio State 45. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Oklahoma beat Auburn 35-19 in the postseason.

"Boomer. Sooner."
— Oklahoma fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Oklahoma — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.