2018 The Top-10 Year

Oklahoma finished 2018 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 12-2
Final Result 12-win season
AP Final #4 post-bowls
SP+ +10.7 last-week
Era The Riley Window
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Flor Atl 63-14 W vs UCLA 49-21 W @ Iowa St 37-27 W vs Army 28-21 W vs Baylor 66-33 L vs Texas 45-48 W @ TCU 52-27 W vs Kans Sta 51-14 W @ Texa Tec 51-46 W vs Okla St 48-47 W vs Kansas 55-40 W @ West Vir 59-56 W vs Texas 39-27 L @ Alabama 34-45 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Oklahoma 63, Florida Atlantic 14. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Oklahoma 34, Alabama 45. A 11-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Oklahoma fell to Alabama 34-45 in the postseason.

"Boomer. Sooner."
— Oklahoma fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What It Meant

2018 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.