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The Alabama Crimson Tide looked dead in the water in Norman. Then, they woke up, and “Choklahoma” happened again. In a wild first-round College Football Playoff matchup, No. 9 Alabama erased a 17-0 deficit to stun the No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners 34-24. It was a tale of two halves that had the internet buzzing, especially […]

On Friday, Oklahoma took on Alabama in the first round of the College Football Playoff. In the process, history was made courtesy of kicker Tate Sandell. Sandell, a junior from Texas, managed to equal a college football record with eight field goals of 50+ yards, per Chris Vannini of The Athletic. As a result, he […]

The College Football Playoff is officially underway, and Oklahoma football has struck the first blow. In a high-stakes rematch against the Alabama Crimson Tide, points were expected to be at a premium. But Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer broke the deadlock early in the first round of the CFP at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. With the […]

No. 8 Oklahoma is preparing to take on No.9 Alabama in the first round of the College Football Playoffs on Friday. At the same time, they are wrestling with injuries to notable players.  Among those is starting QB John Mateer, who is battling a thumb injury. Additionally, their starting center, Jake Maikkula, has been downgraded […]

The Oklahoma Sooners’ preparation for the College Football Playoff included encouraging news regarding quarterback John Mateer. The Sooners used the extended break between the end of the regular season and the CFP to focus on recovery and game planning for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and all eyes have been on Mateer. The 21-year-old injured his throwing […]

The College Football Playoff is here, and the first round presents a pair of blockbuster matchups with quarterfinal spots on the line. Alabama and Oklahoma will get the second 12-team CFP underway on Friday night in Norman, with the winner advancing to play Indiana in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. The two SEC […]

Oklahoma football piled four sacks the last time it faced Alabama. None came from lead rusher R Mason Thomas, though, as he sat out with an injury. Now Thomas is back — leading to a major endorsement from Brent Venables ahead of their College Football Playoff meeting. The head coach trusted his other rushers to […]

Oklahoma football hasn’t smelled the Pasadena roses since Baker Mayfield led them in 2018. The Sooners earn their shot at a Rose Bowl trip this Friday to kick off their College Football Playoff run. But familiar foe Alabama stands in the way. No doubt the Crimson Tide find themselves thinking about the previous two meetings […]

Bob Stoops’ long and decorated coaching journey has finally reached its definitive conclusion. On Monday, the legendary former Oklahoma Sooners head coach announced that he is officially retiring from coaching, closing the door on any future returns to the sidelines. The announcement came via a statement released through a social media post of Dallas Renegades […]

The Oklahoma Sooners and Alabama Crimson Tide are set to lock horns once again this season in a much-anticipated College Football Playoff rematch. The Sooners prevailed by a narrow two points against Alabama in November. The win set up the Sooners for their fifth CFP appearance in school history and first since 2019. Since then, […]

For Brent Venables, the noise around rankings, seeds, and point spreads has never mattered as much as the simple fact that his team is still alive. After all the doubts about whether the Oklahoma football team could survive its first SEC run, let alone reach the College Football Playoff, the head coach framed the Sooners’ […]

As the SEC Championship concluded this past weekend, teams are preparing for the postseason or next year. As the dust settles on the 2025 campaign, it is time for a final edition of the SEC Football Power Rankings. 1. Georgia (-) Georgia is coming off a massive victory over Alabama in the SEC Championship game. […]

Oklahoma football secured two significant spots Sunday. The Sooners learned they’ll be the eighth seed in the College Football Playoffs. But OU additionally defeated USC, Nebraska and CFP representative Oregon — by landing a four-star defender. Hours after learning their CFP fate, OU landed defensive lineman Elija Harmon out of Inglewood High in California. Harmon […]

Despite failing to make the SEC title game, Oklahoma earned the No. 8 seed in the 2025-2026 College Football Playoffs and will face Alabama in the first round. The Sooners will be shorthanded for that game, however, after ruling out cornerback Gentry Williams. Williams has been out since Oct. 18, when he injured his shoulder […]

Oklahoma’s push into the College Football Playoff comes in the middle of a chaotic recruiting window. The Sooners just took a hit in their 2026 class when four-star wide receiver Brayden Allen decommitted days before the early signing period. Allen, a dynamic 6-foot-1 playmaker from Lafayette Christian Academy with 55 catches for 1,155 yards and […]

The College Football Playoff Selection Committee faces a pivotal decision this week as the final rankings approach. At 10-2, the Oklahoma Sooners are hovering on the bubble, hoping their brand name and a couple of signature wins will carry them into the 12-team field. But the uncomfortable truth is, Oklahoma doesn’t deserve to be there. […]

Brent Venables and the Oklahoma Sooners are being active in the 2026 recruiting class, poaching Kristan Moore from the North Alabama Lions. Moore announced his commitment to the Sooners on Monday, per On3 insider Hayes Fawcett. Hailing from Selma, Alabama, he decommitted from the Lions on Sunday before joining Oklahoma’s class almost immediately. He also […]

The regular season in the SEC has come to a close. It did not end without some major shakeups in the Power Rankings. Georgia and Alabama will now face off in the SEC title game, but first, the final regular-season rankings need to come out. Between upsets and coaching moves, teams have moved around in […]

Oklahoma’s 2026 recruiting class suffered a setback on Sunday as four-star wide receiver Brayden Allen officially decommitted from the Sooners, he told Hayes Fawcett of Rivals. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound Lafayette Christian Academy standout from Lafayette, Louisiana, had pledged to Oklahoma on October 1, 2025, after previously decommitting from Tulane. Ranked No. 41 nationally in the […]

The regular season is in the rearview mirror, and the College Football Playoff picture is clearer than ever. Rivalry Week was devoid of chaos on Saturday after Texas A&M suffered its first loss of the season against Texas on Friday night. Oklahoma and Alabama both survived close calls late on Saturday, and Oregon rolled over […]

On Saturday afternoon, the Oklahoma football program narrowly avoided disaster with a thrilling win over the LSU Tigers to push their record to 10-2. While they won’t be an automatic bid, the assumption from most is that Oklahoma has now done enough to punch their ticket to the college football playoff when it kicks off […]

College football fans came into Rivalry Week expecting chaos in the College Football Playoff picture, but what they got was the exact opposite. Only one team — Texas A&M — in the top 14 took a loss during the final weekend of the regular season, so the playoff picture will remain largely unchanged apart from […]

The Oklahoma Sooners have strengthened their 2026 recruiting class with the addition of three-star edge rusher Dane Bathurst from Carmel High School in Indiana. A former Duke commit, Bathurst chose Oklahoma over Vanderbilt, Nebraska, Purdue, and several other programs, becoming the 25th player to commit to Brent Venables’ class. He is the 12th defensive player […]

Oklahoma football wrapped up a huge Thanksgiving Day gift Thursday. The Sooners reeled in a wide receiver who can instantly help John Mateer and company. Especially with Mateer admitting the offensive struggles at Oklahoma. Four-star wide receiver Jayden Petit revealed his commitment to OU, pivoting out of Wisconsin in the process. Petit decommitted from the […]

Much of the SEC faced easier opponents this week, while other teams had the week off in preparation for rivalry week in Week 14. While the rankings at the top of the conference remained consistent, the bottom of the conference saw some movement. Multiple teams are still vying for College Football Playoff spots and for […]

As Oklahoma enters its regular-season finale, its star signal caller, John Mateer, is embracing the stakes that come with a potential College Football Playoff berth on the line. The No. 8 Sooners (9-2, 5-2 SEC) host LSU this weekend with a chance to strengthen their postseason resume and keep their hopes of a first-round home game alive. […]

Week 13 is in the rearview in college football, and the College Football Playoff picture is clearer than ever. Just one weekend remains in the regular season with the top 10 all setting their eyes on the postseason. Saturday was uneventful in terms of upsets, but there were still plenty of results that could cause […]

The No. 22 Missouri Tigers have a massive SEC matchup against the No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners in Week 13. With the program having a chance to knock the Sooners out of the College Football Playoff potentially, it appears the Tigers will have Beau Pribula back under center once again. Pribula, who has missed two games […]

The No. 22 Missouri Tigers have been without quarterback Beau Pribula since he suffered an ankle injury in the 17-10 Week 10 loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores. With the program set to take on the No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners, it appears Pribula received a massive update that indicates his new health status. As of Wednesday, […]

Oklahoma football busted its way into the College Football Playoff picture by beating Alabama. Now the Sooners find themselves in the Southeastern Conference title game picture with a CFP spot at stake too. Both elements lead into a highly-anticipated showdown with Missouri on Saturday. The Tigers sit at eighth overall in the SEC standings. Yet […]

It is a major SEC clash in Week 13 as Missouri hits the road to face Oklahoma. Missouri is holding on to a top 25 spot in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, sitting 22nd. Meanwhile, Oklahoma jumped up the rankings to eighth after taking a victory over Alabama. As Oklahoma looks to continue its […]

Oklahoma’s season-defining win at Alabama is already paying off in the polls. After the 23-21 upset in Tuscaloosa, the Sooners jumped back into the AP top 10 at No. 8, leapfrogging the Crimson Tide, who slid to 10th. It’s a sharp reversal from midseason, when OU tumbled out of the top six after losses to […]

For much of this college football season, Alabama has been synonymous with discipline, dominance, and execution.. On Saturday night in Tuscaloosa, though, that standard slipped. The No. 4 Crimson Tide suffered a stunning 23–21 home loss to No. 10 Oklahoma. This defeat sent shockwaves through the SEC and all but shattered Alabama’s College Football Playoff […]

The SEC saw a massive upset this week, which has shifted things in the conference. They also saw a near-upset, which could have made more of a mess of the conference. Still, multiple teams have a chance at the College Football Playoff, even with the shifting in the Week 13 SEC Power Rankings. 1. Texas […]

Week 12 of the College Football season has come to an end, with upsets and near-upsets. With just two weeks left in the regular season, some teams have cemented their status as contenders, while other teams fell from that class this week. This has caused some major shakeups in the College Football Top 25 Power […]

Following yesterday’s 23-21 win vs. Alabama on the road in Tuscaloosa, Oklahoma has leapt back into the top 10 of the AP’s latest poll. Meanwhile, the Crimson Tide took a tumble. Going into their Week 12 matchup, Oklahoma and Alabama were ranked (in both the AP poll and College Football Playoff rankings) 11th and fourth, […]

Alabama football team quarterback Ty Simpson walked out of a 23-21 home loss to Oklahoma, battered on the stat sheet but still defiant in his belief. After taking four sacks in a defeat that dents the Crimson Tide’s College Football Playoff path, Simpson was asked how much confidence he still had. He answered with a […]

Brent Venables made it clear that Oklahoma’s football team 23-21 upset of No. 4 Alabama in Tuscaloosa was years in the making, not some Saturday-night fluke. In his postgame remarks, he pointed back to a four-year process of building identity, demanding buy-in from players and staff, and hammering home the fine details that win games […]

Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables said Saturday’s 23-21 upset of No. 4 Alabama didn’t happen by accident; it was the product of four years of work, buy-in from players and staff, and a steady commitment to the identity he’s tried to build. Venables made the comments at his postgame news conference, handing credit to […]