AP Top 25 Poll

#16 Oklahoma Sooners

2023
Overall Record
3-0
Last Game
vs Tulsa W 66-17
Conference Record
0-0
Next Game
@Cincinnati 09/23/2023
Dillon Gabriel threw four touchdown passes, Tawee Walker ran for a career-high 117 yards and No. 18 Oklahoma clawed out a 28-11 win over SMU.
Oklahoma is coming off a 73-0 opening win over Arkansas State. The Sooners outgained the Red Wolves 642 yards to 208 and didn’t commit a turnover.
Oklahoma is coming off a rousing 73-0 opening win over Arkansas State. The Sooners outgained the Red Wolves 642 yards to 208.
Dillon Gabriel completed 19 of 22 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns in the first half and No. 20 Oklahoma defeated Arkansas State 73-0.
The spring transfer window lasts just 15 days and is not nearly as active as the 45-day period that comes after the college football season — unless you’re Colorado.
A look at football players in the Big 12 Conference this spring who are poised to have standout seasons this fall, when the league will have 14 teams with the additions of BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF:
Houston coach Dana Holgorsen has been in the Big 12 before, and again is preparing a team for its debut season in the conference.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Former Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray returned to campus Saturday to be honored with a statue of his likeness in the Heisman Park across the street from Memorial Stadium.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams say the bills have come due for their years of high living, and general manager Les Snead has elected to pay them all instead of putting it off for another season.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin quarterback Tanner Mordecai originally planned to spend this month preparing for the NFL draft rather than gearing up for one last college season at a third school.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The group that puts on the Holiday Bowl is branching out with a college basketball tournament that will feature an inaugural field of Southern California, Oklahoma, Seton Hall and Iowa during the Thanksgiving holiday.
PHOENIX (AP) — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts played three seasons at Alabama and led the Crimson Tide to a national title game appearance as a freshman.
Quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Brock Purdy have been here before. Just not in the NFL. The two met in November 2019, when Hurts was the QB for Oklahoma and Purdy was the QB for Iowa State.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has hired Emmett Jones as wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator, the school announced Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — TCU’s unlikely run to the College Football Playoff championship came at a most fortuitous time for the Big 12.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Caleb Grill scored 20 points and No. 25 Iowa State held on to beat Oklahoma 63-60 on Wednesday night.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Max Duggan accounted for four touchdowns, TCU returned two interceptions for scores and the third-ranked Horned Frogs withstood a frenetic second-half surge by No. 2 Michigan to win the Fiesta Bowl 51-45 on Saturday night and advance to the College Football Playoff national ch
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Southern California has created more turnovers and had more sacks in its first season with defensive coordinator Alex Grinch.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Michael Penix, Jr. threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns and No. 12 Washington held off No. 21 Texas 27-20 on Thursday night in the Valero Alamo Bowl.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After rebuilding Florida State’s program over the past few years, coach Mike Norvell will take a moment to savor the No. 13 Seminoles’ 35-32 victory over Oklahoma in the Cheez-It Bowl.
The Florida State Seminoles are finally seeing the fruits of their multiyear rebuild manifest on the field.
Cheez-It Bowl: Florida State (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (6-6), Dec. 29, 5:30 p.m. Eastern (ESPN)

FanDuel Sportsbook College Line: Florida State by by 9 1/2
Highly rated defensive back Peyton Bowen, who backed off a verbal commitment to Notre Dame and said he was going to attend Oregon, ended up signing with Oklahoma.
Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. decided they had unfinished business at Alabama, even if it won’t include another shot at a national championship.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer believes the 20th-ranked Gamecocks are surging forward, no matter how many players they’ve lost to the NCAA transfer portal or the NFL draft since the regular season ended.
New Purdue coach Ryan Walters first flexed his muscle by giving walk-on running back Devin Mockobee a scholarship.
The holiday break is usually a quiet time in college basketball, many of the top teams playing small-conference schools at home or taking extra time off before conference schedules start in full.
Florida State (9-3, ACC) vs. Oklahoma (6-6, Big 12), Dec. 29, 5:30 p.m. EST

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — It has been quite a comeback for third-ranked TCU, one much bigger than that 18-point deficit the Horned Frogs erased to beat Kansas State six weeks ago.