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After months of speculation, the chaos has started. The Oklahoma Sooners were ranked No. 8 by the selection committee in the initial College Football Playoff rankings.
November 2️⃣ #CFBPlayoff Selection Committee Rankings 🏈🏆
8️⃣. Oklahoma // @OU_Football
— College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) November 2, 2021
Oklahoma currently sits behind four one-loss teams in No. 2 Alabama, No. 4 Oregon, No. 5 Ohio State, and No. 7 Michigan.
Alabama lost to Texas A&M on the road, while Oregon fell to Stanford after having previously handed the Buckeyes their only loss. Michigan State rallied this past weekend and gave Michigan their first loss of the season.
Meanwhile, behind Oklahoma sit two of their next three opponents. Oklahoma State at No. 11 and Baylor at No. 12 will help provide Oklahoma with the ammo it needs to make its case for the committee.
Here’s the full #CFBPlayoff Top 25 rankings for games played through October 30.
Where does your team rank?
— College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) November 2, 2021
It’s completely reasonable to assume that Oklahoma was slotted No. 8 because of their lack of dominant wins and the fact that the offense looked bad to pedestrian for almost half of their games.
However, since they have at least two top-15 opponents in three weeks, going undefeated through those games and likely beating one of those opponents again in the Big 12 title game will be enough to move Oklahoma up into the top four and secure their spot.
It’s very apparent the Sooners have taken notice and it may have just lit a fuse that could ignite Oklahoma on a run at the absolute perfect time.
Rightfully so
— . (@nikkkkbonitto) November 2, 2021
A defensive leader, Bonitto seems to echo it was the right spot. Maybe hinting at them needing to take their game up to the next level?
Say less
— Isaiah Thomas (@Isaiah_t55) November 2, 2021
The most important thing for Oklahoma is this: winning every game in front of them for the next month will have them exactly where they want to be. The coaches know this, the players know this. All that’s left is for them to get it done. We’re about to find out if they can.
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