Most Oklahoma fans have no care in the world about where Oklahoma stands in any rankings as their second loss of the season to Big 12 runner-up Oklahoma State ended any hopes Oklahoma had of going to the College Football Playoff.
Take that and add in the fact that they spent a week exhausting themselves worrying and wondering who the new Oklahoma head coach would be and you have a really unbothered group of fans for the final AP poll of the regular season.
While the Sooners were ranked No. 14, the rest of the poll had some shaking up as conference championship games reshaped the landscape right before the final College Football Playoff rankings were announced.
After beating Georgia to retain their SEC Championship crown, Alabama jumped up three spots to move into the No. 1 ranking. The Michigan Wolverines hold steady at No. 2 as they handled Iowa in the Big Ten Championship game.
Georgia only fell to No. 3 and would ultimately claim their spot in the CFP even with their loss. They can lick their wounds as they prepare for Michigan.
Cincinnati made history after winning the American Athletic Conference, becoming the first Group of Five team to make the CFP. The Bearcats were ranked No. 4.
Notre Dame at No. 5, Baylor at No. 6, Ohio State at No. 7, Ole Miss at No. 8, Oklahoma State at No. 9, and the Pac-12 champions Utah at No. 10 round out the remainder of the top 10.
Michigan State, BYU, and Pittsburgh make up the last three teams in front of Oklahoma while Oregon rounds out the top 15.
For the Sooners, a win in their bowl game would all but guarantee another top-15 finish. The last time they didn’t finish 15th or higher in the final AP poll was 2014.
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