We know the level of expectations for the Oklahoma Sooners and Lincoln Riley in the 2021 season. It will be College Football Playoffs or bust for the Crimson and Cream. Last year the Sooners just narrowly missed out on another CFP berth but drew the Florida Gators in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. They ran away with that game and now all eyes are on the annual four-team playoff.
While the committee is discussing plans for an expansion to 12 teams, that won’t come any time soon. We are likely at least two years away from adding another eight teams to the tournament. Even with just four teams making the cut, the Sooners are expected to be right in the thick of it. You will see the usual suspects in most projections with Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, and of course the Sooners.
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Iowa State is a team that could potentially compete for a spot in the CFP but to do so they will need to beat the Sooners twice in 2021. A feat that isn’t easy to come by. The Texas Longhorns have caviar dreams but on a tuna fish budget. The team could get there but right now they have to figure out how to be more consistent.
According to 247Sports, they have eight of the 10 conference teams in their latest bowl projections. The only two not receiving a bowl bid being Texas Tech and of course Kansas.