No. 6 ranked Oklahoma (11-1. 8-1 Big 12) got its gift from an old foe on Friday night.
Ahead of the Sooners’ Big 12 Championship bout with No. 7 Baylor (11-1, 8-1), Oklahoma now needs one more scenario out of its control to make the College Football Playoff.
Oregon took it to No. 5 Utah Friday night in the PAC-12 Championship game, beating the Utes 35-17. The win ultimately elevated Oklahoma’s ranks in the College Football Playoff race, giving them two more scenarios before cementing themselves into college football’s final four.
No. 2 LSU will need to beat Georgia. The Bulldogs, currently ranked fourth in the College Football Playoff rankings, would end all of the Sooners and Jalen Hurts’ dreams of playing for the national championship.
The other, Oklahoma beating Baylor in the Big 12 Championship.
The Bears had a 28-3 lead in the second-quarter of the first matchup between the two teams. They then had a 31-10 halftime lead.
Oklahoma stormed back, completing its biggest comeback victory in school history in winning 34-31.
The Sooners and Baylor Bears kickoff at 11 a.m. CT from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on ABC.
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