Oklahoma football is better in 2023. In fact, the team looks much better than we expected heading into the season. They look like the most underrated team in the country.
On Saturday, we’ll learn if the Sooners’ hot start is a product of the team’s schedule or if Top 25 voters overthought the team’s early 2023 slate. For now, the schedule seems like a legitimate caveat to what the team has done so far. We just don’t know if Oklahoma is a national title contender or just a good football team.
Oklahoma is 5-0 as we predicted it would be to this point. The five wins include dominant performances over Iowa State and two Group of Five teams along with closer games against SMU and Cincinnati.
Some are uncertain if Oklahoma can make up the 49-point deficit from last year’s game. That was our contention in the offseason, but the Sooners appear to have bridged the gap into a near 50-50 contest.
We talked with our colleagues from Sooners Wire about the game, this year’s Oklahoma football team and the potential rematch for a Big 12 title in December. Here’s what they had to say about the two teams.