OU returns to the College Football Playoff?
When this publishes, we’ll be two days away from the start of the regular season.
The 2022 Oklahoma Sooners are replacing several starters on both sides of the football, but a favorable schedule gives Oklahoma an edge in conference play. This season, the Sooners welcome Kansas State, Baylor, and Oklahoma State to the friendly confines of Owen Field.
The Red River Showdown always turns out to be a close game. Quinn Ewers, Bijan Robinson, and Xavier Worthy will provide a tough test for Oklahoma’s defense in the Cotton Bowl. If Oklahoma can get through the first six games of the schedule unscathed, they’ll have a chance to do something they haven’t done in the regular season in some time; go undefeated.
But based on the depth of the conference, undefeated seems rather unlikely. Oklahoma will go 11-1 and win the Big 12 title. Their loss will either be a close one against a ranked opponent or in Red River, but won’t be enough to keep the Sooners out of the College Football Playoff.
Prediction: 11-1, Big 12 Championship, College Football Playoff berth.
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