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Oklahoma Sooners vs. Baylor Bears: Stream, injury report, broadcast info

Trying to figure out where to find the Sooners game on Saturday? Here’s how to watch, stream or listen to Oklahoma vs. Baylor Bears. From @john9williams

Oklahoma (5-3, 2-3 Big 12) will face Baylor (5-3, 3-2) on Saturday, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place.

The Sooners hold a 28-4 edge over the Baylor Bears all-time. However, since 2011, the series has been much closer. Oklahoma is just 8-4 vs. the Bears over the last 12 matchups, including the 2019 Big 12 title game.

From 2011 to 2014, the Bears went 3-1 against the Sooners, and Oklahoma responded by winning seven straight until Baylor ended Oklahoma’s perfect 2021 with a 27-14 win in Waco.

Now, the Sooners are playing for progress and pride and get the opportunity to play spoiler. Baylor still has a shot at the Big 12 title game but would need to win out in order to do so. This won’t be an easy contest as the Bears are averaging 38 points per game on the season. Can the improving Sooners’ defense take another step in the right direction?

We’ll find out on Saturday afternoon.

Here’s when you should tune in to see the game:

  • Date: Nov. 5, 2022
  • Time: 2 p.m. CT
  • Live Stream: ESPN+
  • Listen: Streaming on the Varsity App

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Oklahoma vs. Baylor injury report:

Oklahoma

[autotag]T.D. Roof[/autotag], LB: Out for season (Elbow)

[autotag]Shane Whitter[/autotag], LB: Out for season (Shoulder)

[autotag]Jovantae Barnes[/autotag], S: Questionable (Hamstring)

[autotag]Eric Gray[/autotag], RB: Questionable (Leg)

Baylor

Drake Dabney, TE: Out for season (broken leg)

Taye McWilliams, RB: Out indefinitely (Undisclosed)

Craig Williams, RB: Questionable (Head)

Players to watch:

Oklahoma

[autotag]Dillon Gabriel[/autotag], QB: 64.2% for 1,766 yards, 14 touchdowns and 1 interception. 44 carries, 180 yards, and 3 touchdowns.

[autotag]Marvin Mims[/autotag] WR: 34 receptions for 558 yards and 3 touchdowns.

[autotag]Brayden Willis[/autotag], TE: 22 receptions for 320 yards and 5 touchdowns.

[autotag]Jalil Farooq[/autotag], TE: 20 receptions for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns.

[autotag]Eric Gray[/autotag], RB: 117 carries for 796 yards, 6 touchdowns at 6.8 yards per carry.

[autotag]Danny Stutsman[/autotag], LB: 67 total tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, 3 passes defended, 1 interception.

[autotag]David Ugwoegbu[/autotag], LB: 68 total tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

[autotag]DaShaun White[/autotag], LB: 49 total tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 4 passes defended, 1 interception.

Baylor Bears

[autotag]Blake Shapen[/autotag], QB: 64.7% for 1,819 yards, 16 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. 47 carries, 57 yards and 2 touchdowns.

[autotag]Gavin Holmes[/autotag], WR: 23 receptions for 474 yards and 3 touchdowns.

[autotag]Richard Reese/autotag], RB: 152 carries for 791 yards, 12 touchdowns at 5.2 yards per carry.

[autotag]Al Walcott[/autotag], DB: 49 total tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1. sack, 3 passes defended, 1 interception.

[autotag]Gabe Hall, DT[/autotag]: 20 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

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5 Oklahoma Sooners that will be key on defense vs. the Baylor Bears

Oklahoma’s defense has a tough task ahead of them against a strong Baylor rushing attack. Here are 5 Sooners that will be key on defense. From @thatmanbryant

Oklahoma enters Saturday’s contest with a chance for revenge. Oklahoma lost to just two teams last year, Baylor and Oklahoma State. Both losses came on the road, which means both will be home games for Oklahoma this season.

Their mini revenge tour starts Saturday as they take on the Baylor Bears at home. Bears’ head coach Dave Aranda has had success against Oklahoma and members of this coaching staff before. Aranda’s 2019 LSU defense suffocated the Sooners in the College Football Playoff before going on to defeat Clemson in the National Championship game. At Baylor, his teams have played Oklahoma incredibly hard.

While Aranda has his handprints all over the defense, Oklahoma must figure out how to stop the Baylor offense that ranks 27th nationally in yards per game at 456.2 and just ahead of the Sooners in yards per play at 6.13 compared to 6.10.

Oklahoma has Billy Bowman back and looks to have Damond Harmon back as well. With a defense that is getting healthy, here are five players that will be key to a win on Saturday vs. Baylor.

Oklahoma Sooners defense steps up in 27-13 win over Iowa State

The Oklahoma defense came up clutch in the Sooners’ 27-13 win against the Iowa State Cyclones. from @BenDackiw

It was something of a defensive slugfest in Ames, Iowa as the Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Iowa State Cyclones 27-13. The Sooners are now 5-3 and are just one win away from bowl eligibility.

After starting 0-3 in Big 12 play, the Sooners have now won back-to-back games to get to 2-3.

The bye week worked wonders for the much-maligned Sooner defense. There weren’t any massive busts in coverage, the tackling was improved, and the front seven was stout against the run.

The Oklahoma game plan on defense was simple: take away the run and make Cyclones quarterback Hunter Dekkers win the game with his arm. They did just that. Iowa State ran the ball 27 times for just 66 yards. That’s less than three yards per carry.

The Sooners appear to have finally solved the puzzle that is mobile quarterbacks. After being gashed by the likes of Adrian Martinez and Max Duggan on the ground, the OU defense harrassed Dekkers all game long, only allowing the young signal-caller 31 yards on four carries. That’s not an optimal number, but much better than the 148 yards Adrian Martinez had back in September.

When the Cyclones started to make a comeback in the fourth quarter, the OU defense did bend, but they did not break. Justin Broiles and Danny Stutsman both came up with clutch interceptions that bailed out a stagnant Oklahoma offense.

Dillon Gabriel did what he had to do for the Sooners to win this game. He made accurate throws, and he didn’t turn over the football. On the day, Gabriel was 15 of 26 for 148 yards and a touchdown. Not a great day, but what the Sooners needed against a stout Cyclone’s defense.

Jeff Lebby called an absolute beauty of a football game. He established the run early. While Eric Gray didn’t quite feast, but he looked darn good against the stiffest run defense he will face all year. Gray ran for 101 yards and a touchdown and added two receptions for 14 yards in the win.

One issue the Sooners had was getting out of bad field position. Iowa State punter Tyler Perkins pinned the Sooners inside their own five-yard-line multiple times, and OU just couldn’t get out of the shadow of their own end zone.

OU punter Michael “Hangtime” Turk not only had a number of excellent punts, but he also was credited with a touchdown pass to kicker Zach Schmit on a nifty fake field goal in the first half.

Marvin Mims had a tough day. He never seemed to recover from a drop on OU’s first play from scrimmage and would end up dropping a would-be touchdown later in the game. The Cyclones held OU’s No. 1 receiver to just two catches and 16 yards on the day.

In response to Mims’ struggles, other wide receivers picked up the slack. Jalil Farooq had four receptions for 74 yards, and a touchdown, and Drake Stoops had three catches for 34 yards. Gabriel’s touchdown to Farooq made it 20-6 in the first half. Although Iowa State was able to pull within seven midway through the fourth, the Sooners’ defense came up with clutch stops at the end of the game to preserve the win.

Next week, the Sooners will come home to face the Baylor Bears. The OU defense performed well against Iowa State’s young QB in Hunter Dekkers. Will they do the same against Baylor’s Blake Shapen?

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Kansas and Kansas State on top: Best photos from the Big 12 in week 5

The best photos from the Big 12’s first full weekend of conference play in week 5.

Though things didn’t turn out well for the Oklahoma Sooners in week five, the Big 12 enjoyed several entertaining football games.

Oklahoma State and Baylor played a tightly-contested rematch of the 2021 Big 12 championship. Though the Cowboys were largely in control of this game, the Bears made it interesting in the second half.

Kansas State and Adrian Martinez kept the good times rolling with their win over Texas Tech, and Kansas stayed undefeated with their win over Iowa State. That Jayhawks win came much differently than their others this season. They won a 14-11 slugfest over a tough Cyclones defense.

With 2-0 records in Big 12 play, the two Kansas schools are on top of the conference standings through week five. Oklahoma State and TCU are right behind them at 1-0 and are undefeated this season.

Looking back at week five, here are some of the best photos from the Big 12 weekend.

 

Big 12 quarterback power rankings after week 5

The Big 12 has seen some really good quarterback play in the 2022 season, but who stands atop this week’s QB power rankings?

When the transfer portal took Caleb Williams, Spencer Rattler, Gerry Bohanon and Casey Thompson out of the Big 12, an opportunity arose for new quarterbacks to assert themselves as the best in the league.

The transfer portal also brought in several new starters: Dillon Gabriel at Oklahoma, Adrian Martinez at Kansas State, and J.T. Daniels at West Virginia.

Opening weekend featured just two players returning as the starting quarterback for their squad; Spencer Sanders and Jalon Daniels. Hudson Card, Max Duggan and Donovan Smith started games for their teams last year but weren’t the Week 1 starter. Injuries provided opportunities, and they’ve taken advantage, coming up with big-time performances at times through the first five weeks of the season.

With more than a month of action in the books, it’s time to update the quarterback power rankings in the Big 12.

Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns fall: Big 12 power rankings after week 4

It was a tough week for Oklahoma and Texas, so how far did they fall in this week’s Big 12 power rankings?

It was a rough week for the two teams that will be leaving the Big 12 in the near future as Texas and Oklahoma both dropped their first conference game of the season.

The Longhorns carried a 10-point lead into halftime but were unable to stave off Donovan Smith and the Red Raiders in overtime. The Sooners were beaten by a dominant performance from Adrian Martinez, thrusting the Kansas State Wildcats back into the conference title conversation.

The Kansas Jayhawks improved to 4-0 on the season and are just one of three teams in the Big 12 still undefeated. They’ve played one more game than TCU and Oklahoma State. With the Horned Frogs hosting Oklahoma and Oklahoma State traveling to Waco to face the Baylor Bears, it’s conceivable that the Jayhawks, who host Iowa State, could be the lone remaining undefeated team in the conference after week five.

Week four had several upsets and close games on the Big 12 schedule. How do the teams stack up in this week’s power rankings after week four?

How did Big 12 quarterbacks stack up in Athlon Sports 1-131 rankings for 2022?

Where did Dillon Gabriel and the rest of the Big 12 land on Athlon Sports’ 1-131 quarterback rankings for the 2022 season?

Football is the ultimate team sport. It takes 11 guys on offense and 11 on defense to make a team successful. All of that is true, yet, the quarterback position can be the biggest difference in a win or loss than any other position on the field.

A different pressure comes with playing the highest-profile position in sports. Over the last year, the Oklahoma Sooners have seen a lot of movement at quarterback and still remain in a great spot to have one of the best quarterbacks in the Big 12.

That’s why they continue to reign as “QBU,” according to ESPN. The commitment of Nick Evers quickly after Jeff Lebby arrived, the addition of Dillon Gabriel shortly after Caleb Williams entered the portal, and the commitment of Jackson Arnold back in January for 2023 all support the idea that Oklahoma will continue to recruit and produce high-level quarterback play.

Athlon Sports recently ranked the quarterback position 1-131. Notable former Sooners on the list were [autotag]Tanner Mordecai[/autotag] at No. 26, [autotag]Spencer Rattler[/autotag] at No. 14, and [autotag]Caleb Williams[/autotag] at No. 3.

Let’s take a look at how [autotag]Dillon Gabriel[/autotag] stacked up with the rest of the Big 12.

How does College Football News see Oklahoma’s 2022 season playing out?

College Football News predicted each game for the Oklahoma Sooners in 2022. Where do they see OU stumbling?

Under two months from the Oklahoma Sooners season opener against the UTEP Miners and the time for predictions and prognostications has arrived.

Eager to bounce back from their disappointing 2021 season and open a new chapter of Oklahoma football, Brent Venables will be looking to build upon the foundation set by Bob Stoops and Lincoln Riley.

The folks over at College Football News predicted every game in the Big 12 and who would make the conference championship game. How did the Sooners fare in their 2022 predictions? Let’s take a walk through their schedule and see how College Football News predicted each game this season.

Post-Spring look at who will start at quarterback for each Big 12 team

A look at who will start at quarterback for each of the Big 12 schools in 2022?

The Big 12 has seen a shake-up at the most important position in football. Turnover from the 2021 season features six schools expected to have a new starting quarterback in 2022.

Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas State, West Virginia, Baylor, and Iowa State will rollout new signal-callers this season. Four of those teams got their new quarterback through the transfer portal while Baylor and Iowa State went with in-house options to lead their squads into this college football season.

Adrian Martinez comes into the Big 12 as the most experienced quarterback with 38 starts under his belt according to Pro Football Focus. Spencer Sanders is second among projected starting quarterbacks in career games started with 32. Max Duggan has started 30 and [autotag]Dillon Gabriel[/autotag] comes in fourth for most games started among Big 12 quarterbacks in their collegiate careers.

Hunter Dekkers is the only quarterback expected to start in the Big 12 that hasn’t started a game in his career according to Pro Football Focus. He takes over for Brock Purdy on an Iowa State team looking to bounce back after their disappointing 2021 season.

With spring ball wrapped up, let’s look at who will start for each team in the Big 12 this season.

Oklahoma Sooners up in 247Sports latest College Football Power Rankings

With spring ball concluded, the Oklahoma Sooners see a slight bump in 247Sports top 25 power rankings.

Spring ball has come and gone and the attention of the college football world turns to the 2022 season. This means, we get more “way-too-early” power rankings. In ESPN’s latest rankings, the Sooners moved up three spots and now Oklahoma’s seen another slight bump. This time in 247Sports post-spring power rankings.

Over at 247Sports, they polled their college writers to update their top 25 power rankings after spring ball and the Oklahoma Sooners moved up two spots from No. 12 to No. 10.

Our voters are bullish on the Sooners as a “good” team, but maybe not national championship contender material just yet under [autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag]. Much of that overall worth hingers on his defense’s performance in Year 1 along with the progression of UCF transfer quarterback [autotag]Dillon Gabriel[/autotag], who takes over for the departed [autotag]Caleb Williams[/autotag] under center. Oklahoma moved up two spots from its previous ranking after a better-than-expected spring. One thing is obvious surrounding this year’s squad in Norman — the fanbase is jazzed up and ready for a new era of Oklahoma football judging by the spring-game attendance numbers. – Brad Crawford, 247Sports

The Oklahoma Sooners are the highest-ranked Big 12 team, coming in just ahead of the Baylor Bears at No. 11 according to 247Sports. The Bears certainly appear as the biggest threat to Oklahoma retaking its place atop the Big 12 in 2022.

With the news that Blake Shapen will be the starting quarterback, Baylor is looking to get more explosive in the passing game. Shapen was fantastic in the first quarter of the Big 12 championship game against Oklahoma State. If he can carry that level of efficiency over to his first start of the 2022 season on the road against BYU, the Bears could find themselves repeating as Big 12 champs in 2022.

The Sooners will still have some work to do to prepare for the fall, but they’ve got a lot of talent on the roster and will be the favorite to win the conference.

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