Oklahoma — SEC
HC
Brent Venables · Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) · Norman, OK · 86,112 cap
PPA off / def
0.11 / -0.02
2025
Class rank
#15
class of 2026
Returning PPA
63%
returning production
| 2017 |
OSU L 16–31 | Columbus |
| 2016 |
OSU W 45–24 | away |
| 1983 |
OSU W 24–14 | away |
| 1977 |
OSU L 28–29 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (10–3)
Statistical comps — 2025 Oklahoma's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (16 in / 29 out)
Origins
Wilkinson won 47 straight games between 1953 and 1957, a record nobody has approached. Switzer's wishbone and Stoops' revival kept Norman in the argument for seven decades.
Founded 1890 · Founded in a territory that was not yet a state · first football 1895 · defined by Bud Wilkinson
All-time record
All-time
913–343–47
1902–2025
Win %
71.9%
124 seasons played
Winning seasons
97
78% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2000 | 13 | 0 | Big 12 |
| 2004 | 12 | 1 | Big 12 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2 | Big 12 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2 | Big 12 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | Big 12 |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1902 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 344 | 58% |
42% | 84 of 136 | 5.4 | 10% |
| 2nd down | 264 | 41% |
36% | 111 of 136 | 4.8 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 43 | 65% |
56% | — | 4.7 | 2% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 60 | 18% |
40% | — | 5.6 | 10% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 70 | 14% |
27% | — | 7.5 | 24% |
| 4th down | 13 | 54% |
62% | — | 4.9 | 8% |
165 drives · 35% ended in points · 6.7 plays and 39.0 yards per drive · 0.54 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 13 | Missouri |
(06:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 J.Mateer pass complete short middle to #5 I.Sategna III caug… |
87 | 7.21 |
| 9 | Ole Miss |
John Mateer pass complete to Isaiah Sategna III for 76 yds for a TD (Tate Sandell KICK) |
76 | 6.80 |
| 9 | Ole Miss |
Xavier Robinson 65 Yd Run (Tate Sandell Kick) |
65 | 5.24 |
| 14 | LSU |
Isaiah Sategna III 58 Yd pass from John Mateer (Tate Sandell Kick) |
58 | 4.56 |
| 14 | LSU |
No Huddle #10 J.Mateer pass complete short right to #4 D.Burks caught at LSU47, for 45 yar… |
45 | 4.47 |
| 6 | Kent State |
Michael Hawkins Jr. pass complete to Isaiah Sategna III for 30 yds for a TD (Tate Sandell … |
30 | 4.14 |
| CFP | Alabama |
(04:24) Shotgun #10 J.Mateer pass complete deep left to #11 J.Gibson caught at UA37, for 3… |
38 | 4.10 |
| 14 | LSU |
Shotgun #10 J.Mateer pass complete short middle to #11 J.Gibson caught at LSU43, for 30 ya… |
30 | 4.07 |