Oklahoma State — Big 12
HC
Eric Morris · Boone Pickens Stadium · Stillwater, OK · 55,509 cap
PPA off / def
-0.01 / 0.26
2025
Class rank
#69
class of 2026
Returning PPA
0%
returning production
| 2004 |
OSU W 33–7 | Columbus |
| 1989 |
OSU W 37–13 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (1–11)
Statistical comps — 2025 Oklahoma State's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (55 in / 65 out)
Origins
Sanders' 1988 season — 2,628 yards, 39 touchdowns in eleven games — is the greatest any running back has had. Boone Pickens' money later rebuilt the facilities and Gundy delivered the 2011 Big 12 title.
Founded 1890 · Oklahoma A&M, chartered in a territory still being settled · first football 1901 · defined by Barry Sanders
All-time record
All-time
610–558–41
1912–2025
Win %
52.2%
114 seasons played
Winning seasons
56
49% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1 | Big 12 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2 | Big 12 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 | Big 12 |
| 1988 | 10 | 2 | Big 8 |
| 1987 | 10 | 2 | Big 8 |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1912 — 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 | 279 | 48% |
38% | 128 of 136 | 5.0 | 11% |
| 2nd down | 214 | 53% |
33% | 135 of 136 | 4.1 | 6% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 28 | 68% |
61% | — | 3.2 | 11% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 54 | 24% |
44% | — | 4.7 | 4% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 72 | 28% |
21% | — | 7.2 | 14% |
| 4th down | 23 | 43% |
43% | — | 4.2 | 9% |
140 drives · 24% ended in points · 6.6 plays and 33.3 yards per drive · 0.01 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 |
|---|
| 10 | Kansas |
End of 2nd quarter. |
96 | 6.07 |
| 7 | Houston |
Shamar Rigby pass complete to Rodney Fields Jr. for 63 yds for a TD (Logan Ward KICK) |
63 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Houston |
Gavin Freeman 33 Yd pass from Noah Walters (Logan Ward Kick) |
33 | 4.55 |
| 8 | Cincinnati |
Sam Jackson V pass complete to Shamar Rigby for 48 yds to the CIN 28 for a 1ST down |
48 | 4.41 |
| 2 | Oregon |
Zane Flores pass complete to Christian Fitzpatrick for 35 yds to the ORE 29 for a 1ST down |
35 | 4.03 |
| 1 | UT Martin |
Zane Flores pass complete to Terrill Davis for 41 yds to the UTM 23 for a 1ST down |
41 | 4.03 |
| 10 | Kansas |
(04:49) Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete deep left to #2 T.Davis caught at KU41, for 29 y… |
29 | 3.87 |
| 12 | Kansas State |
(02:26) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete short right to #7 S.Rigby caught at KS… |
25 | 3.73 |