College Football Playoff, Alabama and Oklahoma Sooners
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The Sooners are one of four teams in the 2025 College Football Playoff field that will host their first-round game.
Oklahoma has done a lot of winning on the field this season, but Brent Venables is also having some success off it. On the first day of the early signing period, the Oklahoma Sooners have a top-15 ranked recruiting class in the nation, according to 247 Sports.
Big Ten champion Hoosiers (13-0) will continue storybook transformation into a college football elite with a New Year’s Day date at the most fabled venue in the sport.
OU fans don’t have to dig too deep to find their emotions. A third showdown with Alabama feels both energizing and terrifying. As Chris Williams pointed out, beating Alabama three times in a row, especially in a little over a year, is no small ask.
OU football general manager Jim Nagy's front office staff, in collaboration with coach Brent Venables and his staff, signed 24 players on Wednesday.
Following the College Football Playoff, key roster decisions by draft-eligible Sooners will shape how OU attacks the transfer portal.
Bentley, who hails from Celina, Texas, spurned offers from Georgia, LSU, Ohio State, Texas Tech, and Indiana among the national powerhouses. He committed to Oklahoma on June 20, following a visit to Norman and just a couple of weeks after visiting the Bulldogs in Athens.