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Oklahoma football: OU has history on its side with No. 2 AP ranking

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 30: Wide receiver Theo Wease #10 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrates a touchdown against the Florida Gators during the second quarter at AT&T Stadium on December 30, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

The first thing that stands out about the Associated Press 2021 preseason college football Top 25 is the familiar names at the top. And Oklahoma football fans can take heart that their Sooners are right smack in the middle of that familiar grouping.

The voters who participate in the weekly AP Top 25 rankings are media representatives from around the country who cover and report on college football, and this week the AP voters saw fit to rank Oklahoma as the No.