This means the Sooners will not have as many quality wins to fall back on to boost their resume when it comes time to make the final selections for the College Football Playoff and the New Year’s Six postseason bowls.
Oklahoma will once again enter the new season in the fall as the prohibitive favorite to win the Big 12, something the Sooners have done 12 times in the 23-year existence of the conference, including each of the last four years. Because of that, OU will have a target on its back each and every game. The Sooners can expect to get every team’s best shot.