The two Oklahoma football wins this season have come by seven or fewer points, and the close call with Nebraska on Saturday cost them a spot in the Associated Press Top 25.
The Sooners, who began the 2021 season ranked No. 2 in the AP poll, are down to No. 4 by the vote of the media representatives who participate in that poll, but remain in the No. 3 spot this week in the Coaches Poll.
Oklahoma has been tempting fate and putting themselves in a position to lose to unranked nonconference opponents in two of the last three weeks.