The Sooners produced 12 wins in 14 games, along with their third consecutive Big 12 championship and 11th overall. It was their first 12-win season since 2010.
Despite having two-time Heisman finalist Baker Mayfield back for one more season and after a convincing Sugar Bowl win over Auburn the year before and a fifth-place finish in the final Associated Press Top 25 for 2016, Oklahoma began the 2017 season No. 7 in the 2017 preseason AP poll.
The Sooners fell as far as 12th after a stunning home loss to Iowa State, but worked their way back up, rising as high as No.