Despite the way-too-close-for-comfort victory over an Army team that was seeking its first win over a ranked team in 46 years or a top-10 team in 55 years, the Sooners remained in the No, 5 spot in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the Coaches Poll.
Time was not on Oklahoma’s side on Saturday, as Army pounded the Sooners on the ground with 78 triple-option running plays that netted 339 yards and ate up almost 45 minutes on the clock. What that means is the Sooners possessed the ball for only a little over 15 minutes in the game (the equivalent of one quarter of action) and ran just 40 total plays (38 in regulation and two in overtime), less than half of the number executed by the visiting Black Knights.