Just two weeks ago, the Sooners were in prime position among the 2019 Playoff contenders at 7-0 and ranked No. 5 in both the Associated Press and Coaches Polls. Although that was no guarantee that Oklahoma would have been among the top five teams when the initial Playoff rankings were revealed earlier this week, odds are high that would have been the case.
That was then, but now Oklahoma finds itself in the precarious position of having eight teams representing four conferences ahead of the Sooners in the first Playoff rankings of the season, all vying for the four coveted spots that make up college football’s version of basketball’s Final Four.