Throw out all the records and rankings because historically they have had little bearing on the outcome of this much anticipated and emotionally charged annual showdown.
One of the major factors that separates this longtime gridiron brouhaha from other big college rivalry games is how often both teams have been highly ranked at the time the game is played. And that is again the case this year, with Oklahoma coming in as the higher-ranked team, at No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 5 in the current Coaches Poll, and Texas just outside of the top-10 in both major national polls, at No.