An 8-5 season that fell well short of College Football Playoff expectations may have tempered preseason outlooks for Oklahoma in 2015. In the media's preseason poll, the Sooners were projected to finish third in the Big 12 behind TCU and Baylor.
The #Sooners - under Stoops - have been No. 1 or 2 in each Big 12 preseason poll since 2000. Does that change today? Poll is out in an hour.
— Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) July 16, 2015
It did not, however, temper center Ty Darlington's confidence.
"We knew we were capable of playing with any team in the nation last year," Darlington said at Big 12 media days.