Oklahoma and Houston announced on Friday that they'll play a nonconference game in 2024, filling a hole in the Sooners' schedule created by their move to the SEC next year.
The SEC, in voting to keep an eight-game conference schedule earlier this year, also mandated its members must play at least one nonconference Power Five opponent in 2024. The Sooners had to cancel a previously scheduled game against Georgia when they joined the SEC.
Houston's move to the Big 12 allows the Sooners to fulfill that requirement, while giving Houston a game against OU, who the Cougars don't play in their only year in the Big 12 together this season.