OU is given the eighth-best odds to reach the College Football Playoff, by Bovada, an online betting agency. The Sooners are 19/4 to make the playoffs, tied with Auburn.
OSU’s odds are 25/1, making the Cowboys 26th in the rankings.
Alabama and Clemson are the heavy favorites to make the four-team field.
Betting odds for such things tend to promote traditional powers with major fan bases. Michigan and Texas, for example, which rank sixth and 12th, respectively. Texas’ odds are 13/2.
Other Big 12 rankings and odds are West Virginia 18th (10/1), TCU 22nd (15/1), Kansas State 33rd (50/1), Iowa State 40th (75/1) and Baylor 47th (100/1).