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Oklahoma football: Ranking Sooners’ future non-conference opponents

By Christopher Dukes

MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 29: The Oklahoma Sooners line up against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 29: The Oklahoma Sooners line up against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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LSU | 2027 (home) | 2028 (away)

All-time series record: Tied 1-1
Last meeting: 2005 – LSU 21, Oklahoma 14 *2005 Sugar Bowl & BCS National Championship Game

The Tigers don’t have the all-time pedigree of some of the other teams on the list, but few teams have more success in the last 20 years than LSU. Though this series is still nearly a decade away, the program seems to be headed in the right direction under current head coach Ed Orgeron.

These two teams have only met twice and only once since 1950, but it’s a meeting that Sooner fans no doubt remember when hobbled Heisman winner Jason White struggled to get what had been a historic offense going against a tough LSU defense loaded with future NFL players. As far as the tailgate factor goes, Death Valley is another one of those must-visit college football venues. That and the added bonus of being a short drive to New Orleans could make the 2028 road game an event traveling OU fans won’t soon forget.

Georgia | 2023 (home) | 2031 (away)

All-time series record: Georgia leads 1-0
Last meeting: 2018 – Georgia 54, Oklahoma 48 2 OT *2018 Rose Bowl & College Football Playoff semifinal

The Bulldogs aren’t quite in the first tier of all-time programs, but there’s little doubt they have been one of the country’s best over the past three years. A national title game appearance two seasons ago and a near-miss of upsetting Alabama in the SEC title game last year  and elite recruiting have the Bulldogs flirting with a spot alongside the Crimson Tide and Clemson Tigers as one of the sport’s most dominant teams for years to come.

Sooner fans might want to forget, but the two teams do have some history of course. Many OU faithful haven’t come close to forgetting the one and only meeting between these two programs, a 54-48 heartbreaker that saw Oklahoma give up a 17-point first-half lead and fall in double overtime. This will still be fairly fresh in Oklahoma fans’ minds when the Bulldogs come to town in 2023, but maybe not so much in the return trip in 2031. When it comes to traveling, Oklahoma football fans are in for a treat in Athens when they get to see their Sooners go between the hedges for the first time in program history.

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