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Oklahoma football: Ranking Sooners’ six biggest remaining games of 2022 season

By Chip Rouse

Oct 9, 2021; Dallas, Texas, USA; Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver Marvin Mims (17) makes a catch in front of Texas Longhorns defensive back B.J. Foster (25) during the second half at the Cotton Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 9, 2021; Dallas, Texas, USA; Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver Marvin Mims (17) makes a catch in front of Texas Longhorns defensive back B.J. Foster (25) during the second half at the Cotton Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oklahoma’s Drake Stoops (12) runs to the end zone past Texas’ Chris Brown (15) in the fourth overtime of the Red River Showdown college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Texas Longhorns (UT) at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]Photo 1
Oklahoma’s Drake Stoops (12) runs to the end zone past Texas’ Chris Brown (15) in the fourth overtime of the Red River Showdown college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Texas Longhorns (UT) at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]Photo 1 /

1 — Oct. 8 vs. Texas in Dallas

I’ve been saying all along that the 2022 Red River Showdown between OU and Texas will be the most important game of the season for the Sooners. This rivalry is always an important game because these two longtime rivals always play each other tough. Nothing is left on the field, It doesn’t matter who has the best record or which team is ranked the highest when the game is played. You can throw all that out the window.

And if you for some reason you don’t think this will be a highly physical and competitive game, then you either haven’t watched or been to a Red River rivalry game or didn’t see how tough the Longhorns stood up to Alabama, the gold standard in college football this century.

Texas may really be back this time, after several seasons of self-proclaiming so. This game will be the hardest of the season for Oklahoma bar none and could well be an early preview of the Big 12 Championship game on Dec. 3

The media that cover the Big 12 picked Texas to finish fourth in the conference this season and Oklahoma second behind reigning conference champion Baylor. I picked the Longhorns to finish second behind Oklahoma.

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