Oklahoma football: Sooners tumble in national rankings with Bedlam loss
By Chip Rouse
The Oklahoma football team is down again this weekend after suffering a second straight road loss, and that’s also the Sooners’ direction in the national rankings.
After leading the Big 12 and sitting in the No. 6 spot in the polls just over a week ago, Oklahoma has been in free fall, dropping to No. 9 in the Associated Press poll last weekend and sliding back another eight spots this week, to No. 16 in the Coaches Poll and No. 17 in the AP Top 25.
On Tuesday night, the Sooners will find out what the fallout will be in the College Football Playoff rankings from their loss on Saturday to Oklahoma State. at the fallout will be from on Saturday to Oklahoma State.
If the Week 11 poll results are any indication, Oklahoma will now be behind both No. 7 Texas and in-state rival Oklahoma State in the CFP rankings. The Cowboys were No. 23 in the first CFP rankings of the season and are 15 in the AP rankings and 17 in the Coaches Poll after Saturday’s games.
Kansas, the victor over the Sooners last weekend, remained in the top 25 and actually advanced upward several spots as a result of the Jayhawks win at Iowa State. KU is No. 18 in the Coaches Poll this week and 19 in the AP poll.
There are no changes this week one through nine in both the AP and Coaches polls and one through eleven are identical in both polls.
Oklahoma is at home next weekend, hosting West Virginia at 6 p.m. at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The Mountaineers will come in with a 6-3 record overall and 4-2 in Big 12 action.