It seems no matter the sport, the SEC creates a gauntlet for the Oklahoma Sooners.
The SEC on Tuesday announced OU's conference opponents for the 2025-26 women's college basketball season. The Sooners will host Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas A&M in Norman. They will travel to Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Texas and Texas A&M. Texas A&M is the only SEC team the Sooners will play twice during the regular season.
Dates and times for games will be announced later.
SEC announces Sooners' 2025-26 conference opponents
In April after transfer portal movement slowed down, ESPN released a way-too-early top 25. The Sooners' future SEC slate features six teams that made ESPN's preseason rankings, including No. 1 South Carolina, No. 4 Texas, No. 5 LSU, No. 7 Tennessee, No. 11 Vanderbilt and No. 13 Ole Miss. OU will get five of those teams at Lloyd Noble Center.
OU will also play No. 9 NC State as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge.
The Sooners are right up there with those top teams at No. 6 in ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25 to set up multiple matchups some teams don't experience until late in the NCAA Tournament.
OU has high expectations already after making the Sweet 16 last season. The Sooners return their top three returning scorers in Raegan Beers, Payton Verhulst and Sahara Williams. OU will also add Aaliyah Chavez, the No. 1 player in the 2025 class and Naismith and Gatorade National Player of the Year.
Last season, the Sooners went 11-5 and tied for fourth in conference standings during their first round in the SEC.
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