OU fans notice glaring omission from On3's Way-Too-Early 2026 All-America Team

One would think the best player at a position returning for another season would create respectable expectations, but apparently not.

On Tuesday, On3's Way-Too-Early 2026 College Football All-America Team, created by Chris low, was released. Oklahoma fans immediately noticed an obvious snub with the list missing reigning Lou Groza Award winner Tate Sandell. Ole Miss' Lucas Carneiro instead got the nod at place kicker despite not even being a finalist for the Lou Groza Award in 2025.

In fact, despite making the College Football Playoff and returning loads of talent, no Sooners were included on On'3 extremely premature All-America list.

Tate Sandell among Sooners snubbed from preseason All-America honor

After a historical first season at Oklahoma, Sandell will return for one final year of college football. He missed his first and last attempts of 2025, but everything between was flawless while making 24 in a row, which was a school and SEC record.

During the regular season, Sandell set or tied eight career or single-season school, conference, FBS or stadium records. He made 24 of 27 field-goal attempts during the season and all 35 PATs.

Of his 24 makes, four were from 55 or more yards, which led the country and was an OU career record that Sandell set in just one season. He also shattered another OU single-season record with 16 field goals of 40-plus yards. The previous record was nine. Against Tennessee, he tied an FBS record with three makes of 50-plus yards and broke the Neyland Stadium record twice with two makes of 55 yards.

Sandell ultimately became the first Sooner to win the Lou Groza Award as the best kicker in college football, while also being named SEC Special Teams Player of the Year, First-Team All-SEC and was a Second-Team All-American by multiple outlets. On3 even named Sandell a First-Team All-American in 2025, but that was forgotten about just over a month later.

There's also an argument to be made for several Sooners, not just Sandell, especially defensive tackle David Stone, who was ranked at No. 20 on On3's way-too-early top 100 players list for 2026.