After finishing 6-7 for the second time in Brent Venables’ three seasons, the OU football program enters the 2025 season needing to show plenty of improvement.
The SEC schedule is unforgiving, with home games against Auburn, Ole Miss, Missouri and LSU, and road games against South Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama to go with the annual showdown against Texas in Dallas.
The Sooners’ non-conference schedule also features a showdown with fellow blueblood Michigan.
With less than three months before the start of the season, OU beat writers Ryan Aber and Colton Sulley take a game-by-game look at the Sooners’ schedule:
vs. Illinois State
5 p.m., Aug. 30 (SEC Network+)
Aber: The Redbirds were solid last season, going 10-4 and making it to the second round of the FCS playoffs. But OU shouldn’t have a problem dispatching of Illinois State. The Sooners’ defense figures to make life difficult on the Redbirds’ offense, which hasn’t scored against an FBS opponent since 2019. And with John Mateer running Ben Arbuckle’s offense, OU will score plenty to put the game away by early in the second half at the latest. It might not be perfect, but it’ll be a victory for the Sooners.
vs. Michigan
6:30 p.m., Sept. 6 (ABC)
Sulley: This matchup is one of the most anticipated non-conference games in all of college football. Michigan coach Sherrone Moore returning to his alma mater. Two historic football brands facing off for the second time ever and first time since 1976. Furthermore, it’ll be the first chance to see OU’s new look offense led by Arbuckle and Mateer face an elite defense. I wouldn’t be surprised if this one goes either way, especially with a Wolverines defense that could be one of the best groups nationally. But I’ll give a slight edge…
Source link : https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2025/06/15/ou-football-2025-schedule-record-prediction-oklahoma-sooners-sec/84154760007/
Author :
Publish date : 2025-06-15 11:15:00
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
