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The 2025 college football season kicks off with week zero just a week and a half away. Oklahoma won’t play its first game of the season for another 18 days, but those two and a half weeks are going to fly by. We have the US LBM Coaches Poll and the AP Poll for the preseason, and there are mixed opinions on the Sooners heading into the season.
Oklahoma was unranked in the US LBM Coaches Poll but was the highest ranking team among the others receiving votes category. In the AP Poll that was released on Monday, the Sooners came in at No. 18 in the nation. But there’s one poll, from a prominent college football analyst, that is even higher on the Sooners than the Associated Press.
Josh Pate, of the Josh Pate College Football Show, released his preseason JP Poll, which is a power rating that compares how teams might fare if they were to face off on a neutral field. He’s been high on Oklahoma all offseason, in large part due to the additions the Sooners made on the offensive side of the ball, bringing in offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle and quarterback John Mateer.
So where do the Sooners rank in the preseason JP Poll? Let’s take a look.
20. SMU Mustangs
SMU and quarterback Kevin Jennings took the ACC by storm in 2024 but lost to the deeper and more experienced Clemson team in the ACC title game before getting blown out by Penn State on the road in Happy Valley in the College Football Playoff. Jennings is back, and if he can shake off what happened to end the season, he’ll be must-see television again.
Avery Johnson is back at the helm for the Kansas State Wildcats, who open the season vs. Iowa State in Ireland. Chris Klieman is a good coach, but the Wildcats haven’t been able to win the biggest games consistently to win a conference title. Is this the year they finally break through?
18. Tennessee Volunteers
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