Oklahoma Sooners game-by-game predictions for 2025: What’s OU’s floor?

The Oklahoma Sooners open the 2025 college football season in less than a week, and what an opener it will be. Coming off of the 6-7 season in 2024, the coaching staff, the team, and the fan base are beyond ready to put last year’s debacle in the rearview mirror. Nothing better to get a bad taste out of your mouth than to fill it with a hearty sampling of a new season of college football.

But a bounce-back season won’t be easy. The Sooners have one of the more difficult schedules in college football, but this is life in the SEC. Want to win and win big, you’re going to have to go through some really good teams. And while fans and analysts may be reluctant to admit it, the Oklahoma Sooners are one of those really good teams.

But really good teams lose games all the time. See Alabama’s loss to the worst Oklahoma team in more than 25 years or Ole Miss’ loss to Kentucky. Both the Crimson Tide and the Rebels were playoff contenders before being upended by two of 2024’s SEC cellar dwellers.

The Oklahoma Sooners have big expectations and aspirations. Can they avoid an upset along the way and live up to or surpass summertime expectations? The staff here at Sooners Wire predicted every game on the Oklahoma Sooners’ 2025 schedule. Improvement is expected, but not everyone’s sold on this squad just yet. Here’s how John Williams, Eric Bolin, and Aaron Gelvin believe the 2025 season will go for the Sooners.

August 30 vs. Illinois State Redbirds

John’s Prediction: Win

Eric’s Prediction: Win

Aaron’s Prediction: Win

The Oklahoma Sooners will start the season with a bang when they welcome the Illinois State Redbirds to town. John Mateer’s debut for the Sooners is one of the most highly-anticipated quarterback debuts in some time and the Oklahoma Sooners offense will look to hit the ground running, pun intended, ahead of their Week 2 clash…


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