The Oklahoma Sooners went 6-7 in 2024. Year 1 in the Southeastern Conference and Year 3 under head coach Brent Venables did not go how most fans hoped it would. They didn’t come close to reaching the standard of OU football.
The Sooners went just 2-6 in SEC play but did go 4-1 in nonconference games. However, the Sooners fell to 0-3 in bowl games under Venables with a 21-20 loss against the Navy Midshipmen in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.
With the 2024 college football season officially ending earlier this week, USA TODAY Sports and staff writers Paul Myerberg and Erick Smith compiled their Way-Too-Early Top 25 list for 2025. The Sooners were not featured on the list, a rare sight over the last quarter-century.
A total of eight SEC teams made the top 25, including Texas, Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina and Ole Miss.
Oklahoma was also unranked in ESPN’s version of the rankings but did check in at No. 18 in On3 Sports’ way-too-early top 25.
It was a second losing season under Venables. That after more than two decades of above .500 football under Bob Stoops and Lincoln Riley. The last coach to go below .500 before Venables’ arrival was John Blake, who coached the Sooners from 1996 to 1998.
Needless to say, 2025 is a massive season for both Venables and the program. Oklahoma did extend their bowl streak with a shockingly dominant win over Alabama on Senior Night, but just barely making a bowl again won’t be enough to save Venables this time around.
Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Aaron on X @Aaron_Gelvin.
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Football | Sooners Wire…