Both the Oklahoma Sooners and Oklahoma State Cowboys cracked the Top 20 in the Preseason AP Poll.
Oklahoma No. 16 in Preseason AP Poll
NORMAN — For the 25th consecutive season, the Oklahoma football team is ranked in the Associated Press preseason top 25. The AP released its preseason top 25 Monday morning and OU is ranked No. 16.
The Sooners, entering their third season under head coach Brent Venables, garnered 566 points in the poll. Oklahoma’s streak of 25 appearances in the preseason AP Top 25 is the second-longest current string behind Ohio State (36). It also represents the 66th time that Oklahoma has appeared in the preseason AP poll, second most behind the Buckeyes (71 times). OU’s all-time average preseason AP rank is 6.9, best in the nation (Alabama is second at 7.1).
Additionally, of its 67 appearances in the AP preseason poll, Oklahoma has been ranked 20th or higher 64 times. That has occurred in each of the last 25 preseason polls.
The preseason top 10 consists of No. 1 Georgia (1,532 points), No. 2 Ohio State (1,490 points), No. 3 Oregon (1,403 points), No. 4 Texas (1,386 points), No. 5 Alabama (1,260 points), No. 6 Ole Miss (1,189 points), No. 7 Notre Dame (1,122), No. 8 Penn State (1,060), No. 9 Michigan (995 points) and No. 10 Florida State (971).
The Sooners are one of eight SEC teams in this year’s preseason AP poll. Outside of the top 10, Missouri is ranked No. 11 (927), LSU is No. 13 (804), Tennessee is No. 15 (629) and Texas A&M is No. 20 (292). OU is scheduled to play three of the top six teams in the AP preseason poll and six of the top 15 schools: Texas (neutral site), Alabama (home), Ole Miss (away), Missouri (away), LSU (away) and Tennessee (home). Florida is the only other SEC team that plays six opponents in the AP’s preseason top 15 (one of them is a non-conference squad).
Oklahoma, which is also ranked No. 16 in the preseason USA Today Sports AFCA Coaches Poll, was picked eighth in the SEC preseason media poll.
Oklahoma State Ranked 17th in Preseason AP Poll
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State is 17th in the preseason Associated Press poll that was announced Monday.
It marks the fifth time since 2016 that the Cowboys have started a season ranked in the AP Top 25 and continues a run of OSU being ranked in every season since 2008.
The Cowboys are the second-highest ranked Big 12 team in the opening poll of 2024 and are joined by conference members Utah (No. 12 ), Kansas State (No. 18), Arizona (No. 21) and Kansas (No. 22). Iowa State, West Virginia and Colorado also received votes in the poll.
Oklahoma State opens the season against South Dakota State at Boone Pickens Stadium on Saturday, August 31, at 1 p.m. Season tickets are sold out for a second consecutive season and limited single game tickets remain for available for purchase through okstate.com/tickets or 877-ALL-4-OSU.