Oklahoma Sooners kickoff times announced for 2025 season
Oklahoma Sooners kickoff times announced for 2025 season
Kickoff times for the Oklahoma Sooners 2025 season were released on Wednesday.
Six of the team's regular-season games have exact times; another two are labeled as early games, and four remain in flex with an opportunity to be in primetime windows. Early kickoff times are scheduled for either 11 a.m. or noon CT. The flex games are open to network discretion and will kick at either in the 2:30/3 p.m. window or the primetime window between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. CT.
Two of Oklahoma's biggest games on the schedule, against Michigan and Texas, are locked in. The Sooners host Michigan in Norman during Week 2, September 6, at 6:30 p.m. The annual Red River Rivalry game Week 8, October 11, against Texas, will take place during the prime SEC mid-afternoon time slot at 2:30 p.m.
Other specific kickoff games have been scheduled for the opener at home against Illinois State at 5 p.m., on the road against Temple in Week 3 at 11 a.m., and at home against Kent State during Week 5 at 3 p.m.
Oklahoma's two early games are at South Carolina on October 18 and at home against Ole Miss on October 25. Every other game - at home against Auburn on September 20, at Tennessee on November 1, at Alabama on November 15, and at home against LSU on November 29 - are the Sooners' flex games.
Eight of Oklahoma's 12 games will be in the afternoon or in primetime this season.
OU finished 6-6 during the regular season last year and lost its bowl game to Navy, supplying coach Brent Venables with a losing record in two of his first three seasons in Norman. The Sooners are largely expected to improve on last year's results, with new offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle and quarterback John Mateer having arrived from Washington State in the offseason.
Oklahoma football schedule 2025
Illinois State - home - August 30, 5 p.m.
Michigan - home - September 6, 6:30 p.m.
Temple - road - September 13, 11 a.m.
Auburn - home - September 20, FLEX
Kent State - home - October 4, 3 p.m.
Texas - neutral - October 11, 2:30 p.m.
South Carolina - road - October 18, EARLY
Ole Miss - home - October 25, EARLY
Tennessee - road - November 1, FLEX
Alabama - road - November 15, FLEX
Missouri - home - November 22, 11 a.m.
LSU - home - November 29, FLEX
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