Oklahoma Sooners have the toughest schedule in college football, per 247Sports
The league's schedule-makers didn't do the Sooners any favors last year, with a gauntlet of a slate, especially compared to conference foes like Texas, who played just two league opponents with a winning conference record. OU, by comparison, played six, not including the Longhorns themselves.
With the eight conference opponents in 2025 merely flipping from 2024, Oklahoma again will have to navigate a brutally tough schedule in a pivotal season in Norman. And once again, their archrivals will get the easy end of things for the second straight year, playing only Georgia and Texas A&M.
Brad Crawford, who writes for 247Sports, ranked the ten toughest schedules in college football for 2025. He ranked OU's gauntlet as the hardest in the entire country. He projected that the Sooners will play a ridiculous eight ranked opponents in one season.
No one's taking up a plate and offering relief for Brent Venables' program in 2025, which is coming off a disappointing finish and landed quarterback John Mateer in the portal in hopes of reversing fortunes. The Sooners have a prime opportunity in Week 2 for a statement win against Michigan, the first of eight ranked opponents over the final 10 games. – Crawford, 247Sports
Five other SEC teams made the list, all within the top seven. Mississippi State, Florida, Arkansas, LSU, and Vanderbilt will also be facing quite a brutal road in 2025.
Oklahoma adds a big nonconference bout with Michigan to their league slate. Fortunately, their other three nonconference games are against Illinois State, Temple, and Kent State.
However, that's where the easy things end. OU's conference schedule features home games against Auburn, Ole Miss, Missouri, and LSU. Those games are interspersed with road tilts against South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. Throw in the yearly neutral-site game against Texas, and you've got a schedule that looks even tougher than last year's.
Entering a crucial season for the program, Venables and his team will have to pull it together and be better than just about everyone is expecting. Otherwise, there will be big changes coming to one of college football's premiere programs.
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