After a 10-2 season and a trip to the College Football Playoff, the Oklahoma Sooners have earned a number of postseason awards from the SEC. One of their best players earned the highest honor for his unit when kicker Tate Sandell was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Year.

Sooners rookies Courtland Guillory and Tory Blaylock each earned a spot on the Southeastern Conference postseason, but one major Sooner contributor was omitted.

The Sooners will play six home games, as well as five true road games and the annual Red River Rivalry clash against Texas at the Cotton Bowl.

The Oklahoma Sooners are readying themselves for the most crucial game of the season, and perhaps the Brent Venables era, when they host the Alabama Crimson Tide next Friday in the first round of the College Football Playoff. After a 10-2 season, which included a 6-2 mark in SEC play, six Sooners were named to the AP All-SEC teams.

Now facing nine Southeastern Conference opponents as well as a non-conference game at Michigan, the Sooners' journey in 2026 could be even more daunting.

The College Football Playoff bracket was revealed Sunday, Dec. 7. The first round games will be on campus sites. It'll be an All-SEC matchup in the first round when Alabama travels to face Oklahoma in the CFP.

Times have changed. The eighth-ranked Sooners (10-2) feature a rugged, aggressive defense that leads the nation in tackles for loss (9.6 per game) and is tied for the nation’s lead in sacks (3.42) heading into next Friday’s first-round home game against No. 11 Alabama (10-3).

Two Sooners who were not recognized Tuesday by the league's coaches did find a spot on the media's all-conference squad.

Oklahoma's 11 total first-, second- or third-team honors ranked second in the league, behind only Georgia's 12.

As the University of Oklahoma Sooners prepare for their College Football Playoff game against Alabama, the Southeastern Conference on Thursday released OU’s 2026 regular season schedule.

Oklahoma kept its hopes alive in the SEC race following a road upset at Alabama. Can the Sooners still make the conference title game?

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