2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team will represent the University of Oklahoma during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 128th season for the Oklahoma Sooners. They will play their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. They will be lead by first-year head coach Brent Venables.[1][2]

2022 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
2022 record0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Lebby (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTed Roof (1st season)
Home stadiumGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (capacity: 80,126)
2022 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Baylor  0 –0   0 –0  
Iowa State  0 –0   0 –0  
Kansas  0 –0   0 –0  
Kansas State  0 –0   0 –0  
Oklahoma  0 –0   0 –0  
Oklahoma State  0 –0   0 –0  
TCU  0 –0   0 –0  
Texas  0 –0   0 –0  
Texas Tech  0 –0   0 –0  
West Virginia  0 –0   0 –0  
Championship: December 3, 2022
As of December 14, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Sooners finished the 2021 season 10–2, 7–2 in Big 12 play. Finishing 3rd in the conference the Sooners failed to win the conference championship for the first time since 2015. Following the end of the regular season, Head Coach Lincoln Riley departed for the head coaching job at USC finishing his time with the Sooners with a 55–10 record. Following his departure Bob Stoops was named the interim head coach and would go on to coach the team in their bowl game. The Sooners received an invite to play in the 2021 Alamo Bowl against Oregon.

Schedule
Main article: 2022 Big 12 Conference football season

Regular season

Oklahoma and the Big 12 announced the 2022 football schedule on December 1, 2021.[3][4] The 2022 schedule consists of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Sooners will host 2 non-conference games against UTEP and Kent State and will travel to Nebraska. Oklahoma will host Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor and Oklahoma State, and travel to TCU, Iowa State, West Virginia, and Texas Tech in regular-season conference play. Oklahoma will play Texas in Dallas, Texas at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in the Red River Showdown, the 118th game played in the series.[5]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 3UTEP*
September 10Kent State*
  • Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
September 17at Nebraska*
September 24Kansas State
  • Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
October 1at TCU
October 8vs. Texas
October 15Kansas
  • Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
October 27at Iowa State
November 5Baylor
  • Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
November 12at West Virginia
November 19Oklahoma State
  • Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)
November 26at Texas Tech
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 1) - Released prior to game

Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP  
Coaches  
CFP Not released Not released

References
  1. "New Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables is introduced". WFAA. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  2. "University Of Oklahoma Pulls Out All The Stops In Venables Introduction". KOTV-DT. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  3. Eric Bailey (December 1, 2021). "Sooners release 2022 football schedule (which could be last journey through Big 12 play)". Tulsa World. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  4. Jesse Crittenden (December 1, 2021). "OU football: Sooners announce full 2022 schedule". The Norman Transcript. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  5. "2022 Oklahoma Sooners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
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