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at its 5-year level▼ Down 7 this season
Career81since 1936
Peak982008
Last 578seasons
#17 nationally · 3-2 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #20
Schedule so far #5
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Oklahoma Sooners
SEC · Norman, OK · Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) · Head coach Brent Venables
Rival
Texas · also Oklahoma State
Bitter rivalry
52-62-5 all time (119 meetings since 1902)
Texas leads
Last: won 27-24 (2026)
Holds it
Blue BloodPlayoff ChampionHeisman HouseNFL FactoryWinning Tradition
7national titles
7Heisman
45AP top-10
70All-Americans
228NFL picks
74.4%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1902. Every season →
Chemistry
62
73Foundation
50Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▼ Below its norm -8
early · #48 of 138
HC year5
Ret. starters46%
QB yrs w/ OC3
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 3-2 | SEC | — | #17 | 79 | Brent Venables |
| 2025 | 10-3 | SEC | #13 | #17 | 78 | Brent Venables |
| 2024 | 6-7 | SEC | — | #39 | 73 | Brent Venables |
| 2023 | 10-3 | Big 12 | #15 | #10 | 88 | Brent Venables |
| 2022 | 6-7 | Big 12 | — | #23 | 77 | Brent Venables |
| 2021 | 11-2 | Big 12 | #10 | #23 | 76 | Lincoln Riley; Bob Stoops |
| 2020 | 9-2 | Big 12 | #6 | #3 | 88 | Lincoln Riley |
| 2019 | 12-2 | Big 12 | #7 | #8 | 85 | Lincoln Riley |
| 2018 | 12-2 | Big 12 | #4 | #4 | 88 | Lincoln Riley |
| 2017 | 12-2 | Big 12 | #3 | #8 | 88 | Lincoln Riley |
| 2016 | 11-2 | Big 12 | #5 | #12 | 83 | Bob Stoops |
| 2015 | 11-2 | Big 12 | #5 | #2 | 89 | Bob Stoops |
| 2014 | 8-5 | Big 12 | — | #16 | 79 | Bob Stoops |
| 2013 | 11-2 | Big 12 | #6 | #17 | 79 | Bob Stoops |
| 2012 | 10-3 | Big 12 | #15 | #11 | 84 | Bob Stoops |
| 2011 | 10-3 | Big 12 | #16 | #7 | 89 | Bob Stoops |
| 2010 | 12-2 | Big 12 | #6 | #8 | 84 | Bob Stoops |
| 2009 | 8-5 | Big 12 | — | #7 | 84 | Bob Stoops |
| 2008 | 12-2 | Big 12 | #5 | #2 | 98 | Bob Stoops |
| 2007 | 11-3 | Big 12 | #8 | #7 | 88 | Bob Stoops |
| 2006 | 11-3 | Big 12 | #11 | #16 | 79 | Bob Stoops |
| 2005 | 8-4 | Big 12 | #22 | #26 | 76 | Bob Stoops |
| 2004 | 12-1 | Big 12 | #3 | #4 | 89 | Bob Stoops |
| 2003 | 12-2 | Big 12 | #3 | #2 | 93 | Bob Stoops |
| 2002 | 12-2 | Big 12 | #8 | #4 | 89 | Bob Stoops |
| 2001 | 11-2 | Big 12 | #10 | #9 | 80 | Bob Stoops |
| 2000 ★ | 13-0 | Big 12 | #1 | #3 | 90 | Bob Stoops |
| 1999 | 7-5 | Big 12 | — | #13 | 80 | Bob Stoops |
| 1998 | 5-6 | Big 12 | — | #50 | 66 | John Blake |
| 1997 | 4-8 | Big 12 | — | #78 | 58 | John Blake |
| 1996 | 3-8 | Big 12 | — | #72 | 60 | John Blake |
| 1995 | 5-5-1 | Big 8 | — | #62 | 63 | Howard Schnellenberger |
| 1994 | 6-6 | Big 8 | — | #47 | 67 | Gary Gibbs |
| 1993 | 9-3 | Big 8 | #17 | #7 | 86 | Gary Gibbs |
| 1992 | 5-4-2 | Big 8 | — | #34 | 71 | Gary Gibbs |
| 1991 | 9-3 | Big 8 | #16 | #9 | 86 | Gary Gibbs |
| 1990 | 8-3 | Big 8 | #17 | #4 | 88 | Gary Gibbs |
| 1989 | 7-4 | Big 8 | — | #24 | 75 | Gary Gibbs |
| 1988 | 9-3 | Big 8 | #14 | #14 | 79 | Barry Switzer |
| 1987 | 11-1 | Big 8 | #3 | #4 | 90 | Barry Switzer |
| 1986 | 11-1 | Big 8 | #3 | #1 | 95 | Barry Switzer |
| 1985 ★ | 11-1 | Big 8 | #1 | #2 | 90 | Barry Switzer |
| 1984 | 9-2-1 | Big 8 | #6 | #11 | 79 | Barry Switzer |
| 1983 | 8-4 | Big 8 | — | #21 | 77 | Barry Switzer |
| 1982 | 8-4 | Big 8 | #16 | #18 | 79 | Barry Switzer |
| 1981 | 7-4-1 | Big 8 | #20 | #10 | 81 | Barry Switzer |
| 1980 | 10-2 | Big 8 | #3 | #5 | 88 | Barry Switzer |
| 1979 | 11-1 | Big 8 | #3 | #3 | 92 | Barry Switzer |
| 1978 | 11-1 | Big 8 | #3 | #1 | 95 | Barry Switzer |
| 1977 | 10-2 | Big 8 | #7 | #6 | 89 | Barry Switzer |
| 1976 | 9-2-1 | Big 8 | #5 | #9 | 85 | Barry Switzer |
| 1975 ★ | 11-1 | Big 8 | #1 | #1 | 93 | Barry Switzer |
| 1974 ★ | 11-0 | Big 8 | #1 | #1 | 98 | Barry Switzer |
| 1973 | 10-0-1 | Big 8 | #3 | #1 | 97 | Barry Switzer |
| 1972 | 11-1 | Big 8 | #2 | #3 | 94 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1971 | 11-1 | Big 8 | #2 | #2 | 97 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1970 | 7-4-1 | Big 8 | #20 | #16 | 79 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1969 | 6-4 | Big 8 | — | #28 | 74 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1968 | 7-4 | Big 8 | #11 | #5 | 86 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1967 | 10-1 | Big 8 | #3 | #5 | 85 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1966 | 6-4 | Big 8 | — | #19 | 75 | Jim MacKenzie |
| 1965 | 3-7 | Big 8 | — | #65 | 61 | Gomer Jones |
| 1964 | 6-4-1 | Big 8 | — | #22 | 75 | Gomer Jones |
| 1963 | 8-2 | Big 8 | #10 | #11 | 79 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1962 | 8-3 | Big 8 | #8 | #7 | 83 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1961 | 5-5 | Big 8 | — | #36 | 70 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1960 | 3-6-1 | Big 8 | — | #43 | 68 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1959 | 7-3 | Big 8 | #15 | #14 | 77 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1958 | 10-1 | Big 8 | #5 | #3 | 89 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1957 | 10-1 | Big 7 | #4 | #6 | 85 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1956 ★ | 10-0 | Big 7 | #1 | #1 | 92 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1955 ★ | 11-0 | Big 7 | #1 | #4 | 88 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1954 | 10-0 | Big 7 | #3 | #7 | 82 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1953 | 9-1-1 | Big 7 | #4 | #5 | 86 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1952 | 8-1-1 | Big 7 | #4 | #2 | 89 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1951 | 8-2 | Big 7 | #10 | #9 | 81 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1950 ★ | 10-1 | Big 7 | #1 | #5 | 83 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1949 | 11-0 | Big 7 | #2 | #3 | 89 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1948 | 10-1 | Big 7 | #5 | #9 | 80 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1947 | 7-2-1 | Big 6 | #16 | #35 | 70 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1946 | 8-3 | Big 6 | #14 | #23 | 74 | Jim Tatum |
| 1945 | 5-5 | Big 6 | — | #39 | 62 | Snorter Luster |
| 1944 | 6-3-1 | Big 6 | — | #23 | 68 | Snorter Luster |
| 1943 | 7-2 | Big 6 | — | #24 | 67 | Snorter Luster |
| 1942 | 3-5-2 | Big 6 | — | #50 | 64 | Snorter Luster |
| 1941 | 6-3 | Big 6 | — | #24 | 74 | Snorter Luster |
| 1940 | 6-3 | Big 6 | — | #46 | 65 | Tom Stidham |
| 1939 | 6-2-1 | Big 6 | #19 | #11 | 80 | Tom Stidham |
| 1938 | 10-1 | Big 6 | #4 | #18 | 78 | Tom Stidham |
| 1937 | 5-2-2 | Big 6 | — | #36 | 69 | Tom Stidham |
| 1936 | 3-3-3 | Big 6 | — | #45 | 67 | Biff Jones |
| 1935 | 6-3 | Big 6 | — | #43 | 67 early | Biff Jones |
| 1934 | 3-4-2 | Big 6 | — | #41 | 66 early | Lewie Hardage |
| 1933 | 4-4-1 | Big 6 | — | #46 | 67 early | Lewie Hardage |
| 1932 | 4-4-1 | Big 6 | — | #53 | 62 early | Lewie Hardage |
| 1931 | 4-7-1 | Big 6 | — | #59 | 60 early | Adrian Lindsey |
| 1930 | 4-3-1 | Big 6 | — | #37 | 66 early | Adrian Lindsey |
| 1929 | 3-3-2 | Big 6 | — | #47 | 63 early | Adrian Lindsey |
| 1928 | 5-3 | Big 6 | — | #55 | 59 early | Adrian Lindsey |
| 1927 | 3-3-2 | Missouri Valley | — | #38 | 64 early | Adrian Lindsey |
| 1926 | 5-2-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #27 | 70 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1925 | 4-3-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #19 | 74 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1924 | 2-5-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #58 | 57 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1923 | 3-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #33 | 69 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1922 | 2-3-3 | Missouri Valley | — | #62 | 57 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1921 | 5-3 | Missouri Valley | — | #29 | 66 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1920 | 6-0-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #18 | 74 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1919 | 5-2-3 | Southwest | — | #32 | 69 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1918 | 6-0 | Southwest | — | — | — | Bennie Owen |
| 1917 | 6-4-1 | Southwest | — | #34 | 63 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1916 | 6-5 | Southwest | — | #48 | 57 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1915 | 10-0 | Southwest | — | #18 | 72 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1914 | 9-1-1 | FBS Independents | — | #20 | 69 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1913 | 6-2 | FBS Independents | — | #28 | 62 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1912 | 5-4 | FBS Independents | — | #18 | 69 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1911 | 3-0 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1910 | 1-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1909 | 6-4 | FBS Independents | — | #33 | 62 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1908 | 2-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1907 | 0-3 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1906 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1905 | 7-2 | FBS Independents | — | #31 | 59 early | Bennie Owen |
| 1904 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1903 | 5-4-3 | FBS Independents | — | #27 | 59 early | Mark McMahon |
| 1902 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.