12:05 pm
September 26

Kansas State @ #3 Oklahoma

What will be the GAME RESULT?

#3 Oklahoma: Wins by 25+ Points

Any Other Result

 

Current odds:

Kansas State Wildcats: (+1400)

Oklahoma Sooners: (-4000)

 

The line for this game is Oklahoma by 28 points.

A year ago, Oklahoma came into Kansas State soaring. The Sooners were 7-0 and ranked No. 5 before the 4-2 Wildcats jumped out to a 48-23 fourth-quarter lead before holding on through a furious comeback to finish off the upset, 48-41. This year’s meeting comes much earlier in the season, as the No. 3 Sooners host Kansas State on Saturday in both teams’ Big 12 openers.

Oklahoma is coming off a 48-0 win over FCS Missouri State, while the Wildcats fell to Arkansas State 35-31. The Sooners haven’t lost their conference opener since 2012, when Kansas State knocked them off. Kansas State hasn’t started 0-2 since 1989. The teams are much different this time around than in last year’s game. No one on Oklahoma’s current roster had a carry, threw a pass or had more than one reception in last year’s game. Kansas State experienced significant turnover on the offensive line and across the defense.

Sooners defensive back Tre Norwood missed last season due to injury but said that game is definitely leaving an impression this week as Oklahoma prepares.

Sooners quarterback Spencer Rattler had an impressive opener last week, throwing for 290 yards and four touchdowns on 14-of-17 passing. Rattler’s throws looked effortless at times in his starting debut.

The Wildcats’ quarterback, Skylar Thompson, returns after scoring four touchdowns against the Sooners a year ago, though Thompson didn’t practice last week during the team’s bye after being banged up in the opener. Klieman said he was confident Thompson would be 100 percent this week.

Klieman said the Wildcats were close before their season opener to one of the position-group thresholds the Big 12 set for game postponements due to coronavirus quarantines. Klieman said Tuesday the Wildcats were close again at another position. Teams that have fewer than one quarterback, seven offensive linemen or four interior defensive linemen available can elect to postpone games this season.

The Sooners also went down to the wire with those thresholds for their opener, though Riley said Monday he expected Oklahoma to be able to play this week.

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StreakSmarter Pick
#3 Oklahoma: Wins by 25+ Points