Poll Data: Big win at TCU puts Sooners back in Top 25

OU improved to 3-2 with a dominant performance in Fort Worth

John E. Hoover | Oct 25, 2020

Saturday’s 33-14 victory at TCU gave Oklahoma more than just confidence for the second half of the season.

The Sooners (3-2) are back in the AP Top 25 this week, coming in at No. 24.

For the first time this season, OU dominated a Big 12 Conference opponent from start to finish, and the result was a complete performance and a comfortable win.

Spencer Rattler threw for 332 yards and two touchdowns, T.J. Pledger carried 22 times for 122 yards and a score, and Marvin Mims caught four passes for 132 yards and two TDs as the OU offense avoided turnovers and the OU defense limited TCU to one meaningful scoring drive with nine tackles for loss and three quarterback sacks.

It was the Sooners’ second straight victory following a four-overtime win over Texas on Oct. 10.

Among other Big 12 teams, Oklahoma State (4-0) is No. 6, Kansas State (4-1) is No. 6 and Iowa State (3-2) is No. 23. Texas (3-2) received two votes.

OU, which opened the 2020 season at No. 5 and climbed to No. 3 after a 48-0 stroll over Missouri State in the opener, had been unranked in the previous three polls after losing at Iowa State on Oct. 3 and falling to 1-2.

The Sooners play at Texas Tech this week in a 6 p.m. game at Jones Stadium in Lubbock.

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Published Oct 25, 2020

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.