AP Photo
The Oklahoma Sooners will start the 2011 college football season ranked No. 1 in both major polls.
Recent history suggests the Sooners won't finish there after the Jan. 9 Allstate BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans.
The Sooners, who went 12-2 and won a Big 12 championship last season, received 36 of 60 first-place votes in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Saturday. Oklahoma was a more overwhelming choice in the USA Today coaches' poll released earlier this month, hauling in 42 of 59 first-place votes.
The Sooners, who bring back eight starters on offense and seven on defense, open the season against Tulsa on Sept. 3.
"If we're the No. 1...
Football players are killing each other. The death sentence isn't immediate, but it's there -- and we all know it. Whether they die from dementia or Alzheimer's or their own hand, NFL players are dying too ... more »
A secret affair. Hidden payoffs. A bungled cover-up. The John Edwards trial? Not exactly. More like the worst week in the life of Arkansas football this spring. In fact, I can't remember an early college offseason that was less... more »
There cannot possibly be a tougher job in college football than Big East commissioner. That is not meant as a defense of the outgoing John Marinatto, who is as responsible for what has happened to the league as the dueling ... more »
When Big East Commissioner John Marinatto resigned Monday, the battered league was left at another crossroads. It could either crumble or find itself a billion-dollar television deal in September. The Big East, scheduled to... more »
Email
Print
Share