SEC · Memorial Stadium, Norman · Brent Venables, Year 5
Preseason AP Rank
No. 10
Back-to-back top-10 starts
Home Games
6
Plus Texas in Dallas
Season Opener
Sept 4
Friday vs UTEP, 8 PM ET
Circle It
Oct 10
Red River Rivalry, 122nd meeting
Full 2026 Oklahoma Football Schedule
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Games That Will Decide Oklahoma’s Season
Game
Date
Why It Matters
at Michigan
Sept 12
Big Noon at the Big House — a top-15 nonconference measuring stick in week two
at Georgia
Sept 26
First-ever Sooners trip to Athens as SEC foes, against a top-3 team
vs Texas
Oct 10
The 122nd Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl, fresh off the bye
vs Texas A&M
Nov 21
Top-10 clash in Norman that could carry playoff seeding weight
Fast Fact
2026 is the SEC’s first nine-game conference season. Oklahoma’s locked annual opponents are Texas, Missouri, and Ole Miss.
Fast Fact
The Michigan trip satisfies the SEC’s new requirement of an extra Power 4 nonconference game — and it’s a return leg, with the Wolverines due in Norman down the road.
Fast Fact
November brings Ole Miss and Texas A&M to Norman in back-to-back home games — likely two ranked opponents at Memorial Stadium in eight days.
The front-loaded tests — Michigan and Georgia before October — mean Oklahoma’s playoff resume takes shape early. Survive those at 1-1 or better, and the bye-then-Texas pivot sets up a season where nearly every remaining loss is survivable and every win is heavy. That’s exactly the kind of schedule the selection committee rewards — here’s how the College Football Playoff works and how strength of schedule factors in under the NCAA‘s FBS postseason structure.
The Bottom Line
Oklahoma may play the hardest schedule of any top-10 team: Michigan, Georgia, and Texas in a six-week opening act, then a November with Ole Miss and A&M at home and Missouri on the road. It’s brutal — and it’s also a resume machine. Bookmark this page — times, networks, and results are updated throughout the season.
