The 2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team will represent the

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during the

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, the 128th season for the

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. They will play their home games at

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. They are a charter member of the

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. They will be lead by first-year head coach

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Previous season

The Sooners finished the 2021 season 10–2, 7–2 in Big 12 play. Finishing 3rd in the conference the Sooners failed to win the conference championship for the first time since 2015. Following the end of the regular season, Head Coach Lincoln Riley departed for the head coaching job at

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finishing his time with the Sooners with a 55–10 record. Following his departure

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was named the interim head coach and would go on to coach the team in their bowl game. The Sooners received an invite to play in the

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against

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Offseason

Position key

NFL Draft

Offseason departures

Outgoing Transfers

The Sooners lost eight players via transfer portal for the 2021 season.

Additions

Incoming Transfers

Recruiting Class

*= 247Sports Composite rating; ratings are out of 1.00. ''(five stars= 1.00–.98, four stars= .97–.90, three stars= .80–.89, two stars= .79–.70, no stars= <70)''
†= Despite being rated as a four and five star recruit by

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, On3.com,

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and

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, TBD received a four star 247Sports Composite rating.
Δ= Left the Oklahoma program following signing but prior to the 2022 season.

=Overall class rankings

Returning starters

Offense Defense Special Teams † Indicates player was a starter in 2021 but missed all of 2022 due to injury.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Big 12 media poll

Preseason awards

2022 Preseason All-Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year: *Newcomer of the Year:

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

Depth chart

''True Freshman''

Schedule

Spring Game

Regular season

Oklahoma and the Big 12 announced the 2022 football schedule on December 1, 2021. The 2022 schedule consists of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Sooners will host 2 non-conference games against UTEP and Kent State and will travel to Nebraska. Oklahoma will host Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor and Oklahoma State, and travel to TCU, Iowa State, West Virginia, and Texas Tech in regular-season conference play. Oklahoma will play Texas in Dallas, Texas at the

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in the Red River Showdown, the 118th game played in the series.

Game summaries

vs. UTEP

vs. Kent State

at Nebraska

vs Kansas State

at TCU

vs. Texas

vs. Kansas

at Iowa State

vs Baylor

at West Virginia

vs Oklahoma State

at Texas Tech

Statistics

Team

Individual Leaders

Defense

Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown

Special teams

Scoring

Oklahoma vs Non-Conference Opponents Oklahoma vs Big 12 Opponents Oklahoma vs All Opponents

Rankings

After the season

Final statistics

Awards and Big 12 honors

All-Americans

Bowl games

All Star games

NFL Draft

The

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will be held at

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in Kansas City, MO on April 27–29, 2023. Sooners who were picked in the 2023 NFL Draft:

References

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Oklahoma Sooners football seasons

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