Oklahoma Sooners Football: OU moves up to No. 9 in AP and Coaches Polls

Oklahoma knew it would need some help if it wanted to climb back into the College Football Playoff race. Four top ten upsets this weekend gave them exactly that. Clemson, Washington, Washington State and Auburn all fell to unranked opponents and opened the door for the Sooners to work their way back into the playoff discussion. The upsets coupled with OU’s 29-24 victory over Texas helped the Sooners move up three spots to No. 9 in both the AP and Coaches polls.

The Big 12 has four teams featured in this week’s top 25, including three teams in the top ten. TCU, who remained unbeaten with a win over Kansas State, jumped all the way up to No. 4, Oklahoma State came in just behind OU at No. 4 and West Virginia reentered the poll at No. 23.

AP Poll

1. Alabama (61)
2. Penn State
3. Georgia
4. TCU
5. Wisconsin
6. Ohio State
7. Clemson
8. Miami
9. Oklahoma
10. Oklahoma State
11. USC
12. Washington
13. Notre Dame
14. Virginia Tech
15. Washington State
16. South Florida
17. North Carolina State
18. Michigan State
19. Michigan
20. UCF
21. Auburn
22. Stanford
23. West Virginia
24. LSU
25. Memphis

Amway Coaches Poll

1. Alabama (63)
2. Penn State
3. Georgia
4. TCU
5. Wisconsin
6. Ohio State
7. Miami
8. Clemson
9. Oklahoma
10. USC
11. Oklahoma State
12. Washington
13. USF
14. Virginia Tech
15. Michigan
16. Notre Dame
17. North Carolina State
18. Washington State
19. Michigan State
20. UCF
21. Auburn
22. Stanford
23. West Virginia
24. Texas A&M
25. LSU

The Sooners travel to Manhattan to take on Kansas State this Saturday at 3 p.m. CT on Fox. The broadcast crew will be Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt and Jenny Taft.