OU picked to finish 8th in SEC, Stutsman and Bowman make first team
OU has a lot to prove in its first SEC season.
The Sooners were picked to finish eighth in the media preseason poll. Meanwhile, Texas was picked to finish second behind only Georgia. Here’s how the preseason poll shook out for the 2024 season.
- Georgia
- Texas
- Alabama
- Ole Miss
- LSU
- Missouri
- Tennessee
- Oklahoma
- Texas A&M
- Auburn
- Kentucky
- Florida
- South Carolina
- Arkansas
- Mississippi State
- Vanderbilt
OU was represented on the All-SEC preseason team, with linebacker Danny Stutsman and safety Billy Bowman both being selected on the first team. Purdue transfer wide receiver Deion Burks made the third team. Texas had 13 players make the All-SEC preseason teams.
Top 10
- 1Breaking
Michigan loses QB
Carter Smith decommits from Wolverines
- 2
Hunter Heisman
Colorado star becomes betting favorite
- 3Hot
Terrible calls
10 worst CFB ref blunders
- 4
Nightmare scenario
ACC tiebreak chaos
- 5
Donald Trump
Former President nixes PSU vs. Ohio State
It’s no secret Oklahoma is not garnering much respect from the media. With a new quarterback and a rebuilt offensive line, many are skeptical of the Sooners. But OU does return nearly its entire defense and offensive playmakers.
“You look at the league and you know the parity,” coach Brent Venables said at SEC Media Days. “The length, the size, the physicality, the depth of that, the amazing venues that you’re going to be able to play in and compete in week-in and week-out, and that’ challenge is exciting and something that we’re really looking forward to, and all the great coaches. You look at the great coaches in this league and only one of them, though, has ever won an SEC championship as the head coach in this league, which is really, when you peel that back, it’s like, ‘Wow, really.’ But all really, really highly successful and skilled coaches and rosters top to bottom.”
