Oklahoma football has been ranked in the preseason top 25 of the American Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll every season since 2000, and that streak continues in 2023.
The Sooners are ranked No. 19 in the initial Coaches Poll for the 2023 season that was released on Monday.
Ironically, that is almost the same spot where they began the season in Bob Stoops’ second season as the Sooners’ head coach in 2000. OU was ranked 20th in the preseason Coaches Poll in 2000 and 19th in the initial Associated Press Top 25 that season.