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Inside the College Football Power Rankings: No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners

In 2014, the Sooners were predicted to make the inaugural College Football Playoff ... and they finished 8-5. In 2015, not much was expected-they were listed in the lower rungs of the preseason Top 25 -- and they made the playoff. "Expectations here are what they are," coach Bob Stoops says. "I'm fortunate to be at a place with that kind of pressure, [rather] than somewhere you feel like you have to sneak up on people every year." This year Boomer will sneak up on no one thanks to America's most dynamic backfield duo, QB Baker Mayfield (Big 12 offensive player of the year, 315.