Oklahoma is back in the College Football Playoff picture after its 23-21 win over then-No. 4 Alabama over the weekend.
ESPN bowl gurus Mark Schlabach and Kyle Bonagura projected the Sooners as the No. 8 seed in the 12-team playoff field heading into the next-to-last weekend of the 2025 regular season. They projected 9-seed Notre Dame as Oklahoma's first-round opponent. With the opening round of the playoff to be played on campus sites and the Sooners the higher seed of the two teams, under this particular scenario, the game would be played at Oklahoma.