It should be easy for the Oklahoma Sooners to get going in the 2025 college football season.
ESPN's SP+ predicted a 43-9 win for the Sooners over Illinois State in their season opener, according to ESPN's Bill Connelly, who created the projection model. OU also has a 98% win probability, according to SP+, almost guaranteeing the Sooners to start things 1-0.
Sooners projected to rout Illinois State
According to ESPN, SP+ is a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency. It is a predictive measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football, not a résumé ranking, that Connelly created.