In recent years, the Sooners have played Ohio State, Tennessee, Florida State and Notre Dame in home and home series.
Oklahoma went 6-2 against those four teams, but the Sooners three wins over nonconference foes this year — by 18 points over Houston, 56 points over South Dakota and 34 over UCLA — is overshadowed by the reality that one was against a team a level down, out of the Football Championship Series, and the three opponents had only one win between them out of nine games over the first three weeks of the season.
Oklahoma’s nonconference strength of schedule this year is not going to hold much weight if it becomes a point of discussion by the College Football Playoff selection committee later this season, but the 34-point victory at UCLA became a little bigger thanks to the Bruins dramatic come-from-behind win on Saturday over No.