Over halfway through the 2025 season, and the No. 13 Oklahoma Sooners are still legit College Football Playoff contenders as they enter the toughest part of their schedule.
According to ESPN’s College Football Power Index after Week 8, the Sooners have a 42.9% chance to make the CFP. That's the 11th-best odds based on ESPN's FPI, which is good enough to put the Sooners in the 12-team field and as the last of five SEC teams that would get in with the current metrics.
However, the Sooners have a gauntlet ahead with five-straight ranked opponents, and On3's Andy Staples predicted a heartbreaking Selection Sunday for OU as one of the last four teams left out of the 12-team field come December.