This past season marked the 75th anniversary of Oklahoma's 1950 national championship, the first of the Sooners' seven college football national titles, third-most in the Associated Press poll era.
Prior to the Bowl Championship Series (1998-2013) and College Football Playoff (2014 to present), the top-ranked team in the final Associated Press poll of the season, which began in 1939, was designated as national champion.
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Only Alabama (12) and Notre Dame (8) had more national championships over that time period than Oklahoma.
The Sooners won their first three national titles under Bud Wilkinson in the decade of the 1950s.