In case you missed it, earlier this week, ESPN released its not-too-late 2025 SEC football preview and power rankings with Oklahoma listed as a College Football Playoff long shot and positioned smack dab in the middle of the SEC power struggle, er rankings.
The ESPN preview ranked Texas, Georgia and Alabama as the frontrunners in the battle for SEC supremacy this season with LSU, Texas A&M and Ole Miss chomping at their heels.
ESPN power rankings further proof of OU's daunting schedule
Joining the Sooners as a playoff long-shot out of the SEC, based on ESPN's assessment, were Tennessee, South Carolina, Missouri and Florida.