Oklahoma is No. 3 in the USA Today AFCA Top 25 Coaches’ preseason poll released on Tuesday morning.
The Sooners are behind No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson in voting by a panel of 65 college football coaches.
The Crimson Tide received 63 first-place votes. OU picked up the other two first-place votes.
Oklahoma State is No. 22 in the preseason poll.
High expectations have been placed on the Sooners, who have won six consecutive Big 12 championships.
The Big 12 was represented by four schools: OU, No. 8 Iowa State, No. 19 Texas and Oklahoma State.
The Associated Press preseason poll will be released on Monday.
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Throwback Tulsa: A look back at OU’s Big 12 football championship game berths
2000 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners (11-0): 27
No. 8 Kansas State Wildcats (10-2): 24
MVP: OU quarterback Josh Heupel
Location: Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Dec. 2, 2000
2002 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners (10-2): 29
No. 12 Colorado Buffaloes (9-4): 7
MVP: OU running back Quentin Griffin
Location: Reliant Stadium in Houston on Dec. 7, 2002
2003 Big 12 Championship (L)
No. 13 Kansas State Wildcats (10-3): 35
No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners (12-0): 7
MVP: KSU quarterback Ell Roberson
Location: Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Dec. 7, 2003
2004 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners (11-0): 42
Colorado Buffaloes (7-4): 3
Location: Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Dec. 4, 2004
2006 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners (10-2): 21
No. 19 Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3): 7
MVP: OU wide receiver Malcolm Kelly
Location: Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Dec. 2, 2006
2007 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners (10-2): 38
No. 1 Missouri Tigers (11-1): 17
MVP: OU quarterback Sam Bradford
Location: Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on Dec. 1, 2007
2008 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners (11-1): 62
No. 19 Missouri Tigers (9-3): 21
MVP: OU quarterback Sam Bradford
Location: Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Dec. 6, 2008
2010 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 10 Oklahoma Sooners (10-2): 23
No. 13 Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-2): 20
MVP: OU quarterback Landry Jones
Location: Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Dec. 4, 2010
2017 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners (11-1): 41
No. 10 TCU Horned Frogs (10-2): 17
MVP: OU quarterback Baker Mayfield
Location: AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Dec. 2, 2017
2018 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners (11-1): 39
No. 9 Texas Longhorns (9-3): 27
MVP: OU quarterback Kyler Murray
Location: AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Dec. 1, 2018
2019 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 6 Oklahoma Sooners (11-1): 30
No. 7 Baylor Bears (11-1): 23
MVP: OU receiver CeeDee Lamb
Location: AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Dec. 7, 2019
2020 Big 12 Championship (W)
No. 10 Oklahoma Sooners (7-2): 27
No. 6 Baylor Bears (8-2): 21
MVP: OU quarterback Spencer Rattler
Location: AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Dec. 19, 2020
Other Big 12 championships
2012 (shared with Kansas State), 2015, 2016
When is this year’s Big 12 championship game?
Location: AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
Date: Dec. 4, 2021
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