Oklahoma State at Tulsa — Oklahoma State is favored by 13.5.
What’s at stake
Tulsa
- Tulsa hasn’t beaten a ranked opponent since 2020.
Oklahoma State
- A win would be one of Oklahoma State’s biggest of the season — a 116-spot gap in the power ratings.
The series
Oklahoma State leads the series 44-28-5
77 meetings since 1914 · Tulsa won the last meeting
- 2025Tulsa 19–12
- 2024Oklahoma State 45–10
- 2021Oklahoma State 28–23
- 2020Oklahoma State 16–7
- 2019Oklahoma State 40–21
Face-off
What each fanbase carries into this one.
Oklahoma State
The chip · vs big brotherThe fanbase spent a generation insisting Stillwater was its own program, not a satellite of the school 80 miles south. A 1-11 season handed Oklahoma every easy joke — and the room is daring Morris to make the rivalry feel like a rivalry again.
What this game touches
The 1-11 collapse and the end of Gundy. Mike Gundy, the program's identity for 21 seasons, was fired on September 23 after a 1-2 start curdled into the worst year in modern memory: 1-11 overall, 0-9 in the Big 12, ten straight losses. The man who built Oklahoma State into a sustained winner left as the season that ended his tenure became the program's lowest point in a generation.
Tulsa
The chip · vs the national mediaTulsa fans are tired of being the program everyone forgets is in the FBS — the 4,000-student private school nobody schedules out of respect. They'll remind you it has more bowl history than schools five times its size.
What this game touches
The long slide from the Graham/Blankenship peak. From the 2010 Conference USA title and Bill Blankenship's 11-3 in 2012, Tulsa has had one truly memorable team since (a 2020 AAC title-game run) and otherwise churned coaches and losing records — a 4-8 (1-7) first year under Tre Lamb in 2025 the latest reminder the offense isn't humming the way it once did.
Best players
Tulsa
- Lento Smith Jr. (S) · 2025: 79 tackles
- Zach Williams (S) · 2025: 73 tackles
- Dominic Richardson (RB) · 2025: 1,065 rushing yards
Oklahoma State
- Parker Robertson (S) · 2025: 77 tackles
- Bryan McCoy (LB) · 2025: 71 tackles
- Brandon Rawls (LB) · 2025: 68 tackles
What to watch
The spread has moved 2.0 points toward Oklahoma State since opening (+11.5 → +13.5).
The total has moved down 2.5 points since opening (61.5 → 59).
The line, and the room
Tulsa fans are feeling it more than most fanbases this week (42nd percentile) — the mood matches the numbers.
- Model · 76%
- Market · 14%
- Tulsa fans · 42nd
- Oklahoma State fans · 48th
Home +13.5 · O/U 59
Conditions
100°F · 6 mph wind · Clear
Tulsa is 44% at home, 32% on the road since 2018 (20-25 home, 15-32 away).