Oklahoma

4-4

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Oklahoma lost 25-42 to South Carolina and is 4-4.

Fan mood in the week of the South Carolina game: on the sour side

Fan mood in each Oklahoma game week this season

Compared with other fanbases in r/CFB game threads that week. Each row is a week, named for its game; the further right the dot, the brighter the talk.

sourerbrighterat Michigan L 10-17middle of the packvs New Mexico W 14-6sourat Georgia L 13-41on the sour sidevs Texas W 27-24middle of the packvs Kentucky L 13-21middle of the packat Mississippi State W 23-15sourvs South Carolina L 25-42on the sour sidesourerbrighterSep 12at MichiganL 10-17middle of the packSep 19vs New MexicoW 14-6sourSep 26at GeorgiaL 13-41on the sour sideOct 10vs TexasW 27-24middle of the packOct 17vs KentuckyL 13-21middle of the packOct 24at Mississippi StateW 23-15sourOct 31vs South CarolinaL 25-42on the sour side
  • W 51-0 vs UTEP
  • L 10-17 at Michigan
  • W 14-6 vs New Mexico
  • L 13-41 at Georgia
  • W 27-24 vs Texas
  • L 13-21 vs Kentucky
  • W 23-15 at Mississippi State
  • L 25-42 vs South Carolina
  • Next: at Florida, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first.

Oklahoma fans in other seasons

souruneasymixedhopefulall in2019mixed2020mixed2026 so faruneasysouruneasymixedhopefulall in2019mixed2020mixed2026so faruneasy

2021-2025 are not shown: not enough of their chatter was read to place a season.

Since the last game

Oklahoma lost 25-42 vs South Carolina.

The whole South Carolina game

Then and now

Brent Venables has taken Oklahoma to a bowl in each of his four full seasons.

Before Florida

The playoff simulation gives Oklahoma a 40% chance at Florida on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Florida game has a playoff place on it for Oklahoma.

Florida game on Now

What the Florida game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Oklahoma fans wrote in r/CFB game threads with every FBS fanbase with enough talk that week. A week runs Monday to Sunday and is named for the game in it. The read is redrawn 300 times from the same commenters, re-ranking every fanbase each time. Sour or all in means the read sat in the bottom or top fifth in at least 70 of every 100 draws; on the sour side or on the bright side, in the bottom or top two fifths in at least 80; anything less settled is middle of the pack. A bright label also needs more positive talk than negative, and a sour one the reverse. Brighter or sourer than usual compares the week with the team's own earlier weeks, after taking out how every fanbase read that week. Each dot sits at the read's rank that week. A week read before these labels keeps the word it was first given, the fifth it sat in (sour, uneasy, mixed, hopeful or all in). Season averages are the mean of a season's reads, in fifths from sour to all in, and seasons before 2026 were read from each week's wider talk, so a comparison across seasons is rough. 2019 and 2020 were read later, in one pass, from saved talk.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

What the reporters say

What reporters say

11 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

With the best players and the best teams, if they had a quality that you desired for them, or it’s a trait that is foundational to being a good unit, you’re consistent
Venables · On3the day after Oklahoma's 2026 game against South Carolina
Listen, the first loss that I ever had at Oklahoma, one, I didn’t even think I was going to be able to get out of bed the next morning
Riley · On33 days before the South Carolina game
I woke up in the middle of the night and something told me, ‘forgive yourself.’ Real powerful stuff
Mateer · Saturday Down Souththe day after the 23-15 game

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Fan chatter

Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Busy

The loudest night was the 27-24 win over Texas.

FirstSecondThirdFourthOklahoma fansTexas fansusual

A usual night for Oklahoma fans is steady.

Arguments

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.

Inside the fanbase: all 12 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
FFootball Brainiacs
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
7 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.06
Local
Most bought-in cohort
vs
Coldest corner−0.07
National take
Most skeptical cohort

How Oklahoma fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

YOU JUST LOST TO THE 2026 OKLAHOMA SOONERS

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One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

From the team’s own coverage

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Locked On

More Changes: Brent Venables says Everything is on the table | Jason Witten Stepped Up

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All 12 corners of the fanbase

negative
0
positive
National take−0.07 to Local+0.06

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
25%
recent results
17%
the coaching staff
14%
where the program is headed
13%
offense
10%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 10. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

coaching decisionWidely held among fans

fans think Ben Arbuckle’s performance is holding back the team’s success

4 OU problems #1 John Mateer, can,t throw or read defense # Ben Arbuckle, can't call play's

Ben Arbuckle is too young to be our offensive coordinator. Oklahoma might have made a big mistake extending BV contract.

Based on 4 comments from 3 posters across 3 threads · Sep 12, 2026–Sep 15, 2026 · via Oklahoma Sooners, sooners

player performanceEarly signal — few voices

fans blame the quarterback for throwing too many interceptions

He was good until he reverted to his dumbass self and threw two of the most horrific picks you can have. On both it was straight to a defender and the second throw there were two Kentucky players that had it before any OU player ever had a chance.

Mateer threw a pick and basically collapsed along with the o-line after that, we were down 1 and he threw a pick-6 then threw another pick to end the game.

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Oct 18, 2026 · via CFB

player performanceLimited signal that season

fans believe the QB-WR connection is more reliable

The QB/WR connection looks much better, we will probably win more because those look good.

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Aug 31, 2025 · via CFB

program directionOne fan's take

One fan thinks opponents will struggle to score against the defense

Oklahoma’s defense is gonna eat you up.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 7, 2026 · via CFB ON FOX

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player performanceOne fan's take

One fan believes Ben Arbuckle underperformed in key games

I think Venables knows he has one more chance for OC and he’s gone as well. John Mateer sucks and so does Arbuckle.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 31, 2026 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan believes Ben Arbuckle is underperforming

But God, the offense is horrible and I think it's time for Ben Arbuckle to be removed immediately. Not at the end of the year, NOW!

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 18, 2026 · via sooners

schedule expectationOne fan's take

One fan expects victory in the upcoming game

hope you guys win by 50+

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 8, 2026 · via sooners

scheme identityOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Oklahoma’s offense is consistently strong but the defense is often unreliable

The offense had carried OU all year, and while the defense was holding their own in the 4th quarter and OT, that wasn’t the time to start trusting the defense.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 30, 2026 · via CFB

injury availabilityOne fan's take that season

One fan believes mateer’s injury reduced the team’s ability to score points

I think for OU it will really depend on if we have a run game or not. Without one we were too easy to defend against and it was made worse once mateer got hurt.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 28, 2026 · via CFB

fan moraleOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Oklahoma’s defense in 2018 was among the worst in the country

2017-2018. Absolutely elite offenses with bottom 5 in the country defenses. Although 2017 I think was a better team overall with Baker at the helm (the Rose Bowl is one of the only OU games I can't rewatch) the 2018 offense with Kyler actually put up some better numbers. The defense was just even worse.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 20, 2026 · via CFB

coaching decisionOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks better defensive coaching would have helped him win more

If we had this defense and the Riley era offense, we could have realistically won four in a row from 2015-2018 with Baker and Kyler.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 5, 2025 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks Jackson Arnold struggles under pressure

Your giants at OL against our DL will tell the tale of how the game will go. If we can shut down your running game and make Arnold throw, it will be a long day.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 13, 2025 · via CFB

Rival talk

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Oklahoma fans 85% of posts bring up another team▼1pp quieter#5 of 77 saltiest · mostly about Texas
Who Oklahoma fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Texas25%
  2. Michigan13%
  3. Georgia10%
  4. Kentucky6%
  5. Nebraska6%
share of Oklahoma’s football posts that mention each team
Oklahoma lives rent-free in
  1. Oklahoma State25%
  2. Michigan7%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Oklahoma
Rivalry mirrorHow the rival's fans talk about you vs. you about them.
The rivalry mirror 2026 season
Oklahoma
×
Texas
← Oklahoma fans, on Texas
Texas fans, on Oklahoma →
perz 4.7
unrankedz 2.5
currentz 3.4
archz 2.2
allowedz 2.5
ydsz 2.2
penaltiesz 2.3
playsz 2.0
thoughz 2.0
secondz 2.0

“Pistols firing, touchdown East Texas A&M”

reddit/sooners · fan post
Words each fanbase uses about the other far more than in everyday talk. A longer bar means the word stands out more. The number is its z-score, how far above usual it runs; 2 or more is notable.
Rivalry wordsNumbers from Words for this program and its tier-1 rival, staged side by side.
What the sport says about this rivalry 2026 season · from Words

The watchlist words in play for this rivalry, Oklahoma vs. Texas, staged head to head. A number is how much a program uses that word against the average FBS program — above or below 1.0× — not raw volume, and not a claim about who says it about whom.

Oklahoma Texas
The whole board →

How Oklahoma fans talk

Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about Against the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Name of the weekBen Arbuckle×1407.2Wk 10
Brent Venables
×151.7 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Brent Venables×151.7
Ben Arbuckle×306.8
Jason Witten×154.3
Isaiah Sategna×87.0
Bill Bedenbaugh×69.0
Rocky Beers×58.5
Trell Harris×430.3
Stoops×18.9
Daniel Norman×24.8
Characteristic — 3–10× as often
Lincoln Riley×6.2

“Brent Venables has peaked as head coach. He will not win a championship at Oklahoma.”

youtube/Oklahoma Sooners · fan post
Fans on Brent Venables
  1. brent venables is also just a symptom The extension wasn't some calculated risk that turned out
  2. Brent venables competence. 3. And I really don't know how to respond to someone who has failed
  3. Brent venables and didn't bother doing a lot of vetting for anything. 2. I'm not sure what was
  4. If Brent Venables job was on the line, changes would’ve been made long ago! This falls solely on
  5. Brent venables they are following Nebraska's path to irrelevancy because Brent venables is an excellent
  6. Brent Venables as DC. If I think about it for more than 4 hours, I'd have to go to the doctor.
  7. So, you making the ridiculous assertion that you think Brent venables is the right guy completely disqualifies you from the "does it work or doesn't it
  8. Brent Venables. I don't want to see BV go anywhere. His defenses have been amazing. Defense is
What they're calledThe slang the sport reaches for about this program more than most.
What the sport calls them 2026 season · from Words

How often college football reaches for these watchlist words about Oklahoma — against the average FBS program, or against their own usual rate — said by rival fans and national media as readily as by their own people.

The whole board →
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Doomers
Optimism
4th
Joy
11th
Anger
95th
Doom
71st
Sarcasm
66th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026per
perarbucklemateercoachpointssos
I personally enjoyed our recent rivalry game.
2025auburn
auburnucftennesseeoddsproductionpreseason
Kent State has 19 more rushing yards than auburn had at halftime.
2024offense
offenseoffensivetransfer portalportalsoonerstransfer
Our entire offense is ass so theres that
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