Oklahoma
Cincinnati opens its first Big 12 Conference schedule Saturday at home against No. 16 Oklahoma. The Bearcats (2-1) seek their first victory in three all-time meetings against the Sooners (3-0), who start their last Big 12 campaign before joining the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2024.
An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a woman’s vehicle, telling officers later that she had cut him off.
Dillon Gabriel threw for 421 yards and five touchdowns, three of them to Nic Anderson, and No. 19 Oklahoma rolled to a 66-17 victory over in-state rival Tulsa.
No. 19 Oklahoma’s trip to Tulsa brings a reunion of coaching colleagues Brent Venables, Kevin Wilson
Oklahoma coach Brent Venables and Tulsa coach Kevin Wilson will renew acquaintances when their teams meet on Saturday.
The defense attorney for the BTK serial killer has insisted that his client was not involved in the 1976 disappearance of an Oklahoma teen, even as the dispute between the sheriff and prosecutor over the investigation intensifies.
An Oklahoma County district attorney says she will not seek to retry a convicted killer who was freed after nearly 50 years in prison despite a judge ordering a new trial because police failed to turn over key evidence.
An Oklahoma prosecutor says there’s insufficient evidence to charge the BTK serial killer in the 1976 disappearance of a 16-year-old girl despite statements from law enforcement officials calling him a prime suspect.
Dillon Gabriel threw four touchdown passes, Tawee Walker ran for a career-high 117 yards and No. 18 Oklahoma clawed out a 28-11 win over SMU.
Country music star Zach Bryan says he was arrested by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and jailed briefly in northeast Oklahoma.
Oklahoma is coming off a 73-0 opening win over Arkansas State. The Sooners outgained the Red Wolves 642 yards to 208 and didn’t commit a turnover.
Since splitting up 11 years ago, No. 11 Texas and No. 23 Texas A&M have traveled similarly underwhelming paths.
There are some heavyweight showdowns for Big 12 schools in Week 2 of the college football season. Texas-Alabama tops the list, but Iowa plays Iowa State, Utah faces Baylor, Cincinnati takes on Pittsburgh, Kansas plays Illinois, Texas Tech plays Oregon and Oklahoma faces Arizona State.
Dillon Gabriel completed 19 of 22 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns in the first half and No. 20 Oklahoma defeated Arkansas State 73-0.
Oklahoma opens its final season as a Big 12 member before leaving for the Southeastern Conference when it hosts Arkansas State.
Lane Kiffin and No. 22 Mississippi are set to open the season against Mercer. The game will provide the answer of who finished fall camp with the edge at quarterback.
Coach Lane Kiffin is back for Mississippi and so is quarterback Jaxson Dart. But Dart has faced a big challenge for the starting job from Oklahoma State transfer Spencer Sanders.
Oklahoma opens its final season as a Big 12 member before leaving for the Southeastern Conference. The Sooners seek a strong start after finishing 6-7 last season under first-year coach Brent Venables.
The Big 12 has 4 new members this year. It is also getting an early look at 3 teams coming next year
The Big 12 has four new teams debuting in the league this season. Some coincidental non-conference scheduling means the league also gets an early look at what’s more to come.
Alabama’s proposed procedures to carry out executions with nitrogen gas include fitting a mask over the inmate’s nose and mouth and replacing their breathing air with nitrogen gas until their heart stops The state described the procedures for the proposed new execution method in a court filing.
Odicci Alexander emerged in 2021 as the star player who led upstart James Madison to the Women’s College World Series semifinals.
Authorities say an off-duty Oklahoma police officer fired a shot that critically wounded a man during a shooting at a high school football game that left a teenager dead.
The dearth of Black coaches leading major college football programs routinely draws scrutiny. This season 14 of 133 major college programs and seven of 69 Power Five conference teams will have Black head coaches.
The Big 12 Conference sprung from the old Big Eight, a bunch of entirely public and largely agricultural schools.
Police say 1 teenager is dead, 2 people wounded after shooting at Oklahoma high school football game
Police in Oklahoma say a teenager has died after being shot during a Friday night high school football game where two other people were wounded and two were injured fleeing the scene.
The four newcomers in the Big 12 Conference brought some huge student bodies into the league, and some long trips too.
The Big 12 Conference is bigger than ever this season with 14 teams. That includes newcomers BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF in the final season for No. 11 Texas and No. 20 Oklahoma before they go to the Southeastern Conference.
Oklahoma’s top public education official has a new target in his culture war fight: the Tulsa school district.
Authorities have named the BTK serial killer as the “prime suspect” in two unsolved killings — one in Oklahoma and another in Missouri — leading authorities to dig this week near his former Kansas property this week.
During the final season of the College Football Playoff’s four-team format, the empires will strike back.
Welcome to the final season of college football as we know it. That might sound extreme, but 2023 has an end-of-an-era feel.
This will be the last season for some of the Big 12’s biggest rivalry games. There will be no more Bedlam in the Big 12, and the Red River game between Oklahoma and Texas will be in the SEC after those schools switch leagues next year.