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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Big 12 Champs Rise to No. 3 in Polls
December 02, 2007 | Football
NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma surged to No. 3 in the latest AP, Coaches
and Harris polls released Sunday afternoon. The Sooners
(11-2) rocked then-No. 1 Missouri, 38-17, in the Big
12 Championship Game Saturday night at the Alamodome
in San Antonio. OU became the first Big 12 team to
win back-to-back championships and claimed the program's
fifth conference title in eight seasons and 41st overall.
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OU was No. 4 in the BCS standings and will play Big East champion West Virginia (10-2) in the 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., on January 2. It's Oklahoma's sixth BCS bowl game in the past eight seasons and second consecutive in the Fiesta.
Initiated in 1936, the AP has issued 969 weekly polls to date. In more than one-third of the polls (36%), Oklahoma has been ranked in the top five. No team in college football history has been ranked more times in the AP top five than Oklahoma. OU and Notre Dame are tied for the most weeks ranked No. 1 at 95 each.
OU All-Time in the AP Poll | Oklahoma Football History & Tradition
The BCS standings formula consists of three components, each weighted equally: the Coaches Poll, the Harris Poll and an average of six computer rankings (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe).
Complete BCS Standings | About the BCS | Computer Rankings
OU was No. 4 in the BCS standings and will play Big East champion West Virginia (10-2) in the 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., on January 2. It's Oklahoma's sixth BCS bowl game in the past eight seasons and second consecutive in the Fiesta.
Initiated in 1936, the AP has issued 969 weekly polls to date. In more than one-third of the polls (36%), Oklahoma has been ranked in the top five. No team in college football history has been ranked more times in the AP top five than Oklahoma. OU and Notre Dame are tied for the most weeks ranked No. 1 at 95 each.
OU All-Time in the AP Poll | Oklahoma Football History & Tradition
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The BCS standings formula consists of three components, each weighted equally: the Coaches Poll, the Harris Poll and an average of six computer rankings (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe).
Complete BCS Standings | About the BCS | Computer Rankings
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