University of Oklahoma Athletics
Sooner Athletics: Tops in the Nation
February 03, 2009 | Athletics
NORMAN, Okla. -- Have you noticed the recent trend in college athletics involving the Sooners? If there's a poll out there, OU is likely ranked at or near the top.
Look around the nation and you won't find an Athletics Department churning out success like that on display at Oklahoma. Men's Gymnastics is No. 1, both basketball teams are ranked No. 2 in the nation and football finished the season at No. 5. The list below details the current records and national rankings for the Sooners across all sports:
If you limit your comparison to football, men's and women's basketball, you will find only two schools ranked in the AP Top 25 across the board -- Oklahoma and Texas. Only three other schools currently have a chance to finish the year ranked in the top 25 in all three sports. That is, both their men's and women's basketball teams are at least receiving votes in the most recent AP polls.
The following table compares those schools, including their cumulative and average ranking. For schools receiving votes in any of the polls, their current place outside the top 25 was projected as their ranking.
When comparing the schools in the Big 12, frankly, there is no comparison. Oklahoma is displaying success unmatched by any conference member.
RV - Receiving votes
Look around the nation and you won't find an Athletics Department churning out success like that on display at Oklahoma. Men's Gymnastics is No. 1, both basketball teams are ranked No. 2 in the nation and football finished the season at No. 5. The list below details the current records and national rankings for the Sooners across all sports:
| OU Sport | Record | Rank | Poll |
| Men's Gymnastics | 6-0 | No. 1 | GymInfo |
| Women's Basketball | 19-2 | No. 2 | Associated Press |
| Men's Basketball | 21-1 | No. 2 | Associated Press |
| Football | 12-2 | No. 5 | Associated Press |
| Women's Gymnastics | 2-2 | No. 7 | GymInfo |
| Softball | Preseason | No. 10 | USA Today/NFCA |
| Wrestling | 15-1 | No. 11 | USA Today/InterMat |
| Baseball | Preseason | No. 16 | Baseball America |
If you limit your comparison to football, men's and women's basketball, you will find only two schools ranked in the AP Top 25 across the board -- Oklahoma and Texas. Only three other schools currently have a chance to finish the year ranked in the top 25 in all three sports. That is, both their men's and women's basketball teams are at least receiving votes in the most recent AP polls.
The following table compares those schools, including their cumulative and average ranking. For schools receiving votes in any of the polls, their current place outside the top 25 was projected as their ranking.
| AP Rankings | Oklahoma |
Texas |
Florida |
Ohio State |
Florida State |
| Football | No. 5 |
No. 4 |
No. 1 |
No. 9 |
No. 21 |
| M Basketball | No. 2 |
No. 16 |
No. 34 |
No. 40 |
No. 44 |
| W Basketball | No. 2 |
No. 16 |
No. 11 |
No. 14 |
No. 15 |
| Cumulative Rank | 9 |
36 |
46 |
63 |
80 |
| Average Rank | 3 |
12 |
15 |
21 |
27 |
When comparing the schools in the Big 12, frankly, there is no comparison. Oklahoma is displaying success unmatched by any conference member.
| Big 12 Schools | Football |
M Basketball |
W Basketball |
| Oklahoma | No. 5 |
No. 2 |
No. 2 |
| Texas | No. 4 |
No. 16 |
No. 16 |
| Oklahoma State | No. 16 |
- |
RV |
| Kansas State | - |
RV |
No. 18 |
| Missouri | No. 19 |
RV |
- |
| Kansas | RV |
No. 21 |
- |
| Baylor | - |
- |
No. 8 |
| Texas A&M | - |
- |
No. 10 |
| Texas Tech | No. 12 |
- |
- |
| Iowa State | - |
- |
No. 21 |
| Nebraska | RV |
- |
- |
| Colorado | - |
- |
- |
RV - Receiving votes
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