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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Sooners No. 4 in Preseason Coaches Poll
August 01, 2019 | Football
NORMAN — Winners of the last four Big 12 titles and a participant in each of the last two College Football Playoffs, the Oklahoma football team begins the third year of the Lincoln Riley era ranked fourth in the preseason Amway Coaches Poll, which was released Thursday.
This marks the 18th time in the last 20 seasons that OU has been ranked eighth or higher in the annual preseason coaches poll, and 14th time in the last 20 years it has been ranked fifth or higher.
The Sooners are one of three Big 12 teams in this year's preseason Amway Coaches Poll. Texas is six spots behind OU at No. 10 while Iowa State is ranked 24th. TCU is eighth among teams receiving votes.
The rest of the top 10 consists of No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Georgia, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 6 LSU, No. 7 Michigan, No. 8 Florida, No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 10 Texas.
Oklahoma, which opens fall camp Saturday, was the preseason pick to win the Big 12 Conference again by the media and boasts a league-high six players on the 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 Team.
Junior tight end Grant Calcaterra, junior wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, junior linebacker Kenneth Murray, sophomore running back Kennedy Brooks and sophomore offensive lineman Creed Humphrey were among the 28 players to earn preseason all-conference recognition by position. Murray was named the Preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year while graduate transfer quarterback Jalen Hurts was voted as the Preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.
OU opens the 2019 season by hosting Houston on Sunday, Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m. CT at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
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