ARLINGTON, Texas – The Oklahoma Sooners have done all they can on the field, winning a fifth Big 12 title in a row with another close victory over Baylor. Now they wait to see if they will get back in the College Football Playoff.
That, of course, is up to the selection committee.
“I hope they see the Big 12 champions. They’ve got a job to do. I get that,” coach Lincoln Riley said Saturday after sixth-ranked Oklahoma’s 30-23 overtime win against the No. 8 Bears.
“We’ve had a job to do as a team, which was continuing to improve through the year, trust the things that we could and ultimately win the Big 12 championship. We’ve done that.”
Rhamondre Stevenson had a 5-yard touchdown run in overtime for the Sooners, and then freshman Jacob Zeno – whose two long passes in the fourth quarter helped tie the game – was under constant pressure when the Bears got their last chance.