Porter Moser’s bunch appears to be finding their footing and as such may make the tournament after all. On the women’s side, making the tournament appears to be a given…Coach B. was really a good hire.
In softball Patty Gasso will welcome a team that may go down as the best college softball team of all time and baseball has recruited well and may be headed to Omaha again. Women’s gymnastics and men’s golf will be outstanding as well. Brent Venables appears to be finding his footing as he recruits his type players.
The Sooners currently rank #6 in the country in the combined high school and transfer portal rankings. We lacked talent and most importantly depth last year so these reinforcements will go a long way in returning the Sooners to the top of the football world.
As you know, it is never too early to start thinking ahead for 2023. Football magazines are already putting out their “way too early” rankings for next year. Athlon Magazine has the Sooners ranked #21 in their rankings. While the Sooners are ranked below other Big 12 teams in most preseason rankings, this fact can only be attributable to the 2022 end of season rankings. I expect OU to be at the top of the Big 12 heap next year when everything is said and done.
Below I have listed Athlon’s“way too early” Big 12 ranked teams for 2023…first by conference and then nationally.
Boomer Sooner…
2023 12 preseason rankings…
1. Texas (14)
2. TCU (15)
3. Kansas State (20)
4. OU (21)
5. Texas Tech (31)
Kansas (top 50)
Baylor (top 50)
BYU (top 50)
Cincinnati (top 50)
UCF (top 50)
Houston (unranked)
OSU (unranked)
Iowa State (unranked)
West Virginia (unranked)
Athlon’s “way too early” national rankings…
1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Ohio State
4. USC
5. Alabama
6. Florida State
7. LSU
8. Penn State
9. Tennessee
10. Washington
11. Oregon
12.Notre Dame
13. Clemson
14. Texas
15. TCU
16. Utah
17. Oregon State
18. Tulane
19. North Carolina
20. Kansas State
21. Oklahoma
22. Ole Miss
23. Arkansas
24. Wisconsin
25. South Carolina
26. Boise State
27. UTSA
28. UCLA
29. Troy
30. Texas Tech
31. Louisville
32. Mississippi State
Best of the rest alphabetically…
Air Force
Baylor
BYU
Cincinnati
Coastal Carolina
Duke
Fresno State
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Marshall
Maryland
Miami
Minnesota
NC State
Pitt
South Carolina
Texas A&M
UCF