The Sooners have been positioned as the best two-loss team and stuck at No. 8 the past few weeks, but that could change entering conference championship weekend.
Oklahoma football is essentially a lock to play in this season’s College Football Playoff, with its No. 8-ranking Tuesday, but there are a few things that could happen that can either help or hurt the Sooners this weekend.
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