Sooners move 5 spots to No. 13 in AP Poll
by Staff
Oklahoma jumped five spots in the latest AP Poll released on Sunday, following the Sooners’ 24-13 win over Michigan.
Ohio State and Penn State were ranked in the two top spots in the AP Top 25. LSU comes in at No. 3, Oregon at No. 4, and the Miami Hurricanes are the No. 5 team in the nation.
More ranked teams are ahead for Oklahoma. The next is against the Auburn Tigers in a couple of weeks. Auburn is currently ranked No. 25 after a 2-0 start for the season.
After the OU-Auburn game, the Sooners will play seven more teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25.
Masterful Mateer milks the clock, giving Sooners 24-13 finish over Michigan
by Mike
With 10 minutes left in the game and Oklahoma holding a 21-13 lead, Sooners fans were on edge that previous kicking game miscues might have end up spoiling an otherwise dominating over Michigan performance by quick footed QB John Mateer and a stifling defense.
What was needed was a long drive. One that milked the clock down — perhaps ending in points to put this game away.
What was delivered was exactly that.
It was a masterful drive lead by Mateer, starting on the Oklahoma 19 yard line. Moving the ball 78 yards. And more importantly taking 8:27 off the clock.
Also, it was masterful play calling by offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle (affectionately called Coach ‘Buck by his players), who dialed up a run-based drive — assisted by some ball-control asses from Mateer — in a display of time management we have not seen on Owen Field much since air raid offenses took over the college football landscape in the 1990s.