Oklahoma head football coach Brent Venables saw some adversity following his third season at the helm in Norman. He'll see more during the 2025 season.

Brad Crawford, who writes for 247Sports, ranked the ten toughest schedules in college football for 2025. He ranked OU’s gauntlet as the hardest in the entire country. He projected that the Sooners will play a ridiculous eight ranked opponents in one season.

It would’ve been an incredibly splashy hire for Venables after 2024 defensive coordinator Zac Alley left for the same position at West Virginia, but that won’t make or break Venables’ time in Norman.

Oklahoma head football coach Brent Venables needs to make things happen for the Sooners during the 2025 season. His job could depend on it.

Oklahoma landed four-star wide receiver Daniel Odom as reported by On3 sports. The 2026 receiver out of Bellflower, CA committed to the Sooners after he visited Norman during the weekend.

As the Oklahoma Sooners enter Year 4 under head coach Brent Venables and Year 2 in SEC, there’s no doubt it’s a make-or-break season. After going 6-7 for the second time in three years in 2024, another season like that won’t be enough wins to keep Venables in Norman.

The 2024 college football season is finally a wrap. For Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, it’s been over for quite some time.

With the winter transfer portal window closed, here’s a way-too-early ranking of Oklahoma football's transfers.

Staff members made their way to Jenks, Rejoice Christian, and Owasso to meet with coaches and players. Jenks Football and Kaydin Jones shared photos of OC Ben Arbuckle, Brandon Hall, Todd Bates, and Brent Venables enjoying the opportunity to meet. Xavier Okwufulueze from Rejoice and Tajh Overton from Owasso were also part of the OU visits.

Josh Norman is departing as the director of Oklahoma’s SOUL mission, he announced on Thursday morning. The SOUL mission is a player development program established by head coach Brent Venables.

This offseason is crucial for the Oklahoma Sooners. With major changes already taking place and more coaching changes on the horizon, I spoke with Oklahoma radio and TV personality Dylan Buckingham to discuss this important period in the Brent Venables era.

Speaking at media day ahead of the College Football Playoff national championship game on Saturday, Knowles sidestepped the question. Knowles was the third-highest paid assistant in college football in 2024, earning $2.2 million. He remains under contract through 2026. Oklahoma paid Alley $850,000.