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Most Important College Football Game for Each Top 25 Team During 2016 Season

By Zach Bigalke

Sep 17, 2016; Oxford, MS, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide running back Bo Scarbrough (9) moves past Mississippi Rebels linebacker DeMarquis Gates (3) during the fourth quarter of the game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Alabama won 48-43. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 17, 2016; Oxford, MS, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide running back Bo Scarbrough (9) moves past Mississippi Rebels linebacker DeMarquis Gates (3) during the fourth quarter of the game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Alabama won 48-43. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 3, 2016; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver Geno Lewis (5) scores a touchdown against the Oklahoma State Cowboys during the second quarter at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 3, 2016; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver Geno Lewis (5) scores a touchdown against the Oklahoma State Cowboys during the second quarter at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

7. Oklahoma Embraces the Bedlam 38-20 for Big 12 Title (Dec. 3)

Just like last year, it all came down to Bedlam for the Sooners. And just like last year, Oklahoma dominated their in-state rival to claim the Big 12 title. The win over fellow top-ten school Oklahoma State vaulted two-loss Oklahoma all the way up to seventh in the final College Football Playoff Top 25. For a while it looked as though the Cowboys would be the ones claiming vengeance in Norman, but Bob Stoops’ team pulled it together and ran away with a convincing win by the end.

Ben Grogan put Oklahoma State on the scoreboard first with a chip-shot field goal for the only points of the first quarter. Then Baker Mayfield hit Dede Westbrook on a 69-yard scoring play to open the second quarter, and Oklahoma kicked a field goal of its own on its ensuing drive to go up 10-7. It looked like the Pokes had snatched back a 17-10 halftime lead at halftime when Mason Rudolph ran in a six-yard score with 1:34 left, but the Sooners responded with a 76-yard TD drive that took just 1:01 to execute.

Tied after the break, Oklahoma made the necessary adjustments to dominate their rivals. Rudolph ended the game completing just 44 percent of his passes for less than 200 yards. For the Sooners, Samaje Perine stole the show. Perine showcased the burst that allowed him to set the NCAA single-game rushing record last season, finishing with 239 yards and a touchdown. The win gave Oklahoma the Big 12 title and the league’s spot in the Sugar Bowl.

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