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College Football Playoff 2017: Case for the Oklahoma Sooners

By Jesse Smith

COLUMBUS, OH - SEPTEMBER 09: Head coach Lincoln Riley of the Oklahoma Sooners reacts during the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH - SEPTEMBER 09: Head coach Lincoln Riley of the Oklahoma Sooners reacts during the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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Case against Oklahoma

Oklahoma has one of the best schedules and college football. That carries a lot of weight, but with one loss already they have no room for error. They can’t lose anymore and they need Iowa State to keep winning so that loss doesn’t look as a bad as it once did earlier in the season.

The Big 12 has been better than expected this year, but they need teams like Oklahoma State and TCU not to fall into a drought. Saturday they play No. 6 TCU, can they beat them? TCU has only lost to Iowa State (are these two teams twins?), but after Week 11 is over somebody else will have an inner conference loss.

Besides the tough schedule that Oklahoma plays, their defense hasn’t been up to snuff as of late. As great as they played against Ohio State only allowing 16 points, they played Oklahoma State and allowed 52 points. Yes 52 points and we aren’t talking about the basketball team.

Oklahoma scored 62 points, but you can’t bank on scoring 62 points to defeat a top team especially if you are planning on making the College Football Playoff. This unit will have to tighten up if they want to be there in the finish.

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