OU Football Tradition | OU in College Football History

Updated January 25, 2012

 
The Sooners have been a football power since OU first fielded a team in 1895 (12 years before Oklahoma became a state). Stats are updated through the date listed at the top of the page. Win-loss records are from results on the field with all-time points limited to schools which have played a minimum of 1,000 games.
 

All-Time Winning Percentage  School % W-L-T Games  1. Michigan .73569 895-310-36 1241  2. Notre Dame .73138 853-300-42 1195  3. Oklahoma .71761 821-307-53 1181  4. Texas .71621 858-330-33 1221  5. Ohio State .71600 837-316-53 1206  6. Alabama .70986 814-320-43 1177  7. Southern Cal .70270 779-314-54 1147  8. Nebraska .70121 846-349-40 1235  9. Penn State .68958 827-361-41 1229  10. Tennessee .68719 794-347-53 1194		Total Wins  School Wins Games  1. Michigan 895 1241  2. Texas 858 1221  3. Notre Dame 853 1195  4. Nebraska 846 1235  5. Ohio State 837 1206  6. Penn State 827 1229  7. Oklahoma 821 1181  8. Alabama 814 1177  9. Tennessee 794 1194  10. Southern Cal 779 1147
All-Time Points Scored*  School  Points  Games  PPG  1. Oklahoma  31,932  1181  27.03  2. Notre Dame  30,126  1195  25.21  3. Nebraska  30,739  1235  24.88  4. Michigan  30,799  1241  24.81  5. Texas  29,508  1221  24.16  6. Southern Cal  27,675  1147  24.12  7. Alabama  28,105  1177  23.87  8. Ohio State  28,064  1206  23.27  9. Penn State  28,096  1229  22.86  10. Tennessee  26,631  1194  22.30		All-Time Points Allowed*  School  Points  Games  PPG  1. Alabama  13,408  1177  11.39  2. Michigan  14,149  1241  11.40  3. Ohio State  14,471  1206  11.99  4. Penn State  15,369  1229  12.50  5. Notre Dame  15,000  1195  12.55  6. Oklahoma  15,043  1181  12.73  7. Tennessee  15,368  1194  12.87  8. Southern Cal  14,793  1147  12.89  9. Texas  15,787  1221  12.92  10. LSU  15,368  1169  13.14
All-Americans  School Unanimous Consensus  1. Oklahoma 31 75      Notre Dame 31 96  3. Ohio State 29 78  4. Southern Cal 26 79  5. Michigan 25 78  6. Texas 22 53  7. Nebraska 21 53      Alabama 21 48  9. Miami 15 35  10. Pittsburgh 13 49		Weeks Ranked  AP Poll No. 1 Top 5 Top 10 All  1. Oklahoma 101 380 531 720  2. Notre Dame 95 277 496 715  3. Ohio State 94 310 527 788  4. Southern Cal 90 274 456 706  5. Nebraska 70 296 514 686  6. Miami 68 202 291 450  7. Florida State 60 208 311 473  8. Alabama 46 293 438 677  9. Texas 45 267 443 686  10. Florida 41 179 307 531
Bowl Wins  School Wins Appearances  1. Alabama 34 59  2. Southern Cal 32 48  3. Oklahoma 27 45      Penn State 27 44  5. Georgia 26 47      Texas 26 50  7. Tennessee 25 49  8. Nebraska 24 48      Florida State 24 40  10. Georgia Tech 22 40		NFL Draft Selections  School Picks First Rd.  1. Southern Cal 468 72  2. Notre Dame 466 59  3. Ohio State 394 68  4. Oklahoma 346 42  5. Michigan 335 43  6. Nebraska 334 32  7. Tennessee 327 42  8. Penn State 323 36  9. Texas 322 41  10. Miami (Fla.) 299 59

 
* Minimum 1,000 Games | Stats are courtesy College Football Data Warehouse and the NCAA.
 
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