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NORMAN, Okla. -- How big a game is in store for Oklahoma fans when their No. 8 Sooners host undefeated and No. 5 Notre Dame on Saturday (7 p.m., ABC)? Take a look at history.
 
Since the AP Poll began in 1936, the matchup will mark just the 17th time a game has been played on Owen Field in Norman with both Oklahoma and the opponent ranked in the AP Top 10.
 
The Sooners are 10-6 (.625) in the previous 16 games:
 

Top-10 Matchups in Norman
Date		Score		Att.
10/27/12	-	(8) Oklahoma vs. (5) Notre Dame	Non-Conference	-
11/22/08	W	(5) Oklahoma 65, (2) Texas Tech 21	Big 12 Conference Game	85,646*
10/19/02	W	(2) Oklahoma 49, (9) Iowa State 3	Big 12 Conference Game	75,201
10/28/00	W	(3) Oklahoma 31, (1) Nebraska 14	Big 12 Conference Game	75,989
09/30/95	L	(4) Colorado 38, (10) Oklahoma 17	Big 8 Conference Game	75,004
11/19/88	L	(7) Nebraska 7, (9) Oklahoma 3	Big 8 Conference Game	75,004
09/06/86	W	(1) Oklahoma 38, (4) UCLA 3	Non-Conference	75,684
11/23/85	W	(5) Oklahoma 27, (2) Nebraska 7	Big 8 Conference Game	75,554
11/24/84	W	(2) Oklahoma 24, (3) Oklahoma State 14	Big 8 Conference Game	76,198
09/17/83	L	(6) Ohio State 24, (2) Oklahoma 14	Non-Conference	76,520
11/24/79	W	(8) Oklahoma 17, (3) Nebraska 14	Big 8 Conference Game	72,516
11/22/75	W	(7) Oklahoma 35, (2) Nebraska 10	Big 8 Conference Game	71,952
11/23/73	W	(3) Oklahoma 27, (10) Nebraska 0	Big 8 Conference Game	62,257
11/25/71	L	(1) Nebraska 35, (2) Oklahoma 31	Big 8 Conference Game	62,884
10/16/71	W	(2) Oklahoma 45, (6) Colorado 17	Big 8 Conference Game	62,501
10/22/66	L	(1) Notre Dame 38, (10) Oklahoma 0	Non-Conference	62,626
09/26/53	L	(1) Notre Dame 28, (6) Oklahoma 21	Non-Conference	59,461

* Largest football crowd in the history of the state of Oklahoma.
 
Twleve of the 16 games have been conference games. The other four? A 38-3 win against UCLA in 1986 (the last non-conference game this big in Norman), a 24-14 loss to Ohio State in 1983 and a pair of losses to Notre Dame in 1966 (the last time the Irish visited Owen Field) and 1953.
 
In the 76 seasons since 1936, OU has played in 83 total games between AP Top-10 teams. The Sooners are 48-34-1 (.584) in those matchups. But 67 of those 83 games (80%) were away from Norman.
 

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The most common opponents for OU in those 83 Top-10 games? Nebraska (17 meetings), Texas (15), Colorado (4), Florida State (4), Notre Dame (4) and USC (3).
 
Under Coach Stoops, the Sooners have played in three Top-10 matchups on Owen Field, winning all three (Texas Tech in 2008, Iowa State in 2002 and Nebraska in 2000).