Running back Jovantae Barnes has missed the Sooners' last two games, and he is questionable for their game against South Carolina.

The Oklahoma Sooners (5-1 overall, 1-1 in the SEC) are looking for a bounce-back performance this weekend. After suffering their first loss of the season last week against the Texas Longhorns, OU will be on the road this week against the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Until they left for the Southeastern Conference, OU was an unstoppable force in the Big 12 Conference for a quarter-century.

South Carolina welcomes Oklahoma to Williams-Brice Stadium. Here's all you need to know on how to watch Saturday's action.

On Saturday, the sixth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners lost 23-6 to the Texas Longhorns in the Red River Rivalry. For the third time in four years under head coach Brent Venables, Oklahoma failed to score a touchdown against its biggest rival. The Sooners are now 1-3 against Texas under Venables.

Find single game tickets to the Oklahoma Sooners vs. South Carolina Gamecocks college football Week 8 matchup on Saturday, October 18, 2025.

The Texas Longhorns beat their first Power Four opponent of the 2025 season in a big way on Saturday, defeating their archrival, the Oklahoma Sooners, by a score of 23-6.

Arch Manning and Texas finally figured some things out on Saturday afternoon and picked up their first Power 4 win of the season.

The Sooners’ overhaul includes a GM on equal footing with the head coach, an athletic-director search led by the former CEO of AT&T and a front office modeled after the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Oklahoma Sooners fell out of the top 10 in ESPN's most recent power rankings. What's the biggest issue facing Oklahoma?