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It feels like it's been a long time since we have played Tech, but here we are only two weeks later gearing up for our second Big 12 conference road trip. A round of applause for the 79.1% of those who chose the correct outcome. I hope you all bought lottery tickets.
| 2014 Regular Season Schedule |
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| Date | Opponent | Preseason Poll |
Result | Weekly Poll | |||||
| Win | Lose | L > 7 | L = 7 | Tie | W = 7 | W > 7 | |||
| 8/30/14 6:10 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin | 408 | 0 | W 55-16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 284 |
| 9/6/14 11:00 a.m. | @Iowa State | 389 | 17 | W 32-28 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 380 |
| 9/13/14 | bye | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9/18/14 6:30 p.m. | Auburn | 297 | 109 | L 20-14 | 203 | 27 | 54 | 141 | 46 |
| 9/27/14 11:00 a.m. | Texas-El Paso | 192 | 0 | W 58-28 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 146 |
| 10/4/14 6:00 p.m. | Texas Tech | 188 | 4 | W 45-13 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 27 | 330 |
| 10/11/14 | bye | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10/18/14 | @Oklahoma | 81 | 111 | ||||||
| 10/25/14 | Texas | 174 | 5 | ||||||
| 11/1/14 | Oklahoma State | 170 | 9 | ||||||
| 11/8/14 | @TCU | 172 | 7 | ||||||
| 11/15/14 | bye | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11/20/14 6:00 p.m. | @West Virginia | 230 | 3 | ||||||
| 11/29/14 | Kansas | 232 | 1 | ||||||
| 12/6/14 | @Baylor | 129 | 104 | ||||||
The Wildcats head south for the first time this year against an Oklahoma team that has not had the greatest past two weekends. First, a hard-fought loss against TCU. Then a hard-fought victory against the Longhorns in which their offense was outgained 2:1. Next up? A top 15 opponent coming off a bye who desperately needs a victory against a top-flight opponent to prove it's legitimacy.
Wildcats vs Sooners coverage
There were a lot of pre-season pessimists for this one. It was the only game that the majority voted a loss, with Baylor being the next closest contest. Seeing that it is an away game against a Bob Stoops coached football team, I can't say I blame those 111, myself probably included. But gauging by the few comments I have read from the slate today, I would not be shocked if our collective enthusiasm has changed since mid-August.
According to the S&P+ rankings, their offense is vastly superior to ours, grading out at fifth overall compared to our 46th overall ranking. Defensively the clubs are about as even as it gets, forming a Tiger sandwich around the 15th rated LSU Bayou Bengals. Overall, they out-rank us by 21 places, but most humans think that they are only slightly superior to us.
Never mind all that fancy numbers talk though. It'll be a great game (especially if you go to the Granfalloon) win or lose. Ya'll go 'n vote now, ya hear?