The Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Illinois State Redbirds on Saturday evening by a final score of 35-3. OU improved to 1-0 on the 2025 season with the 32-point win, and they'll be back at home for a ...

Year four of the Brent Venables era kicks off in Week 1. Oklahoma football looks to make a run in the SEC, but first, they need to take care of business against Illinois State. While not the biggest ...

The Oklahoma Sooners took care of business in their season opener against Illinois State. It wasn't necessarily the score that many were expecting, but the game was never in doubt. Oklahoma picked up ...

While prior results are meaningless without context, I wish I had a time machine after what unfolded in Week 1. If I did, I'd have given you six unders to bet and we'd have fared a lot better than ...

Illinois State, though, isn't a normal FCS team. Last year's bunch won 11 games with a run into the second round of the FCS Playoffs, and longtime head man Brock Spack has another good team returning.

Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer (10) runs against Illinois State during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams) Alonzo Adams ...

It's easy to get caught up in the moment. It's easy to celebrate before securing an accomplishment. But the Oklahoma Sooners are very aware of that dynamic as they prepare to face Illinois State in ...

NORMAN, Okla. — John Mateer passed for 392 yards and three touchdowns in a record-setting first game at Oklahoma, and the 18th-ranked Sooners beat Illinois State 35-3 on Saturday night. Mateer, a ...

Oklahoma opens the 2025 season against an NCAA Division I FCS opponent. The Sooners host Illinois State of the Missouri Valley Conference on Saturday, Aug. 30. The Redbirds went 10-4 a year ago and ...

Ryan Chapman and John Hoover offer their real-time observations from the Sooners’ first contest of 2025 against the Illinois State Redbirds. NORMAN — Sooners on SI offers real-time observations from ...

Oklahoma struggled on offense last season, ranking 21st-worst in the FBS (331.0 yards per game). However, it ranked 19th-best on the defensive side of the ball, giving up only 318.2 yards per game.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday called for a stay on imposing the federal court order limiting the spread of poultry litter in the Illinois River watershed and appointing a special master to ...