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After Big Win, Oklahoma Rises in College Football Polls

The Sooners delivered a 73-0 beatdown on Arkansas State but only moved up a little in Tuesday's polls.
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After Big Win, Oklahoma Rises in College Football Polls
After Big Win, Oklahoma Rises in College Football Polls

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NORMAN — After an historic victory, Oklahoma rose two spots in both the AFCA Coaches Poll and the Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday.

The Sooners are up to No. 17 in the coaches poll, up from their preseason ranking of No. 19, and No. 18 in the AP poll, up two spots from No. 20, after a 73-0 victory over Arkansas State on Saturday.

It was OU’s largest margin of victory in a season opener since 1917, and their largest margin of victory over an FBS since 2003.

Georgia remains No. 1 in both polls, ahead of No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Alabama and No. 4 Florida State. Texas is the highest-ranked team in the Big 12, coming in at No. 11 in the AP poll, while Kansas State is No. 15. 

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The Sooners host SMU this week in a 5 p.m. game at Owen Field. 

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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