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Kickoff: 11:00 AM CT
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Television: ESPN
Notes & Storylines
- The 2023 season marks the 129th in OU football history. The Sooners lead the country with their 50 all-time conference championships.
- Oklahoma is 99-23-6 all-time in season openers and has won its last six such contests and 12 of its last 13.
- This marks the 24th straight season the Sooners have been ranked in the preseason AP poll and, at No. 20, this is their lowest preseason position during that stretch.
- Arkansas State, which is in its third year under head coach Butch Jones, went 3-9 last season and finished seventh in the Sun Belt Conference West Division with a 1-7 record.
- After adding 47 new players to the program last season, Oklahoma welcomes 65 newcomers for 2023.
- Oklahoma returns 10 players (not including specialists) who started at least nine of the team’s 13 games last season (five on each side of the ball).