Alabama and Indiana are set to face off in the Rose Bowl on January 1.

Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer addressed doubts about his team after their College Football Playoff game against Oklahoma.

Ty Simpson passed for 232 yards and two touchdowns as No. 9 seed Alabama rallied to beat No. 8 Oklahoma 34-24 in the College Football Playoff first round.

Brent Venables has transformed the Oklahoma Sooners into a defensive powerhouse.

A University of Oklahoma instructor has been placed on leave after a student complained about receiving a failing grade on a paper.

John Mateer threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Sategna with 4:16 left to overcome three interceptions, and No. 8 Oklahoma beat LSU 17-13 on Saturday night to likely wrap up a College Football Playoff spot.

The University of Oklahoma's iconic covered wagon mascot, the Sooner Schooner, has been pulled onto Owen Field in Norman for 60 years.

The NCAA has moved a step closer to allowing athletes and athletic department staff members to bet on professional sports.

The Southeastern Conference announced league matchups for the next four years and designated three annual opponents for each of its 16 teams.

Oklahoma has sparked controversy with a second-quarter touchdown against Auburn on Saturday.

John Mateer passed for 271 yards as No. 11 Oklahoma defeated No. 22 Auburn 24-17.

The Pride of Oklahoma marching band has been benched because of budget constraints.

Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione has announced that the upcoming academic year will be his last in charge of the department, with an official retirement planned for June 2028.

A sprawling storm system crossing the U.S. has caused deadly crashes, damaged buildings and fanned more than 100 wildfires in several central states, prompting evacuation orders in some communities.

The College Football Playoff committee took wins over strength of schedule, taking SMU over Alabama for the final at-large spot in the field.

Tennessee moved up to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll as the Volunteers continue to surge up the rankings, and No. 25 Boise State returned to the AP Top 25 for the first time in four years.

Houston still has a tight grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 while Kansas is out of the top 10 for the first time in three seasons.

Chance McMillian scored 27 points to help No. 20 Texas Tech beat No. 11 Oklahoma 85-84 and solidify the Red Raiders’ hold on first place in the Big 12.

Dillon Gabriel accounted for a school-record eight touchdowns to help No. 17 Oklahoma roll past West Virginia 59-20.

Dillon Gabriel passed for 253 yards and three touchdowns against his former team, Oklahoma stopped a two-point conversion attempt in the closing minutes and the sixth-ranked Sooners held on to beat UCF 31-29.

UCF comes off the bye week with a date with Oklahoma in Norman, OK, on Saturday.

Dillon Gabriel completed 19 of 22 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns in the first half and No. 20 Oklahoma defeated Arkansas State 73-0.

Country music star Toby Keith was back on stage over the Fourth of July weekend with his first shows since revealing last summer that he had been fighting stomach cancer.

Parts of the Southern Plains are surveying the damage and counting the injured after tornadoes and other powerful winds.

Carnegie Mellon University and the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation announced Wednesday a $116 million gift to endow scholarships for graduate students studying STEM from groups underrepresented in the fields, including racial minorities, women and first-generation college students.

Rory McIlroy says golf cannot begin to come together as long as Greg Norman is running Saudi-funded LIV Golf.

Dillon Gabriel passed for 403 yards and Oklahoma defeated No. 19 Kansas 52-42 to end its losing skid at three games.

A day after Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy announced his resignation, the school said Gundy uttered what it called a racially charged word multiple times during a film session last week.

Anti-government demonstrators in Hungary have blocked one of the capital’s main thoroughfares during morning rush-hour traffic, the latest in a series of protests against recent changes to the country’s tax code that have carried on for nearly a week.

Five of the puppies playing Sunday are from Florida Little Dog Rescue.

A week into the soft opening of Tin Whiskey Southern Kitchen & Still in Cocoa Village, and owner Stevie Whittaker still feels dazed.

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley made a quarterback switch that put a Heisman Trophy hopeful on the bench and a freshman at the helm of a top-10 team.

Caleb Williams threw for 402 yards and six touchdowns and No. 4 Oklahoma finally put together a complete game, rolling past Texas Tech 52-21 on Saturday.

Gabe Brkic’s 30-yard field goal as time expired gave No. 4 Oklahoma a 16-13 win over West Virginia.

Oklahoma hoped days like this were in the past.

Standardized tests are returning to the nation’s schools, but with lower stakes and an option to opt out for many families.

Parents, schools and vaccine clinics are rushing to get younger adolescents inoculated after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 12.

Kurt Watson will serve as the interim athletic director as the school searches for both an AD and football coach. “We will immediately begin our search for a new athletics director. “But we are making long-term decisions on an athletics director and a football coach, and we cannot sacrifice the quality of a search simply for expediency. “I leave KU with a heavy heart and profound confidence that I have always acted in the best interests of Kansas Athletics,” Long said in a statement Wednesday night. “We made strides in academics, fundraising, facilities and diversity and inclusion, among other areas, and I truly believe the best days of Kansas athletics lie ahead.”

FILE - Kansas head coach Les Miles is shown before an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., in this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, file photo. LSU's former athletic director recommended in 2013 that Les Miles be fired as Tigers football coach because of his behavior with female student workers. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Les Miles is out as Kansas' head coach just days after he was placed on administrative leave amid sexual misconduct allegations from his tenure at LSU. Miles was investigated at LSU after two female student workers in the football program accused the coach of inappropriate behavior in 2012. AdFor Kansas, Miles' departure is just the latest setback for what has been college football's worst Power Five program for a decade.

De'Vion Harmon scored 18 points to help No. I thought these guys (Oklahoma), they play hard to begin with, and then when they’re down two starters, they really bought in. “Anytime you can win a game like that is big from a resume standpoint, big from a confidence standpoint, momentum. A pair of free throws by Keon Ellis gave Alabama a 60-59 lead with just under four minutes to play. Alabama could take a significant hit with this loss, especially given the players Oklahoma was missing.

Oklahoma guards De'Vion Harmon (11) and Elijah Harkless (24) react during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Garett Fisbeck)NORMAN, Okla. – De’Vion Harmon scored 22 points and Oklahoma beat No. Reaves scored 16 points, all in the second half, and made 10 of 11 free throws. Kansas put Oklahoma in the bonus early in the second half and the Sooners took advantage, making 18 of 22 foul shots after not having a free-throw attempt in the first half. Oklahoma: Oklahoma hasn’t cracked the Top 25 this season, but now is in sole possession of third place in a league with five top-15 teams.

Head coach Urban Meyer of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks on against the Oklahoma Sooners at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 17, 2016 in Norman, Oklahoma. JACKSVONVILLE, Fla. – ***UPDATE: 6:50 p.m. Jan. 14, 2021 ***The Jacksonville Jaguars have named Urban Meyer as the next head coach of the team. ***ORIGINAL***A person familiar with the search says Urban Meyer and the Jacksonville Jaguars are working toward finalizing a deal to make him the team’s coach. The Jacksonville Jaguars continue to search for a new head coach, with former Ohio State and Florida Gators leader Urban Meyer apparently at the top of the team’s wish list. Meyer won three national championships two with the Gators and one with the Buckeyes, and compiled an overall college record of 187-32.

Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson (10) passes in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki).

NORMAN, Okla. – A Kansas State squad that lost its opener to Arkansas State two weeks ago, had its roster depleted by COVID-19, and entered Saturday's game against No. Kansas State coach Chris Klieman said he didn't know until Friday if he'd have enough players available at all position groups to play the game. Kansas State upset Oklahoma 48-41 in Manhattan, Kansas, last year, making the loss especially disappointing for the Sooners. Oklahoma outgained the Wildcats 517 yards to 400 but had four turnovers to none for Kansas State. STAT LINESIn the fourth quarter, Kansas State outscored Oklahoma 17-0.

5 Oklahoma rolled past Missouri State 48-0 on Saturday night. Rattler, the highly touted redshirt freshman from Phoenix, only played the first two quarters and helped the Sooners take a 41-0 lead. The Sooners led 31-0 at the end of the first quarter and outgained the Bears 236 yards to 1. The Sooners held Missouri State to 136 yards and seven first downs in their first shutout since 2015. He took over a Missouri State program that went 1-10 last season.

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 file photo, Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley talks with players during an NCAA college football game between Iowa State and Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. As usual, Riley is taking his time naming a starting quarterback. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

George Floyd, a black man, died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25 and his death sparked protests. Black officers find themselves torn between two worlds when it comes to the protests against police brutality happening around the U.S. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Black police officers find themselves torn between two worlds: They feel the pain of seeing yet another black man killed at the hands of fellow officers, yet they must also try to keep the peace during angry protests fueled by that death. Black police officers who saw the footage "let out a sigh of disgust and abandonment right there, Richards said. The National Black Police Association was blunt in its assessment of Floyd's death and how law enforcement has historically treated black citizens. Police work in the U.S. has been challenging for black officers since the beginning.