That is when the Associated Press poll is released. A victory over the Horned Frogs, coupled with No. 1-ranked USC’s loss at Oregon State on Thursday night, might send the Sooners into the No. 1 spot.

That would give the Oklahoma program 96 weeks atop the AP poll, breaking a tie with Notre Dame for the most weeks ranked No. 1. The Sooners have not enjoyed the top spot since the final week of the 2003 regular season, before OU lost 35-7 to Kansas State in the Big 12 championship game. Oklahoma was No. 2 the entire 2004 season and since then has not been ranked higher than No. 3 (three times last season) The Sooners could be surpassed, however, by No. 3 Georgia. The Bulldogs, ranked No. 1 in the preseason but No. 3 after a close victory over South Carolina, gained big ground in the AP poll last week, from 48 points behind the Sooners on Sept. 15 (1,485 to 1,437) to nine points behind OU last week (1,484 to 1,475). Georgia won big at Arizona State, while the Sooners had last week oU. The Bulldogs play No. 8 Alabama this week.