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This story incorrectly referred to the University of Oklahoma’s football game this season against Oklahoma State. It’s the 12th game on OU’s schedule.

Can this team go undefeated?

It's certainly a strong possibility.

The Sooners should be favored in each of their remaining seven games. The only way they won't be favored is if they stumble this week at Baylor combined with an easy win by Texas at Colorado, or an unexpected loss(es) going into Stillwater in game 14.

Texas has gotten excellent quarterback play and would seem to be the only team on the schedule with across-the-board talent to beat the Sooners. Kansas has plenty of strong players on offense and defense, and Texas Tech has the nation's most potent passing game, but both of those games are in Norman, where Bob Stoops is 57-2. Oklahoma State's offensive personnel are good enough to beat anyone, but the Cowboys haven't proven they can play the kind of effective defense that a team will need to slow down the high-octane Sooners.

What OU must guard against is the kind of road-game dysfunction that cursed it last season at Colorado, Iowa State and Texas Tech. Winning 55-14 at Washington showed that may be a thing of the past, but this week's game in Waco could tell a lot. Trips to Kansas State and Texas A&M don't look daunting now, but upsets never do.

Of course, all bets are off if Sam Bradford gets hurt.

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