ESPN’s Jake Trotter put Oklahoma at the top of a pretty brutal category on Wednesday, naming the Sooners as the team with the toughest November schedule in college football.
That call came as Trotter handed out schedule superlatives ahead of the 2026 season, and it fits the bigger picture around Oklahoma’s overall slate. ESPN has the Sooners at No. 2 in its strength of schedule rankings, while Ohio State landed as the team with the toughest Power 4 schedule in the sport.
For Oklahoma, the November stretch leaves no room to breathe. The Sooners close the regular season with four straight games: at Florida on Nov. 7, home against Ole Miss on Nov. 14, home against Texas A&M on Nov. 21 and at Mizzou on Nov. 28.
The first and last games in that run are the “easiest” on paper, but neither one looks simple. Oklahoma has to go to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium to face Florida, then finish the month at Mizzou in a rivalry that stretches nearly 125 years. Sandwiched in between are matchups with two 2025 College Football Playoff teams, including what Trotter described as perhaps the best QB-RB duo in the country in Trinidad Chambliss and Kewan Lacy.
Oklahoma isn’t the only team facing a harsh finish, either. Mizzou’s late-season path runs through Texas, then Georgia, before home games against Kentucky and Oklahoma. The Wildcats at home offer a little relief, but a three-week run against Texas, Georgia and Oklahoma is still a heavy lift.
Texas A&M’s closing stretch is no picnic, either. The Aggies finish the season at South Carolina, home against Tennessee, at Oklahoma and home against Texas.
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