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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/usffan on 2025-06-14 12:29:01+00:00.
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Oklahoma State (high = 58, low = 91) is a college football team! They’re #70! They’re also the first team from the Big XII to enter the countdown as we’re now exactly 10 weeks from the start of the 2025 football season. Mike Gundy, who trails only Kirk Ferentz in terms of being the longest tenured coach in FBS, will try to steer the Cowboys to a rebound season after 2024’s 3-9, dead last effort, ending a run of 18 consecutive bowl appearances and their first losing season since his inaugural campaign in 2005. He’s going to have to do a lot of work to achieve that, because Oklahoma State ranks 104th in returning production, including ranking in the bottom 12 in the country on offense. Gone is every QB who threw a pass last year (Alan Bowman’s in the UFL, Maealiuki Smith transferred to Ole Miss and Garrett Rangel transferred to Virginia Tech) leading RB and 2023 legend Ollie Gordon (Miami Dolphins), leading WR De’Zhaun Stribling (Ole Miss) and every receiver who caught more than 1 TD pass (along with 4* LB Kendal Daniels to Oklahoma - that probably has to sting the most!). Gundy did hit the portal, bringing in the 5th best class in the Big XII (32nd nationally), including revamping the entire OL and former Nebraska WR Jaylen Lloyd, totaling 22 players on the 2 deep coming in from the portal. Pairing that with the 12th best high school recruiting class, it’s hard to muster a lot of optimism for a Cowboy renaissance in 2025. After a tune up game against UT Martin, Oklahoma State travels to Eugene for a week 2 matchup that on paper looks like a mismatch. They close out their OOC with a home game vs. bottom 10 Tulsa, so heading into the Big XII with a 2-1 record means hunting for 4 wins. But that conference schedule isn’t as imposing as you might think. They face 8 of the bottom 12 ranked teams in the conference (and that includes them at the bottom), and given the track record of predicting how strong teams were going to do in the Big XII last season (recall Arizona State was picked dead last last year), don’t be surprised if Gundy steers the Cowboys to a bowl in 2025.