Easiest SEC permanent opponent draws - 16: Oklahoma
This one was obvious, right?
OU was a pretty easy pick just with the eye test, as Ole Miss, Texas, and Missouri have had pretty decent success recently. The Longhorns have been to three straight playoffs (even if that’s in severe jeopardy for this year thanks to QB play), and both Ole Miss and Mizzou have come close recently.
The Tigers won’t ever be a hugely talented squad per the recruiting rankings, but Drinkwitz has been pulling in enough blue-chips and impact transfers to make teams dread games against CoMo’s finest. Though only a mid-tier SEC recruiter, Mizzou will be a problem as long as Eliah is the head man.
And as long as the self-proclaimed Portal King is in the driver’s seat in Oxford, they’ll be a tough out as well. I’m still not sold on the strategy, especially after what happened last year— if you don’t make the playoffs with that team and roster, then when will you?— but Kiffin has put together some intimidating squads.
OU has had one of the hardest schedules in the conference as a welcome to the SEC, and it looks like that isn’t slowing down going forward.