The Oklahoma Sooners are heading to the final three games of the season. The Sooners face the Ole Miss Rebels, Texas A&M Aggies, and the Missouri Tigers in their final three games. Two of those teams still have a chance at a College Football Playoff berth.
For the Sooners, playoff chances are slim. A wild scenario remains: Oklahoma could make the SEC Championship Game, and a win would get them into the CFP. This team had national championship aspirations before the season, but now they are hoping to play spoiler.
Oklahoma linebacker Owen Heinecke talked about that and also what the goal is for the rest of the season.
"The goal is to go 3-0," Heinecke said via SoonerScoop. "Leave this place with a sense of pride knowing that we've done everything
we could to win games. This is not how any of us expected the season to go. Fans and players alike, and it's disappointing. We can't do anything but keep playing football and continue to try to be our best. The message is our season might not have everything on the table that we initially hoped for, but some of these teams we play still hope for that, so we're going to try to make that not happen for them."
Heinecke's comments reflect the mindset Oklahoma will need over the final three weeks. While the Sooners cannot control how the rest of the SEC standings unfold, they can control their preparation and performance each Saturday. A 3-0 finish would give the team something positive to build on after a season that has fallen well short of its preseason expectations.
The remaining schedule also gives Oklahoma an opportunity to influence the postseason picture. Ole Miss and Texas A&M are among the teams still chasing bigger goals, and the Sooners have a chance to make that path more difficult. More importantly, finishing strong could provide momentum heading into the offseason and give the program a foundation to build on in 2027. For now, the message inside the locker room is straightforward: take care of the next game and leave nothing on the field.
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