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Texas vs. Oklahoma live updates: Everything you need to know about Red River Rivalry
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Date:2025-04-26 09:17:49
No. 4 Texas and No. 12 Oklahoma face off Saturday in college football’s biggest game of Week 6. It’s the first time since 2011 that both teams are undefeated going into the Red River Rivalry, with the Longhorns and Sooners both sitting at 5-0.
USA TODAY Sports will bring you the latest updates, news, highlights, analysis and more throughout the battle between these two rivals. Follow along.
Texas vs. Oklahoma predictions
Here are the USA TODAY Sports staff picks for Longhorns vs. Sooners. And here are the the staff picks for the rest of the Top 25 matchups.
- Dan Wolken: Texas
- Paul Myerberg: Texas
- Erick Smith: Texas
- Jace Evans: Texas
- Scooby Axson: Texas
- Eddie Timanus: Texas
Texas vs. Oklahoma odds
The top college football betting apps favor No. 4 Texas in its Red River showdown with 12th-ranked Oklahoma. The Longhorns are 6.5-point favorites over the Sooners in the neutral-venue tilt, according to the BetMGM college football odds. Looking to wager? Check out the best mobile sports betting apps offering college football betting promos in 2023.
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers (+700) has some of the best odds to win the Heisman in 2023, but Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel could be considered a sleeper at +2000 to win the award.
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Texas-Oklahoma how to watch, live stream
ABC is airing the contest, which kicks off at noon ET, and ESPN is live streaming the matchup.
Oklahoma-Texas: Picks, predictions and odds
Time/TV: Noon ET, ABC
Why watch: The Red River showdown is arguably the biggest game on the calendar, a bitter-sweet development at Big 12 headquarters with both teams off to the SEC next year. They might also meet again in a couple of months, but that is far from a certainty at this early stage of the season. We do know that the Sooners’ defense, anchored by LB Danny Stutsman, has made significant strides from a season ago. Whether it can keep Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers and his vast array of big-play targets, led by WRs Xavier Worthy and Adonai Mitchell, in check remains to be seen. Sooners QB Dillon Gabriel has boosted the performance on the other side of the ball as well, but DT Byron Murphy and the Texas front that shone in the signature Alabama win could make his job difficult.
Why it could disappoint: It won’t be another 49-0 drubbing like the Sooners absorbed here last year, but Oklahoma might nonetheless have trouble keeping up if the Longhorns put up some early scores. Then again, this rivalry has been known to produce unexpected results. Hopefully, it will be at its entertaining best.
ESPN College GameDay today
With Texas and Oklahoma facing off in the Red River Rivalry this weekend, it's only fair that ESPN College GameDay makes a visit to Texas. The college program will be broadcast from the Cotton Bowl Plaza inside the State Fair of Texas grounds at 9 a.m. ET Saturday ahead of the noon matchup between No. 4 ranked Texas and No. 12 ranked Oklahoma. Texas alum and longtime Longhorns fan Matthew McConaughey is expected to make an appearance. — Caleb Yum, Austin American-Statesman
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