On the heels of their first losing season since 1998, expectations are a bit all over the map for the Oklahoma Sooners in 2023.

In their final season in the Big 12, Oklahoma finished third in the media poll behind Kansas State and Texas, the overwhelming preseason pick to win the league. It’s the lowest OU has been ranked in the league since 2015.

The Sooners, which last won the conference in 2020, garnered as many first-place votes as Texas Tech — four.

“If we just get better on defense, we’re gonna win 10-plus games and have a chance to compete and hang a banner up at the end of the year,” Brent Venables said to a group of OU fans this offseason, according to The Athletic.