Thrilling finish as Oklahoma (No. 19) defeats Tennessee (No. 23)
One of the biggest storylines heading into Week 2 was how these two teams would perform in such a critical contest early in the year. To put it mildly, both teams came out extremely tight, and offensive production was difficult to come by.
Tennessee jumped out to a 17-0 lead, and then Baker Mayfield woke up. He led the Sooners on a 17-0 run of their own to tie things up and force overtime.
Then, in a period of about 10 minutes, three touchdowns were scored. Tennessee’s Jalen Hurd scored to open up the first overtime period, and then Mayfield came alive again for Oklahoma after struggling to get anything going for most of the game. He scored once on the ground and then threw a gorgeous 18-yard touchdown pass to Sterling Shepard to go ahead by seven points.
After shutting down Tennessee’s final bid to tie the game, Oklahoma pulled off a thrilling 31-24 overtime win on the road to improve to 2-0. The Sooners will certainly move up in the rankings after this victory.
Meanwhile, Tennessee fell to 1-1 and is likely to fall out of the top-25 when the latest polls come out early next week.