The Baylor Bears (5-3, 3-2 Big 12) travel to Norman to take on the Oklahoma Sooners (5-3, 2-3) Saturday at 3 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Baylor vs. Oklahoma odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
Coach Brent Venables and QB Dillon Gabriel came into Norman with hopes of keeping Oklahoma at the top of the Big 12 for the 2022 season. So far, things have not gone as planned.'After a 49-0 loss to rival Texas and a 55-24 loss to TCU, the Sooners are trying to just remain respectable for the rest of the season.
Venables, being a defensive coach, was supposed to bring order to a defense which severely lacked behind the offense under Lincoln Riley. But it has failed to get better and Oklahoma is allowing 40 points per game in the conference.
Baylor, coming off a Big 12 Title last season, has also stepped back a bit. The defensive line and the offensive line are good, but the team has struggled a bit under Blake Shapen. The QB who won the job in the bowl game last season and was given the starting position over previous starter Gerry Bohanon, which led' Bohanon to transfer to South Florida.