The Oklahoma Sooners maintained their top position in the NFCA poll, receiving a significant increase in first-place votes. The team is poised to clinch the top seed in the SEC Tournament and the regular-season title with upcoming games against Texas A&M. UCLA is closely trailing in home run record.
would strengthen their grip on the top spot after remaining No. 1 the week before despite going 2-2 and whether they would rise from No. 2 in two of the other major polls.
's team did solidify its place in the NFCA poll, earning 25 of the 31 first-place votes afgter receiving just 12 a week before. The previous week, six teams received first-place votes. The Cornhuskers moved up a spot, leapfrogging Alabama, who sits at No. 4. UCLA is No. 5, followed by Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Florida State and Arkansas.
Texas A&M, the Sooners' opponent in a three-game series that begins Thursday to close the regular season, dropped three spots to No. 14. Georgia fell two spots to No. 17 following the Sooners' sweep, while Mississippi State fell one spot to No. 17 and LSU remained at No. 20. Other Oklahoma opponets in the poll include No. 12 Duke, No. 16 Oklahoma State, No. 19 Arizona, and No. 25 Arizona State.
The Sooners open a three-game series against Texas A&M at 8 p.m. Thursday in College Station, Texas, with plenty on the line. One win can clinch the top seed in next week's SEC Tournament in Lexington, Ky. , while two wins would give the Sooners the outright regular-season title. The Bruins are also right on Oklahoma's heels in the chase for the team record.
The Sooners enter the weekend with 169 homr runs, while UCLA has 163. Both have already passed the previous record of 161 held by the 2021 OU squad. Ryan Aber has been covering Oklahoma football for more than a decade continuously and since 1999 overall. Ryan was the OU beat writer for The Oklahoman from 2013-2025, covering the transition from Bob Stoops to Lincoln Riley to Brent Venables.
He covered OU men's basketball's run to the Final Four in 2016 and numerous national championships for the Sooners' women's gymnastics and softball programs. Prior to taking on the Sooners beat, Ryan covered high schools, the Oklahoma City RedHawks and Oklahoma City Barons for the newspaper from 2006-13. He spent two seasons covering Arkansas football for the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas before returning to his hometown of Oklahoma City.
Ryan also worked at the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the Muskogee Phoenix. At the Phoenix, he covered OU's national championship run in 2000. Ryan is a graduate of Putnam City North High School in Oklahoma City and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. The Inside Story of How Oklahoma City Landed Seven Events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
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