UMass Lowell
Vermont
11:00 am, March 11
#25 Missouri
#4 Alabama
1:00 pm, March 11
Ohio State
#5 Purdue
1:00 pm, March 11
Norfolk State
Howard
1:00 pm, March 11
Saint Louis
VCU
1:00 pm, March 11
Cincinnati
#1 Houston
3:00 pm, March 11
Vanderbilt
#18 Texas A&M
3:30 pm, March 11
Penn State
#19 Indiana
3:30 pm, March 11
Fordham
Dayton
3:30 pm, March 11
Texas Southern
Grambling
5:30 pm, March 11
Tulane
Memphis
5:30 pm, March 11
#7 Texas
#3 Kansas
6:00 pm, March 11
Utah State
#20 San Diego State
6:00 pm, March 11
#15 Xavier
#6 Marquette
6:30 pm, March 11
Kent State
Toledo
7:30 pm, March 11
Marist
Iona
7:30 pm, March 11
#21 Duke
#13 Virginia
8:30 pm, March 11
UAB
Florida Atlantic
8:30 pm, March 11
Cal State Fullerton
UC Santa Barbara
9:30 pm, March 11
#8 Arizona
#2 UCLA
10:30 pm, March 11
Grand Canyon
Southern Utah
11:30 pm, March 11

2019 Oklahoma State Sooners Team Preview

Oklahoma State has been one of the safest bets in football the past decade, finishing every year with a winning record and averaging 9.4 wins per season. The Cowboys dipped a little bit after losing Mason Rudolph and James Washington last year, but still finished 7-6. Now, they try to get back into the Big 12 title hunt, but must do it with a new quarterback again.

Offense

All-American wideout Tylan Wallace is back after racking up 12 touchdowns and nearly 1,500 yards on a 17.3 yard per catch average in 2018. Slot men Dillon Stoner and Landon Wolf return after combining for almost 1,000 more, and RB Chuba Hubbard returns after becoming the starter late last year and averaging six yards a touch. His highly efficient backup, LD Brown, returns as well, as do four guys on the line with starting experience.

That leaves the quarterback spot. Here is where we run into some question marks. Dru Brown transfers in from Hawai’i after being the Rainbow Warriors’ starter for most of the last two years. He’ll be challenged by redshirt freshman Spencer Sanders, a dual-threat with a big arm.

The question mark at QB makes a prognosis tough, but pretty much everyone else is back so they may surpass last year’s numbers on offense.

Defense

Defensively, Oklahoma State was eaten alive in 2018, fielding an incredibly young defense against some of the best offenses in the country. The good news about fielding young defenses? A lot of the key pieces are back.

Corners AJ Green and Rodarius Williams were inconsistent last year but ended up combing for 22 passes defended and should improve over the offseason.

On the line, pretty much everyone is gone, but the Cowboys bring in JUCO transfer Sione Asi, Colorado transfer Israel Antwine, and Bowling Green transfer Kyle Junior to bolster the middle. Mike Scott and Brock Martin, who combined for four sacks as backups last year, will move into starting roles on the ends. The defense should improve with experience.

2019 Outlook

CSD Prime expects a big step forward this year for the Cowboys to borderline-top 25 status. Whether they can climb higher than that is probably mostly up to quarterback play, but the schedule is about as favorable as you could ask for, and they could get back to that nine-win average with a victory in their bowl.

Schedule

DateOpponentOPp. rankProj. Margin
30-AugAt oregon state1018.6
7-Sepmcneese stnrn/a
14-Sepat tulsa988.3
21-Sepat Texas14-7.0
28-sepkansas state547.6
5-Octat texas tech602.2
19-Octbaylor506.5
26-octat iowa state31-1.6
2-Novtcu252.9
16-Novkansas9613.4
23-Novat west virginia 42-0.0
30-Novoklahoma6-8.2

Average Projected Record: 7.5 wins, 4.5 losses (5.0 wins, 4.0 losses)