Oklahoma has yet to hire its new defensive coordinator for 2025, and its athletic director explained when that might happen.

Head Coach Brent Venables is coming off a difficult year of Sooners football. After a series of ups and downs in the portal, there are still plenty of unanswered questions heading into February.

The Southeastern Conference released its preseason softball coaches poll and all-conference team on Thursday and four-time defending national champion Oklahoma was picked to finish third.

Kierston Deal was ready to step into an even larger role as a junior starter, as was Paytn Monticelli. Freshman Audrey Lowry was set to join the program, but OU also lost another arm when SJ Geurin hit the portal. That need led to brining in a pitcher as talented as Smith.

Arkansas will look to duplicate its success against No. 1 Oklahoma after beating No. 2 LSU last week. Coverage of Friday night's match will start at 9 p.m. ET.

Oklahoma's newest outfielder dreamed of playing for the Sooners from a young age. A Gasso and the transfer portal helped make that dream become reality this summer.

Oklahoma is expected to hire Arkansas State defensive coordinator Nate Dreiling for a role on the defense, as reported by Pete Nakos of On3 sports. Nakos was the interim head

The Sooners won only two SEC games in 2024. They also lost the Armed Forces Bowl to Navy, warming Venables' seat. And heading into the 2025 season, the CBS Sports analyst is concerned with what could happen to Brent Venables and the Sooners.

The Oklahoma Sooners led early in the first half in their matchup with Texas A&M, but the Aggies once again proved a bad matchup for the Sooners. Oklahoma fell to 15-5 and 2-5 in SEC play with their loss to Texas A&M.

The No. 13 Gymbacks will have their first-ever conference competition with Oklahoma this week, and it comes as the Sooners are ranked the top team in the nation.

No. 13 Oklahoma (16-5, 4-4 SEC) lost to No. 7 LSU (22-1, 7-1 SEC) 107-100 on Sunday at Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Oklahoma hosts the No. 24 Vanderbilt Commodores after Brycen Goodine scored 24 points in Oklahoma's 75-68 loss to the Texas A&M Aggies.