When Ohio State comes to Norman on Saturday, the Sooners will be home underdogs for the first time since 2000.
When the season began, the Sooners were across-the-board favorites to defend their home turf against the Buckeyes on Saturday, but their stumble out of the gates in Houston has changed that belief.
Ohio State is currently a two-point favorite over head coach Bob Stoops and his Oklahoma squad, according to most major sports books.
That status is rare for a Stoops-led Sooners squad.
According to Oddshark.com, Oklahoma has played 91 home games, dating back 16 years, since it was last listed as home underdogs. On Oct. 28, 2000, the No. 3 ranked Sooners hosted the nation's top overall team from Nebraska and entered the game as a three-point underdog.
The Sooners went on to win that game by 17 points after falling down 14-0, ripping off a 31-point run to close out the game.
That meeting, which was recently ranked the second-greatest home game in Oklahoma history, marks the only other time in Stoops' tenure where his team has not entered a home game as a favorite.
Oklahoma has been an underdog 30 times since 1999 — Bob Stoops' first season — and is 16-14 in that span. The Sooners have won four consecutive games as underdogs, including a 45-31 win over Alabama in the 2014 Sugar Bowl.
On the season, Oklahoma is 1-1. The Sooners were favored in their season-opening loss to Houston and were also 0-2 against the spread.
