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Oklahoma is fresh off its first off week of the season, and now it's time for the biggest game to date. That's right. It's Red River Rivalry week, as Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1 SEC) and Texas (5-0, 1-0) are set to square off in the Cotton Bowl for their annual rivalry game. Both teams are coming off a bye week, so the Sooners and Longhorns will both have had an extra week to recover, regroup and plan for Saturday's showdown in Dallas, which is set for a 2:30 p.m. start on ABC. Oklahoma heads into the game with its best defense in years but an offense that ranks toward the bottom of the SEC and in the bottom tier of FBS teams in several statistical categories. The Sooners hope the offense can start trending in the right direction coming out of the bye, as Michael Hawkins Jr. settles in as the team's starting quarterback after a promising first start at Auburn a week ago and a tenacious second-half showing against Tennessee's defense in the SEC opener. The Sooners will need to get their offense up to par heading into the teeth of their SEC slate, which begins with Saturday's matchup against the Longhorns. In this week's edition of Statistically Speaking, we check in on how Oklahoma stacks up in the SEC and nationally in various statistical categories coming off the bye week… STATISTICALLY SPEAKING RUSHING OFFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 219.4 yards per game 1st in Big 12 10th 2023 : 182.2 7th in Big 12 34th After Temple : 220 5th 38th After Houston : 147.5 12th 79th After Tulane : 159 11th 67th After Tennessee : 128.3 15th 101st After Auburn : 128.6 16th 103rd After 1st bye : 128.6 16th 100th PASSING OFFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 254.6 yards per game 5th in Big 12 41st 2023 : 324.8 1st in Big 12 6th After Temple : 158 13th 106th After Houston : 166 12th 109th After Tulane : 166.3 13th 114th After Tennessee : 171.3 14th 111th After Auburn : 169.2 15th 114th After 1st bye : 169.2 16th 118th PASSING EFFICIENCY OFFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 147.95 3rd in Big 12 30th 2023 : 167.53 1st in Big 12 6th After Temple : 156.8 11th 58th After Houston : 137.19 12th 72nd After Tulane : 129.69 13th 90th After Tennessee : 122.35 15th 103rd After Auburn : 126.05 15th 96th After 1st bye : 126.05 15th 100th TOTAL OFFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 474.0 yards per game 1st in Big 12 13th 2023 : 507 1st in Big 12 3rd After Temple : 378 11th 82nd After Houston : 313.5 14th 108th After Tulane : 325.3 14th 108th After Tennessee : 299.5 16th 119th After Auburn : 297.8 16th 122nd After 1st bye : 297.8 16th 121st SCORING OFFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 32.8 points per game 5th in Big 12 31st 2023 : 41.7 1st in Big 12 4th After Temple : 51 8th 22nd After Houston : 33.5 11th 57th After Tulane : 33.7 9th 49th After Tennessee : 29 15th 103rd After Auburn : 28.6 14th 73rd After 1st bye : 28.6 13th 69th SACKS ALLOWED SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 31; 2.38 per game 9th in Big 12 80th 2023 : 20; 1.54 per game 6th in Big 12 35th After Temple : 3; 3.00 per game 14th 103rd After Houston : 6; 3.00 per game 15th 109th After Tulane : 9; 3.00 per game 14th 114th After Tennessee : 12; 3.00 per game 14th 116th After Auburn : 14; 2.80 per game 13th 112th After 1st bye : 14; 2.80 per game 13th 110th THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 40.50% 4th in Big 12 49th 2023 : 49.20% 2nd in Big 12 7th After Temple : 8.30% 16th 132nd After Houston : 19.20% 16th 131st After Tulane : 31.00% 14th 109th After Tennessee : 28.10% 16th 124th After Auburn : 26.90% 16th 127th After 1st bye : 26.90% 16th 129th RED-ZONE OFFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 84.00% 7th in Big 12 66th 2023 : 89.60% 2nd in Big 12 26th After Temple : 100% 1st 1st After Houston : 100% 1st 1st After Tulane : 100% 1st 1st After Tennessee : 94.10% 5th 26th After Auburn : 94.70% 2nd 14th After 1st bye : 94.70% 5th 20th RUSHING DEFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 187.5 yards per game 9th in Big 12 105th 2023 : 138.6 3rd in Big 12 42nd After Temple : 69 8th 37th After Houston : 63.5 6th 13th After Tulane : 77.7 6th 22nd After Tennessee : 96 7th 27th After Auburn : 105.6 7th 30th After 1st bye : 105.6 4th 27th PASSING DEFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 273.5 yards per game 10th in Big 12 117th 2023 : 250.8 10th in Big 12 109th After Temple : 125 6th 40th After Houston : 194 11th 67th After Tulane : 187 10th 58th After Tennessee : 188.8 8th 51st After Auburn : 218.6 12th 78th After 1st bye : 218.6 12th 75th PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 128.2 5th in Big 12 58th 2023 : 118.62 1st in Big 12 17th After Temple : 75 4th 12th After Houston : 124.32 13th 77th After Tulane : 116.31 10th 54th After Tennessee : 123.94 12th 61st After Auburn : 136.63 13th 91st After 1st bye : 136.63 12th 91st TOTAL DEFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 461.0 yards per game 9th in Big 12 121st 2023 : 389.4 6th in Big 12 77th After Temple : 197 8th 25th After Houston : 257.5 10th 35th After Tulane : 264.7 8th 27th After Tennessee : 284.8 9th 28th After Auburn : 324.2 10th 48th After 1st bye : 324.2 10th 42nd SCORING DEFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 30.0 points per game 8th in Big 12 98th 2023 : 23.5 4th in Big 12 46th After Temple : 3 7th 14th After Houston : 7.5 6th 15th After Tulane : 11.3 7th 23rd After Tennessee : 14.8 8th 26th After Auburn : 16 8th 26th After 1st bye : 16 6th 19th SACKS SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 28; 2.15 per game 3rd in Big 12 63rd 2023 : 24; 1.85 per game 10th in Big 12 86th After Temple : 6; 6.00 per game 1st 6th After Houston : 8; 4.00 per game 2nd 8th After Tulane : 11; 3.67 per game 2nd 10th After Tennessee : 14; 3.50 per game 1st 7th After Auburn : 18; 3.60 per game 1st 3rd After 1st bye : 18; 3.60 per game 2nd 5th THIRD-DOWN DEFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 40.90% 7th in Big 12 87th 2023 : 31.10% 3rd in Big 12 14th After Temple : 30.80% 8th 51st After Houston : 28.60% 7th 36th After Tulane : 30.20% 7th 36th After Tennessee : 30.60% 7th 27th After Auburn : 30.30% 8th 22nd After 1st bye : 30.30% 6th 17th RED-ZONE DEFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 86.20% 7th in Big 12 88th 2023 : 81.00% 5th in Big 12 43rd After Temple : 100% 14th 76th After Houston : 100% 15th 86th After Tulane : 100% 14th 101st After Tennessee : 100% 16th 110th After Auburn : 80% 9th 50th After 1st bye : 80% 6th 45th NET PUNTING SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 43.08 net yards per punt 1st in Big 12 2023 : 39.6 7th in Big 12 44th After Temple : 43.8 7th 34th After Houston : 43.15 10th 25th After Tulane : 41.61 9th 35th After Tennessee : 43.72 6th 13th After Auburn : 43.97 6th 12th After 1st bye : 43.97 6th 11th KICK RETURNS SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 19.79 yards per return 6th in Big 12 71st 2023 : 43 7th in Big 12 50th After Temple : 0 N.A N/A After Houston : 10 12th 119th After Tulane : 15.5 13th 106th After Tennessee : 15.5 14th 108th After Auburn : 17.33 15th 101st After 1st bye : 17.33 15th 103rd KICK RETURN DEFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 24.94 yards allowed per return 10th in Big 12 122nd 2023 : 18 2nd in Big 12 37th After Temple : 18.33 10th 72nd After Houston : 18.5 11th 71st After Tulane : 18.5 11th 71st After Tennessee : 14.8 4th 21st After Auburn : 16.83 8th 37th After 1st bye : 16.83 7th 34th PUNT RETURNS SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 14.08 yards per return 1st in Big 12 12th 2023 : 6.52 10th in Big 12 95th After Temple : 13 7th 30th After Houston : 8.75 10th 57th After Tulane : 11.8 5th 39th After Tennessee : 8.9 11th 67th After Auburn : 8.09 11th 74th After 1st bye : 8.09 11th 73rd PUNT RETURN DEFENSE SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 2.83 yards allowed per return 3rd in Big 12 2023 : 4.69 5th in Big 12 25th After Temple : minus-5.00 1st 2nd After Houston : minus-3.75 1st 4th After Tulane : minus-3.00 1st 3rd After Tennessee : minus-0.43 2nd 6th After Auburn : 1 6th 13th After 1st bye : 1 5th 11th TURNOVER MARGIN SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : plus-6; 0.46 per game 2nd in Big 12 24th 2023 : plus-6; 0.46 per game 3rd in Big 12 23rd After Temple : plus-6; 6.0 per game 1st 1st After Houston : plus-7; 3.5 per game 1st 1st After Tulane : plus-8; 2.67 per game 1st 2nd After Tennessee : plus-7; 1.75 per game 1st 3rd After Auburn : plus-8; 1.60 per game 1st 6th After 1st bye : plus-8; 1.60 per game 1st 3rd PENALTY YARDS PER GAME SEC rank FBS rank 2022 : 50.15 9th in Big 12 53rd 2023 : 58.46 14th in Big 12 97th After Temple : 62 13th 93rd After Houston : 64.5 12th 95th After Tulane : 58 7th 77th After Tennessee : 51.5 4th 60th After Auburn : 56.8 6th 76th After 1st bye : 56.8 7th 75th View full article

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