This is a weird, wild year for the SEC. Can a South Carolina team with three SEC losses get to the College Football Playoff? If it closes with seven straight wins – including last week’s victory over Tennessee and a win in late November against Georgia – it’s not totally off the table.
Can an Oklahoma team with three losses get to the College Football Playoff? If it closes with five straight wins – including the win over Texas a few weeks ago and if it picks up November wins over Florida, Ole Miss, and Missouri – it’s not totally off the table.
But the loser of this is definitely out – the CFP won’t take a four-loss at-large team. The winner survives, advances, and can keep the dream alive.
South Carolina vs Oklahoma: Quick Hits
- Oklahoma goes to Florida next, but this starts a run of three of the next four games at home.
- South Carolina hosts Texas A&M next before going to Arkansas. It closes with Georgia and at Clemson.
- It’s only the third meeting between the two. Oklahoma won 26-7 last year, but South Carolina won 35-9 in 2024.
How To Watch South Carolina vs Oklahoma
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2026
Game Time: 4:15 PM ET
TV: SEC Network
Location: Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK
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Why South Carolina Will Win
South Carolina is playing like a team that’s having fun.
It’s not like it’s going out there with no more fudge (this is a family show) to give after losing three straight, but it’s been loose, relatively relaxed, and it’s balling out with strong wins over Florida and Tennessee.
The turnovers slowed to a crawl after giving it away twice in four straight games – there was just one interception against Tennessee in the last two – and the defense has done its part with three takeaways against Florida and one against the Vols.
Why Oklahoma Will Win
Oklahoma is still cranking up the defense, but it’s just about the scoring.
Sometimes the Sooners have to manufacture points from other areas – like they did against Texas – and that’s where the defense has to come up large. The D doesn’t have to score, but it needs to force South Carolina to start screwing up again.
Oklahoma has come up with takeaways four times, with two in each game. It’s 3-1 when it forces mistakes, because that leads to easy points for a team that’s struggling to get the offense consistently moving.
South Carolina vs Oklahoma Prediction, Betting Lines
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Oklahoma is 4-0 when scoring at least 14 points, and 0-3 when it scores fewer. South Carolina has only allowed fewer than 19 points twice, and that was against Kent State and Towson. However, the Gamecocks are 4-0 when allowing fewer than 35 points.
You want to get even sillier? Okay, let’s go. In a never-screw-with-a-streak sort of way, Oklahoma has alternated win-loss-win-loss from the start, and if the pattern holds, it’s due for a loss.
To rein this in, South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers is playing well at just the right time. He might not be going crazy, but he’s making plays, keeping things moving, and he’s playing like a quarterback who can win games.
The four-touchdown pass win at Florida showed what he could do on the road. In this, he’ll have to make one or two big plays late. As he showed against Tennessee, he can do that.
South Carolina 23, Oklahoma 21
Latest Consensus Line: Oklahoma -2.5, o/u: 44.5
ATS Confidence (out of 5): 1.5
Must See Rating (out of 5): 4
Consensus line based on BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, and FanDuel. Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.
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