Linebacker Owen Heinecke led the effort on defense, finishing with 10 total tackles and a tackle for loss. Heinecke graded out with a 76.3 on 42 snaps, per Pro Football Focus. Joining Heinecke was linebacker Kip Lewis, fresh off of his magnificent game last week at Alabama. Lewis finished with a 62.1 grade on 50 snaps.

The Sooners will secure an at-large bid with a win over LSU next week, but is this team good enough on offense to make a run?

The Oklahoma Sooners offense may not be having a ton of success right now, but they're playing with toughness.

The Sooners didn't give the ball away, but Ben Arbuckle's offense struggled to put down the Tigers with a banged-up running back unit.

Eli Bowen records his second interception in as many games, sealing the 17-6 victory for the Sooners. Oklahoma improves to 9-2 and hosts LSU at 2:30 p.m.

Oklahoma's Reggie Powers III was ejected for targeting vs Missouri. He'll have to sit out the first half against LSU next week:

L ast season, the Oklahoma Sooners were one of the worst teams in the SEC. They won six games, but pretty much every win they had was because of their elite defense. They had the

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