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#1Texas vs Oklahoma

Prediction · week 6, 2026 · Sat Oct 10, 2:30 PM CT / 3:30 PM ET · Cotton Bowl · neutral site

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Oklahoma 27, Texas 24

Closest: Our model (Texas by 4.2, missed by 7.2). 0 of 3 models named the winner. Our call was wrong.

Our call: Texas by 7.3Strong

All three models favor Texas (SP+ from the week 5 snapshot). The line, shown for comparison only, has Texas by 6.0.

The average of SP+, Elo and Our model; the line is left out and kept as a benchmark. Toss-up under 3 points, Lean 3 to 7, Strong 7 and over. More ›

SP+ has Texas by 9.6, Elo has Texas by 8.0, and Our model has Texas by 4.2. They are within 5.4 points of each other.

This page was first built after kickoff, so these are the week's projections as recorded then, from the same weekly ratings the season record scores.

Every model

ModelSaysMissed by
SP+
Texas +22.4 vs Oklahoma +12.8 · week 5 ratings
Texas by 9.6 ✗12.6
Elo
Texas 1930 vs Oklahoma 1731
Texas by 8.0 ✗11.0
Our model · experimental Closest
Texas +18.5 vs Oklahoma +14.3
Texas by 4.2 ✗7.2
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Texas by 69.0
Our call
average of SP+, Elo and Our model · Strong
Texas by 7.3 ✗10.3

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. ✓ when a model named the winner, ✗ when it did not; Closest marks the one nearest the final margin (an exact tie goes to the first listed). How these work ›

Key injuries

No injury list was recorded for this game: its page was first built after kickoff.

Last 5 meetings

Texas leads 62–51–5 · last: Texas 23–6, 2025 · Texas has won 2 straight

SeasonResultSite
2025Texas 23–6Dallas (neutral site)
2024Texas 34–3Dallas (neutral site)
2023Oklahoma 34–30Dallas (neutral site)
2022Texas 49–0Dallas (neutral site)
2021Oklahoma 55–48Dallas (neutral site)

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