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Gameday picture · Week 9 · SEC

SC at OU

No. 10 Sat, Oct 31 · TBD · Norman

Desk line: Oklahoma −10.5, total 53.5. Road ranked dog. Protection and one Harbor explosive is the path; Venables' front is why the number is double digits.

Spread

SC +10.5

Desk line

Total

53.5

Win

28%

Oklahoma

31

desk projection

Gamecocks

21

Desk implied 22–32 · OU −380 / SC +300

Kick weather

62°F

Cool Norman evening · lo 42°F

15% precip

Window

TBD

Norman. No. 10 Oklahoma. Kick TBD.

Venables' front vs a road Briles script.

Unit matchups

Quarterback

SC 8 · 8 OU

Sellers vs John Mateer. Two proven SEC/P4 starters.

Offensive line

SC 6 · 8 OU

Venables will twist you. Peak and the interior have to be a unit by Halloween.

Receivers

SC 7 · 7 OU

Harbor vs Oklahoma corners. Even if the go-ball is there.

Front seven

SC 7 · 8 OU

Mateer will sit in rhythm unless Stewart wrecks the tackle.

Secondary

SC 6 · 8 OU

Don't give Mateer free access. Oklahoma will take the easy completion all day.

Special teams

SC 7 · 7 OU

Road dog hidden yardage.

Availability

  • Jayden Sellers WR

    Season-ending lower body. Mid-August.

    out

  • Jayden Gibson WR

    Season-ending lower body. Oklahoma transfer.

    out

  • Jackson Repp WR

    Walk-on, also lost in the same stretch.

    out

  • Jacarrius Peak OT

    Knee. Targeted back for the SEC stretch if the Week 3 window holds.

    probable

  • Dylan Stewart EDGE

    Back. The tell for every SEC Saturday — if he dresses, the edge grade jumps.

    probable

  • Brady Hunt TE

    Full go.

    available

  • LaNorris Sellers QB

    Full go. The season walks through him.

    available

  • Nyck Harbor WR

    Gravitational center of a thinned room.

    available

What the tape says

  • Protect Sellers. Venables' twists are the whole problem.
  • Steal a possession in the first half. Don't wait until the fourth.
  • Stewart vs their left tackle — that's the only built-in advantage.
  • Red-zone Sellers. Don't settle for five field goals.

History

  • No. 10 Oklahoma in Norman. First regular-season meeting in this SEC alignment stretch.
  • John Mateer is the Sooners' 2026 starter.
  • Brent Venables' defenses still travel. The front is the gap.

Roster advantage · vs Oklahoma

OU holds the two-deep

Starter-vs-starter grades for Brent Venables's Oklahoma (No. 10).

Net grade

-9

0 SC · 3 even · 5 OU

QB

Even

LaNorris Sellers

SC 8

vs

John Mateer

8 OU

Even. Supporting casts are not.

RB

OU edge

Matt Fuller

SC 6

vs

OU committee

7 OU

Stay on schedule. Don't lose first down.

WR

Even

Nyck Harbor

SC 7

vs

OU corners

7 OU

Harbor can win. Need a second option.

OL

OU edge

Jacarrius Peak

SC 6

vs

OU front

8 OU

Venables' identity. Protection is the game.

EDGE

Even

Dylan Stewart

SC 7

vs

OU tackles

7 OU

A two-sack night keeps you in Norman.

DL

OU edge

G. Brownlow-Dindy

SC 6

vs

OU interior

8 OU

Don't get displaced. Oklahoma will run you if you aren't stout.

LB

OU edge

Fred Johnson

SC 6

vs

OU skill

8 OU

Fits vs a multiple offense. Play your keys.

DB

OU edge

Vicari Swain

SC 6

vs

OU receivers

8 OU

Tackling in space. Mateer will check it down until you miss.