Gameday picture · Week 9 · SEC
SC at OU
Sat, Oct 31, 4:15 PM · SEC Network · Norman
Road game in Norman. Oklahoma is 4–3 and unranked. Kick 4:15 p.m. ET on SEC Network. (Gamecocks Online, Oct. 19; Oklahoma Athletics; AP via WTOP; NCAA.com)
Opponent · Oklahoma week
Oklahoma is 4–3. Kick 4:15 p.m. ET on SEC Network
Third all-time meeting. The road team won the first two. Oklahoma is not in the Oct. 25 AP Top 25.
- South Carolina (4–3, 2–3 SEC) at Oklahoma (4–3), Saturday, Oct. 31, 4:15 p.m. ET on SEC Network. (Gamecocks Online, Oct. 19; Oklahoma Athletics; AP via WTOP; Tennessee Athletics for the South Carolina record)
- Oklahoma beat Mississippi State 23–15 on Oct. 24. John Mateer leads the Sooners with 1,591 passing yards, Lloyd Avant with 322 rushing yards, and Isaiah Sategna III with 578 receiving yards. (AP via WTOP; Oklahoma Athletics game center)
- Series: Oklahoma won 26–7 in Columbia in 2025. South Carolina won 35–9 in Norman in 2024. (Gamecocks Online, Oct. 19; Oklahoma Athletics)
Line
Spread, total, and win probability are not shown.
Kick weather
64°F
Overcast · lo 60°F
22% precip
Window
SEC Network
Norman. Oklahoma (4–3). Kick 4:15 p.m. ET on SEC Network.
Third meeting. The road team won both previous games.
Unit matchups
Quarterback
Sellers vs John Mateer, Oklahoma's passing leader (1,591 yards). Oklahoma is 4–3. (Oklahoma Athletics game center; AP via WTOP)
Offensive line
Venables will twist you. Peak and the interior have to be a unit by Halloween.
Receivers
Harbor vs Oklahoma corners. Even if the go-ball is there.
Front seven
Mateer will sit in rhythm unless Stewart wrecks the tackle.
Secondary
Don't give Mateer free access. Oklahoma will take the easy completion all day.
Special teams
Road dog hidden yardage.
Players to watch
- OU
John Mateer QB
Mateer leads Oklahoma with 1,591 passing yards. Oklahoma is 4–3. (Oklahoma Athletics game center; AP via WTOP)
- OU
Lloyd Avant RB
Avant leads Oklahoma with 322 rushing yards. (Oklahoma Athletics game center; AP via WTOP)
- OU
Isaiah Sategna III WR
Sategna leads Oklahoma with 578 receiving yards. (Oklahoma Athletics game center; AP via WTOP)
- SC
LaNorris Sellers QB
Sellers had 306 total yards, including 96 rushing, and three touchdowns (one passing, two rushing) vs Tennessee. (Tennessee Athletics)
- SC
Matt Fuller RB
Fuller leads South Carolina with 513 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns. (ESPN; cfbstats.com, through Oct. 24, 2026)
- SC
Nyck Harbor WR
Harbor has 17 catches for 278 yards and two touchdowns. (ESPN; cfbstats.com, through Oct. 24, 2026)
Key injuries
- Out
Jayden Sellers WR · SC
Season-ending lower body. Mid-August.
- Out
Jayden Gibson WR · SC
Season-ending lower body. Oklahoma transfer.
- Out
Jackson Repp WR · SC
Walk-on, also lost in the same stretch.
- Monitor
Jacarrius Peak OT · SC
Expected back (per Beamer); right leg was rolled up at Florida on Oct. 10 and he walked off. (Gamecock247; Jack Veltri and David Cloninger on X)
- Probable
Dylan Stewart EDGE · SC
Back. The tell for every SEC Saturday — if he dresses, the edge grade jumps.
- Available
Brady Hunt TE · SC
Full go.
- Available
LaNorris Sellers QB · SC
Full go. The season walks through him.
- Available
Nyck Harbor WR · SC
Gravitational center of a thinned room.
Opponent injury report not cited yet.
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
- Oklahoma is 4–3 after a 23–15 win at Mississippi State on Oct. 24. Not ranked in the Oct. 25 AP Top 25. (AP via WTOP; NCAA.com)
- John Mateer (1,591 passing yards), Lloyd Avant (322 rushing yards), and Isaiah Sategna III (578 receiving yards) lead Oklahoma. (Oklahoma Athletics game center; AP via WTOP)
- Third all-time meeting. Oklahoma won 26–7 in Columbia in 2025; South Carolina won 35–9 in Norman in 2024. Kick Sat Oct. 31, 4:15 p.m. ET on SEC Network. (Gamecocks Online, Oct. 19; Oklahoma Athletics)
Charted two-deep
Charted names for Brent Venables's Oklahoma. Open a row for the cited notes.