Prime time or afternoon? Here's when Ty Simpson and the Alabama Crimson Tide will take on Oklahoma on Nov. 15, and what channel the game will be on.

Oklahoma has one of the nation's toughest schedules, and its win at Tennessee on Saturday could make it an interesting Playoff test case.

Next up for these Sooners: at No. 14 Tennessee, at No. 4 Alabama and vs. No. 19 Missouri — not as tough as October 2000, but if you expand it out, it’s bookended by a game against ranked Ole Miss on the last weekend of October and a Nov. 29 season finale against flailing-yet-talented LSU.

To support Pollack’s point, Oklahoma’s schedule is among the toughest in college football as the season winds down. The Sooners begin this challenging stretch by facing the South Carolina Gamecocks (3-3) on the road at 12:45 p.m. ET on Saturday on the SEC Network. They will then conclude the season with five consecutive ranked opponents, which are:

The Oklahoma Sooners earned a bump in USA TODAY Sports latest bowl projections after Week 8 win over South Carolina.

There’s something deliciously ominous in the air at Neyland Stadium this Saturday night — not just the crisp fall chill or the promise of a packed crowd, but the sense that the Oklahoma Sooners might have just wandered into a trap set by the Tennessee Volunteers.

Oklahoma has an FPI rating at 15.5, which is the same as the Vanderbilt Commodores. The Sooners’ path to the College Football Playoff still remains, as they still have four teams that were ranked coming into Week 9 still on the schedule.

You can imagine how much Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel wants to beat Oklahoma on Nov. 1 at Neyland Stadium.