Sooner News Daily | Wednesday (January 21, 2026)
Posted on: January 21, 2026
College Football
No better way to start the semester than serving others ❤️ pic.twitter.com/16fUKs9KaQ
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) January 20, 2026
Class is now in session 🤓
Happy first day at @UofOklahoma, newcomers! pic.twitter.com/BdIVFsK9cQ
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) January 20, 2026
Failed is quite the reach pal. Still waiting on a text/call from him after I got shipped off like a piece of garbage. Can’t wait to see you twice a year, Coach. https://t.co/jUUsYkvlOC
— Baker Mayfield (@bakermayfield) January 20, 2026
The Big Ten puts three teams in the top five of the final AP poll with No. 1 Indiana leading the way.
See where other top teams landed. https://t.co/7dTTUiSC1j
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) January 20, 2026
Who will be raising the national championship trophy this time next year? 🏆
Mark Schlabach's way-too-early top 25 for the 2026 season ➡️ https://t.co/K2B5dSOtgy pic.twitter.com/9FAP7c42QY
— ESPN (@espn) January 20, 2026
The confluence of three major factors brought both Indiana and Miami to Monday night's championship game:
◽️NIL rules
◽️Unlimited player transfers
◽️The expanded Playoff@ChrisVannini on college football's turnaround ⤵️https://t.co/d3mTsutLH8 pic.twitter.com/OMyt1oow0H— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) January 20, 2026
From @TheAthletic: The “I win. Google me.” guy is officially college football’s best coach.
Curt Cignetti has done the unthinkable. turning the biggest loser in college football history into a 16-0 national title team in just two seasons. https://t.co/5QVkg91ZQZ pic.twitter.com/fA1pUJp8II
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 20, 2026
A complicated legacy:
Carson Back lost just six games in his college career.
In four of them, the final offensive play was a Beck INT with a chance to win the game.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) January 20, 2026
Duke sued QB Darian Mensah on Tuesday, and a judge denied a request for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented him from entering the transfer portal. https://t.co/i7ugKJw9JL
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) January 20, 2026
Climbing to the top of college football is not easy. It requires all the right puzzle pieces, gathered one by one, and then put together — the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
That final puzzle piece came from Miami by way of Berkeley.
Fernando. https://t.co/tfDois0P00
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) January 20, 2026
College Basketball
Final: South Carolina 85, Oklahoma 76
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) January 21, 2026
OU Sports & News
schedule update 🚨
due to inclement weather forecasted for Friday and Saturday, the JD Martin Invitational has moved to Thursday, Jan. 22
📄 | https://t.co/UdSyqzYYpw pic.twitter.com/CqngS04ZVn
— Oklahoma T&F & XC (@OU_Track) January 20, 2026
never a doubt ❌
Kennedy Stringfellow is your SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week! pic.twitter.com/O9ijrWkXC5
— Oklahoma T&F & XC (@OU_Track) January 20, 2026
Let’s hear it for Sasha👏
Sasha Bogonosiuk » MPSF Freshman of the Week#BoomerSooner | #GymU pic.twitter.com/guKvfCgNFv
— Oklahoma Men's Gym (@OU_MGymnastics) January 20, 2026
let's hear it for our @sec freshman of the week!!#BoomerSooner pic.twitter.com/6skj331o4u
— Oklahoma Women's Gym (@OU_WGymnastics) January 20, 2026
Back to work.#BoomerSooner x @InterMat pic.twitter.com/ArRMJfsauJ
— Oklahoma Wrestling (@OU_Wrestling) January 20, 2026
