Texas at Oklahoma

DALLAS (Interstat) — Texas will meet Oklahoma on Saturday in an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision game at the Cotton Bowl. The Longhorns are the visiting team, and the Sooners are the home team. Game-time temperature is forecast to be 91 degrees.

Texas enters with a 4-0 record. The Longhorns most recently won 20-17 at Tennessee. Arch Manning passed for 201 yards. Raleek Brown ran 17 times for 67 yards and two touchdowns and caught two passes for 8 yards. Derrek Cooper had seven carries for 7 yards and one reception for 6 yards. Texas previously beat Texas-San Antonio 30-6, Ohio State 24-23 and Texas State 59-7. Those three wins came at home. The Longhorns opened the season with a 59-7 win over Texas State, then edged Ohio State 24-23 before handling Texas-San Antonio 30-6. Texas will carry an unbeaten record into the Cotton Bowl.

Oklahoma enters with a 2-2 record. The Sooners most recently lost 41-13 at Georgia. John Mateer passed for 231 yards and two touchdowns and ran 15 times for 7 yards. Lloyd Avant ran 10 times for 23 yards and caught two passes for 12 yards. Jonathan Hatton Jr. ran five times for 14 yards. Oklahoma opened with a 51-0 home win over UTEP. The Sooners then lost 17-10 at Michigan and beat New Mexico 14-6 at home before falling at Georgia. Oklahoma has split its first four games.

The game will be the fifth of the season for both teams. Texas will seek a 5-0 start, while Oklahoma will try to move to 3-2. The Cotton Bowl in Dallas is the venue. Oklahoma is the home team, and Texas is the visiting team. The Longhorns are 4-0, and the Sooners are 2-2. Texas is unbeaten, and Oklahoma is at .500. Texas has won 20-17 at Tennessee, 30-6 over Texas-San Antonio, 24-23 over Ohio State and 59-7 over Texas State. Oklahoma has beaten UTEP 51-0 and New Mexico 14-6 and lost to Michigan 17-10 and Georgia 41-13.

After this game, Texas is scheduled to host Florida, Ole Miss and Mississippi State. The Longhorns then will visit Missouri, LSU and Texas A&M. They also will host Arkansas. Oklahoma is set to host Kentucky, South Carolina, Ole Miss and Texas A&M. The Sooners will visit Mississippi State, Florida and Missouri.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Oklahoma 30, Texas 23. Interstat’s ELO system gives Texas a 60.6 percent probability to win. Oklahoma has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -7.5. The over/under is 39.5.