STILLWATER, Okla.—With all the public opinion and computer calculations that go into deciding whether No. 3 Oklahoma might play for the Big 12 and national championships, there’s one surefire way the Sooners can make all that moot.

It was a hard lesson learned seven years ago, when an Oklahoma team that was also third in the BCS standings had its chances of repeating as national champion dashed in the final week of the regular season by in-state rival Oklahoma State.

This year’s Bedlam rivalry game finds the Sooners (10-1, 6-1 Big 12) facing what figures to be an even g...

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