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SB Nation releases Top 100 NCAA Football games from the 2016-17 Season.

The Cowboys are featured in the countdown five times in this year’s Top 100.

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SB Nation has released their Top 100 Games from the 2016-17 college football season, and Oklahoma State was featured in the countdown five times between #11 and #50.

So what games were they, you ask? Let’s take a look.

#50 - vs. Pitt

The Cowboys won their final non-conference game against a good Pitt team to finish out the non-conference schedule 2-1*.

The game featured a 91 yard #Rudolph2Washington touchdown pass on the first play of the game, as well as a Ramon Richards INT to seal it.

#36 - vs. Iowa State

The Cowboys needed a comeback to beat the pesky Cyclones, so they put up 17 straight points to beat capture the victory 38-31, on a pair of touchdowns by “The General” and one from Jalen McClesky.

#33 - at Kansas State

This was a thriller all the way through. The teams traded blows and matched each other punch for punch. It appeared that K-State had tied the game up with less than 10 seconds to go, but an offensive pass interference pushed the Wildcats back. On the last play of the game, Jordan Sterns intercepted the pass in the end zone for the Pokes to secure the win.

#32 - vs. Texas Tech

This was the shootout that everyone expected, and appeared to be headed to overtime in Stillwater. Until, this happened.

Gundy ran out the clock and the Cowboys left the field victorious. Fun fact - the over/under was set at 87 points for this game. There were 89 total points scored.

#11 - vs. CMU

*sigh* You all knew this was going to be on there. We all remember what happened. We all know what happened. I’m not even going to say anything else about the game.


So, that’s all five of the Cowboys’ appearances on the Top 100. The Cowboys appeared on the countdown the most of any Big 12 team, and also won more than any Big 12 team. I made a nice little graphic showing this.

Big 12 Teams in the Top 100

The Top 10 Games of the Year are as follows.

10. Sep. 17 - Alabama 48, Ole Miss 43

9. Oct. 15 - Ohio State 30, Wisconsin 23

8. Oct. 8 - Texas A&M 45, Tennessee 38

7. Nov. 12 - Pitt 43, Clemson 42

6. Oct. 1 - Tennessee 34, Georgia 31

5. Oct. 1 - Clemson 42, Louisville 36

4. Dec. 30 - Orange Bowl - Florida State 33, Michigan 32

3. Nov. 26 - Ohio State 30, Michigan 27

2. Jan. 2 - Rose Bowl - USC 52, Penn State 49

Jan. 9 - National Championship - Clemson 35, Alabama 31