Florida A&M @ Oklahoma preview

Fifth-ranked Oklahoma will look for an overall crisper performance in its home opener Saturday when it faces Florida A&M. Oklahoma opened the season with a lackluster 24-7 victory at Texas-El Paso, which was a 30-point underdog. The contest was tied at halftime and the Sooners only led 10-7 entering the fourth quarter. They finally pulled away with a pair of touchdowns in the final 10 1/2 minutes. Oklahoma struggled to generate much of a running attack throughout. The Sooners finished with 205 yards rushing but a large chunk of that came on Damien Williams' 65-yard TD with just under three minutes to go. Florida A&M opened with a 17-14 loss at Tennessee State and heads to a hostile environment to face what could be an angry Sooners' team.

TV: 7 p.m. ET, Fox PPV. LINE: None

ABOUT FLORIDA A&M (0-1): The Rattlers came within a yard of completing a fourth-quarter comeback from a 17-0 deficit against Tennessee State. Quarterback Damien Fleming was stopped on a quarterback sneak on fourth-and-goal from the 1 with 42 seconds left after Florida A&M had driven from its 12 in the final six minutes. The Rattlers managed only 84 yards in the first half and may have trouble generating much offense at Oklahoma. They finished with 320 yards against Tennessee State, but Fleming accounted for 219.

ABOUT OKLAHOMA (1-0): Landry Jones is moving closer to becoming the winningest quarterback in school history. Jones completed 21 of 36 passes for 222 yards and two TDs against UTEP to improve his career mark to 30-8. He needs three wins to break the Oklahoma record set by Steve Davis, who won 32 games from 1973-75. Williams' long run in the fourth quarter allowed the junior college transfer to surpass 100 yards rushing in his first appearance for the Sooners. The junior finished with 104 yards on nine carries. Saturday's contest is the Sooners' final non-conference tune-up before they open Big 12 play Sept. 22 at home against Kansas State. They are off next week.

EXTRA POINTS

1. Oklahoma is 77-3 at Memorial Stadium under Bob Stoops, including 34-1 in September. The one loss was a 17-19 setback to TCU on Sept. 3, 2005.

2. The Sooners are facing Florida A&M for the first time. Oklahoma is 7-3 against current members of the FCS. Stoops has won all three of his games against FCS foes by a combined 170-2.

3. Oklahoma is 10-6 all-time against schools from the Sunshine State. Nine of those wins have come against Florida State (6-1) and Miami (3-4).

PREDICTION: Oklahoma 56, Florida A&M 0