Oklahoma football took one step closer to the College Football Playoff with a defensive win over Missouri in Week 13. Follow along for a recap.

The Sooners didn't give the ball away, but Ben Arbuckle's offense struggled to put down the Tigers with a banged-up running back unit.

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Eli Bowen records his second interception in as many games, sealing the 17-6 victory for the Sooners. Oklahoma improves to 9-2 and hosts LSU at 2:30 p.m.

The Sooners will secure an at-large bid with a win over LSU next week, but is this team good enough on offense to make a run?

Oklahoma's Reggie Powers III was ejected for targeting vs Missouri. He'll have to sit out the first half against LSU next week:

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Venables and Drinkwitz squared off three time as coordinators when Venables was at Clemson and Drinkwitz at NC State