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Cincinnati vs. Oklahoma State

Cincinnati and Oklahoma State have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1958; Oklahoma State leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Oklahoma State 3–⁠2.

Scheduled 2027 at Cincinnati. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Cincinnati wins
2
Oklahoma State wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1958
Longest streak
2 Oklahoma State
Current streak
1 Cincinnati
Last 10 meetings
Oklahoma State 3–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠1
1980s0–⁠1
2020s1–⁠1
Average margin
18.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cincinnati
0–⁠2 Cincinnati’s record at home
At Oklahoma State
1–⁠2 Oklahoma State’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Cincinnati’s biggest win2025: Cincinnati 49, Oklahoma State 17by 32 points
  2. Oklahoma State’s biggest win2023: Oklahoma State 45, Cincinnati 13by 32 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cincinnati and Oklahoma State, 1958 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Ollie Gordon II Oklahoma State25 carries, 271 yards, 2 TD2023 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

On television

2025ESPN20.3 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Oct 18, 202524Cincinnati 49, Oklahoma State 17at Oklahoma State
Oct 28, 2023Oklahoma State 45, Cincinnati 13at Oklahoma State
Sep 17, 1983Oklahoma State 27, Cincinnati 17at Cincinnati
Sep 19, 1959Cincinnati 22, Oklahoma State 9at Oklahoma State
Oct 25, 1958Oklahoma State 19, Cincinnati 14at Cincinnati

Every game is listed as played on the field.