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8/25/2011, 09:08 PM
The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma (variously "Oklahoma" or "OU"). The Oklahoma Sooners are a perennial powerhouse. As of 2008, ESPN ranked Oklahoma as the most prestigious program since 1936. The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The program began in 1895 and is the most successful program of the modern era (post World War II) with 567 wins and a winning percentage of .763 since 1945.[1][2] The program has seven national championships, 43 conference championships, 152 All-Americans (74 consensus),[3] and five Heisman Trophy winners. In addition, the school has had five coaches and 17 players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame[4] and holds the record for the longest winning streak in Division I-FBS history with 47 straight victories. Oklahoma is also the only program that has had four coaches with 100+ wins, including current head coach Bob Stoops. They became the eighth NCAA FBS team to win 800 games when they defeated Utah State on Sept. 4th, 2010. The team is currently coached by Bob Stoops and games are played at the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma, where the Oklahoma Sooners maintain the longest home winning streak in the nation (36 straight; 2005–Present).[5] OU will begin the 2011 season ranked #1 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.