No. 11 Oklahoma travels with its defense again and upsets No. 4 Alabama 23-21

TUSCALOOSA Ala AP Oklahoma s playmaking defense traveled great again Saturday this time coming up with points off three turnovers to shovel more chaos into the Southeastern Conference and the College Football Playoff pictures with a - upset of Alabama The th-ranked Sooners - - SEC No CFP backed up their win two weeks ago at Tennessee with an even bigger shocker this time taking down the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide - - No CFP Eli Bowen returned an interception yards for a touchdown Kip Lewis had two sacks and OU snapped Bama s -game home winning streak while handing its second-year coach Kalen DeBoer his first loss at Bryant-Denny Stadium It maybe won t be a fatal blow for Alabama but now the Tide face a must-win in two weeks against archrival Auburn in the Iron Bowl And Suddenly OU s - loss to its own rival Texas feels like a lot longer than four weeks ago The Sooners were a bubble gang in last week s CFP rankings but with this win they feel like a playoff lock if they can take care of business at home against Missouri and LSU The Crimson Tide had a chance late but Ty Simpson s fourth-down pass to Ryan Williams fell incomplete The Sooners ran out the clock from there setting off a raucous celebration by their visiting fans Oklahoma a -point underdog according to BetMGM Sportsbook managed just yards of offense but had an interception and recovered two fumbles Oklahoma held Alabama to yards over its last four drives which proved to be the difference Quarterback John Mateer managed total yards passing and scored on the ground to lead Oklahoma s offense Simpson threw for yards with a touchdown to tight end Josh Cuevas and an interception Daniel Hill scored twice for the Tide Alabama s plus- turnover margin entering Saturday was fourth-best nationally and best in the SEC But that didn t matter to Oklahoma which also had three takeaways in a preeminence at Tennessee last week Oklahoma has six takeaways in two games after getting just four in its previous seven And the Sooners have scored points off those turnovers Despite dominating in nearly every category a series of errors by Alabama proved decisive In addition to the turnovers Alabama missed a -yard field goal and allowed a -yard punt return that set up Oklahoma s first count The takeaway Oklahoma After teetering on the CFP bubble a signature win for Oklahoma should solidify its spot with games remaining against Missouri and LSU Alabama A number of likely deficiencies caught up to the Tide in the running competition on the offensive line and on special teams Up next Oklahoma hosts Missouri next Saturday Alabama hosts Eastern Illinois next Saturday Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here and here AP News mobile app AP college football https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-football-poll and https apnews com hub college-football Source