Sooners coach Bob Stoops joins Scott Van Pelt to discuss his team's win over Baylor and the likelihood that Oklahoma sneaks into the College Football Playoff. (3:32)

Bob Stoops has no doubt: His Oklahoma Sooners should be among the four teams in the College Football Playoff if they win out.

With two games left against the No. 11 and No. 4 teams in the nation, according to the AP Top 25, and the CFP rankings to be released Tuesday night, Stoops said if the Sooners finish 11-1, their performance down the stretch should outweigh an October loss to Texas.

"I don't know how you couldn't," Stoops said Monday night in an interview on ESPN's SportsCenter. "If you go on the road and beat the No. 6 team in the country, you beat the No. 11 team in the country [TCU] and Oklahoma State also on the road -- the No. 4 team in the country -- who else is doing that at the end of the year, or even through the whole year?"

The Sooners handed the then-No. 6 Baylor Bears their first loss Saturday, 44-34 in Waco, and are among three teams in the top seven of the AP Top 25 with one loss. The other two are Alabama and Notre Dame.

"Look at whoever else has won, and what top teams have they beaten?" Stoops said. "If you're able to do that, then certainly you should be one of those teams. And also, by the way, won on the road to Tennessee, one of those SEC teams."

Oklahoma quickly picked up where it left off after a 24-17 loss to Texas. After four blowout wins, the Sooners' regrouping culminated Saturday in Waco with a poise reminiscent of their Sugar Bowl victory over Alabama two years ago.

"Just to improve each week," said Stoops, whose team ranks in the top 10 nationally in both offensive and defensive efficiency. "You know we have."

Stoops said the key has been steering clear of serious injuries.

"We, fortunately, have stayed healthy," Stoops told ESPN's Scott Van Pelt. "And to make sure, like this coming week, to make sure we're better than we were a week ago. And for the most part, we've been able to do that. Just focus on the team that's in front of us."

The Sooners have also been fortunate to see a CFP landscape open up for them and in-state rival Oklahoma State this weekend. LSU's loss at Arkansas shut the door on the possibility of the SEC putting two teams in the playoff, and with Stanford and Utah falling, the Pac-12 bowed out of the playoff picture entirely.

Even assuming the Big Ten, ACC and SEC champions take three playoff spots, that still leaves one for the Oklahoma schools. At this point, only Notre Dame seems to stand in their way.

The Fighting Irish came in at No. 4 in last week's CFP rankings. Then Notre Dame's only remaining opportunity to impress the committee took a hit when Stanford lost.

The Sooners could have the bigger problem, given that their one common opponent with the Irish is Texas, which Notre Dame stomped 3-3 in its opener. But the Irish can't win a conference championship as an independent, a data point the committee has claimed it uses.

Stoops seemed confident that he has the right quarterback to take the Sooners to the doorstep of an eighth national championship.

With OU's stretch of big games and a primetime outing against Baylor that saw the Sooners QB put up 270 passing yards, 76 rushing yards and four touchdowns, Baker Mayfield re-entered the Heisman Trophy discussion.

"He's just excitable, but does it in the right way ... he's still very serious about his work, obvious in the way he's played," Stoops said of Mayfield. "But he's just infectious with his ... just the enthusiasm that he has. You can tell he just cannot wait to go out and play and to go out and practice. And it affects everybody."

Information from ESPN's Jake Trotter and Jeremy Willis was used in this report.