Oklahoma has rolled off five straight wins and, with a little help from Texas A&M, put itself in position to win the Big 12 South.

But what happens at the end of the season hasn’t crept into the Sooners’ sphere quite yet. The 16th-ranked Sooners (8-2, 5-1 Big 12) are sporting blinders when it comes to just about anything other than their next opponent: Baylor (4-7, 3-4).

It’s the same path the Sooners have tried to stay on throughout the season. The winning streak hasn’t changed anything.

“Our major goal and our whole focus is on us improving this week, getting better, correcting some of the mistakes,” OU coach Bob Stoops said.

Paul Thompson threw for a career-high 309 yards last week against Texas Tech and OU’s passing game returned after going into hibernation against Texas A&M.

But the negatives stand out to the Sooner coach.

OU committed four turnovers against the Red Raiders that caused a 14-point first-half deficit. Stoops also pointed out some defensive breakdowns that occurred.

“That’s where our emphasis is — improving, getting better through the week to go down to Baylor and have another opportunity to win.”

For OU, wins against the Bears have almost been forgone conclusions. The Sooners are a perfect 15-0 against Baylor, including three straight wins by 35 points or more from 2002 to 2004.

But that changed when the Sooners had to hold off a furious rally from the Bears to win 37-30 in overtime last season.

“We know what Baylor is capable of,” quarterback Paul Thompson said. “A lot of people might want to overlook them, but when you look at what they’ve done at home, all games have been close and they’ve even pulled off some wins at home. So we can’t get caught up into all of that because on any day, any team can win.”

Perhaps that’s what keeps OU from sampling the buffet of other subjects.

The Bedlam game looms next week. There’s also the hysteria surrounding when Adrian Peterson might return from his broken collarbone.

That doesn’t even call into account questions about the Sooners being stuck at No. 17 in the BCS standings.

“We still have a lot of football to be play and that’s why I won’t let our focus change from going to Baylor this week,” Stoops said. “That’s where all our energy’s at now. Again, there’s a lot of football left and a lot of games to be played, so we’ll see.”