Joe Boozell | NCAA.com | February 18, 2016 Is Baker Mayfield headed to the diamond? Share Baker Mayfield has a heck of an arm and some athleticism to boot, so the Oklahoma QB excelling at other sports wouldn’t come as a shock. So could the signal caller, say, join the Sooners’ baseball team? Unlikely. But would it be impossible? Not necessarily. At first glance, the Oklahoma baseball tweet below might make you think Mayfield is adding metal spikes to his collection of rubber cleats. But as it turns out, they were just having some fun. Mayfield will throw out the first pitch in Oklahoma’s season opener against Northeastern on Friday. OFFICIAL: Mayfield to join OU baseball... ...Friday to throw first pitch on Opening Day. pic.twitter.com/cwkmYHGDiZ — Oklahoma Baseball (@OU_Baseball) February 19, 2016 Oklahoma football and basketball have dominated in 2015-16, so Sooners fans are hoping the baseball team can follow suit. College softball rankings: Oklahoma continues to roll as No. 1 in NFCA poll Oklahoma cruised to two more wins and enters its seventh consecutive week at No. 1 in the 2021 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. Here are the full top 25 rankings for April 13, 2021. READ MORE College softball rankings: Oklahoma remains the unanimous No. 1 team Oklahoma is once again the unanimous No. 1 team in the latest USA TODAY/NFCA Coaches poll. READ MORE Cincinnati's IImar'I Thomas headlines this week's starting 5 after setting conference-record in points Cincinnati's IImar'I Thomas highlights this week's NCAA.com Starting Five for women's basketball. READ MORE