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The Sooners may have slid from the top-ranking spot in the polls this football season, but Oklahoma fans can find solace in the fact that OU is still No. 1 at something — casket sales.

Collegiate Memorials, based in this Georgia town, has been making college-themed caskets for die-hard college sports fans and alumni since 2000. The caskets, available in wood or steel, bear the school colors and insignia. The OU-themed casket, which Collegiate Memorials began producing in 2001, is the company’s top seller this year, said Scott Walston, Collegiate Memorials president. Walston estimates the company has sold 50 OU caskets in the past year.

“The caskets are a great way to pay homage to someone, it’s something that’s been personalized,” Walston said.