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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950170-22-008626
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220509

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BANCFIRST CORP /OK/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000760498
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				731221379
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OK
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 NORTH BROADWAY AVE
		CITY:			OKLAHOMA CITY
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			73102-8401
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4052701000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 NORTH BROADWAY AVE
		CITY:			OKLAHOMA CITY
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			73102-8401

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UNITED COMMUNITY CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19890401
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021</font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">1. You disclose that your allowance is estimated for loans using a historical loss percentage based on losses arising specifically for each respective loan category, adjusted for various economic and environmental factors that are considered reasonable and supportable related to the underlying loans. Please provide us proposed revised disclosure to be included in future filings that:</font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">In future filings we will include the following revised disclosures:</font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">In future filings we will disclose the amount of such reversals in each period presented.</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">In accordance with ASC 326-20-30-11, for off-balance-sheet credit exposures, an institution will estimate expected credit losses over the contractual period in which it is exposed to credit risk. Similar to the incurred loss model, an institution will report in net income as an expense the amount necessary to adjust the allowance for credit losses on off-balance-sheet credit exposures, which is reported as a liability, for management's current estimate of expected credit losses on these exposures. For the period of exposure, the estimate of expected credit losses should consider both the likelihood that funding will occur and the amount expected to be funded over the estimated remaining life of the commitment or other off-balance-sheet exposure.</font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:11.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">As required by the accounting standard, we considered both the likelihood of funding and the amount expected to be funded over the estimated remaining life of the commitment. In addition, we separately considered the unfunded portion of loans internally graded 3 or worse, which would represent a heightened level of credit risk as compared to the remaining portfolio.</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:11.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">We reviewed the unfunded commitment balance as a percentage of the total commitment (funded plus unfunded) for the previous four years to assess whether that percentage is growing, declining or has remained relatively consistent. Based on this analysis, we observed that the percentage of unfunded to total commitment of revolving loans has remained relatively steady and has averaged 28.2% over the four years reviewed, increasing from 22.7% at February 28, 2018 to 32.7% at January 31, 2022.</font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:11.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">The Company has a history of managing the availability of unfunded loans after a borrower experiences credit deterioration that results in a breach of a loan covenant and/or a reduction in internal grading to grade 3 or worse. At this point in the life of the loan, we have the capability to discontinue or materially limit available funds to the borrower.  Officers approve advances on commercial customers based on compliance with the loan agreement, compliance with the loan covenants, availability, invoices, and inspections.  Availability for commercial loans is zeroed on the system automatically once impaired (non-accrual, partial c/o, and full c/o). Consumer revolving/HELOC or consumer overdraft protection lines, the system will zero available funds if a customer is 60 days or more past due.</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:11.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Very rarely does a loan migrate from an internal passing grade of 1 or 2 directly to charge off and certainly not on larger commercial credits.  As credits migrate from pass (internally graded 1 or 2) to internally graded 3 or worse we will almost always have the ability to intervene and eliminate unfunded availability.  The ability to manage availability on problem credit is evidenced by our internally graded 3 or worse loans as of</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:11.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">March 31, 2022.  Grade 3 loans have an available balance of $3 million, while loans graded 4 or 5 have essentially $0 available funds. This represents 3.3% of loans internally graded 3 or worse, significantly less than the average of 33% for the overall portfolio.  Availability on loans internally graded 3 or worse ($3 million) represents just 0.17% of overall unfunded availability.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:11.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">We reviewed all borrowers that defaulted on revolving commercial loans over the past 4 years that resulted in a charge off greater than $250,000. The Company had four borrowers meeting this criteria totaling $10.0 million in charge offs. Prior to default, we confirmed that two borrowers did not draw on the line at all subsequent to initial approval and funding. We also confirmed that the other 2 borrowers that drew down on their line within the prior two years preceding the charge off netted ~$800 thousand of funding, of which, $600,000 was funded more than 15 months prior to charge off. Both of these borrowers received partial charge offs of 79.7% and 50.2%. Therefore, the ultimate loss on the unfunded balance was ~$460,000 of the $800,000 draw down. In all cases, the available funds were zeroed out once the loan was initially criticized. We focused on the review of the prior two years as that period represents the life of the loan, as discussed in the paragraph above.</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:11.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">In summary, we believe that the reserve for off-balance sheet credit exposure is not material for the following reasons:</font></p>
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  <div style="margin-left:3.333%;text-indent:0.0%;display:flex;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:baseline;margin-bottom:11.0pt;min-width:3.333%;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;text-indent:0;display:inline-flex;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;justify-content:flex-start;min-width:3.447919145106397%;">&#x2022;</font><div style="display:inline;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Borrowers rarely drawn down on available balance, especially borrowers who ultimately default. Unfunded availability on the overall portfolio is relatively consistent averaging 28.2% over the past 4 years. Unfunded availability on loans internally graded 3 or worse is significantly less at just 3.3%.</font></div></div>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">7. You disclose that you consider the period of time a security has been in an unrealized loss position in assessing credit losses or other factors. As the length of time a security is in an unrealized loss position is not a factor in assessing whether credit losses exist as stipulate in ASC 326-30-55-1, please tell us whether a change to your allowance for credit losses on debt securities results from removing the length of time for your assessment. Separately represent to us that you will modify your policy disclosure in future filings to remove the length of time a security is in an unrealized loss position from the factors considered in your credit assessment.</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">  </font></p>
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