OSU’s red zone offense has been perfect

There are 19 schools with more than 15 trips into the red zone this year. Of those only four have a perfect scoring rate (100%) and only one has scored a TD in every trip. That would be Oklahoma State.

Here’s a look:

Rank	Name	Games	Trips	Scores	Score %	TD	TD %	FG	FG %
1	Texas A&M	3	21	18	85.71	17	80.95	1	4.76
2	Oregon	3	19	16	84.21	13	68.42	3	15.79
2	Indiana	3	19	14	73.68	13	68.42	1	5.26
4	Oregon State	3	18	18	100.00	14	77.78	4	22.22
4	Marshall	3	18	16	88.89	12	66.67	4	22.22
6	Utah State	3	17	16	94.12	14	82.35	2	11.76
6	Oklahoma	3	17	15	88.24	9	52.94	6	35.29
6	Troy	3	17	14	82.35	11	64.71	3	17.65
6	Houston	2	17	14	82.35	8	47.06	6	35.29
6	Western Kentucky	3	17	13	76.47	10	58.82	3	17.65
11	Northwestern	3	16	16	100.00	10	62.50	6	37.50
11	LSU	3	16	15	93.75	11	68.75	4	25.00
11	Tennessee	3	16	14	87.50	12	75.00	2	12.50
11	Cincinnati	3	16	14	87.50	12	75.00	2	12.50
15	Oklahoma State	3	15	15	100.00	15	100.00	0	0.00
15	Ball State	3	15	15	100.00	11	73.33	4	26.67
15	UCF	3	15	14	93.33	10	66.67	4	26.67
15	Navy	2	15	13	86.67	10	66.67	3	20.00
15	Boise State	3	15	12	80.00	10	66.67	2	13.33

Some might say “hey, not a big deal, we’re only three games in” and that’s true, but consider OSU’s struggles in 2012 to punch TDs in when they got inside the 20. The Cowboys ranked No. 4 overall in college football in score percentage (93%) but just 26th in TD percentage (67%).

When you remember that OSU’s issues last year were laid equally on the offense and defense, it’s a big deal that they’ve been able to score with such ease in the red zone.

Will this change come conference play, sure, but OSU’s start is definitely encouraging.