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OSU’s red zone offense has been perfect

There hasn’t been a better college football team inside the red zone this year than Oklahoma State.

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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.

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