Oklahoma State Projected to Have Top Five Offense In 2016

Oklahoma State’s offense in 2016 returns far more experience than any other Big 12 team. According to ESPN, OSU returns 30 more “starts” than the next closest and almost 100 more than the next closest after that. Here’s the chart they put together.

As a result of that offensive firepower returning, ESPN has also projected that OSU will have a top five offense in 2016 in terms of “expected points.” This is an interesting concept more easily explained here.

Expected points (EP) accounts for factors such as down, distance to go, field position, home-field advantage and time remaining. The value it puts out is on a scale from about minus-3 to 7, and it basically represents “which team is likely…