In general, the offense ratio is a pretty fair index of how a
team is going to figure in the team standings (on basis of games won). How-
ever, the relationship is not certain, as in 1934, Oklahoma had a splendid
offense ratio «+ next highest to Kansas' ratio of 1956 « but the Sooners lost
some narrow margin games, and then won by wide margins, as Oklahoma 68+Kansas
State 21, and Oklahoma 5SsNebraska 23. These fattened the offense ratio
out of proportion to the number of games wone

In the main, however, the offense ratio drops much in the same
rate as the drop in team standing, and therefore the offense ratio can be
taken fairly early in the season, as a basis for predicting team strength.
One or two games, of course, are not enough to indicate a trend.