Some numbers from last season for Texas and the other SEC, B1G, and ND playoff teams.
RZ % is red zone tds and fgs, so scoring anything vs coming away with nothing. RZ sc/g is the total number of scores from the red zone per game (I would have preferred RZ ppg, but I couldn’t find that number easily). RZ TD % is the percentage of RZ attempts that are converted to TDs. RZ Att is total number of RZ attempts. 4th % and Att are totals not just in the red zone. PPG is total points per game, not RZ.
These are all FBS ranks.
Last season, of the major playoff teams, Texas got into the red zone the most but also came away with nothing most often. Scored a TD the second least. Their drives stalled out the most, and they settled for the FG the least, and despite the aggressive play, didn’t get TDs more often, and didn’t end up with more total points per game from it.
They were also the highest in 4th down attempts and least successful in those attempts. A couple of comparisons there, Texas was tied with PSU & UGA in total 4th down conversions despite going for it more often. And ND was almost as aggressive on 4th down but significantly more successful in converting them.
Edit: I calculated the points per attempt in the red zone for these 8 teams. In order from most to least points per red zone attempt:
Indiana - 5.97
OSU - 5.69
PSU - 5.59
Oregon - 5.58
UGA - 5.5
ND - 5.3
Tenn - 4.95
Texas - 4.94