The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ALA pass rush | 8.5% 11822nd | 9.9% 23345th | faces ECU | 7.3% 8299th | 7.9% ~2.6 sacks |
| ECU pass rush | 3.7% 8193rd | 12.0% 20919th | faces ALA | 5.9% 11885th | 4.8% ~1.6 sacks |
sacks from CFBD play-by-play; college has no charted pressure, and these rates are not opponent-adjusted Measured on 7,926 team-games 2022–25: a college line's sacks-allowed rate carries +0.27 into its next game and a defence's sack rate only +0.10 — the line is most of this. The pairing predicts the game's sack rate +0.27, yards per dropback −0.16 and points added per play −0.15. Heaviest quarter of pairings against lightest: 7.8% vs 4.2% sack rate, 6.1 vs 7.2 yards per dropback.
ECU with the ball
| ECU offence vs ALA defence | ECU offence | ALA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.056106th | -0.09820th | -86 |
| success rate | 0.401105th | 0.34123rd | -82 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.166100th | 1.382122nd | +22 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.067124th | -0.17413th | -111 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368121st | 0.31115th | -106 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.836105th | 0.91369th | -36 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.21076th | -0.01827th | -49 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42482nd | 0.35832nd | -50 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49785th | 1.826124th | +39 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49171st | 0.39124th | -47 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.200134th | 0.25040th | -94 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.431136th | 2.1988th | -128 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19798th | 0.244116th | +18 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72781st | 0.56214th | -67 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.238110th | 3.824101st | -9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.182124th | 0.189111th | -13 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.116120th | 0.10887th | -33 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066100th | 0.080114th | +14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.40025th | — | — |
ALA with the ball
| ALA offence vs ECU defence | ALA offence | ECU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32716th | -0.01842nd | +26 |
| success rate | 0.49429th | 0.35435th | +6 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33226th | 1.313101st | +75 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23728th | 0.02467th | +39 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50024th | 0.37047th | +23 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10721st | 1.183131st | +110 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.47020th | -0.00231st | +11 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49134th | 0.34525th | -9 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.62852nd | 1.54065th | +13 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54133rd | 0.37114th | -19 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37033rd | 0.327109th | +76 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99389th | 2.25211th | -78 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209111th | 0.291134th | +23 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77849th | 0.58320th | -29 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3574th | 2.84637th | +33 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15484th | 0.194113th | +29 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09790th | 0.160131st | +41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05675th | 0.0359th | -66 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400122nd | — | — |
Rank gap = the defence's FBS rank minus the offence's on the same measure: +60 means the offence ranks 60 places better than the defence it faces. Unit against unit only — college has no player charting to name a matchup by.