The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| LSU pass rush | 12.7% 1343rd | 15.2% 2304th | faces CLEM | 8.6% 117117th | 10.6% ~3.5 sacks |
| CLEM pass rush | 5.3% 15265th | 6.3% 284119th | faces LSU | 5.1% 13767th | 5.2% ~1.7 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.
CLEM with the ball
| CLEM offence vs LSU defence | CLEM offence | LSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.027125th | -0.1664th | -121 |
| success rate | 0.342132nd | 0.3035th | -127 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17594th | 1.18453rd | -41 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09382nd | -0.15516th | -66 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368120th | 0.33028th | -92 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02049th | 0.72720th | -29 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.001124th | -0.1802nd | -122 |
| pass: success rate | 0.328131st | 0.2814th | -127 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400114th | 1.56374th | -40 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.405129th | 0.3547th | -122 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.228125th | 0.22724th | -101 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.764114th | 2.2009th | -105 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.211114th | 0.240113th | -1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80035th | 0.778100th | +65 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.095117th | 3.857104th | -13 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.188127th | 0.224131st | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.146136th | 0.154130th | -6 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04239th | 0.07198th | +59 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40071st | — | — |
LSU with the ball
| LSU offence vs CLEM defence | LSU offence | CLEM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23648th | 0.01758th | +10 |
| success rate | 0.47840th | 0.41083rd | +43 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28247th | 1.18854th | +7 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17449th | 0.203127th | +78 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46061st | 0.492132nd | +71 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95873rd | 0.88759th | -14 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.34547th | -0.05519th | -28 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48935th | 0.34424th | -11 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71830th | 1.56373rd | +43 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50951st | 0.43055th | +4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39818th | 0.368128th | +110 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05279th | 3.459135th | +56 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14844th | 0.12912th | -32 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72086th | 0.72774th | -12 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.06161st | 2.34616th | -45 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167103rd | 0.16067th | -36 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08871st | 0.07322nd | -49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079124th | 0.087125th | +1 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.400128th | — | — |
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.