The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MISS pass rush | 5.3% 11364th | 9.2% 27359th | faces LOU | 7.4% 94102nd | 6.4% ~2.1 sacks |
| LOU pass rush | 5.2% 9666th | 6.5% 214115th | faces MISS | 1.9% 15610th | 3.6% ~1.2 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.
LOU with the ball
| LOU offence vs MISS defence | LOU offence | MISS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.34412th | 0.225126th | +114 |
| success rate | 0.50024th | 0.471128th | +104 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.35323rd | 1.14540th | +17 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20339th | 0.177123rd | +84 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48635th | 0.478128th | +93 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03443rd | 0.95281st | +38 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.48718th | 0.302111th | +93 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51623rd | 0.450108th | +85 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66343rd | 1.48053rd | +10 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56316th | 0.540134th | +118 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32464th | 0.29586th | +22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.809111th | 2.90076th | -35 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19496th | 0.21799th | +3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72284th | 0.818113th | +29 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.39340th | 4.000112th | +72 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14170th | 0.13025th | -45 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111114th | 0.08748th | -66 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03013th | 0.04326th | +13 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80082nd | — | — |
MISS with the ball
| MISS offence vs LOU defence | MISS offence | LOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25238th | 0.10689th | +51 |
| success rate | 0.5188th | 0.40275th | +67 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.162102nd | 1.23876th | -26 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15456th | -0.01553rd | -3 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51817th | 0.43092nd | +75 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.89485th | 0.71015th | -70 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43525th | 0.378124th | +99 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52616th | 0.38158th | +42 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400116th | 1.964136th | +20 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56813th | 0.45576th | +63 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37131st | 0.27461st | +30 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.93596th | 3.02198th | +2 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17581st | 0.1216th | -75 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76063rd | 0.51711th | -52 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.75023rd | 3.61587th | +64 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12744th | 0.13633rd | -11 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07237th | 0.07323rd | -14 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05471st | 0.06374th | +3 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70037th | — | — |
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.