The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MSST pass rush | 5.5% 16560th | 8.8% 28572nd | faces ULM | 7.1% 8497th | 6.3% ~2.1 sacks |
| ULM pass rush | 2.9% 103109th | 6.8% 235112th | faces MSST | 5.1% 13670th | 4.0% ~1.3 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.
ULM with the ball
| ULM offence vs MSST defence | ULM offence | MSST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.052130th | 0.01859th | -71 |
| success rate | 0.402103rd | 0.37355th | -48 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.119119th | 1.14339th | -80 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07088th | -0.00855th | -33 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43286th | 0.35839th | -47 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87990th | 0.72017th | -73 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.082134th | 0.06750th | -84 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386106th | 0.38864th | -42 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406111th | 1.44143rd | -68 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.455105th | 0.43759th | -46 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275102nd | 0.22120th | -82 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.96891st | 2.91182nd | -9 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15252nd | 0.15830th | -22 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.571125th | 0.60024th | -101 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.478131st | 3.16758th | -73 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.170110th | 0.18297th | -13 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10097th | 0.08241st | -56 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.070112th | 0.099130th | +18 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.90033rd | — | — |
MSST with the ball
| MSST offence vs ULM defence | MSST offence | ULM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3839th | 0.308135th | +126 |
| success rate | 0.51216th | 0.508137th | +121 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32031st | 1.21566th | +35 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32710th | 0.314136th | +126 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5448th | 0.522138th | +130 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01751st | 1.077115th | +64 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53115th | 0.339118th | +103 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50030th | 0.500130th | +100 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.68636th | 1.41334th | -2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54332nd | 0.536133rd | +101 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4328th | 0.427136th | +128 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.34434th | 3.418130th | +96 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.201104th | 0.16132nd | -72 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82426th | 0.778102nd | +76 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.64528th | 4.448125th | +97 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11935th | 0.1158th | -27 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06726th | 0.0648th | -18 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05265th | 0.05142nd | -23 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.80047th | — | — |
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.