The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UK pass rush | 5.0% 11971st | 6.4% 218118th | faces ALA | 5.9% 11885th | 5.5% ~1.8 sacks |
| ALA pass rush | 8.5% 11822nd | 9.9% 23345th | faces UK | 8.6% 81119th | 8.6% ~2.8 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.
ALA with the ball
| ALA offence vs UK defence | ALA offence | UK defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32716th | 0.01657th | +41 |
| success rate | 0.49429th | 0.41788th | +59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33226th | 1.19055th | +29 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23728th | 0.141113th | +85 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50024th | 0.43293rd | +69 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10721st | 1.077114th | +93 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.47020th | -0.03720th | 0 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49134th | 0.41887th | +53 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.62852nd | 1.28711th | -41 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54133rd | 0.44869th | +36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37033rd | 0.348121st | +88 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99389th | 2.80665th | -24 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209111th | 0.16835th | -76 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77849th | 0.77899th | +50 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3574th | 3.57782nd | +78 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15484th | 0.183100th | +16 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09790th | 0.08343rd | -47 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05675th | 0.100134th | +59 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400122nd | — | — |
UK with the ball
| UK offence vs ALA defence | UK offence | ALA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23647th | -0.09820th | -27 |
| success rate | 0.51612th | 0.34123rd | +11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20384th | 1.382122nd | +38 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20937th | -0.17413th | -24 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5487th | 0.31115th | +8 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94875th | 0.91369th | -6 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.26766th | -0.01827th | -39 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46353rd | 0.35832nd | -21 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58460th | 1.826124th | +64 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57112th | 0.39124th | +12 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32166th | 0.25040th | -26 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.46025th | 2.1988th | -17 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15656th | 0.244116th | +60 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76557th | 0.56214th | -43 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.87520th | 3.824101st | +81 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13561st | 0.189111th | +50 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09177th | 0.10887th | +10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04447th | 0.080114th | +67 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10096th | — | — |
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.