The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| KU pass rush | 1.8% 54126th | 9.0% 13361st | faces MIZ | 2.2% 9214th | 2.0% ~0.7 sacks |
| MIZ pass rush | 7.3% 10931st | 9.5% 21151st | faces KU | 5.9% 6884th | 6.6% ~2.2 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.
MIZ with the ball
| MIZ offence vs KU defence | MIZ offence | KU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.19960th | -0.06826th | -34 |
| success rate | 0.43675th | 0.3088th | -67 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23864th | 1.23573rd | +9 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04298th | -0.15715th | -83 |
| rush: success rate | 0.400104th | 0.2685th | -99 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.768121st | 0.76525th | -96 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.45923rd | 0.275105th | +82 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47249th | 0.37750th | +1 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67238th | 1.718113th | +75 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48479th | 0.36410th | -69 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33057th | 0.22119th | -38 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.09971st | 2.1326th | -65 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17276th | 0.250122nd | +46 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69296th | 0.75084th | -12 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.72280th | 3.23860th | -20 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.168106th | 0.200117th | +11 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08668th | 0.144127th | +59 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.082128th | 0.05657th | -71 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 61.500137th | — | — |
KU with the ball
| KU offence vs MIZ defence | KU offence | MIZ defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20259th | -0.00448th | -11 |
| success rate | 0.44170th | 0.35436th | -34 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42910th | 1.412126th | +116 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09780th | -0.00258th | -22 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44672nd | 0.36341st | -31 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94476th | 1.074111th | +35 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28460th | 0.07153rd | -7 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41390th | 0.35127th | -63 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0423rd | 1.696109th | +106 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50456th | 0.40030th | -26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32958th | 0.28373rd | +15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26947th | 2.48128th | -19 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0996th | 0.244117th | +111 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545130th | 0.867126th | -4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.167115th | 3.26362nd | -53 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.173115th | 0.221130th | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10096th | 0.133118th | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.073114th | 0.089126th | +12 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.10030th | — | — |
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.