The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TEX pass rush | 9.4% 12815th | 12.8% 25012th | faces OSU | 3.6% 13842nd | 6.5% ~2.1 sacks |
| OSU pass rush | 5.1% 13868th | 8.9% 25966th | faces TEX | 7.5% 133103rd | 6.3% ~2.1 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.
OSU with the ball
| OSU offence vs TEX defence | OSU offence | TEX defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3948th | -0.05629th | +21 |
| success rate | 0.5247th | 0.35029th | +22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.34224th | 1.09427th | +3 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17548th | -0.07433rd | -15 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45068th | 0.36543rd | -25 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02444th | 0.79126th | -18 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6633rd | -0.03322nd | +19 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6072nd | 0.33118th | +16 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57964th | 1.43236th | -28 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57210th | 0.39726th | +16 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36537th | 0.24738th | +1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.20158th | 2.55437th | -21 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16870th | 0.19876th | +6 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78348th | 0.73378th | +30 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11113th | 2.19010th | -3 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11124th | 0.206124th | +100 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06323rd | 0.141126th | +103 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04859th | 0.06584th | +25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200107th | — | — |
TEX with the ball
| TEX offence vs OSU defence | TEX offence | OSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11090th | -0.08123rd | -67 |
| success rate | 0.45556th | 0.35333rd | -23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.143112th | 1.21164th | -48 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04795th | -0.04242nd | -53 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45865th | 0.435100th | +35 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.790117th | 0.94580th | -37 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28063rd | -0.1377th | -56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46254th | 0.2752nd | -52 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.56266th | 1.58883rd | +17 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50062nd | 0.39828th | -34 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36239th | 0.28271st | +32 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.818109th | 2.79162nd | -47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18390th | 0.19469th | -21 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75071st | 0.66749th | -22 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25054th | 2.77833rd | -21 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.171111th | 0.208125th | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.130131st | 0.10478th | -53 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04137th | 0.104135th | +98 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.900111th | — | — |
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.