The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VAN pass rush | 6.9% 10240th | 9.0% 19960th | faces DEL | 10.0% 100128th | 8.4% ~2.8 sacks |
| DEL pass rush | 9.1% 11019th | 10.0% 21043rd | faces VAN | 5.7% 10583rd | 7.4% ~2.4 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.
DEL with the ball
| DEL offence vs VAN defence | DEL offence | VAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.036114th | -0.03934th | -80 |
| success rate | 0.389116th | 0.35030th | -86 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26753rd | 1.336107th | +54 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04697th | -0.01949th | -48 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43583rd | 0.38355th | -28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.780119th | 1.02297th | -22 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15792nd | 0.01132nd | -60 |
| pass: success rate | 0.369116th | 0.33620th | -96 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.73529th | 1.671104th | +75 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47984th | 0.42148th | -36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.226128th | 0.24535th | -93 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.717118th | 2.53934th | -84 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209112th | 0.20078th | -34 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.647110th | 0.789105th | -5 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.60089th | 2.90543rd | -46 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.214136th | 0.185106th | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111113th | 0.11091st | -22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.103137th | 0.075104th | -33 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.40052nd | — | — |
VAN with the ball
| VAN offence vs DEL defence | VAN offence | DEL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082101st | 0.08079th | -22 |
| success rate | 0.41598th | 0.38865th | -33 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18093rd | 1.312100th | +7 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16152nd | -0.06036th | -16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42193rd | 0.37852nd | -41 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05834th | 0.84339th | +5 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20281st | 0.274104th | +23 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44964th | 0.41481st | +17 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.301127th | 1.64297th | -30 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47985th | 0.45575th | -10 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263110th | 0.26251st | -59 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05081st | 2.90379th | -2 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15048th | 0.15025th | -23 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77355th | 0.833114th | +59 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.120116th | 2.80034th | -82 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12948th | 0.184104th | +56 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08566th | 0.10989th | +23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04449th | 0.075103rd | +54 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80084th | — | — |
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.