The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MISS pass rush | 5.3% 11364th | 9.2% 27359th | faces LSU | 5.1% 13767th | 5.2% ~1.7 sacks |
| LSU pass rush | 12.7% 1343rd | 15.2% 2304th | faces MISS | 1.9% 15610th | 7.3% ~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.
LSU with the ball
| LSU offence vs MISS defence | LSU offence | MISS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23648th | 0.225126th | +78 |
| success rate | 0.47840th | 0.471128th | +88 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28247th | 1.14540th | -7 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17449th | 0.177123rd | +74 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46061st | 0.478128th | +67 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95873rd | 0.95281st | +8 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.34547th | 0.302111th | +64 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48935th | 0.450108th | +73 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71830th | 1.48053rd | +23 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50951st | 0.540134th | +83 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39818th | 0.29586th | +68 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05279th | 2.90076th | -3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14844th | 0.21799th | +55 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72086th | 0.818113th | +27 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.06161st | 4.000112th | +51 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167103rd | 0.13025th | -78 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08871st | 0.08748th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079124th | 0.04326th | -98 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.400128th | — | — |
MISS with the ball
| MISS offence vs LSU defence | MISS offence | LSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25238th | -0.1664th | -34 |
| success rate | 0.5188th | 0.3035th | -3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.162102nd | 1.18453rd | -49 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15456th | -0.15516th | -40 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51817th | 0.33028th | +11 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.89485th | 0.72720th | -65 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43525th | -0.1802nd | -23 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52616th | 0.2814th | -12 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400116th | 1.56374th | -42 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56813th | 0.3547th | -6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37131st | 0.22724th | -7 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.93596th | 2.2009th | -87 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17581st | 0.240113th | +32 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76063rd | 0.778100th | +37 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.75023rd | 3.857104th | +81 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12744th | 0.224131st | +87 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07237th | 0.154130th | +93 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05471st | 0.07198th | +27 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70037th | — | — |
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.