The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SC pass rush | 7.2% 8334th | 12.1% 16518th | faces MSST | 5.1% 13670th | 6.2% ~2.0 sacks |
| MSST pass rush | 5.5% 16560th | 8.8% 28572nd | faces SC | 4.6% 10862nd | 5.0% ~1.7 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.
MSST with the ball
| MSST offence vs SC defence | MSST offence | SC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3839th | 0.151104th | +95 |
| success rate | 0.51216th | 0.36243rd | +27 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32031st | 1.556137th | +106 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32710th | -0.05238th | +28 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5448th | 0.32725th | +17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01751st | 1.027100th | +49 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53115th | 0.466134th | +119 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50030th | 0.41278th | +48 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.68636th | 1.903133rd | +97 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54332nd | 0.39023rd | -9 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4328th | 0.315101st | +93 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.34434th | 2.29314th | -20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.201104th | 0.243115th | +11 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82426th | 0.63637th | +11 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.64528th | 5.059134th | +106 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11935th | 0.13635th | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06726th | 0.08954th | +28 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05265th | 0.04734th | -31 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.80047th | — | — |
SC with the ball
| SC offence vs MSST defence | SC offence | MSST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22751st | 0.01859th | +8 |
| success rate | 0.47643rd | 0.37355th | +12 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22868th | 1.14339th | -29 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30214th | -0.00855th | +41 |
| rush: success rate | 0.52611th | 0.35839th | +28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04739th | 0.72017th | -22 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17589th | 0.06750th | -39 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41589th | 0.38864th | -25 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.52176th | 1.44143rd | -33 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54929th | 0.43759th | +30 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28496th | 0.22120th | -76 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.7229th | 2.91182nd | +73 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13024th | 0.15830th | +6 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78947th | 0.60024th | -23 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29649th | 3.16758th | +9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12239th | 0.18297th | +58 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06827th | 0.08241st | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05472nd | 0.099130th | +58 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.80019th | — | — |
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.