The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VAN pass rush | 6.9% 10240th | 9.0% 19960th | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 5.4% ~1.8 sacks |
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces VAN | 5.7% 10583rd | 4.0% ~1.3 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.
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs VAN defence | NCSU offence | VAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | -0.03934th | -20 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.35030th | -3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 1.336107th | +30 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | -0.01949th | +13 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.38355th | +25 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 1.02297th | +56 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | 0.01132nd | -35 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.33620th | -19 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.671104th | -6 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.42148th | +18 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.24535th | -16 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 2.53934th | -7 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.20078th | +31 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.789105th | +84 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 2.90543rd | +18 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.185106th | +18 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.11091st | +9 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.075104th | +9 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90064th | — | — |
VAN with the ball
| VAN offence vs NCSU defence | VAN offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082101st | 0.12093rd | -8 |
| success rate | 0.41598th | 0.39974th | -24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18093rd | 1.25082nd | -11 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16152nd | 0.06784th | +32 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42193rd | 0.446106th | +13 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05834th | 0.96786th | +52 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20281st | 0.270101st | +20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44964th | 0.36642nd | -22 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.301127th | 1.64399th | -28 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47985th | 0.45677th | -8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263110th | 0.26454th | -56 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05081st | 2.82166th | -15 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15048th | 0.19061st | +13 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77355th | 0.76290th | +35 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.120116th | 3.59184th | -32 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12948th | 0.15254th | +6 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08566th | 0.07017th | -49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04449th | 0.082118th | +69 |
| 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.