The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ALA pass rush | 8.5% 11822nd | 9.9% 23345th | faces SC | 4.6% 10862nd | 6.6% ~2.2 sacks |
| SC pass rush | 7.2% 8334th | 12.1% 16518th | faces ALA | 5.9% 11885th | 6.6% ~2.2 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.
SC with the ball
| SC offence vs ALA defence | SC offence | ALA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22751st | -0.09820th | -31 |
| success rate | 0.47643rd | 0.34123rd | -20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22868th | 1.382122nd | +54 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30214th | -0.17413th | -1 |
| rush: success rate | 0.52611th | 0.31115th | +4 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04739th | 0.91369th | +30 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17589th | -0.01827th | -62 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41589th | 0.35832nd | -57 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.52176th | 1.826124th | +48 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54929th | 0.39124th | -5 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28496th | 0.25040th | -56 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.7229th | 2.1988th | -1 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13024th | 0.244116th | +92 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78947th | 0.56214th | -33 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29649th | 3.824101st | +52 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12239th | 0.189111th | +72 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06827th | 0.10887th | +60 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05472nd | 0.080114th | +42 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.80019th | — | — |
ALA with the ball
| ALA offence vs SC defence | ALA offence | SC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32716th | 0.151104th | +88 |
| success rate | 0.49429th | 0.36243rd | +14 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33226th | 1.556137th | +111 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23728th | -0.05238th | +10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50024th | 0.32725th | +1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10721st | 1.027100th | +79 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.47020th | 0.466134th | +114 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49134th | 0.41278th | +44 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.62852nd | 1.903133rd | +81 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54133rd | 0.39023rd | -10 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37033rd | 0.315101st | +68 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99389th | 2.29314th | -75 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209111th | 0.243115th | +4 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77849th | 0.63637th | -12 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3574th | 5.059134th | +130 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15484th | 0.13635th | -49 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09790th | 0.08954th | -36 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05675th | 0.04734th | -41 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400122nd | — | — |
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.