The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| AUB pass rush | 6.5% 15342nd | 10.3% 30237th | faces VAN | 5.7% 10583rd | 6.1% ~2.0 sacks |
| VAN pass rush | 6.9% 10240th | 9.0% 19960th | faces AUB | 9.7% 144127th | 8.3% ~2.7 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.
VAN with the ball
| VAN offence vs AUB defence | VAN offence | AUB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082101st | -0.00946th | -55 |
| success rate | 0.41598th | 0.37558th | -40 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18093rd | 1.21465th | -28 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16152nd | -0.01850th | -2 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42193rd | 0.35838th | -55 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05834th | 0.92472nd | +38 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20281st | 0.12869th | -12 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44964th | 0.41480th | +16 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.301127th | 1.49457th | -70 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47985th | 0.41744th | -41 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263110th | 0.27765th | -45 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05081st | 2.56939th | -42 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15048th | 0.18553rd | +5 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77355th | 0.68253rd | -2 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.120116th | 3.50078th | -38 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12948th | 0.15556th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08566th | 0.10174th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04449th | 0.05447th | -2 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80084th | — | — |
AUB with the ball
| AUB offence vs VAN defence | AUB offence | VAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11984th | -0.03934th | -50 |
| success rate | 0.42884th | 0.35030th | -54 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26852nd | 1.336107th | +55 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18742nd | -0.01949th | +7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46456th | 0.38355th | -1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98960th | 1.02297th | +37 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14295th | 0.01132nd | -63 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40198th | 0.33620th | -78 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58362nd | 1.671104th | +42 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.451106th | 0.42148th | -58 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37827th | 0.24535th | +8 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.27845th | 2.53934th | -11 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15249th | 0.20078th | +29 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.86711th | 0.789105th | +94 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.12058th | 2.90543rd | -15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15181st | 0.185106th | +25 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09893rd | 0.11091st | -2 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05366th | 0.075104th | +38 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60038th | — | — |
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.