The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MSST pass rush | 5.5% 16560th | 8.8% 28572nd | faces MIZ | 2.2% 9214th | 3.8% ~1.3 sacks |
| MIZ pass rush | 7.3% 10931st | 9.5% 21151st | faces MSST | 5.1% 13670th | 6.2% ~2.1 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.
MIZ with the ball
| MIZ offence vs MSST defence | MIZ offence | MSST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.19960th | 0.01859th | -1 |
| success rate | 0.43675th | 0.37355th | -20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23864th | 1.14339th | -25 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04298th | -0.00855th | -43 |
| rush: success rate | 0.400104th | 0.35839th | -65 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.768121st | 0.72017th | -104 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.45923rd | 0.06750th | +27 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47249th | 0.38864th | +15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67238th | 1.44143rd | +5 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48479th | 0.43759th | -20 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33057th | 0.22120th | -37 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.09971st | 2.91182nd | +11 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17276th | 0.15830th | -46 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69296th | 0.60024th | -72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.72280th | 3.16758th | -22 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.168106th | 0.18297th | -9 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08668th | 0.08241st | -27 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.082128th | 0.099130th | +2 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 61.500137th | — | — |
MSST with the ball
| MSST offence vs MIZ defence | MSST offence | MIZ defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3839th | -0.00448th | +39 |
| success rate | 0.51216th | 0.35436th | +20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32031st | 1.412126th | +95 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32710th | -0.00258th | +48 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5448th | 0.36341st | +33 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01751st | 1.074111th | +60 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53115th | 0.07153rd | +38 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50030th | 0.35127th | -3 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.68636th | 1.696109th | +73 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54332nd | 0.40030th | -2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4328th | 0.28373rd | +65 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.34434th | 2.48128th | -6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.201104th | 0.244117th | +13 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82426th | 0.867126th | +100 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.64528th | 3.26362nd | +34 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11935th | 0.221130th | +95 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06726th | 0.133118th | +92 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05265th | 0.089126th | +61 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.80047th | — | — |
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.