The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MSST pass rush | 5.5% 16560th | 8.8% 28572nd | faces ALA | 5.9% 11885th | 5.7% ~1.9 sacks |
| ALA pass rush | 8.5% 11822nd | 9.9% 23345th | faces MSST | 5.1% 13670th | 6.8% ~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.
ALA with the ball
| ALA offence vs MSST defence | ALA offence | MSST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32716th | 0.01859th | +43 |
| success rate | 0.49429th | 0.37355th | +26 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33226th | 1.14339th | +13 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23728th | -0.00855th | +27 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50024th | 0.35839th | +15 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10721st | 0.72017th | -4 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.47020th | 0.06750th | +30 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49134th | 0.38864th | +30 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.62852nd | 1.44143rd | -9 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54133rd | 0.43759th | +26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37033rd | 0.22120th | -13 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99389th | 2.91182nd | -7 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209111th | 0.15830th | -81 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77849th | 0.60024th | -25 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3574th | 3.16758th | +54 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15484th | 0.18297th | +13 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09790th | 0.08241st | -49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05675th | 0.099130th | +55 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400122nd | — | — |
MSST with the ball
| MSST offence vs ALA defence | MSST offence | ALA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3839th | -0.09820th | +11 |
| success rate | 0.51216th | 0.34123rd | +7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32031st | 1.382122nd | +91 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32710th | -0.17413th | +3 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5448th | 0.31115th | +7 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01751st | 0.91369th | +18 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53115th | -0.01827th | +12 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50030th | 0.35832nd | +2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.68636th | 1.826124th | +88 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54332nd | 0.39124th | -8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4328th | 0.25040th | +32 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.34434th | 2.1988th | -26 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.201104th | 0.244116th | +12 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82426th | 0.56214th | -12 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.64528th | 3.824101st | +73 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11935th | 0.189111th | +76 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06726th | 0.10887th | +61 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05265th | 0.080114th | +49 |
| 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.