The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TA&M pass rush | 3.1% 97104th | 8.8% 21671st | faces ARK | 6.6% 13691st | 4.9% ~1.6 sacks |
| ARK pass rush | 7.0% 8639th | 8.5% 17775th | faces TA&M | 5.5% 14579th | 6.3% ~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.
ARK with the ball
| ARK offence vs TA&M defence | ARK offence | TA&M defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.049109th | 0.03368th | -41 |
| success rate | 0.42290th | 0.38562nd | -28 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.118120th | 1.30798th | -22 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.075125th | -0.07932nd | -93 |
| rush: success rate | 0.386116th | 0.36644th | -72 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.566137th | 0.84136th | -101 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.18186th | 0.21892nd | +6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45059th | 0.40877th | +18 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.46095th | 1.851130th | +35 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48577th | 0.42651st | -26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31269th | 0.28170th | +1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.579127th | 2.76459th | -68 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18187th | 0.17945th | -42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84217th | 0.71469th | +52 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.50093rd | 3.05354th | -39 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.180122nd | 0.17787th | -35 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09280th | 0.115100th | +20 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.088135th | 0.06271st | -64 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.20057th | — | — |
TA&M with the ball
| TA&M offence vs ARK defence | TA&M offence | ARK defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.043111th | 0.158106th | -5 |
| success rate | 0.44367th | 0.43299th | +32 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.074131st | 1.11028th | -103 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09481st | 0.193126th | +45 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49728th | 0.460113th | +85 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.820110th | 0.90668th | -42 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.022119th | 0.16077th | -42 |
| pass: success rate | 0.385107th | 0.41886th | -21 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.405112th | 1.36323rd | -89 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47886th | 0.527129th | +43 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36634th | 0.1885th | -29 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.21657th | 3.226117th | +60 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16665th | 0.15024th | -41 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85015th | 0.875128th | +113 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36043rd | 5.143135th | +92 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16193rd | 0.14441st | -52 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07746th | 0.09663rd | +17 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084130th | 0.04836th | -94 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400116th | — | — |
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.