The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UK pass rush | 5.0% 11971st | 6.4% 218118th | faces LSU | 5.1% 13767th | 5.1% ~1.7 sacks |
| LSU pass rush | 12.7% 1343rd | 15.2% 2304th | faces UK | 8.6% 81119th | 10.7% ~3.5 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.
LSU with the ball
| LSU offence vs UK defence | LSU offence | UK defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23648th | 0.01657th | +9 |
| success rate | 0.47840th | 0.41788th | +48 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28247th | 1.19055th | +8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17449th | 0.141113th | +64 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46061st | 0.43293rd | +32 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95873rd | 1.077114th | +41 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.34547th | -0.03720th | -27 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48935th | 0.41887th | +52 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71830th | 1.28711th | -19 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50951st | 0.44869th | +18 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39818th | 0.348121st | +103 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05279th | 2.80665th | -14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14844th | 0.16835th | -9 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72086th | 0.77899th | +13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.06161st | 3.57782nd | +21 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167103rd | 0.183100th | -3 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08871st | 0.08343rd | -28 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079124th | 0.100134th | +10 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.400128th | — | — |
UK with the ball
| UK offence vs LSU defence | UK offence | LSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23647th | -0.1664th | -43 |
| success rate | 0.51612th | 0.3035th | -7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20384th | 1.18453rd | -31 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20937th | -0.15516th | -21 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5487th | 0.33028th | +21 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94875th | 0.72720th | -55 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.26766th | -0.1802nd | -64 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46353rd | 0.2814th | -49 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58460th | 1.56374th | +14 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57112th | 0.3547th | -5 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32166th | 0.22724th | -42 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.46025th | 2.2009th | -16 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15656th | 0.240113th | +57 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76557th | 0.778100th | +43 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.87520th | 3.857104th | +84 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13561st | 0.224131st | +70 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09177th | 0.154130th | +53 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04447th | 0.07198th | +51 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10096th | — | — |
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.