The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VAN pass rush | 6.9% 10240th | 9.0% 19960th | faces MISS | 1.9% 15610th | 4.4% ~1.4 sacks |
| MISS pass rush | 5.3% 11364th | 9.2% 27359th | faces VAN | 5.7% 10583rd | 5.5% ~1.8 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.
MISS with the ball
| MISS offence vs VAN defence | MISS offence | VAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25238th | -0.03934th | -4 |
| success rate | 0.5188th | 0.35030th | +22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.162102nd | 1.336107th | +5 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15456th | -0.01949th | -7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51817th | 0.38355th | +38 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.89485th | 1.02297th | +12 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43525th | 0.01132nd | +7 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52616th | 0.33620th | +4 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400116th | 1.671104th | -12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56813th | 0.42148th | +35 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37131st | 0.24535th | +4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.93596th | 2.53934th | -62 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17581st | 0.20078th | -3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76063rd | 0.789105th | +42 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.75023rd | 2.90543rd | +20 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12744th | 0.185106th | +62 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07237th | 0.11091st | +54 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05471st | 0.075104th | +33 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70037th | — | — |
VAN with the ball
| VAN offence vs MISS defence | VAN offence | MISS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082101st | 0.225126th | +25 |
| success rate | 0.41598th | 0.471128th | +30 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18093rd | 1.14540th | -53 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16152nd | 0.177123rd | +71 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42193rd | 0.478128th | +35 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05834th | 0.95281st | +47 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20281st | 0.302111th | +30 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44964th | 0.450108th | +44 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.301127th | 1.48053rd | -74 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47985th | 0.540134th | +49 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263110th | 0.29586th | -24 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05081st | 2.90076th | -5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15048th | 0.21799th | +51 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77355th | 0.818113th | +58 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.120116th | 4.000112th | -4 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12948th | 0.13025th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08566th | 0.08748th | -18 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04449th | 0.04326th | -23 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80084th | — | — |
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.