The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| LSU pass rush | 12.7% 1343rd | 15.2% 2304th | faces MSST | 5.1% 13670th | 8.9% ~2.9 sacks |
| MSST pass rush | 5.5% 16560th | 8.8% 28572nd | faces LSU | 5.1% 13767th | 5.3% ~1.7 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.
MSST with the ball
| MSST offence vs LSU defence | MSST offence | LSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3839th | -0.1664th | -5 |
| success rate | 0.51216th | 0.3035th | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32031st | 1.18453rd | +22 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32710th | -0.15516th | +6 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5448th | 0.33028th | +20 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01751st | 0.72720th | -31 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53115th | -0.1802nd | -13 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50030th | 0.2814th | -26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.68636th | 1.56374th | +38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54332nd | 0.3547th | -25 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4328th | 0.22724th | +16 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.34434th | 2.2009th | -25 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.201104th | 0.240113th | +9 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82426th | 0.778100th | +74 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.64528th | 3.857104th | +76 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11935th | 0.224131st | +96 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06726th | 0.154130th | +104 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05265th | 0.07198th | +33 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.80047th | — | — |
LSU with the ball
| LSU offence vs MSST defence | LSU offence | MSST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23648th | 0.01859th | +11 |
| success rate | 0.47840th | 0.37355th | +15 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28247th | 1.14339th | -8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17449th | -0.00855th | +6 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46061st | 0.35839th | -22 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95873rd | 0.72017th | -56 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.34547th | 0.06750th | +3 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48935th | 0.38864th | +29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71830th | 1.44143rd | +13 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50951st | 0.43759th | +8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39818th | 0.22120th | +2 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05279th | 2.91182nd | +3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14844th | 0.15830th | -14 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72086th | 0.60024th | -62 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.06161st | 3.16758th | -3 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167103rd | 0.18297th | -6 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08871st | 0.08241st | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079124th | 0.099130th | +6 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.400128th | — | — |
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.