The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VAN pass rush | 6.9% 10240th | 9.0% 19960th | faces ARK | 6.6% 13691st | 6.7% ~2.2 sacks |
| ARK pass rush | 7.0% 8639th | 8.5% 17775th | faces VAN | 5.7% 10583rd | 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 VAN defence | ARK offence | VAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.049109th | -0.03934th | -75 |
| success rate | 0.42290th | 0.35030th | -60 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.118120th | 1.336107th | -13 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.075125th | -0.01949th | -76 |
| rush: success rate | 0.386116th | 0.38355th | -61 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.566137th | 1.02297th | -40 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.18186th | 0.01132nd | -54 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45059th | 0.33620th | -39 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.46095th | 1.671104th | +9 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48577th | 0.42148th | -29 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31269th | 0.24535th | -34 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.579127th | 2.53934th | -93 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18187th | 0.20078th | -9 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84217th | 0.789105th | +88 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.50093rd | 2.90543rd | -50 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.180122nd | 0.185106th | -16 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09280th | 0.11091st | +11 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.088135th | 0.075104th | -31 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.20057th | — | — |
VAN with the ball
| VAN offence vs ARK defence | VAN offence | ARK defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082101st | 0.158106th | +5 |
| success rate | 0.41598th | 0.43299th | +1 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18093rd | 1.11028th | -65 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16152nd | 0.193126th | +74 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42193rd | 0.460113th | +20 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05834th | 0.90668th | +34 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20281st | 0.16077th | -4 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44964th | 0.41886th | +22 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.301127th | 1.36323rd | -104 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47985th | 0.527129th | +44 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263110th | 0.1885th | -105 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05081st | 3.226117th | +36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15048th | 0.15024th | -24 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77355th | 0.875128th | +73 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.120116th | 5.143135th | +19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12948th | 0.14441st | -7 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08566th | 0.09663rd | -3 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04449th | 0.04836th | -13 |
| 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.