The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ALA pass rush | 8.5% 11822nd | 9.9% 23345th | faces TA&M | 5.5% 14579th | 7.0% ~2.3 sacks |
| TA&M pass rush | 3.1% 97104th | 8.8% 21671st | faces ALA | 5.9% 11885th | 4.5% ~1.5 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.
TA&M with the ball
| TA&M offence vs ALA defence | TA&M offence | ALA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.043111th | -0.09820th | -91 |
| success rate | 0.44367th | 0.34123rd | -44 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.074131st | 1.382122nd | -9 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09481st | -0.17413th | -68 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49728th | 0.31115th | -13 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.820110th | 0.91369th | -41 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.022119th | -0.01827th | -92 |
| pass: success rate | 0.385107th | 0.35832nd | -75 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.405112th | 1.826124th | +12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47886th | 0.39124th | -62 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36634th | 0.25040th | +6 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.21657th | 2.1988th | -49 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16665th | 0.244116th | +51 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85015th | 0.56214th | -1 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36043rd | 3.824101st | +58 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16193rd | 0.189111th | +18 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07746th | 0.10887th | +41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084130th | 0.080114th | -16 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400116th | — | — |
ALA with the ball
| ALA offence vs TA&M defence | ALA offence | TA&M defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32716th | 0.03368th | +52 |
| success rate | 0.49429th | 0.38562nd | +33 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33226th | 1.30798th | +72 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23728th | -0.07932nd | +4 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50024th | 0.36644th | +20 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10721st | 0.84136th | +15 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.47020th | 0.21892nd | +72 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49134th | 0.40877th | +43 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.62852nd | 1.851130th | +78 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54133rd | 0.42651st | +18 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37033rd | 0.28170th | +37 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99389th | 2.76459th | -30 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209111th | 0.17945th | -66 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77849th | 0.71469th | +20 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3574th | 3.05354th | +50 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15484th | 0.17787th | +3 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09790th | 0.115100th | +10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05675th | 0.06271st | -4 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400122nd | — | — |
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.