The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UK pass rush | 5.0% 11971st | 6.4% 218118th | faces VAN | 5.7% 10583rd | 5.4% ~1.8 sacks |
| VAN pass rush | 6.9% 10240th | 9.0% 19960th | faces UK | 8.6% 81119th | 7.8% ~2.6 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.
VAN with the ball
| VAN offence vs UK defence | VAN offence | UK defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082101st | 0.01657th | -44 |
| success rate | 0.41598th | 0.41788th | -10 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18093rd | 1.19055th | -38 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16152nd | 0.141113th | +61 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42193rd | 0.43293rd | 0 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05834th | 1.077114th | +80 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20281st | -0.03720th | -61 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44964th | 0.41887th | +23 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.301127th | 1.28711th | -116 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47985th | 0.44869th | -16 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263110th | 0.348121st | +11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05081st | 2.80665th | -16 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15048th | 0.16835th | -13 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77355th | 0.77899th | +44 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.120116th | 3.57782nd | -34 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12948th | 0.183100th | +52 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08566th | 0.08343rd | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04449th | 0.100134th | +85 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80084th | — | — |
UK with the ball
| UK offence vs VAN defence | UK offence | VAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23647th | -0.03934th | -13 |
| success rate | 0.51612th | 0.35030th | +18 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20384th | 1.336107th | +23 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20937th | -0.01949th | +12 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5487th | 0.38355th | +48 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94875th | 1.02297th | +22 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.26766th | 0.01132nd | -34 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46353rd | 0.33620th | -33 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58460th | 1.671104th | +44 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57112th | 0.42148th | +36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32166th | 0.24535th | -31 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.46025th | 2.53934th | +9 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15656th | 0.20078th | +22 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76557th | 0.789105th | +48 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.87520th | 2.90543rd | +23 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13561st | 0.185106th | +45 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09177th | 0.11091st | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04447th | 0.075104th | +57 |
| 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.