The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SC pass rush | 7.2% 8334th | 12.1% 16518th | faces TENN | 10.2% 88131st | 8.7% ~2.9 sacks |
| TENN pass rush | 11.7% 1036th | 10.7% 18729th | faces SC | 4.6% 10862nd | 8.1% ~2.7 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.
TENN with the ball
| TENN offence vs SC defence | TENN offence | SC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22452nd | 0.151104th | +52 |
| success rate | 0.45654th | 0.36243rd | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20878th | 1.556137th | +59 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.31112th | -0.05238th | +26 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48537th | 0.32725th | -12 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.11320th | 1.027100th | +80 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17290th | 0.466134th | +44 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43176th | 0.41278th | +2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.361119th | 1.903133rd | +14 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51745th | 0.39023rd | -22 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30084th | 0.315101st | +17 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.54016th | 2.29314th | -2 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13836th | 0.243115th | +79 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83324th | 0.63637th | +13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3085th | 5.059134th | +129 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14373rd | 0.13635th | -38 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.101101st | 0.08954th | -47 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04241st | 0.04734th | -7 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60067th | — | — |
SC with the ball
| SC offence vs TENN defence | SC offence | TENN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22751st | -0.08622nd | -29 |
| success rate | 0.47643rd | 0.35839th | -4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22868th | 1.06418th | -50 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30214th | 0.08190th | +76 |
| rush: success rate | 0.52611th | 0.36542nd | +31 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04739th | 1.02699th | +60 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17589th | -0.1446th | -83 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41589th | 0.37955th | -34 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.52176th | 1.0951st | -75 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54929th | 0.40634th | +5 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28496th | 0.27258th | -38 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.7229th | 3.03199th | +90 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13024th | 0.19164th | +40 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78947th | 0.75088th | +41 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29649th | 2.22711th | -38 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12239th | 0.218129th | +90 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06827th | 0.148129th | +102 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05472nd | 0.07097th | +25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.80019th | — | — |
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.