The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| LSU pass rush | 12.7% 1343rd | 15.2% 2304th | faces ALA | 5.9% 11885th | 9.3% ~3.1 sacks |
| ALA pass rush | 8.5% 11822nd | 9.9% 23345th | faces LSU | 5.1% 13767th | 6.8% ~2.2 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.
ALA with the ball
| ALA offence vs LSU defence | ALA offence | LSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32716th | -0.1664th | -12 |
| success rate | 0.49429th | 0.3035th | -24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33226th | 1.18453rd | +27 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23728th | -0.15516th | -12 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50024th | 0.33028th | +4 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10721st | 0.72720th | -1 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.47020th | -0.1802nd | -18 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49134th | 0.2814th | -30 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.62852nd | 1.56374th | +22 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54133rd | 0.3547th | -26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37033rd | 0.22724th | -9 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99389th | 2.2009th | -80 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209111th | 0.240113th | +2 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77849th | 0.778100th | +51 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3574th | 3.857104th | +100 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15484th | 0.224131st | +47 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09790th | 0.154130th | +40 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05675th | 0.07198th | +23 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400122nd | — | — |
LSU with the ball
| LSU offence vs ALA defence | LSU offence | ALA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23648th | -0.09820th | -28 |
| success rate | 0.47840th | 0.34123rd | -17 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28247th | 1.382122nd | +75 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17449th | -0.17413th | -36 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46061st | 0.31115th | -46 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95873rd | 0.91369th | -4 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.34547th | -0.01827th | -20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48935th | 0.35832nd | -3 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71830th | 1.826124th | +94 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50951st | 0.39124th | -27 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39818th | 0.25040th | +22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05279th | 2.1988th | -71 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14844th | 0.244116th | +72 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72086th | 0.56214th | -72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.06161st | 3.824101st | +40 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167103rd | 0.189111th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08871st | 0.10887th | +16 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079124th | 0.080114th | -10 |
| 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.