The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MSST pass rush | 5.5% 16560th | 8.8% 28572nd | faces VAN | 5.7% 10583rd | 5.6% ~1.8 sacks |
| VAN pass rush | 6.9% 10240th | 9.0% 19960th | faces MSST | 5.1% 13670th | 6.0% ~2.0 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 MSST defence | VAN offence | MSST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082101st | 0.01859th | -42 |
| success rate | 0.41598th | 0.37355th | -43 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18093rd | 1.14339th | -54 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16152nd | -0.00855th | +3 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42193rd | 0.35839th | -54 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05834th | 0.72017th | -17 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20281st | 0.06750th | -31 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44964th | 0.38864th | 0 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.301127th | 1.44143rd | -84 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47985th | 0.43759th | -26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263110th | 0.22120th | -90 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05081st | 2.91182nd | +1 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15048th | 0.15830th | -18 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77355th | 0.60024th | -31 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.120116th | 3.16758th | -58 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12948th | 0.18297th | +49 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08566th | 0.08241st | -25 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04449th | 0.099130th | +81 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80084th | — | — |
MSST with the ball
| MSST offence vs VAN defence | MSST offence | VAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3839th | -0.03934th | +25 |
| success rate | 0.51216th | 0.35030th | +14 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32031st | 1.336107th | +76 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32710th | -0.01949th | +39 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5448th | 0.38355th | +47 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01751st | 1.02297th | +46 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53115th | 0.01132nd | +17 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50030th | 0.33620th | -10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.68636th | 1.671104th | +68 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54332nd | 0.42148th | +16 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4328th | 0.24535th | +27 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.34434th | 2.53934th | 0 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.201104th | 0.20078th | -26 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82426th | 0.789105th | +79 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.64528th | 2.90543rd | +15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11935th | 0.185106th | +71 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06726th | 0.11091st | +65 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05265th | 0.075104th | +39 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.80047th | — | — |
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.