The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SC pass rush | 7.2% 8334th | 12.1% 16518th | faces TA&M | 5.5% 14579th | 6.4% ~2.1 sacks |
| TA&M pass rush | 3.1% 97104th | 8.8% 21671st | faces SC | 4.6% 10862nd | 3.9% ~1.3 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 SC defence | TA&M offence | SC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.043111th | 0.151104th | -7 |
| success rate | 0.44367th | 0.36243rd | -24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.074131st | 1.556137th | +6 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09481st | -0.05238th | -43 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49728th | 0.32725th | -3 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.820110th | 1.027100th | -10 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.022119th | 0.466134th | +15 |
| pass: success rate | 0.385107th | 0.41278th | -29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.405112th | 1.903133rd | +21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47886th | 0.39023rd | -63 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36634th | 0.315101st | +67 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.21657th | 2.29314th | -43 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16665th | 0.243115th | +50 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85015th | 0.63637th | +22 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36043rd | 5.059134th | +91 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16193rd | 0.13635th | -58 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07746th | 0.08954th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084130th | 0.04734th | -96 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400116th | — | — |
SC with the ball
| SC offence vs TA&M defence | SC offence | TA&M defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22751st | 0.03368th | +17 |
| success rate | 0.47643rd | 0.38562nd | +19 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22868th | 1.30798th | +30 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30214th | -0.07932nd | +18 |
| rush: success rate | 0.52611th | 0.36644th | +33 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04739th | 0.84136th | -3 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17589th | 0.21892nd | +3 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41589th | 0.40877th | -12 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.52176th | 1.851130th | +54 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54929th | 0.42651st | +22 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28496th | 0.28170th | -26 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.7229th | 2.76459th | +50 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13024th | 0.17945th | +21 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78947th | 0.71469th | +22 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29649th | 3.05354th | +5 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12239th | 0.17787th | +48 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06827th | 0.115100th | +73 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05472nd | 0.06271st | -1 |
| 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.