The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TENN pass rush | 11.7% 1036th | 10.7% 18729th | faces LSU | 5.1% 13767th | 8.4% ~2.8 sacks |
| LSU pass rush | 12.7% 1343rd | 15.2% 2304th | faces TENN | 10.2% 88131st | 11.5% ~3.8 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.
LSU with the ball
| LSU offence vs TENN defence | LSU offence | TENN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23648th | -0.08622nd | -26 |
| success rate | 0.47840th | 0.35839th | -1 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28247th | 1.06418th | -29 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17449th | 0.08190th | +41 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46061st | 0.36542nd | -19 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95873rd | 1.02699th | +26 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.34547th | -0.1446th | -41 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48935th | 0.37955th | +20 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71830th | 1.0951st | -29 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50951st | 0.40634th | -17 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39818th | 0.27258th | +40 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05279th | 3.03199th | +20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14844th | 0.19164th | +20 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72086th | 0.75088th | +2 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.06161st | 2.22711th | -50 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167103rd | 0.218129th | +26 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08871st | 0.148129th | +58 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079124th | 0.07097th | -27 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.400128th | — | — |
TENN with the ball
| TENN offence vs LSU defence | TENN offence | LSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22452nd | -0.1664th | -48 |
| success rate | 0.45654th | 0.3035th | -49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20878th | 1.18453rd | -25 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.31112th | -0.15516th | +4 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48537th | 0.33028th | -9 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.11320th | 0.72720th | 0 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17290th | -0.1802nd | -88 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43176th | 0.2814th | -72 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.361119th | 1.56374th | -45 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51745th | 0.3547th | -38 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30084th | 0.22724th | -60 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.54016th | 2.2009th | -7 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13836th | 0.240113th | +77 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83324th | 0.778100th | +76 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3085th | 3.857104th | +99 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14373rd | 0.224131st | +58 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.101101st | 0.154130th | +29 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04241st | 0.07198th | +57 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60067th | — | — |
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.