The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ARK pass rush | 7.0% 8639th | 8.5% 17775th | faces LSU | 5.1% 13767th | 6.0% ~2.0 sacks |
| LSU pass rush | 12.7% 1343rd | 15.2% 2304th | faces ARK | 6.6% 13691st | 9.7% ~3.2 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.
LSU with the ball
| LSU offence vs ARK defence | LSU offence | ARK defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23648th | 0.158106th | +58 |
| success rate | 0.47840th | 0.43299th | +59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28247th | 1.11028th | -19 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17449th | 0.193126th | +77 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46061st | 0.460113th | +52 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95873rd | 0.90668th | -5 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.34547th | 0.16077th | +30 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48935th | 0.41886th | +51 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71830th | 1.36323rd | -7 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50951st | 0.527129th | +78 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39818th | 0.1885th | -13 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05279th | 3.226117th | +38 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14844th | 0.15024th | -20 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72086th | 0.875128th | +42 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.06161st | 5.143135th | +74 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167103rd | 0.14441st | -62 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08871st | 0.09663rd | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079124th | 0.04836th | -88 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.400128th | — | — |
ARK with the ball
| ARK offence vs LSU defence | ARK offence | LSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.049109th | -0.1664th | -105 |
| success rate | 0.42290th | 0.3035th | -85 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.118120th | 1.18453rd | -67 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.075125th | -0.15516th | -109 |
| rush: success rate | 0.386116th | 0.33028th | -88 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.566137th | 0.72720th | -117 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.18186th | -0.1802nd | -84 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45059th | 0.2814th | -55 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.46095th | 1.56374th | -21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48577th | 0.3547th | -70 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31269th | 0.22724th | -45 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.579127th | 2.2009th | -118 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18187th | 0.240113th | +26 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84217th | 0.778100th | +83 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.50093rd | 3.857104th | +11 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.180122nd | 0.224131st | +9 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09280th | 0.154130th | +50 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.088135th | 0.07198th | -37 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.20057th | — | — |
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.