The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MISS pass rush | 5.3% 11364th | 9.2% 27359th | faces MSST | 5.1% 13670th | 5.2% ~1.7 sacks |
| MSST pass rush | 5.5% 16560th | 8.8% 28572nd | faces MISS | 1.9% 15610th | 3.7% ~1.2 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.
MSST with the ball
| MSST offence vs MISS defence | MSST offence | MISS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3839th | 0.225126th | +117 |
| success rate | 0.51216th | 0.471128th | +112 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32031st | 1.14540th | +9 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32710th | 0.177123rd | +113 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5448th | 0.478128th | +120 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01751st | 0.95281st | +30 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53115th | 0.302111th | +96 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50030th | 0.450108th | +78 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.68636th | 1.48053rd | +17 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54332nd | 0.540134th | +102 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4328th | 0.29586th | +78 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.34434th | 2.90076th | +42 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.201104th | 0.21799th | -5 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82426th | 0.818113th | +87 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.64528th | 4.000112th | +84 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11935th | 0.13025th | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06726th | 0.08748th | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05265th | 0.04326th | -39 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.80047th | — | — |
MISS with the ball
| MISS offence vs MSST defence | MISS offence | MSST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25238th | 0.01859th | +21 |
| success rate | 0.5188th | 0.37355th | +47 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.162102nd | 1.14339th | -63 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15456th | -0.00855th | -1 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51817th | 0.35839th | +22 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.89485th | 0.72017th | -68 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.43525th | 0.06750th | +25 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52616th | 0.38864th | +48 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400116th | 1.44143rd | -73 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56813th | 0.43759th | +46 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37131st | 0.22120th | -11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.93596th | 2.91182nd | -14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17581st | 0.15830th | -51 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76063rd | 0.60024th | -39 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.75023rd | 3.16758th | +35 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12744th | 0.18297th | +53 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07237th | 0.08241st | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05471st | 0.099130th | +59 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70037th | — | — |
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.