The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CLEM pass rush | 5.3% 15265th | 6.3% 284119th | faces SC | 4.6% 10862nd | 4.9% ~1.6 sacks |
| SC pass rush | 7.2% 8334th | 12.1% 16518th | faces CLEM | 8.6% 117117th | 7.9% ~2.6 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.
SC with the ball
| SC offence vs CLEM defence | SC offence | CLEM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22751st | 0.01758th | +7 |
| success rate | 0.47643rd | 0.41083rd | +40 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22868th | 1.18854th | -14 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30214th | 0.203127th | +113 |
| rush: success rate | 0.52611th | 0.492132nd | +121 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04739th | 0.88759th | +20 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17589th | -0.05519th | -70 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41589th | 0.34424th | -65 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.52176th | 1.56373rd | -3 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54929th | 0.43055th | +26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28496th | 0.368128th | +32 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.7229th | 3.459135th | +126 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13024th | 0.12912th | -12 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78947th | 0.72774th | +27 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29649th | 2.34616th | -33 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12239th | 0.16067th | +28 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06827th | 0.07322nd | -5 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05472nd | 0.087125th | +53 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.80019th | — | — |
CLEM with the ball
| CLEM offence vs SC defence | CLEM offence | SC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.027125th | 0.151104th | -21 |
| success rate | 0.342132nd | 0.36243rd | -89 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17594th | 1.556137th | +43 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09382nd | -0.05238th | -44 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368120th | 0.32725th | -95 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02049th | 1.027100th | +51 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.001124th | 0.466134th | +10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.328131st | 0.41278th | -53 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400114th | 1.903133rd | +19 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.405129th | 0.39023rd | -106 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.228125th | 0.315101st | -24 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.764114th | 2.29314th | -100 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.211114th | 0.243115th | +1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80035th | 0.63637th | +2 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.095117th | 5.059134th | +17 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.188127th | 0.13635th | -92 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.146136th | 0.08954th | -82 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04239th | 0.04734th | -5 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40071st | — | — |
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.