The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VAN pass rush | 6.9% 10240th | 9.0% 19960th | faces TENN | 10.2% 88131st | 8.5% ~2.8 sacks |
| TENN pass rush | 11.7% 1036th | 10.7% 18729th | faces VAN | 5.7% 10583rd | 8.7% ~2.9 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.
TENN with the ball
| TENN offence vs VAN defence | TENN offence | VAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22452nd | -0.03934th | -18 |
| success rate | 0.45654th | 0.35030th | -24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20878th | 1.336107th | +29 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.31112th | -0.01949th | +37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48537th | 0.38355th | +18 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.11320th | 1.02297th | +77 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17290th | 0.01132nd | -58 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43176th | 0.33620th | -56 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.361119th | 1.671104th | -15 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51745th | 0.42148th | +3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30084th | 0.24535th | -49 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.54016th | 2.53934th | +18 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13836th | 0.20078th | +42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83324th | 0.789105th | +81 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3085th | 2.90543rd | +38 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14373rd | 0.185106th | +33 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.101101st | 0.11091st | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04241st | 0.075104th | +63 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60067th | — | — |
VAN with the ball
| VAN offence vs TENN defence | VAN offence | TENN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082101st | -0.08622nd | -79 |
| success rate | 0.41598th | 0.35839th | -59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18093rd | 1.06418th | -75 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16152nd | 0.08190th | +38 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42193rd | 0.36542nd | -51 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05834th | 1.02699th | +65 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20281st | -0.1446th | -75 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44964th | 0.37955th | -9 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.301127th | 1.0951st | -126 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47985th | 0.40634th | -51 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263110th | 0.27258th | -52 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05081st | 3.03199th | +18 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15048th | 0.19164th | +16 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77355th | 0.75088th | +33 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.120116th | 2.22711th | -105 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12948th | 0.218129th | +81 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08566th | 0.148129th | +63 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04449th | 0.07097th | +48 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80084th | — | — |
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.