The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CIN pass rush | 3.5% 11698th | 8.0% 20185th | faces M-OH | 4.0% 10148th | 3.7% ~1.2 sacks |
| M-OH pass rush | 3.3% 123103rd | 4.8% 209137th | faces CIN | 5.3% 7671st | 4.3% ~1.4 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.
M-OH with the ball
| M-OH offence vs CIN defence | M-OH offence | CIN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23943rd | 0.10288th | +45 |
| success rate | 0.43082nd | 0.41587th | +5 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42612th | 1.20560th | +48 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.017111th | 0.113102nd | -9 |
| rush: success rate | 0.389111th | 0.482129th | +18 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87792nd | 0.82833rd | -59 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6196th | 0.22093rd | +87 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48737th | 0.37851st | +14 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.86711th | 1.56575th | +64 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48874th | 0.46280th | +6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30183rd | 0.318105th | +22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.871100th | 3.217115th | +15 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.212116th | 0.17944th | -72 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667104th | 0.66745th | -59 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90970th | 3.947108th | +38 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14979th | 0.16374th | -5 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111115th | 0.10784th | -31 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03824th | 0.05654th | +30 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.00063rd | — | — |
CIN with the ball
| CIN offence vs M-OH defence | CIN offence | M-OH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.36311th | 0.179116th | +105 |
| success rate | 0.49627th | 0.450115th | +88 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30535th | 1.316102nd | +67 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3614th | 0.06583rd | +79 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49726th | 0.42586th | +60 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2248th | 0.98591st | +83 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38534th | 0.372123rd | +89 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50926th | 0.483125th | +99 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.432105th | 1.52962nd | -43 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56017th | 0.509117th | +100 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33853rd | 0.341116th | +63 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.67711th | 2.86069th | +58 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13226th | 0.21798th | +72 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83322nd | 0.778101st | +79 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2008th | 4.700129th | +121 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10720th | 0.1042nd | -18 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09688th | 0.0659th | -79 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0112nd | 0.03813th | +11 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.20095th | — | — |
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.