The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| KU pass rush | 1.8% 54126th | 9.0% 13361st | faces MTSU | 4.6% 10961st | 3.2% ~1.1 sacks |
| MTSU pass rush | 1.3% 75130th | 6.1% 181123rd | faces KU | 5.9% 6884th | 3.6% ~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.
MTSU with the ball
| MTSU offence vs KU defence | MTSU offence | KU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.19861st | -0.06826th | -35 |
| success rate | 0.42586th | 0.3088th | -78 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17198th | 1.23573rd | -25 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16550th | -0.15715th | -35 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44870th | 0.2685th | -65 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.88089th | 0.76525th | -64 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.23972nd | 0.275105th | +33 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41588th | 0.37750th | -38 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.433104th | 1.718113th | +9 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49465th | 0.36410th | -55 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27899th | 0.22119th | -80 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.49721st | 2.1326th | -15 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13331st | 0.250122nd | +91 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73379th | 0.75084th | +5 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.18256th | 3.23860th | +4 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11327th | 0.200117th | +90 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05315th | 0.144127th | +112 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06189th | 0.05657th | -32 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70035th | — | — |
KU with the ball
| KU offence vs MTSU defence | KU offence | MTSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20259th | 0.10187th | +28 |
| success rate | 0.44170th | 0.452119th | +49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42910th | 1.12030th | +20 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09780th | 0.05078th | -2 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44672nd | 0.463118th | +46 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94476th | 1.00894th | +18 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28460th | 0.18683rd | +23 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41390th | 0.454109th | +19 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0423rd | 1.30013th | +10 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50456th | 0.511121st | +65 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32958th | 0.27967th | +9 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26947th | 3.093108th | +61 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0996th | 0.17643rd | +37 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545130th | 0.72473rd | -57 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.167115th | 2.66727th | -88 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.173115th | 0.11710th | -105 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10096th | 0.07119th | -77 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.073114th | 0.04632nd | -82 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.10030th | — | — |
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.