The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BYU pass rush | 4.0% 7591st | 9.4% 12754th | faces ND | 0.9% 1135th | 2.4% ~0.8 sacks |
| ND pass rush | 10.2% 10810th | 12.7% 21214th | faces BYU | 2.3% 4415th | 6.2% ~2.1 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.
ND with the ball
| ND offence vs BYU defence | ND offence | BYU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.33313th | -0.06128th | +15 |
| success rate | 0.51613th | 0.36948th | +35 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.116122nd | 1.18252nd | -70 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14265th | -0.06934th | -31 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48238th | 0.35536th | -2 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795114th | 0.89462nd | -52 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56311th | 0.02434th | +23 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55811th | 0.39066th | +55 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45996th | 1.38327th | -69 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5996th | 0.38720th | +14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.214132nd | 0.333113th | -19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94393rd | 2.41125th | -68 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15353rd | 0.224106th | +53 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76262nd | 0.76995th | +33 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2866th | 3.75097th | +91 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10116th | 0.17180th | +64 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0353rd | 0.09157th | +54 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066101st | 0.080115th | +14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30044th | — | — |
BYU with the ball
| BYU offence vs ND defence | BYU offence | ND defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4481st | -0.11915th | +14 |
| success rate | 0.5991st | 0.34224th | +23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.157103rd | 1.13837th | -66 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.4791st | -0.2298th | +7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.6171st | 0.30412th | +11 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05335th | 0.81230th | -5 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38037th | -0.02126th | -11 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5679th | 0.37448th | +39 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.317125th | 1.37825th | -100 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.6641st | 0.39022nd | +21 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34249th | 0.25344th | -5 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9522nd | 2.32116th | +14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12218th | 0.223103rd | +85 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.9414th | 0.73377th | +73 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.4353rd | 1.6252nd | -1 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0592nd | 0.240135th | +133 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0161st | 0.169134th | +133 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04344th | 0.07199th | +55 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.400102nd | — | — |
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.