The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| KU pass rush | 1.8% 54126th | 9.0% 13361st | faces ASU | 3.6% 5639th | 2.7% ~0.9 sacks |
| ASU pass rush | 4.9% 6173rd | 10.7% 13130th | faces KU | 5.9% 6884th | 5.4% ~1.8 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.
ASU with the ball
| ASU offence vs KU defence | ASU offence | KU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.058105th | -0.06826th | -79 |
| success rate | 0.41697th | 0.3088th | -89 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39618th | 1.23573rd | +55 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.018110th | -0.15715th | -95 |
| rush: success rate | 0.396107th | 0.2685th | -102 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05037th | 0.76525th | -12 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.18685th | 0.275105th | +20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44765th | 0.37750th | -15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.74327th | 1.718113th | +86 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46397th | 0.36410th | -87 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31867th | 0.22119th | -48 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.690122nd | 2.1326th | -116 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.198101st | 0.250122nd | +21 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77850th | 0.75084th | +34 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.60088th | 3.23860th | -28 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16396th | 0.200117th | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.104104th | 0.144127th | +23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05981st | 0.05657th | -24 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.000109th | — | — |
KU with the ball
| KU offence vs ASU defence | KU offence | ASU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20259th | 0.02363rd | +4 |
| success rate | 0.44170th | 0.37050th | -20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42910th | 1.17949th | +39 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09780th | -0.02645th | -35 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44672nd | 0.39462nd | -10 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94476th | 0.83834th | -42 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28460th | 0.09660th | 0 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41390th | 0.33721st | -69 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0423rd | 1.60090th | +87 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50456th | 0.45172nd | +16 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32958th | 0.22422nd | -36 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26947th | 2.90781st | +34 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0996th | 0.14923rd | +17 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545130th | 0.63636th | -94 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.167115th | 2.68428th | -87 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.173115th | 0.15964th | -51 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10096th | 0.09055th | -41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.073114th | 0.06992nd | -22 |
| 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.