The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CIN pass rush | 3.5% 11698th | 8.0% 20185th | faces KSU | 0.0% 1112nd | 1.7% ~0.6 sacks |
| KSU pass rush | 15.7% 701st | 17.2% 1571st | faces CIN | 5.3% 7671st | 10.5% ~3.5 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.
KSU with the ball
| KSU offence vs CIN defence | KSU offence | CIN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30718th | 0.10288th | +70 |
| success rate | 0.51415th | 0.41587th | +72 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21574th | 1.20560th | -14 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32011th | 0.113102nd | +91 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5606th | 0.482129th | +123 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01652nd | 0.82833rd | -19 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30556th | 0.22093rd | +37 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47150th | 0.37851st | +1 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.48489th | 1.56575th | -14 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54928th | 0.46280th | +52 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4337th | 0.318105th | +98 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.39829th | 3.217115th | +86 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13330th | 0.17944th | +14 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76260th | 0.66745th | -15 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96317th | 3.947108th | +91 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0845th | 0.16374th | +69 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05717th | 0.10784th | +67 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0278th | 0.05654th | +46 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.10076th | — | — |
CIN with the ball
| CIN offence vs KSU defence | CIN offence | KSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.36311th | -0.03933rd | +22 |
| success rate | 0.49627th | 0.3057th | -20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30535th | 1.495135th | +100 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3614th | 0.07185th | +81 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49726th | 0.34132nd | +6 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2248th | 1.443138th | +130 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38534th | -0.11910th | -24 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50926th | 0.2581st | -25 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.432105th | 1.64398th | -7 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56017th | 0.3333rd | -14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33853rd | 0.26656th | +3 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.67711th | 2.51132nd | +21 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13226th | 0.256126th | +100 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83322nd | 0.4175th | -17 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2008th | 3.857103rd | +95 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10720th | 0.238134th | +114 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09688th | 0.193137th | +49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0112nd | 0.04530th | +28 |
| 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.