The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ISU pass rush | 1.3% 80132nd | 8.8% 17069th | faces UTAH | 3.2% 9529th | 2.2% ~0.7 sacks |
| UTAH pass rush | 7.1% 12736th | 10.3% 20436th | faces ISU | 2.6% 7816th | 4.8% ~1.6 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.
UTAH with the ball
| UTAH offence vs ISU defence | UTAH offence | ISU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32815th | -0.03835th | +20 |
| success rate | 0.50719th | 0.37051st | +32 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32130th | 1.09325th | -5 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28517th | -0.08231st | +14 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49032nd | 0.37449th | +17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.16711th | 0.86444th | +33 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39731st | 0.06952nd | +21 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52915th | 0.36234th | +19 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51777th | 1.43941st | -36 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53437th | 0.46785th | +48 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.42410th | 0.1581st | -9 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.47923rd | 2.57640th | +17 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19597th | 0.19875th | -22 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73976th | 0.70059th | -17 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96916th | 2.0486th | -10 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12846th | 0.17786th | +40 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08874th | 0.128115th | +41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04035th | 0.04938th | +3 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.500127th | — | — |
ISU with the ball
| ISU offence vs UTAH defence | ISU offence | UTAH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11787th | -0.07424th | -63 |
| success rate | 0.382119th | 0.31911th | -108 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33425th | 1.337108th | +83 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10576th | -0.09230th | -46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.387114th | 0.32423rd | -91 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.19110th | 0.94479th | +69 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20578th | -0.08314th | -64 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40296th | 0.31013th | -83 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.54670th | 1.60692nd | +22 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.421127th | 0.3405th | -122 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29986th | 0.29182nd | -4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99390th | 2.63250th | -40 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19092nd | 0.20482nd | -10 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.583122nd | 0.50010th | -112 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.63629th | 2.27812th | -17 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.170109th | 0.204123rd | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08357th | 0.08546th | -11 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087133rd | 0.119138th | +5 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10060th | — | — |
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.