The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ISU pass rush | 1.3% 80132nd | 8.8% 17069th | faces WVU | 10.2% 59129th | 5.7% ~1.9 sacks |
| WVU pass rush | 5.1% 9970th | 7.6% 19692nd | faces ISU | 2.6% 7816th | 3.8% ~1.3 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.
WVU with the ball
| WVU offence vs ISU defence | WVU offence | ISU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.18462nd | -0.03835th | -27 |
| success rate | 0.44960th | 0.37051st | -9 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20583rd | 1.09325th | -58 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15258th | -0.08231st | -27 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46852nd | 0.37449th | -3 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93678th | 0.86444th | -34 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30755th | 0.06952nd | -3 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40099th | 0.36234th | -65 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.2261st | 1.43941st | +40 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49173rd | 0.46785th | +12 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32960th | 0.1581st | -59 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.24750th | 2.57640th | -10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13533rd | 0.19875th | +42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72088th | 0.70059th | -29 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03464th | 2.0486th | -58 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11126th | 0.17786th | +60 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07849th | 0.128115th | +66 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03420th | 0.04938th | +18 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60068th | — | — |
ISU with the ball
| ISU offence vs WVU defence | ISU offence | WVU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11787th | 0.12496th | +9 |
| success rate | 0.382119th | 0.443108th | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33425th | 1.18151st | +26 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10576th | -0.02546th | -30 |
| rush: success rate | 0.387114th | 0.39161st | -53 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.19110th | 0.84137th | +27 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20578th | 0.336117th | +39 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40296th | 0.511134th | +38 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.54670th | 1.44244th | -26 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.421127th | 0.520125th | -2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29986th | 0.26252nd | -34 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99390th | 2.90278th | -12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19092nd | 0.20381st | -11 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.583122nd | 0.70666th | -56 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.63629th | 3.26963rd | +34 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.170109th | 0.15455th | -54 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08357th | 0.11498th | +41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087133rd | 0.03916th | -117 |
| 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.