The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| KSU pass rush | 15.7% 701st | 17.2% 1571st | faces HOU | 3.2% 9432nd | 9.4% ~3.1 sacks |
| HOU pass rush | 5.7% 12253rd | 7.1% 197103rd | faces KSU | 0.0% 1112nd | 2.9% ~0.9 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.
HOU with the ball
| HOU offence vs KSU defence | HOU offence | KSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4393rd | -0.03933rd | +30 |
| success rate | 0.5792nd | 0.3057th | +5 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.123118th | 1.495135th | +17 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30713th | 0.07185th | +72 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5782nd | 0.34132nd | +30 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796112th | 1.443138th | +26 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6395th | -0.11910th | +5 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5933rd | 0.2581st | -2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58063rd | 1.64398th | +35 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5817th | 0.3333rd | -4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5691st | 0.26656th | +55 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9043rd | 2.51132nd | +29 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0995th | 0.256126th | +121 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85713th | 0.4175th | -8 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.12911th | 3.857103rd | +92 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10015th | 0.238134th | +119 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05716th | 0.193137th | +121 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04345th | 0.04530th | -15 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.300129th | — | — |
KSU with the ball
| KSU offence vs HOU defence | KSU offence | HOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30718th | 0.09985th | +67 |
| success rate | 0.51415th | 0.39470th | +55 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21574th | 1.360112th | +38 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32011th | -0.09528th | +17 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5606th | 0.34734th | +28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01652nd | 0.83935th | -17 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30556th | 0.303112th | +56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47150th | 0.443106th | +56 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.48489th | 1.651101st | +12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54928th | 0.45173rd | +45 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4337th | 0.28068th | +61 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.39829th | 2.31815th | -14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13330th | 0.21494th | +64 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76260th | 0.64338th | -22 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96317th | 4.812130th | +113 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0845th | 0.211126th | +121 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05717th | 0.09868th | +51 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0278th | 0.114137th | +129 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.10076th | — | — |
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.