The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UTAH pass rush | 7.1% 12736th | 10.3% 20436th | faces KU | 5.9% 6884th | 6.5% ~2.1 sacks |
| KU pass rush | 1.8% 54126th | 9.0% 13361st | faces UTAH | 3.2% 9529th | 2.5% ~0.8 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.
KU with the ball
| KU offence vs UTAH defence | KU offence | UTAH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20259th | -0.07424th | -35 |
| success rate | 0.44170th | 0.31911th | -59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42910th | 1.337108th | +98 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09780th | -0.09230th | -50 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44672nd | 0.32423rd | -49 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94476th | 0.94479th | +3 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28460th | -0.08314th | -46 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41390th | 0.31013th | -77 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0423rd | 1.60692nd | +89 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50456th | 0.3405th | -51 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32958th | 0.29182nd | +24 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26947th | 2.63250th | +3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0996th | 0.20482nd | +76 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545130th | 0.50010th | -120 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.167115th | 2.27812th | -103 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.173115th | 0.204123rd | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10096th | 0.08546th | -50 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.073114th | 0.119138th | +24 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.10030th | — | — |
UTAH with the ball
| UTAH offence vs KU defence | UTAH offence | KU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32815th | -0.06826th | +11 |
| success rate | 0.50719th | 0.3088th | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32130th | 1.23573rd | +43 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28517th | -0.15715th | -2 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49032nd | 0.2685th | -27 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.16711th | 0.76525th | +14 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39731st | 0.275105th | +74 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52915th | 0.37750th | +35 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51777th | 1.718113th | +36 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53437th | 0.36410th | -27 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.42410th | 0.22119th | +9 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.47923rd | 2.1326th | -17 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19597th | 0.250122nd | +25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73976th | 0.75084th | +8 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96916th | 3.23860th | +44 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12846th | 0.200117th | +71 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08874th | 0.144127th | +53 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04035th | 0.05657th | +22 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.500127th | — | — |
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.