The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| WVU pass rush | 5.1% 9970th | 7.6% 19692nd | faces CIN | 5.3% 7671st | 5.2% ~1.7 sacks |
| CIN pass rush | 3.5% 11698th | 8.0% 20185th | faces WVU | 10.2% 59129th | 6.8% ~2.2 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.
CIN with the ball
| CIN offence vs WVU defence | CIN offence | WVU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.36311th | 0.12496th | +85 |
| success rate | 0.49627th | 0.443108th | +81 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30535th | 1.18151st | +16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3614th | -0.02546th | +42 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49726th | 0.39161st | +35 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2248th | 0.84137th | +29 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38534th | 0.336117th | +83 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50926th | 0.511134th | +108 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.432105th | 1.44244th | -61 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56017th | 0.520125th | +108 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33853rd | 0.26252nd | -1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.67711th | 2.90278th | +67 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13226th | 0.20381st | +55 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83322nd | 0.70666th | +44 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2008th | 3.26963rd | +55 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10720th | 0.15455th | +35 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09688th | 0.11498th | +10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0112nd | 0.03916th | +14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.20095th | — | — |
WVU with the ball
| WVU offence vs CIN defence | WVU offence | CIN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.18462nd | 0.10288th | +26 |
| success rate | 0.44960th | 0.41587th | +27 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20583rd | 1.20560th | -23 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15258th | 0.113102nd | +44 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46852nd | 0.482129th | +77 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93678th | 0.82833rd | -45 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30755th | 0.22093rd | +38 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40099th | 0.37851st | -48 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.2261st | 1.56575th | +74 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49173rd | 0.46280th | +7 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32960th | 0.318105th | +45 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.24750th | 3.217115th | +65 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13533rd | 0.17944th | +11 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72088th | 0.66745th | -43 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03464th | 3.947108th | +44 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11126th | 0.16374th | +48 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07849th | 0.10784th | +35 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03420th | 0.05654th | +34 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60068th | — | — |
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.