The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| KSU pass rush | 15.7% 701st | 17.2% 1571st | faces KU | 5.9% 6884th | 10.8% ~3.6 sacks |
| KU pass rush | 1.8% 54126th | 9.0% 13361st | faces KSU | 0.0% 1112nd | 0.9% ~0.3 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.
KU with the ball
| KU offence vs KSU defence | KU offence | KSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20259th | -0.03933rd | -26 |
| success rate | 0.44170th | 0.3057th | -63 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42910th | 1.495135th | +125 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09780th | 0.07185th | +5 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44672nd | 0.34132nd | -40 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94476th | 1.443138th | +62 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28460th | -0.11910th | -50 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41390th | 0.2581st | -89 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0423rd | 1.64398th | +95 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50456th | 0.3333rd | -53 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32958th | 0.26656th | -2 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26947th | 2.51132nd | -15 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0996th | 0.256126th | +120 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545130th | 0.4175th | -125 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.167115th | 3.857103rd | -12 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.173115th | 0.238134th | +19 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10096th | 0.193137th | +41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.073114th | 0.04530th | -84 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.10030th | — | — |
KSU with the ball
| KSU offence vs KU defence | KSU offence | KU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30718th | -0.06826th | +8 |
| success rate | 0.51415th | 0.3088th | -7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21574th | 1.23573rd | -1 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32011th | -0.15715th | +4 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5606th | 0.2685th | -1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01652nd | 0.76525th | -27 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30556th | 0.275105th | +49 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47150th | 0.37750th | 0 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.48489th | 1.718113th | +24 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54928th | 0.36410th | -18 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4337th | 0.22119th | +12 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.39829th | 2.1326th | -23 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13330th | 0.250122nd | +92 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76260th | 0.75084th | +24 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96317th | 3.23860th | +43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0845th | 0.200117th | +112 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05717th | 0.144127th | +110 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0278th | 0.05657th | +49 |
| 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.