The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| COLO pass rush | 5.6% 8957th | 15.7% 1983rd | faces UTAH | 3.2% 9529th | 4.4% ~1.4 sacks |
| UTAH pass rush | 7.1% 12736th | 10.3% 20436th | faces COLO | 6.6% 10690th | 6.8% ~2.3 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.
UTAH with the ball
| UTAH offence vs COLO defence | UTAH offence | COLO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32815th | 0.00754th | +39 |
| success rate | 0.50719th | 0.38261st | +42 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32130th | 1.20762nd | +32 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28517th | -0.13520th | +3 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49032nd | 0.41075th | +43 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.16711th | 0.67512th | +1 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39731st | 0.22594th | +63 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52915th | 0.36539th | +24 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51777th | 1.830127th | +50 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53437th | 0.41542nd | +5 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.42410th | 0.320107th | +97 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.47923rd | 2.37023rd | 0 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19597th | 0.317136th | +39 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73976th | 0.64739th | -37 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96916th | 2.93544th | +28 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12846th | 0.201118th | +72 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08874th | 0.138123rd | +49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04035th | 0.06478th | +43 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.500127th | — | — |
COLO with the ball
| COLO offence vs UTAH defence | COLO offence | UTAH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.059104th | -0.07424th | -80 |
| success rate | 0.398110th | 0.31911th | -99 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20285th | 1.337108th | +23 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.019119th | -0.09230th | -89 |
| rush: success rate | 0.404101st | 0.32423rd | -78 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.852100th | 0.94479th | -21 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.113106th | -0.08314th | -92 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386104th | 0.31013th | -91 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.60654th | 1.60692nd | +38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.439119th | 0.3405th | -114 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31270th | 0.29182nd | +12 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13368th | 2.63250th | -18 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14441st | 0.20482nd | +41 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.619117th | 0.50010th | -107 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.217134th | 2.27812th | -122 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.184126th | 0.204123rd | -3 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.122127th | 0.08546th | -81 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06185th | 0.119138th | +53 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.10014th | — | — |
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.