The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| KU pass rush | 1.8% 54126th | 9.0% 13361st | faces BAY | 3.3% 12037th | 2.6% ~0.9 sacks |
| BAY pass rush | 7.7% 13027th | 14.7% 2315th | faces KU | 5.9% 6884th | 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.
BAY with the ball
| BAY offence vs KU defence | BAY offence | KU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09298th | -0.06826th | -72 |
| success rate | 0.401104th | 0.3088th | -96 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26355th | 1.23573rd | +18 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.05590th | -0.15715th | -75 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44475th | 0.2685th | -70 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86297th | 0.76525th | -72 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17787th | 0.275105th | +18 |
| pass: success rate | 0.373113th | 0.37750th | -63 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.75623rd | 1.718113th | +90 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449109th | 0.36410th | -99 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29888th | 0.22119th | -69 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.93895th | 2.1326th | -89 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16973rd | 0.250122nd | +49 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73777th | 0.75084th | +7 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.393100th | 3.23860th | -40 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167102nd | 0.200117th | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.103102nd | 0.144127th | +25 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06492nd | 0.05657th | -35 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 64.200133rd | — | — |
KU with the ball
| KU offence vs BAY defence | KU offence | BAY defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20259th | -0.11516th | -43 |
| success rate | 0.44170th | 0.32112th | -58 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42910th | 1.13938th | +28 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09780th | -0.2575th | -75 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44672nd | 0.2808th | -64 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94476th | 0.97088th | +12 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28460th | -0.02525th | -35 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41390th | 0.34423rd | -67 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0423rd | 1.2849th | +6 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50456th | 0.3619th | -47 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32958th | 0.25243rd | -15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26947th | 2.50331st | -16 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0996th | 0.264129th | +123 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545130th | 0.4004th | -126 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.167115th | 1.9585th | -110 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.173115th | 0.214127th | +12 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10096th | 0.138122nd | +26 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.073114th | 0.076105th | -9 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.10030th | — | — |
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.