The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ASU pass rush | 4.9% 6173rd | 10.7% 13130th | faces KSU | 0.0% 1112nd | 2.5% ~0.8 sacks |
| KSU pass rush | 15.7% 701st | 17.2% 1571st | faces ASU | 3.6% 5639th | 9.6% ~3.2 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.
KSU with the ball
| KSU offence vs ASU defence | KSU offence | ASU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30718th | 0.02363rd | +45 |
| success rate | 0.51415th | 0.37050th | +35 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21574th | 1.17949th | -25 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32011th | -0.02645th | +34 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5606th | 0.39462nd | +56 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01652nd | 0.83834th | -18 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30556th | 0.09660th | +4 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47150th | 0.33721st | -29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.48489th | 1.60090th | +1 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54928th | 0.45172nd | +44 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4337th | 0.22422nd | +15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.39829th | 2.90781st | +52 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13330th | 0.14923rd | -7 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76260th | 0.63636th | -24 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96317th | 2.68428th | +11 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0845th | 0.15964th | +59 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05717th | 0.09055th | +38 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0278th | 0.06992nd | +84 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.10076th | — | — |
ASU with the ball
| ASU offence vs KSU defence | ASU offence | KSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.058105th | -0.03933rd | -72 |
| success rate | 0.41697th | 0.3057th | -90 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39618th | 1.495135th | +117 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.018110th | 0.07185th | -25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.396107th | 0.34132nd | -75 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05037th | 1.443138th | +101 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.18685th | -0.11910th | -75 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44765th | 0.2581st | -64 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.74327th | 1.64398th | +71 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46397th | 0.3333rd | -94 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31867th | 0.26656th | -11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.690122nd | 2.51132nd | -90 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.198101st | 0.256126th | +25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77850th | 0.4175th | -45 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.60088th | 3.857103rd | +15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16396th | 0.238134th | +38 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.104104th | 0.193137th | +33 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05981st | 0.04530th | -51 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.000109th | — | — |
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.