The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TCU pass rush | 7.8% 7724th | 6.8% 161111th | faces WVU | 10.2% 59129th | 9.0% ~3.0 sacks |
| WVU pass rush | 5.1% 9970th | 7.6% 19692nd | faces TCU | 6.7% 10593rd | 5.9% ~1.9 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.
WVU with the ball
| WVU offence vs TCU defence | WVU offence | TCU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.18462nd | -0.12114th | -48 |
| success rate | 0.44960th | 0.36847th | -13 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20583rd | 0.9251st | -82 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15258th | -0.2863rd | -55 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46852nd | 0.31617th | -35 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93678th | 0.4614th | -74 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30755th | 0.07254th | -1 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40099th | 0.41785th | -14 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.2261st | 1.35921st | +20 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49173rd | 0.40835th | -38 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32960th | 0.28272nd | +12 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.24750th | 2.54435th | -15 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13533rd | 0.21190th | +57 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72088th | 0.56215th | -73 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03464th | 3.00049th | -15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11126th | 0.17994th | +68 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07849th | 0.117105th | +56 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03420th | 0.06377th | +57 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60068th | — | — |
TCU with the ball
| TCU offence vs WVU defence | TCU offence | WVU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17464th | 0.12496th | +32 |
| success rate | 0.46251st | 0.443108th | +57 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24062nd | 1.18151st | -11 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.030104th | -0.02546th | -58 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47051st | 0.39161st | +10 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.771120th | 0.84137th | -83 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.31953rd | 0.336117th | +64 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46452nd | 0.511134th | +82 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66441st | 1.44244th | +3 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5739th | 0.520125th | +116 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.218130th | 0.26252nd | -78 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03084th | 2.90278th | -6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16463rd | 0.20381st | +18 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84219th | 0.70666th | +47 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43399th | 3.26963rd | -36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13359th | 0.15455th | -4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.104106th | 0.11498th | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02912th | 0.03916th | +4 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.500113th | — | — |
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.