The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| COLO pass rush | 5.6% 8957th | 15.7% 1983rd | faces KSU | 0.0% 1112nd | 2.8% ~0.9 sacks |
| KSU pass rush | 15.7% 701st | 17.2% 1571st | faces COLO | 6.6% 10690th | 11.2% ~3.7 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 COLO defence | KSU offence | COLO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30718th | 0.00754th | +36 |
| success rate | 0.51415th | 0.38261st | +46 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21574th | 1.20762nd | -12 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32011th | -0.13520th | +9 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5606th | 0.41075th | +69 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01652nd | 0.67512th | -40 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30556th | 0.22594th | +38 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47150th | 0.36539th | -11 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.48489th | 1.830127th | +38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54928th | 0.41542nd | +14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4337th | 0.320107th | +100 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.39829th | 2.37023rd | -6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13330th | 0.317136th | +106 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76260th | 0.64739th | -21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96317th | 2.93544th | +27 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0845th | 0.201118th | +113 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05717th | 0.138123rd | +106 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0278th | 0.06478th | +70 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.10076th | — | — |
COLO with the ball
| COLO offence vs KSU defence | COLO offence | KSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.059104th | -0.03933rd | -71 |
| success rate | 0.398110th | 0.3057th | -103 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20285th | 1.495135th | +50 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.019119th | 0.07185th | -34 |
| rush: success rate | 0.404101st | 0.34132nd | -69 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.852100th | 1.443138th | +38 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.113106th | -0.11910th | -96 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386104th | 0.2581st | -103 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.60654th | 1.64398th | +44 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.439119th | 0.3333rd | -116 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31270th | 0.26656th | -14 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13368th | 2.51132nd | -36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14441st | 0.256126th | +85 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.619117th | 0.4175th | -112 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.217134th | 3.857103rd | -31 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.184126th | 0.238134th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.122127th | 0.193137th | +10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06185th | 0.04530th | -55 |
| 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.