The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| KU pass rush | 1.8% 54126th | 9.0% 13361st | faces UCF | 4.2% 7153rd | 3.0% ~1.0 sacks |
| UCF pass rush | 5.7% 12354th | 10.1% 21940th | faces KU | 5.9% 6884th | 5.8% ~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.
UCF with the ball
| UCF offence vs KU defence | UCF offence | KU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11985th | -0.06826th | -59 |
| success rate | 0.43676th | 0.3088th | -68 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20681st | 1.23573rd | -8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18046th | -0.15715th | -31 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44574th | 0.2685th | -69 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.16512th | 0.76525th | +13 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.053113th | 0.275105th | -8 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42679th | 0.37750th | -29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.278130th | 1.718113th | -17 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49467th | 0.36410th | -57 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29987th | 0.22119th | -68 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05280th | 2.1326th | -74 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17278th | 0.250122nd | +44 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80041st | 0.75084th | +43 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.76921st | 3.23860th | +39 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13765th | 0.200117th | +52 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09792nd | 0.144127th | +35 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04034th | 0.05657th | +23 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.200136th | — | — |
KU with the ball
| KU offence vs UCF defence | KU offence | UCF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20259th | -0.04732nd | -27 |
| success rate | 0.44170th | 0.34325th | -45 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42910th | 1.27591st | +81 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09780th | -0.11923rd | -57 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44672nd | 0.30714th | -58 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94476th | 0.87250th | -26 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28460th | 0.07756th | -4 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41390th | 0.38560th | -30 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0423rd | 1.59587th | +84 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50456th | 0.40031st | -25 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32958th | 0.24839th | -19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26947th | 2.29113th | -34 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0996th | 0.241114th | +108 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545130th | 0.62534th | -96 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.167115th | 2.30414th | -101 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.173115th | 0.17382nd | -33 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10096th | 0.11192nd | -4 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.073114th | 0.06273rd | -41 |
| 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.