The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BAY pass rush | 7.7% 13027th | 14.7% 2315th | faces ISU | 2.6% 7816th | 5.1% ~1.7 sacks |
| ISU pass rush | 1.3% 80132nd | 8.8% 17069th | faces BAY | 3.3% 12037th | 2.3% ~0.8 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.
ISU with the ball
| ISU offence vs BAY defence | ISU offence | BAY defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11787th | -0.11516th | -71 |
| success rate | 0.382119th | 0.32112th | -107 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33425th | 1.13938th | +13 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10576th | -0.2575th | -71 |
| rush: success rate | 0.387114th | 0.2808th | -106 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.19110th | 0.97088th | +78 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20578th | -0.02525th | -53 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40296th | 0.34423rd | -73 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.54670th | 1.2849th | -61 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.421127th | 0.3619th | -118 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29986th | 0.25243rd | -43 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99390th | 2.50331st | -59 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19092nd | 0.264129th | +37 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.583122nd | 0.4004th | -118 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.63629th | 1.9585th | -24 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.170109th | 0.214127th | +18 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08357th | 0.138122nd | +65 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087133rd | 0.076105th | -28 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10060th | — | — |
BAY with the ball
| BAY offence vs ISU defence | BAY offence | ISU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09298th | -0.03835th | -63 |
| success rate | 0.401104th | 0.37051st | -53 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26355th | 1.09325th | -30 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.05590th | -0.08231st | -59 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44475th | 0.37449th | -26 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86297th | 0.86444th | -53 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17787th | 0.06952nd | -35 |
| pass: success rate | 0.373113th | 0.36234th | -79 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.75623rd | 1.43941st | +18 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449109th | 0.46785th | -24 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29888th | 0.1581st | -87 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.93895th | 2.57640th | -55 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16973rd | 0.19875th | +2 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73777th | 0.70059th | -18 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.393100th | 2.0486th | -94 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167102nd | 0.17786th | -16 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.103102nd | 0.128115th | +13 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06492nd | 0.04938th | -54 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 64.200133rd | — | — |
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.