The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ISU pass rush | 1.3% 80132nd | 8.8% 17069th | faces CIN | 5.3% 7671st | 3.3% ~1.1 sacks |
| CIN pass rush | 3.5% 11698th | 8.0% 20185th | faces ISU | 2.6% 7816th | 3.0% ~1.0 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.
CIN with the ball
| CIN offence vs ISU defence | CIN offence | ISU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.36311th | -0.03835th | +24 |
| success rate | 0.49627th | 0.37051st | +24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30535th | 1.09325th | -10 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3614th | -0.08231st | +27 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49726th | 0.37449th | +23 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2248th | 0.86444th | +36 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38534th | 0.06952nd | +18 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50926th | 0.36234th | +8 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.432105th | 1.43941st | -64 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56017th | 0.46785th | +68 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33853rd | 0.1581st | -52 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.67711th | 2.57640th | +29 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13226th | 0.19875th | +49 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83322nd | 0.70059th | +37 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2008th | 2.0486th | -2 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10720th | 0.17786th | +66 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09688th | 0.128115th | +27 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0112nd | 0.04938th | +36 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.20095th | — | — |
ISU with the ball
| ISU offence vs CIN defence | ISU offence | CIN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11787th | 0.10288th | +1 |
| success rate | 0.382119th | 0.41587th | -32 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33425th | 1.20560th | +35 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10576th | 0.113102nd | +26 |
| rush: success rate | 0.387114th | 0.482129th | +15 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.19110th | 0.82833rd | +23 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20578th | 0.22093rd | +15 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40296th | 0.37851st | -45 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.54670th | 1.56575th | +5 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.421127th | 0.46280th | -47 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29986th | 0.318105th | +19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99390th | 3.217115th | +25 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19092nd | 0.17944th | -48 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.583122nd | 0.66745th | -77 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.63629th | 3.947108th | +79 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.170109th | 0.16374th | -35 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08357th | 0.10784th | +27 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087133rd | 0.05654th | -79 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10060th | — | — |
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.