The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| WVU pass rush | 5.1% 9970th | 7.6% 19692nd | faces KU | 5.9% 6884th | 5.5% ~1.8 sacks |
| KU pass rush | 1.8% 54126th | 9.0% 13361st | faces WVU | 10.2% 59129th | 6.0% ~2.0 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.
KU with the ball
| KU offence vs WVU defence | KU offence | WVU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20259th | 0.12496th | +37 |
| success rate | 0.44170th | 0.443108th | +38 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42910th | 1.18151st | +41 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09780th | -0.02546th | -34 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44672nd | 0.39161st | -11 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94476th | 0.84137th | -39 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28460th | 0.336117th | +57 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41390th | 0.511134th | +44 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0423rd | 1.44244th | +41 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50456th | 0.520125th | +69 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32958th | 0.26252nd | -6 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26947th | 2.90278th | +31 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0996th | 0.20381st | +75 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545130th | 0.70666th | -64 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.167115th | 3.26963rd | -52 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.173115th | 0.15455th | -60 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10096th | 0.11498th | +2 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.073114th | 0.03916th | -98 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.10030th | — | — |
WVU with the ball
| WVU offence vs KU defence | WVU offence | KU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.18462nd | -0.06826th | -36 |
| success rate | 0.44960th | 0.3088th | -52 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20583rd | 1.23573rd | -10 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15258th | -0.15715th | -43 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46852nd | 0.2685th | -47 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93678th | 0.76525th | -53 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30755th | 0.275105th | +50 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40099th | 0.37750th | -49 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.2261st | 1.718113th | +112 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49173rd | 0.36410th | -63 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32960th | 0.22119th | -41 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.24750th | 2.1326th | -44 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13533rd | 0.250122nd | +89 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72088th | 0.75084th | -4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03464th | 3.23860th | -4 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11126th | 0.200117th | +91 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07849th | 0.144127th | +78 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03420th | 0.05657th | +37 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60068th | — | — |
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.