The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ISU pass rush | 1.3% 80132nd | 8.8% 17069th | faces KSU | 0.0% 1112nd | 0.6% ~0.2 sacks |
| KSU pass rush | 15.7% 701st | 17.2% 1571st | faces ISU | 2.6% 7816th | 9.1% ~3.0 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.
KSU with the ball
| KSU offence vs ISU defence | KSU offence | ISU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30718th | -0.03835th | +17 |
| success rate | 0.51415th | 0.37051st | +36 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21574th | 1.09325th | -49 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32011th | -0.08231st | +20 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5606th | 0.37449th | +43 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01652nd | 0.86444th | -8 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30556th | 0.06952nd | -4 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47150th | 0.36234th | -16 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.48489th | 1.43941st | -48 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54928th | 0.46785th | +57 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4337th | 0.1581st | -6 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.39829th | 2.57640th | +11 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13330th | 0.19875th | +45 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76260th | 0.70059th | -1 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96317th | 2.0486th | -11 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0845th | 0.17786th | +81 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05717th | 0.128115th | +98 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0278th | 0.04938th | +30 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.10076th | — | — |
ISU with the ball
| ISU offence vs KSU defence | ISU offence | KSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11787th | -0.03933rd | -54 |
| success rate | 0.382119th | 0.3057th | -112 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33425th | 1.495135th | +110 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10576th | 0.07185th | +9 |
| rush: success rate | 0.387114th | 0.34132nd | -82 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.19110th | 1.443138th | +128 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20578th | -0.11910th | -68 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40296th | 0.2581st | -95 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.54670th | 1.64398th | +28 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.421127th | 0.3333rd | -124 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29986th | 0.26656th | -30 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99390th | 2.51132nd | -58 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19092nd | 0.256126th | +34 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.583122nd | 0.4175th | -117 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.63629th | 3.857103rd | +74 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.170109th | 0.238134th | +25 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08357th | 0.193137th | +80 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087133rd | 0.04530th | -103 |
| 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.