The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UTAH pass rush | 7.1% 12736th | 10.3% 20436th | faces WVU | 10.2% 59129th | 8.6% ~2.8 sacks |
| WVU pass rush | 5.1% 9970th | 7.6% 19692nd | faces UTAH | 3.2% 9529th | 4.1% ~1.4 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.
WVU with the ball
| WVU offence vs UTAH defence | WVU offence | UTAH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.18462nd | -0.07424th | -38 |
| success rate | 0.44960th | 0.31911th | -49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20583rd | 1.337108th | +25 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15258th | -0.09230th | -28 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46852nd | 0.32423rd | -29 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93678th | 0.94479th | +1 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30755th | -0.08314th | -41 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40099th | 0.31013th | -86 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.2261st | 1.60692nd | +91 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49173rd | 0.3405th | -68 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32960th | 0.29182nd | +22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.24750th | 2.63250th | 0 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13533rd | 0.20482nd | +49 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72088th | 0.50010th | -78 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03464th | 2.27812th | -52 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11126th | 0.204123rd | +97 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07849th | 0.08546th | -3 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03420th | 0.119138th | +118 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60068th | — | — |
UTAH with the ball
| UTAH offence vs WVU defence | UTAH offence | WVU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32815th | 0.12496th | +81 |
| success rate | 0.50719th | 0.443108th | +89 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32130th | 1.18151st | +21 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28517th | -0.02546th | +29 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49032nd | 0.39161st | +29 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.16711th | 0.84137th | +26 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39731st | 0.336117th | +86 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52915th | 0.511134th | +119 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51777th | 1.44244th | -33 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53437th | 0.520125th | +88 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.42410th | 0.26252nd | +42 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.47923rd | 2.90278th | +55 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19597th | 0.20381st | -16 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73976th | 0.70666th | -10 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96916th | 3.26963rd | +47 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12846th | 0.15455th | +9 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08874th | 0.11498th | +24 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04035th | 0.03916th | -19 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.500127th | — | — |
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.