The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MSST pass rush | 5.5% 16560th | 8.8% 28572nd | faces AUB | 9.7% 144127th | 7.6% ~2.5 sacks |
| AUB pass rush | 6.5% 15342nd | 10.3% 30237th | faces MSST | 5.1% 13670th | 5.8% ~1.9 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.
AUB with the ball
| AUB offence vs MSST defence | AUB offence | MSST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11984th | 0.01859th | -25 |
| success rate | 0.42884th | 0.37355th | -29 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26852nd | 1.14339th | -13 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18742nd | -0.00855th | +13 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46456th | 0.35839th | -17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98960th | 0.72017th | -43 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14295th | 0.06750th | -45 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40198th | 0.38864th | -34 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58362nd | 1.44143rd | -19 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.451106th | 0.43759th | -47 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37827th | 0.22120th | -7 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.27845th | 2.91182nd | +37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15249th | 0.15830th | -19 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.86711th | 0.60024th | +13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.12058th | 3.16758th | 0 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15181st | 0.18297th | +16 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09893rd | 0.08241st | -52 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05366th | 0.099130th | +64 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60038th | — | — |
MSST with the ball
| MSST offence vs AUB defence | MSST offence | AUB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3839th | -0.00946th | +37 |
| success rate | 0.51216th | 0.37558th | +42 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32031st | 1.21465th | +34 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32710th | -0.01850th | +40 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5448th | 0.35838th | +30 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01751st | 0.92472nd | +21 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53115th | 0.12869th | +54 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50030th | 0.41480th | +50 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.68636th | 1.49457th | +21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54332nd | 0.41744th | +12 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4328th | 0.27765th | +57 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.34434th | 2.56939th | +5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.201104th | 0.18553rd | -51 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82426th | 0.68253rd | +27 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.64528th | 3.50078th | +50 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11935th | 0.15556th | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06726th | 0.10174th | +48 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05265th | 0.05447th | -18 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.80047th | — | — |
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.