The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VAN pass rush | 6.9% 10240th | 9.0% 19960th | faces ALA | 5.9% 11885th | 6.4% ~2.1 sacks |
| ALA pass rush | 8.5% 11822nd | 9.9% 23345th | faces VAN | 5.7% 10583rd | 7.1% ~2.3 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.
ALA with the ball
| ALA offence vs VAN defence | ALA offence | VAN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32716th | -0.03934th | +18 |
| success rate | 0.49429th | 0.35030th | +1 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33226th | 1.336107th | +81 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23728th | -0.01949th | +21 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50024th | 0.38355th | +31 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10721st | 1.02297th | +76 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.47020th | 0.01132nd | +12 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49134th | 0.33620th | -14 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.62852nd | 1.671104th | +52 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54133rd | 0.42148th | +15 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37033rd | 0.24535th | +2 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99389th | 2.53934th | -55 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209111th | 0.20078th | -33 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77849th | 0.789105th | +56 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3574th | 2.90543rd | +39 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15484th | 0.185106th | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09790th | 0.11091st | +1 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05675th | 0.075104th | +29 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400122nd | — | — |
VAN with the ball
| VAN offence vs ALA defence | VAN offence | ALA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082101st | -0.09820th | -81 |
| success rate | 0.41598th | 0.34123rd | -75 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18093rd | 1.382122nd | +29 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16152nd | -0.17413th | -39 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42193rd | 0.31115th | -78 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05834th | 0.91369th | +35 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20281st | -0.01827th | -54 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44964th | 0.35832nd | -32 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.301127th | 1.826124th | -3 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47985th | 0.39124th | -61 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263110th | 0.25040th | -70 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05081st | 2.1988th | -73 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15048th | 0.244116th | +68 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77355th | 0.56214th | -41 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.120116th | 3.824101st | -15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12948th | 0.189111th | +63 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08566th | 0.10887th | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04449th | 0.080114th | +65 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80084th | — | — |
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.