The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UVA pass rush | 7.8% 7725th | 10.9% 17527th | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 5.9% ~1.9 sacks |
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces UVA | 8.4% 95115th | 5.4% ~1.8 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.
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs UVA defence | NCSU offence | UVA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | -0.1449th | -45 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.33319th | -14 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 0.9554th | -73 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | -0.04341st | +5 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.37551st | +21 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 0.65110th | -31 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | -0.1455th | -62 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.30310th | -29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.39732nd | -78 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.39929th | -1 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.22221st | -30 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 2.89174th | +33 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.18860th | +13 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.69256th | +35 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 3.14356th | +31 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.198116th | +28 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.09969th | -13 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.099133rd | +38 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90064th | — | — |
UVA with the ball
| UVA offence vs NCSU defence | UVA offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28429th | 0.12093rd | +64 |
| success rate | 0.47644th | 0.39974th | +30 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21575th | 1.25082nd | +7 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15059th | 0.06784th | +25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46754th | 0.446106th | +52 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.90884th | 0.96786th | +2 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53614th | 0.270101st | +87 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52120th | 0.36642nd | +22 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58461st | 1.64399th | +38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55027th | 0.45677th | +50 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.257111th | 0.26454th | -57 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.37031st | 2.82166th | +35 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13332nd | 0.19061st | +29 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.87010th | 0.76290th | +80 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.65527th | 3.59184th | +57 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10519th | 0.15254th | +35 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07848th | 0.07017th | -31 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02710th | 0.082118th | +108 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400117th | — | — |
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.