The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| FSU pass rush | 2.6% 113115th | 9.5% 20050th | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 2.7% ~0.9 sacks |
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces FSU | 8.1% 86111th | 9.7% ~3.2 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.
SMU with the ball
| SMU offence vs FSU defence | SMU offence | FSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | 0.219125th | +85 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.435102nd | +93 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 1.350111th | +52 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | 0.134111th | -10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.41479th | +30 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 0.95983rd | -51 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | 0.325116th | +109 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.458111th | +104 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.654102nd | +69 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.497109th | +88 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.316103rd | +88 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 3.01095th | +12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.18047th | -15 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.929135th | +26 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 3.52480th | +9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.15658th | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.10175th | +28 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.05449th | +3 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.600112th | — | — |
FSU with the ball
| FSU offence vs SMU defence | FSU offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24741st | 0.02364th | +23 |
| success rate | 0.43480th | 0.36141st | -39 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.5262nd | 1.317103rd | +101 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.22434th | 0.03071st | +37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44279th | 0.42689th | +10 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.13116th | 1.065109th | +93 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36742nd | 0.03840th | -2 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42383rd | 0.2997th | -76 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0612nd | 1.711112th | +110 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.451107th | 0.43457th | -50 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39221st | 0.20011th | -10 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.19660th | 2.70256th | -4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15250th | 0.21392nd | +42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.562126th | 0.3892nd | -124 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.88518th | 3.950109th | +91 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14575th | 0.204122nd | +47 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08052nd | 0.141124th | +72 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06493rd | 0.06376th | -17 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.30055th | — | — |
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.