The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces ODU | 14.3% 91135th | 11.9% ~3.9 sacks |
| ODU pass rush | 5.4% 11262nd | 10.9% 22926th | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 5.1% ~1.7 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.
ODU with the ball
| ODU offence vs VT defence | ODU offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.100135th | -0.03038th | -97 |
| success rate | 0.310138th | 0.33118th | -120 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4835th | 1.30999th | +94 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.076126th | -0.14717th | -109 |
| rush: success rate | 0.331136th | 0.2696th | -130 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2984th | 1.306135th | +131 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.137136th | 0.14273rd | -63 |
| pass: success rate | 0.290136th | 0.39170th | -66 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67737th | 1.34019th | -18 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.299138th | 0.41339th | -99 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32663rd | 0.20412th | -51 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 1.613138th | 0.9861st | -137 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.315138th | 0.403138th | 0 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.300137th | 0.57118th | -119 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.913124th | 2.52219th | -105 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.243138th | 0.267138th | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.205138th | 0.220138th | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03825th | 0.04735th | +10 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10061st | — | — |
VT with the ball
| VT offence vs ODU defence | VT offence | ODU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | -0.01744th | +2 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.33921st | -15 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 1.24279th | -3 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | -0.10625th | -35 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.31818th | -5 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 0.96385th | +16 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | 0.10261st | +15 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.36133rd | -18 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 1.57881st | -10 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.36813th | -44 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.28678th | +69 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 2.38924th | -64 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.223104th | +1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.61930th | -43 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 3.33366th | +31 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.16476th | +51 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.128116th | +40 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.03711th | +6 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
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.