The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| LOU pass rush | 5.2% 9666th | 6.5% 214115th | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 3.9% ~1.3 sacks |
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces LOU | 7.4% 94102nd | 9.3% ~3.1 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 LOU defence | SMU offence | LOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | 0.10689th | +49 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.40275th | +66 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 1.23876th | +17 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | -0.01553rd | -68 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.43092nd | +43 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 0.71015th | -119 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | 0.378124th | +117 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.38158th | +51 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.964136th | +103 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.45576th | +55 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.27461st | +46 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 3.02198th | +15 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.1216th | -56 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.51711th | -98 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 3.61587th | +16 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.13633rd | -4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.07323rd | -24 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.06374th | +28 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.600112th | — | — |
LOU with the ball
| LOU offence vs SMU defence | LOU offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.34412th | 0.02364th | +52 |
| success rate | 0.50024th | 0.36141st | +17 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.35323rd | 1.317103rd | +80 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20339th | 0.03071st | +32 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48635th | 0.42689th | +54 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03443rd | 1.065109th | +66 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.48718th | 0.03840th | +22 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51623rd | 0.2997th | -16 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66343rd | 1.711112th | +69 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56316th | 0.43457th | +41 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32464th | 0.20011th | -53 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.809111th | 2.70256th | -55 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19496th | 0.21392nd | -4 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72284th | 0.3892nd | -82 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.39340th | 3.950109th | +69 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14170th | 0.204122nd | +52 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111114th | 0.141124th | +10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03013th | 0.06376th | +63 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80082nd | — | — |
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.