The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MD pass rush | 5.7% 8856th | 8.1% 18581st | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 5.3% ~1.7 sacks |
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces MD | 3.2% 12630th | 6.3% ~2.1 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.
VT with the ball
| VT offence vs MD defence | VT offence | MD defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | 0.02967th | +25 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.38060th | +24 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 1.22167th | -15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | -0.05139th | -21 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.36746th | +23 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 0.87856th | -13 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | 0.16978th | +32 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.41888th | +37 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 1.57279th | -12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.41643rd | -14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.319106th | +97 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 2.33418th | -70 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.227108th | +5 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.70663rd | -10 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 4.150117th | +82 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.15965th | +40 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.11497th | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.04531st | +26 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
MD with the ball
| MD offence vs VT defence | MD offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13279th | -0.03038th | -41 |
| success rate | 0.45257th | 0.33118th | -39 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23963rd | 1.30999th | +36 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13867th | -0.14717th | -50 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43584th | 0.2696th | -78 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04240th | 1.306135th | +95 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.12999th | 0.14273rd | -26 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46156th | 0.39170th | +14 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400115th | 1.34019th | -96 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50753rd | 0.41339th | -14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30973rd | 0.20412th | -61 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.88299th | 0.9861st | -98 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.234126th | 0.403138th | +12 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71489th | 0.57118th | -71 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43398th | 2.52219th | -79 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14371st | 0.267138th | +67 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08564th | 0.220138th | +74 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05878th | 0.04735th | -43 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.20075th | — | — |
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.