The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MIA pass rush | 5.8% 12152nd | 8.0% 17687th | faces CMU | 9.3% 54122nd | 7.5% ~2.5 sacks |
| CMU pass rush | 4.3% 9385th | 5.7% 193130th | faces MIA | 2.9% 10525th | 3.6% ~1.2 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.
CMU with the ball
| CMU offence vs MIA defence | CMU offence | MIA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000123rd | -0.04931st | -92 |
| success rate | 0.351129th | 0.32514th | -115 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19687th | 1.14942nd | -45 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13568th | -0.15814th | -54 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401102nd | 0.2571st | -101 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10722nd | 0.71916th | -6 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.180137th | 0.02435th | -102 |
| pass: success rate | 0.263138th | 0.36235th | -103 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.423107th | 1.30314th | -93 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.395131st | 0.37917th | -114 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.254112th | 0.22928th | -84 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18163rd | 2.1537th | -56 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12922nd | 0.270130th | +108 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82625th | 0.57116th | -9 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.000119th | 2.30815th | -104 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16294th | 0.16271st | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09687th | 0.09664th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06699th | 0.06687th | -12 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.40051st | — | — |
MIA with the ball
| MIA offence vs CMU defence | MIA offence | CMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4422nd | 0.166114th | +112 |
| success rate | 0.5713rd | 0.473132nd | +129 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27850th | 1.11829th | -21 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12372nd | 0.118104th | +32 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51121st | 0.496133rd | +112 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98263rd | 0.86243rd | -20 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.8391st | 0.15375th | +74 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6541st | 0.434102nd | +101 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.48988th | 1.32917th | -71 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.6302nd | 0.522126th | +124 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37529th | 0.366126th | +97 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8874th | 3.534137th | +133 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12115th | 0.13514th | -1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81231st | 0.933136th | +105 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.05714th | 3.39370th | +56 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0684th | 0.14442nd | +38 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0469th | 0.06814th | +5 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0213rd | 0.076107th | +104 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00079th | — | — |
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.