The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SMU pass rush | 11.2% 898th | 16.0% 1882nd | faces MOST | 8.1% 87110th | 9.6% ~3.2 sacks |
| MOST pass rush | 2.9% 102107th | 6.1% 228122nd | faces SMU | 2.7% 11218th | 2.8% ~0.9 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.
MOST with the ball
| MOST offence vs SMU defence | MOST offence | SMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.10194th | 0.02364th | -30 |
| success rate | 0.401106th | 0.36141st | -65 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22967th | 1.317103rd | +36 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.023108th | 0.03071st | -37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44378th | 0.42689th | +11 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.85798th | 1.065109th | +11 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.22975th | 0.03840th | -35 |
| pass: success rate | 0.363120th | 0.2997th | -113 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.75624th | 1.711112th | +88 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49466th | 0.43457th | -9 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.195136th | 0.20011th | -125 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99487th | 2.70256th | -31 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16059th | 0.21392nd | +33 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71491st | 0.3892nd | -89 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36841st | 3.950109th | +68 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.166101st | 0.204122nd | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.113118th | 0.141124th | +6 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05369th | 0.06376th | +7 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.60024th | — | — |
SMU with the ball
| SMU offence vs MOST defence | SMU offence | MOST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25140th | 0.227128th | +88 |
| success rate | 0.5189th | 0.517138th | +129 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25059th | 1.0237th | -52 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027121st | 0.10797th | -24 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47049th | 0.509135th | +86 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.646134th | 0.67111th | -123 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6037th | 0.382125th | +118 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5737th | 0.508132nd | +125 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71033rd | 1.48754th | +21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55821st | 0.581138th | +117 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.40515th | 0.360124th | +109 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03983rd | 3.332125th | +42 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16462nd | 0.16031st | -31 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.652109th | 0.870127th | +18 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90371st | 3.969110th | +39 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12137th | 0.14948th | +11 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07847th | 0.08851st | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04346th | 0.06166th | +20 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.600112th | — | — |
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.