The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BC pass rush | 7.2% 8333rd | 10.8% 20428th | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 6.0% ~2.0 sacks |
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces BC | 7.5% 93104th | 8.5% ~2.8 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 BC defence | VT offence | BC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | 0.00251st | +9 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.39571st | +35 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 1.23775th | -7 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | 0.00761st | +1 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.39059th | +36 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 1.030101st | +32 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | 0.15576th | +30 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.42292nd | +41 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 1.49256th | -35 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.39827th | -30 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.388133rd | +124 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 3.01696th | +8 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.19572nd | -31 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.65041st | -32 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 3.39169th | +34 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.17483rd | +58 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.120107th | +31 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.05448th | +43 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
BC with the ball
| BC offence vs VT defence | BC offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.032127th | -0.03038th | -89 |
| success rate | 0.389115th | 0.33118th | -97 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.164101st | 1.30999th | -2 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.006115th | -0.14717th | -98 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43981st | 0.2696th | -75 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93579th | 1.306135th | +56 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.063110th | 0.14273rd | -37 |
| pass: success rate | 0.357126th | 0.39170th | -56 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.53374th | 1.34019th | -55 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46099th | 0.41339th | -60 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.244116th | 0.20412th | -104 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.847103rd | 0.9861st | -102 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.252134th | 0.403138th | +4 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.68898th | 0.57118th | -80 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.091118th | 2.52219th | -99 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.179120th | 0.267138th | +18 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111112th | 0.220138th | +26 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069107th | 0.04735th | -72 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.20058th | — | — |
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.