The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| LOU pass rush | 5.2% 9666th | 6.5% 214115th | faces WAKE | 6.0% 13486th | 5.6% ~1.8 sacks |
| WAKE pass rush | 6.5% 15443rd | 10.0% 28941st | faces LOU | 7.4% 94102nd | 7.0% ~2.3 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.
WAKE with the ball
| WAKE offence vs LOU defence | WAKE offence | LOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28031st | 0.10689th | +58 |
| success rate | 0.45258th | 0.40275th | +17 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30536th | 1.23876th | +40 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13966th | -0.01553rd | -13 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46358th | 0.43092nd | +34 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.851103rd | 0.71015th | -88 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.40029th | 0.378124th | +95 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43374th | 0.38158th | -16 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.75226th | 1.964136th | +110 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48381st | 0.45576th | -5 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38623rd | 0.27461st | +38 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13866th | 3.02198th | +32 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14643rd | 0.1216th | -37 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.550129th | 0.51711th | -118 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.73179th | 3.61587th | +8 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12541st | 0.13633rd | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08770th | 0.07323rd | -47 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03829th | 0.06374th | +45 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.00046th | — | — |
LOU with the ball
| LOU offence vs WAKE defence | LOU offence | WAKE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.34412th | 0.160110th | +98 |
| success rate | 0.50024th | 0.468127th | +103 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.35323rd | 1.05417th | -6 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20339th | 0.04977th | +38 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48635th | 0.41278th | +43 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03443rd | 0.87149th | +6 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.48718th | 0.25298th | +80 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51623rd | 0.519136th | +113 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66343rd | 1.0982nd | -41 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56316th | 0.511122nd | +106 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32464th | 0.346119th | +55 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.809111th | 2.86570th | -41 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19496th | 0.21393rd | -3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72284th | 0.70060th | -24 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.39340th | 3.38568th | +28 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14170th | 0.12822nd | -48 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111114th | 0.09460th | -54 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03013th | 0.0348th | -5 |
| 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.