The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces PITT | 4.0% 10147th | 6.7% ~2.2 sacks |
| PITT pass rush | 5.6% 10758th | 11.2% 17924th | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 5.2% ~1.7 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.
PITT with the ball
| PITT offence vs VT defence | PITT offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29425th | -0.03038th | +13 |
| success rate | 0.49726th | 0.33118th | -8 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24960th | 1.30999th | +39 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07886th | -0.14717th | -69 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46062nd | 0.2696th | -56 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.809111th | 1.306135th | +24 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.50716th | 0.14273rd | +57 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53014th | 0.39170th | +56 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59558th | 1.34019th | -39 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52840th | 0.41339th | -1 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41213th | 0.20412th | -1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30939th | 0.9861st | -38 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18288th | 0.403138th | +50 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632115th | 0.57118th | -97 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.23355th | 2.52219th | -36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09613th | 0.267138th | +125 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05820th | 0.220138th | +118 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03827th | 0.04735th | +8 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40073rd | — | — |
VT with the ball
| VT offence vs PITT defence | VT offence | PITT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | -0.10718th | -24 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.2872nd | -34 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 1.379119th | +37 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | -0.17812th | -48 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.2787th | -16 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 0.99592nd | +23 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | -0.01228th | -18 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.30611th | -40 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 1.62093rd | +2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.3456th | -51 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.20010th | +1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 1.7772nd | -86 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.320137th | +34 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.53812th | -61 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 1.6883rd | -32 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.17992nd | +67 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.117104th | +28 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.06375th | +70 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
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.